WordPress.com is now offerring free, hosted, WordPress* blogs with no ads! They had been gradually meteing out blogs to folks who asked, but now they are feeling better about their ability to scale so bring it on!
There’s no excuse – start blogging today!
* WordPress is the blogging platform I use for both lotusmedia.org and OrangePolitics.org. I highly recommend it.
Thanks to Matt for the announcement.
Pastafarian theories deserve to be given equal time with “Intelligent Design.”
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage yet?
Excuse me but was that a pig I just saw flying by? And did el Presidente just say it’s not unpatriotic to question him? And did he almost apologize for insulting a critic?
“I know that the decision to call for an immediate withdrawal of our troops by congressman Murtha was done in a careful and thoughtful way. I disagree with his position,” Bush said.
– Bush tries to cool tempers over Iraq – Yahoo! News
So much for Google Analytics. Turns out it’s a bit resource intensive to offer free web stats for anyone who asks. Who woulda thunk it?
Don Marti has created some code that makes a blog entry into a letter to Congress. Anyone want to make this for WordPress? Justin, Corey?
I just sent this feedback to Apple:
Today I was very excited to install Tiger on my G4 PowerBook. I have been a happy Mac owner since 1989.
I have always looked to Apple as a superior alternative to Windoze, so it’s really frustrating to see that you are increasingly using Gates-ian tactics like forcing users to use only your products to acheive the most ease of use and effectiveness.
For example, iCal should be able to send and receive invitations from any mail program (such as ThunderBird). iSync should synchronize with any ical-formatted calendar program (like Sunbird).
Also, it is ridiculous to force me to open Safari and Mail just to tell the system that they are NOT the default applications I want to use. Those settings should be in the System Preferences, not in the applications.
Please consider how you can empower instead of trap your users with this wonderful platform. Thank you for all your exellent work.
I just installed something called Explorer Destroyer here on the blog. I hope it doesn’t screw things up too much, it’s supposed to screw things up (just a little) if you’re using IE.
Why not try Firefox? 9 out of 10 web geeks recommend it…
Please read this appeal from my friend and hell-raiser Stan Goff and support Iraq Veterans Against the War:
I can’t believe anyone still spouts this old keep the marriage together for the sake of the children crap. Feh.
