December 2007
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Notes from the Campaign Trail
I posted two more pieces to the Huffington Post.The first one is all about presidential campaign music, and what songs today’s youth think the candidates should be playing at their events.Leave a comment over at the Huff Po with what song you’d play if you were running for president.I also posted a review of CAUCUS!: THE MUSICAL, a local theater production in Des Moines that lampoons...
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Huffington Post: Cell Phone Voters
I wrote something for the Huffington Post about political telemarketing. Check it out if you’ve got a second, and feel free to leave a comment over there. I wrote a paper about telemarketing this semester, so I guess I covered something that was still marinating in my mind. Oh, and check out my travel colleague’s pieces too! Road Trip Iowa 2K7 is fun. Check out the pics!
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
Iowa, Here I Come
I’m headed to Iowa to cover the caucuses next week for the Huffington Post. If you’ve got any friends (or, friends of friends) in Iowa pretty please hook me up with their contact information. I am especially interested in getting in touch with them if they are younger folks involved in the political process in any capacity (e.g. volunteers, campaign staff, or just caucusing it up).
Dec 22nd
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Iowa, Here I Come
I’m headed to Iowa to cover the caucuses next week for the Huffington Post. If you’ve got any friends (or, friends of friends) in Iowa pretty please hook me up with their contact information. I am especially interested in getting in touch with them if they are younger folks involved in the political process in any capacity (e.g. volunteers, campaign staff, or just caucusing it up). ...
Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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Done and Done
Finished the semester. Probably headed to Iowa next week. Do you know anybody that lives there? That is volunteering or working there during the caucus? Please get in touch. Thanks.
Dec 19th
“… after six or seven weeks, girls find me boring. But I’m not sure what...”
– Bret from Flight of the Conchords Does this explain why my site traffic has dropped off exponentially?  
Dec 18th
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domain registration thoughts
I looked up this issue and apparently what happens is services that like godaddy sell their domain search criteria to other parties. These other parties purchase the domain and squat on it for its 5 day grace period. The squatter then waits to see if someone wants to buy the domain for an inflated price or if the domain generates enough revenue over that 5 day period to cover its yearly cost...
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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New York Minute
I’m up in the city for a New York minute. Give me a holla if you’re in town and reading this. Headed downtown in a second to finish up my last paper of the semester. If you’re in the area, or have any insight about WHOIS privacy, the First Amendment, and anonymous speech rights, feel free to get in touch. I enjoyed some delicious tostones at Café Habana in Soho yesterday, and...
Dec 16th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“This is a civil action for damages arising out of an alleged attack by a wolf on...”
– Mahlandt v. Wild Canid Survival & Research Center, Inc.
Dec 11th
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“Today the housekeeping staff told me that they are finding beer cans and bottles...”
– email from head librarian
Dec 10th
“I just know I have had it for a few years,” he told ABC. “I must...”
– ABC News: Teen Dials Bush Private Number ‘to Chat’
Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Flashforward, Part III
Replying to Part II, themarkpike says: If the problem is anonymity, the solution is mandated registration. But requiring users to register creates its own complications. I think that commenting is rotten at the core, and the solution is to just remove it entirely. Adding complexity will only create additional headaches. — jakoblodwick Sorry, Jakob. That wasn’t me that said that; I think it...
Dec 7th
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Flashforward
…building this communal discussion forum where all men had an equal voice. Yup… some called it ‘community’, others called it ‘democracy’… what’s that? Eh? …. NO! No, no, none of us realized we were a bunch of filthy communists. It didnt’ quite click that we had been negating our property rights, by default, on almost every single site,...
Dec 7th
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WatchWatch
Took a quick study break to enjoy the most exciting annual event in Colonial Williamsburg —fife and drum roll, please— the Grand Illumination! For those of you who don’t have the privilege of living quite so close to the bustling metropolis of reenacted 18th century Virginia, I figured I would post some pictures and a video to truly capture the essence of this explosive evening. ...
Dec 3rd