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writer's blog home > blog archives page 179Senate Votes to Withdraw From Iraq
In a stinging blow to President Bush, the Senate voted 50-48 to withdraw from Iraq, pointedly ignoring the president's threats to veto the bill. March 27, 2007
Guardian Says Some People Are Blogging Less
The Guardian has an article that says many people are blogging off and abandoning their blogs or not posting as much as they used to. March 27, 2007
Harlequin's Looking For a Few Good-Looking Men
Book publisher Harlequin is looking for a few good-looking men to grace the covers of its romance novels. March 27, 2007
Blades of Glory Writers Tell All
Brothers Jeff and Craig Cox are the screenwriters for the upcoming Will Ferrell/Jon Heder skating comedy, Blades of Glory. March 27, 2007
Blogger Receives Death Threats
Kathy Sierra, who blogs at Creating Passionate Users, has canceled her appearance and presentations at the eTech conference after receiving death threats. March 26, 2007
YouTube Announces 2006 Video Award Winners
Last week YouTube announced a spur of the moment video awards contest. March 26, 2007
Novak: Bush Out of Touch With His Own Party
Bob Novak writes in The Washington Post that in fifty years, he has never seen a president so out of touch with his own party. March 26, 2007
Twitter Pessimism and Exponential Growth
Twitter may be the talk of Silicon Valley but it isn't without detractors in the mainstream media. March 26, 2007
Warner Books Gets a New Name
Warner Books will soon be no more. March 26, 2007
Educational and Offbeat Podcasts Popular
USA Today has an article about how people are using podcasts to learn more about some very specific topics like "Lectures on Byzantine emperors" and "Five-minute drills on grammar. March 25, 2007
Top Feeds on Feedburner
Frantic Industries has post (no longer available) with the top forty feeds from Feedburner. March 25, 2007
InfoWorld to Shutter Print Edition
Paid Content is reporting that IDG's InfoWorld is shuttering its print edition to focus on its events and website. March 25, 2007
Cigar Magazine Adds Blogs
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School Will Suspend Students That Have a MySpace Profile
The Detroit News is reporting that a Michigan Catholic school called St. March 23, 2007
Hogwarts Express is Vandalized
The Hogwarts Express has been vandalized. March 23, 2007
Nicholl Fellowships Competition Has Begun
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition is underway. March 23, 2007
News Corp and NBC Universal Team Up Against YouTube
The L. March 22, 2007
SnipUrl Offers URL Shortening With Tracking Statistics
A lot of people using Twitter are using Tinyurl. March 22, 2007
Twitter Cat Performing Site Maintenance
A cat is busy improving the Twitter. March 21, 2007
Improving Your Rank in Google Blog Search
Google Operating System has a very interesting post about how Google Blog Search ranks search results. March 21, 2007
Who Blogged the Very First Post?
Who blogged the very first post of all-time? Who is the blog father? CNET has an article about the start of blogging that includes an interesting timeline on blogging. March 20, 2007
Senate Passes Bill Revoking Gonzales' Authority to Hire New Prosecutors
Today the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that repealed the portions of the Patriot Act which gave the Attorney General the power to appoint new attorneys general without a confirmation hearing. March 20, 2007
Regan-HarperCollins Settlement Negotiations Break Down
Settlement talks between ousted publishing maven Judith Regan and HarperCollins have ended, according to Radar Online. March 20, 2007
Study Analyzes Search Spam and Blog Farms
A technical paper has proven what most everyone already knew. March 19, 2007
Twitter Pwnd by Its Own Popularity
Twitter was slow earlier today and it now appears to have crashed completely. March 19, 2007

