http://nowthis.com/log/ Links, exploration and synthesis from Steve Bogart Copyright 2011 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:17:25 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss As of September 2009, this weblog has moved to the top level of the site. Please update your bookmarks, if anyone still has one...... http://nowthis.com/log/2009/09/03.html#000994 http://nowthis.com/log/2009/09/03.html#000994 Meta Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:17:25 -0500 Oh my -- Suzanne Vega is blogging, along with several other artists, at a NYTimes weblog called Measure for Measure. How excellent. 2008 Grammy nominees are out! Great place to look for (likely) good music... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/12/05.html#000993 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/12/05.html#000993 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:42:01 -0500 A man who is always asking 'Is what I do worthwhile?' and 'Am I the right person to do it?' will always be ineffective himself and a discouragement to others. -- Mathematician G. H. Hardy,... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/20.html#000992 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/20.html#000992 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:57:08 -0500 Some tech links I don't want to lose: Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Engineering by Robert L. Glass [IEEE Software] Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps [BarelyFitz] icodeblog.com, home of an iPhone Programming Tutorial... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/13.html#000991 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/13.html#000991 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:59:08 -0500 Rumors only so far, and a couple of pictures, but apparently there's going to be a new First Car for the 44th President: Presidential Power on the Road [NYTimes] ...television clips showing George W. Bush... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/12.html#000990 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/12.html#000990 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:59:23 -0500 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/10.html#000989 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/10.html#000989 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:59:27 -0500 Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job [The Onion] As part of his duties, the black man will have to spend four to eight years cleaning up the messes other people left behind. The job comes... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/09.html#000988 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/09.html#000988 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:03:07 -0500 If I wrote a political weblog, it would look a lot like what Steve Benen (at Washington Monthly; formerly of The Carpetbagger Report) writes. More often than not, if I think of a point I'd... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/07.html#000987 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/07.html#000987 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:59:11 -0500 No time to write a longer post.. Critic John Leonard has died, at 69. Damn. I lost touch with his work over the last few years, but I've been a fan. He had a distinctive... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/06.html#000986 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/06.html#000986 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:59:18 -0500 Mark Penn, strategist/poller for Hillary Clinton, back during the primaries: "All of these articles about his boyhood in Indonesia and his life in Hawaii are geared towards showing his background is diverse, multicultural and putting... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/05.html#000985 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/05.html#000985 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:58:47 -0500 Since Rafe isn't doing one, I will try it out..... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/04.html#000984 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/04.html#000984 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:55:01 -0500 Just a reminder, anyone who wants to is welcome to use one of these voting button images. It's easy, all you have to do is use one of these image tags in a post.... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/03.html#000983 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/03.html#000983 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:59:13 -0500 This election article (from July) jumped with both feet into the category I call "Making Everyone Dumber": Leading Men: Barack Obama and John McCain Want the Biggest Role in Politics, Yet Each Candidate Has Very... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/02.html#000982 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/02.html#000982 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:43:25 -0500 Virginia Republicans down in Richmond got balls: Phony flier says Virginians vote on different days [Virginian Pilot Online, via TPMMuckraker] A phony State Board of Elections flier advising Republicans to vote on Nov. 4 and... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/01.html#000981 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/11/01.html#000981 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:30:25 -0500 Scott Rosenberg is working on a book about the early days of weblogging. Since my name sometimes comes up when one looks at the very early weblogging days (as in 1997; see in particular Rebecca's... http://nowthis.com/log/2008/08/22.html#000980 http://nowthis.com/log/2008/08/22.html#000980 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:05:30 -0500