The advertising system that is Google just got a whole lot stronger with word today that the company is entering the behavioral targeting world in a big way. There are two reasons this is extremely significant for local media companies. One, Google’s Adsense program is so widespread that the c...

Photo: some of us are in love tumblr.com/xpz1ehut4 # Wow. The twitter in tumblr thingie is actually pretty cool. Related: must remember to take meds. # What we really need to get out of this "downturn" is a war. I'm sorry, what were you saying? # My new(ish) goal is to be cool or hip enoug...

Jacob Jordaens. (1593-1678) The Veneration of the Eucharist. c.1630.Oil on canvas.National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Zenit reports on on the meeting which Pope Benedict XVI had with the parish priests of Rome. At the meeting the Pope encouraged priests to to catechise parishioners about the depth o...

REVIEW SUMMARY: At least five genuinely terrifying stories and only one or two clunkers are contained in this excellent anthology that does true justice to Poe's legacy. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: 19 original tales inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe. MY REVIEW : PROS: This anthology of stories ...

Here’s an eye-opening post from Jason Calacanis on a former hacker employee of his. It’s Jason telling what must be a gut-wrenching story of a fellow who’s heading for a 48-month jail sentence for crimes related to computer security when he was an angry teenager. In the piece, Jaso...

There’s a wonderful online debate on Ars Technica involving two prominent lawyer-scholars and the issue of the broad protection provided websites by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. This is the law that shields sites from legal claims brought about by site users who post ...

If you listen to the network news (I don’t recommend it) you will hear that the economy has ground to a halt.  You will also hear about how all of the auto makers have seen their sales cut in half.  But did you hear about the automaker that saw sales increase 14% in January over the same period ...

First two items from Seattle, our neighbor to the north.   A lawsuit has been filed challenging the proposed Seattle school closures, alleging "that closures will unfairly affect a large percentage of poor children and students of color."  The Seattle activists are one he...

Last July, WorldNetDaily launched Red Alert, a "global financial strategies newsletter" authored and edited by Jerome Corsi. The newsletter was described as being for "for people of wealth and those who want to be people of wealth," specifically, those with "assets of $1 million or more to protect" ...

Berries is done.  Click me to go to the purchase page. Well, knitters et al, It’s been a hell of a journey.  But finally, elle est fini!  Denise should have Roses and Pomegranates done soon, and that will be next.  Angela is working on Reindeer.  Then it’s The Red Sweater.  And Aft...