Category Archives: Weblogs

Aside: Right Wing News Favorite Bloggers

John Hawkins at Right Wing News has his 40 Favorite Bloggers for 2008 up, and, cool! he gave me an honorable mention. Good company. Check it out.

Blogging While Female, Part Deux

John Hawkins profiles 5 more female bloggers over at Right Wing News, LaShawn Barber, Emily Zanotti, Ann Althouse, Mary Katherine Hamm, and Kathy Shaidle. Check it out.

Happy Birthday Greta!!!!

One of my favorite ladies on the Interwebz is having a birthday!!!! Happy Birthday, Greta! And, yes, she is fabulous! see more crazy cat pics

What About When The Credentialed Media Uses Photos Wrongly?

Many of you remember what happened to snapped shot: the AP sent him a cease and desist order, and demanded that he removed all AP photos from his site. This began a long discussion, with Bob Owens of Confederate Yankee contacting the AP, and coming to the conclusion According to the AP’s response posted above, […]

Huff Post “Scared Of Their Own Readers”

Priceless comment from Charles Johnson: Huffington Post has also turned off comments for their post on the Times Square bombing: Police Release Footage of NYC Blast – The Huffington Post. Man. They’re really scared of their own readers. This is after, as he points out, they also turned off comments regarding the murderous rampage by […]

snapped shot Returns

Hey, good news, snapped shot is back, AP lite.

Aside: Snapped Shot

One of my favorite sites, snapped shot, is offline as the AP has a hissy fit, otherwise known as a cease and desist order.

Captain Ed Joins Hot Air, Bryan

Very interesting news: Captain Ed is joining Hot Air full time. Congrats, Ed! Unfortunately, that means that Captain’s Quarters will be shut down in a few months.  On the flip side, Bryan Preston is moving on to work with Laura Ingraham. Congrats, Brian!

Which Presidential Candidate Is The Most Website Friendly?

For those familiar with Fred! Thompson’s website, all you Fredheads out there, you knew that it was pretty website friendly. And, by that, I mean there were plenty of Fred! sponsored downloads that one could put on ones personal website, particularly blog sidebars and embedded in the main index, single post, or comments files. He […]

NY Times Asks How Bloggers Should Be Treated

It started with an article about Target blowing off a question from a blogger Target to the blogosphere: you’re irrelevant. That was the message the cheap-chic retailer seemed to convey in an abrupt e-mail message to ShapingYouth.org, a blog about the impact of marketing on children. Early this month, the blog’s founder, Amy Jussel, called […]

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