29-Aug-02

A land of guns and whispers Pakistan sweeps its tribal areas for criminals, upsetting the local population and fueling rumors that Taliban fighters are nearby By Phillip Robertson What a treat to see an article from Phillip again.  One of my first posts to this weblog was about how much I enjoyed his coverage just after 9/11.  I still want to read the archives of his work for Salon -- I joined Salon Premium as a result of his Afghanistan coverage and I'm glad he's still with us. comment [] 7:43:34 PM | permalink

William Quick -- who coined "Blogosphere" -- has joined Blogging Network where he will offer premium content for members.  I wish him and the others all the best of luck and have just subscribed.  Now I have an additional weblog -- comes with the small fee of $2.99 to read all the BN writers -- should Salon.com have problems.  Bill posts around twenty to thirty times a day so he alone is worth $2.99 USD/month, but for that price we get access to all the bloggers on the Blogging Network, very cool.  I just posted a comment there and you get an HTML editor when you comment on that network.  I must admit I thought Bill was joking -- just like Glenn Reynolds, etc. on April Fools when he linked an article stating that AOHell was purchasing all these blogs, something like that anyway -- when he posted something about Daily Pundit Premium, but he wasn't, and this may be the beginning of something.  Writers like Mr. Layne and Mr. Quick -- and many others, check my links and Blogroll Sidebar! -- deserve more than just tip jars for their wonderful blogs, unite readers, unite!  comment [] 7:17:53 PM | permalink

Wright brothers? No, no. It was a shy New Zealand cellist and farmer who first took off in a flying machine. Too bad about the landing... [more] (A & L) Andrew Bayer dreaming of Montreal in addition to China?  Imperial Tombs of China. (Past exhibition). 'The Museum of Art at Brigham Young University is pleased to present Imperial Tombs of China. Perhaps the most important exhibition ever lent by the People's Republic of China, this array of magnificent objects from museums across China gives the modern eye a glimpse of one of the world's major ancient cultures ... ' (plep) I downloaded a 1.5 second clip -- from Rogers.ca -- of "The Flight of the Bumblebee" (Scroll or search on page) to be used on my phone, I think I like it. comment [] 2:36:37 PM | permalink

posted by Stan Chin August 28 4:33 PM | 11 comments. Onesixty: The SMS Poetry Magazine. Mobile phone poetry, as Andrew Wilson describes it "Text messages are short, so the subject has to be tackled in a way that will fit into 160 characters. A text message poem has to find one truthful moment and describe it." Write your own with this handy abbreviation guide and intro from the Guardian. [MetaFilter] comment [] 4:07:01 AM | permalink

A cool cowpoke gets political Steve Earle, a new disc under his belt, talks about his tumultuous career -- a hair-raising ride that has included many wives, an ugly romance with heroin, and watching a man die comment [] 4:01:08 AM | permalink