‘Perfect Storm’ Brewing in A2 The other day I sat down with Dale Winling to talk about a couple organizations he recently launched. Dale is a first year PhD candidate in Architectural History at the University of Michigan. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Western Michigan University and is from a town […]
Is Your Media Contagious?
The Contagious Media Showdown, a contest to attract the most traffic to a new website by (basically) any means possible, has ended with Forget Me Not Panties, Crying While Eating, and personal favorite (I’m on the “Câ€? list) Blogebrity the winners. —–
Antigay Boot Camp and Blog Storms
A 16-year-old Tennessee boy recently came out to his parents. They didn’t react well: they sent him to anti-gay boot camp. However, his moving blog has created what Terrance calls a “blog stormâ€? on the web: So, that’s where it stands for now. A lonely, scared, gay teenager in Tennessee dropped a post into the […]
Afternoon Links
Arborupdate: U-M Committee Recommends Coca-Cola Investigation Also, PFAW: Save PBS Now! – (Send a letter to your congressperson) —–
Blogger Meetup Report
The Meetup.com D.C. blogger meetup yesterday was fun, about 7 people showed up at SoHo tea and coffee for an enjoyable wide-ranging discussion. The attendees included Pat, John, Michael, Damian, Dan and Jamy. > Other D.C. Blogger Meetups: Blogorama (kept alive by Julian Sanchez), weblogs-social-dc Yahoo Group, what am I missing? > Me on the […]
Music Blogging is Fun
I’ve been digging the Great Lakes Myth Society lately, an Ann Arbor band that specializes in nostalgic celtic-influenced rock about mythology, history, Michigan and well, the great lakes, designed for people like me. I probably heard about them on Brandon’s blog, you can hear or download some of their music here. On the rock-ier side […]
Getting the Word Out on “30 Days�
I’ve been getting a lot of hits recently to my blog from people searching for information on Morgan Spurlock’s new series, which premiered tonight on FX. I blogged earlier today about my thoughts – it’s very eye opening yet entertaining. Someone left this comment recently on one of my posts about a screening of his […]