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writer's blog home > blog archives page 228School Fails to Block Students From Blogs, MySpace
The Associated Press reports that students almost immediately hacked their way back to blogs and MySpace after they were blocked by technicians working for the Fort Wayne Community Schools. March 27, 2006
The Immigration Issue Moves to the Front Burner
After James Sensenbrenner got his bill through the House of Representatives, the Latino community (with some "unofficial" help from the Mexican government) organized a series of protests across the nation this past weekend. March 27, 2006
BootsnAll Launches World Cup Blog
The BootsnAll Travel Network has launched a World Cup Blog that features fan blogs written for all all 32 teams competing in the World Cup, which starts in June. March 27, 2006
CNN Redesigns Homepage
CNN has redesigned their homepage so that it displays more information than before. March 27, 2006
How the Da Vinci Code Trial Ruling Will Affect Writers
Lisa Rogak of The Houston Chronicle explores the implications for writers if the court rules against Random House in the Dan Brown/Da Vinci Code plagiarism trial. March 27, 2006
College Admissions Officers Read Blogs and MySpace
Teens here is another good reason to be careful what you blog about and what kinds of photographs and comments you make in MySpace or similar social networks. March 26, 2006
Google Reader Provides Linkblog Tool
Google Reader has a new tool that lets users share the favorite RSS posts they have read with others. March 26, 2006
Blog Chat Add-ons: 3Bubbles, Gabbly and Mobber
Three more ridiculous Web 2. March 25, 2006
MSN Spaces Plans Name Change
An article from the MediaPost says MSN Spaces will be changing its name to Windows Live Spaces later this year. March 24, 2006
Blogger Ben Domenech Resigns From Washington Post in Plagiarism Scandal
Blogger Ben Domenech, a co-founder of the RedState blog, has resigned from his new gig as the blogger of The Washington Post's new conservative blog called Red America. March 24, 2006
Service Helps You Spy on MySpace Members
MySpace accounts are public so you can spy for free. March 23, 2006
Blog Offers Inside Look at Anthropology and Chimpanzees
The Harvard Gazette reports on a blog by anthropologist Ian Gilby that offers readers an inside look at the life of an anthropologist in the field. March 23, 2006
Scrapblog Site Combines Blogs and Scrapbooks
Designtechnica reports that Scrapblog, LLC has launched Scrapblog, a free service that combines blogging and scrapbooking. March 23, 2006
It's Hard Out Here for a Blog Pimp
Darla Mack has a post called Pimp My Blog - Do You Have The Right To Republish? where she complains about an aggregator that has republished content from her blog and dozens of other mobile news blogs without asking and without proper linkbacks. March 23, 2006
Dick Cheney's Traveling Requirements
The Smoking Gun has obtained a copy of the official list of demands from Dick Cheney when he travels. March 23, 2006
Many Workers Job Hunt on Company Time
A new study has found that many people job hunt at work. March 23, 2006
Fat Man Walking and Blogging
So far Steve Vaught has traveled 2,300 miles and lost over 110 pounds on his journey to lose weight by walking across the United States from San Diego to Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. March 22, 2006
Youth and Broadband Users Read Web News
USA Today reports on a new PEW study confirms the widely accepted knowledge that young people generally use the Internet for news and are spending less and less time with TV news and print newspapers. March 22, 2006
Clooneygate Comes to an End
The Associated Press attempts to make sense of the Great Arianna Huffington-George Clooney Blogging Disaster. March 22, 2006
Blogs Blamed for Iraq War?
Georgie Anne Geyer has an opinion piece on Yahoo News where she appears to blame blogs for the Iraq War. March 21, 2006
Those Lazy Snark Blogs
Darren Rowse at ProBlogger has posted a response to a recent post by Scobleizer. March 21, 2006
Google Finance Includes Blog Posts
Google has launched Google Finance, a financial resource with stock quotes, stock charts, news, company facts, and company financials. March 21, 2006
Employee Blogs Might Reveal Job Openings
The fired for blogging stories have been popular topics in blogs and in newspapers over the past six to twelve months. March 21, 2006
The Bloggiest Newspapers
Pressthink has a feature on the best blogging newspapers in the U. March 21, 2006
Daniel Craig Already Signed For Bond Sequel
We're starting to have some serious doubts about producer Barbara Broccoli's state of mind these days. March 21, 2006

