The Green[e]house Effect: On the Side: June 2003 Archives

June 30, 2003

>Why I'd just as soon not use a whitelist to deal with spam (0)

June 29, 2003

>Chirp chirp! (0)
>Wow — this happened right up the street from where I used to live. Gee whiz ... (0)

June 28, 2003

>"During the entire build-up to the war in Iraq, Greg argued forcefully and logically that the case being outlined was false and not consistent with any expert opinion on the subject." Now he's gone. (0)

June 27, 2003

>"If Liz Phair can make an album like this, Radiohead might be capable of making a hip-hop record." (0)
>Ann Coulter: I ♥ Joey McCarthy! (0)
>Watch how Republicans "support" the troops. (0)
>Apple does the Mag Mile, beginning tonight (0)
>"And because she is so extraordinarily placed right now, [Justice O’Connor is able to turn whole bodies of law into the law of 'Sandy Says.'" (0)
>Dude, that just ain't right ... (0)

June 26, 2003

>A blog about hoops shoes?! (0)
>"Is Krispy Kreme for real?" Do you need to ask? (0)
>Kos: Democrats should launch an official party weblog (0)

June 25, 2003

>The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 "may have far-reaching effects on wine producers and importers." (0)
>"If you've never seen a young woman in a staring contest with a 4½-pound slab of red meat, it's a thing to behold." (0)
>From Justin to Kelly? Should have gone from camera to cutting room floor, says Salon (0)
>"Can [George Will] really expect a country that barely keeps the power on for 2 hours a day to dispose of very messy armaments without so much as a trace? Why even in our own country, right up the road in Anniston, Alabama, we are 15 YEARS behind schedule trying to find a way to get rid of the very same kinds of weapons." (0)
>"[I]t's just really freakin' weird to see people saying that the invasion is justified now because we've found the bodies of people we knew he was killing a decade ago, at which time we didn't do anything about it." (0)

June 24, 2003

>Read Mindy's editorial on women. See more Hispanic photos. Here's how you can. (0)
>How America got Wired (0)
>Apple's new computers, OS: rockin' the house like a three-pound banana (0)

June 23, 2003

>Pollster Ruy Teixeira has a weblog (sort of) (0)
>Goodbye, 'ambiguously gay'; hello, metrosexual! (0)
>Dahlia Lithwick: "I confess to being somewhat surprised by your latest post, the love song to Sandra Day Prufrock. ('Do I dare, do I dare, do I dare uphold a program that clearly discriminates on the basis of race?')" (0)
>Wyeth gets his Freep on, finds plans to flood MoveOn Primary with votes for Al Sharpton (1)

June 22, 2003

>"I've been a bit off the weblogging tip for the past week because I've been busy acclimating myself to the ATL lifestyle. One cannot assume to understand the state of being crunk overnight." (0)
>I can see why people like Ikea and all, but this is just taking matters too far. (0)

June 21, 2003

>"[M]ovie studios (notably Disney) and other corporate copyright holders recently purchased a federal law that extended copyright out to 100 years (the Founders had it at 14; it was 75 years until recently). ... The effect of this law was to transfer public average-Joe property (public-domain works) into the hands of large corporations, i.e., the companies whose shares are going up." (0)
>Let's hope she thinks that stands for Baltimore ... (0)
>Old Spice ranks America's sweatiest cities (2)

June 20, 2003

>Circumnavigating the globe with a fly rod in hand? Sounds like a great vacation to me. (0)
>What I wouldn't do to spend some time here this weekend ... (0)
>Alton Brown's handy how-to manual on the art of homebrewing (0)
>An interview with Good Eats' Alton Brown (0)

June 19, 2003

>"A group of French schoolchildren has been forced to cancel a summer exchange trip to America after being told that the students were no longer welcome because of anti-French sentiment following opposition to war in Iraq." (0)
>Beer and cycling: two great tastes that taste great together (0)
>Holy frijoles, you can't do that to a chicken! (Update: Oh God, there's an illustrated version.) (3)

June 18, 2003

>Matt Haughey: TrackBack from iTunes (0)
>Simpletracks: a standalone web-based TrackBack client (0)
>An FAQ on the better half of the species (0)

June 17, 2003

>News for the irony-impaired: African-American academic proposes poll tax (0)
>Why can't I find this on Limewire? (0)
>Instapundit: "I'm tempted to endorse a more traditional remedy: twice warning a politician about threatening people's rights and property, and then tarring, feathering, and running him out of town on a rail." (0)
>Slashdot: "Sen. Hatch went on to propose that cars be designed so that they explode when they exceed the speed limit." (0)
>AP: "The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday he favors developing new technology to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet." (0)

June 16, 2003

>Sir Sting?! (0)

June 15, 2003

>Sugarmama: "Acidman should reconsider his negative opinion of my dog. She pooped all over Atlanta. What a smart girl!" (0)
>Never trust a tray ceiling and a smile (whoo!) (0)
>At the U-Va. Law School, we take our Second Amendment seriously. (2)
>Wyeth Ruthven's blog makes the Atlanta Journal-Constitution — in connection with the band that brought you "Smoke on the Water" (0)
>Enter the Matrix thread — which looks set to wrap up, oh, right around when Revolutions comes out. (0)
>The Stonefish is back. (0)

June 12, 2003

>Hans Blix lets loose. "I have my detractors in Washington ... There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media." (0)

June 11, 2003

>Ladies and gentlemen, the incredible shrinking Arthur Andersen. (0)

June 10, 2003

>... and suddenly, I don't feel so bad about getting Cs in handwriting (0)
>Tim Jarrett — with an assist from Technorati creator Dave Sifry — writes about negative links. Judging from this post, I think we may have a candidate. (0)
>"Ellen Moore wasn't supposed to be running. She wasn't even supposed to be living." Wow. (0)
>Warbloggers: You may be eligible for a free oven mitt! [Follow link for details.] (0)

June 9, 2003

>Coming soon to the Green[e]house Effect: one-click fundraising for the Democratic Party (0)
>What if Radiohead were Pianohead? (0)
>See Polythene Pam, courtesy of the Abbey Road crossing cam (0)
>Photo gallery of last weekend's Chattahoochee River race (0)
>Kos: "I spent this weekend in Burlington, Vt., where we officially accepted work on behalf of presidential candidate Howard Dean." (0)

June 8, 2003

>"[T]here's the ongoing story of the lackluster SEC failing to vigorously investigate corporate crime. There's the ongoing story of the defunding of the IRS so that fewer and fewer tax returns get audited. And the ones that do get audited are the small money ones. Those are serious stories involving millions of people and lots of money, and they get less ink than Martha. I think it's probably because there's no pie involved." (0)
>Think this might cost the Green Giant his endorsement contract? (0)
>"For a bunch of gung-ho tough guys just itchin' to shoot something, Republicans sure are sensitive all of a sudden." (0)
>Randall Terry of Operation Rescue now running Operation Rescue-Me-From-Life-Without-a-Manor (0)

June 7, 2003

>When Dubya met Homer ... (0)
>Playtime at the Daley Center: "For the last time, kids, stay off the Picasso!" (0)
>"[M]odern communications, and the growth of weblogs and web bulletin boards in particular, have ... given power to bitter employees. Think of it as the proliferation of weapons to organizational terrorists." (0)
>"The filibuster may be a stupid, arcane anti-democratic institution, but then so is the whole Senate." (0)

June 6, 2003

>Krugman: "[F]ederal taxes are now back to what they were in an era when Medicare and Medicaid didn't exist." (0)

June 5, 2003

>Yale law professor Jack Balkin: "In short, I would suggest that the major reason why Blair is in more hot water right now for deceiving the public about why Britain went to war is that the democratic process is simply working better in Britain right now than it is in the United States." (0)
>"Hey Chicks ... why don't you just tell the country music industry to go f*€& themselves?" (0)
>The Onion: Bush Visits U.S.S. Truman for Dramatic Veterans'-Benefits-Cutting Ceremony (0)
>Worldwide pants? Not if the king of Swaziland has his say. (0)

June 4, 2003

>"They actually said to me, 'We want a nice wedding and all. You know, classic. But can you tone down the God and Jesus stuff? We'll pay you, of course. How much do you charge?'" (2)
>BMW: the Ultimate ~~Driving Machine~~ Rain Gauge (0)
>Sammy, say it ain't so! (0)
>Slate on Moneyball, the new baseball book by Michael Lewis: "This is going to change everything." (0)

June 3, 2003

>A worthy legacy: Camp Wellstone ... (0)
>Separated at birth: Eric Rudolph vs. Freddie Mercury (0)

June 2, 2003

>"We are not all jerks." (0)
>"Salam, who is chubby and cherubic and hip and speaks beautiful English, and often says 'thingy,' had everything you would want in an interpreter, save one trait. When I asked about his road skills, he blushed slightly and said, 'To be honest, I am not much of a driver.'" (0)
>Kevin Werbach on this FCC press release: "This is Bushism: Do one thing, but say you're doing something else so frequently and fervently that people believe it." (0)
>The most important question of the summer: gas or charcoal? (0)
>"Imagine, for example, if one hundred of the most popular liberal websites joined together to create a virtual ad network." Hmmm ... (0)

June 1, 2003

>I wonder what Casey Martin is up to? (0)
>Separated at birth: Richard Ashcroft vs. John Ashcroft (0)