Daily Archives: January 19, 2004

Comment spam update

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

There’s a new version of Movable Type, version 2.66, which is apparently a stopgap to help deal with comment spam until Version 3.0 is released. It will allow you to require that a certain amount of time pass between the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Administrivia | 1 Comment

That’s not what I asked

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Great article in the Columbia Journalism Review on the fine art of avoiding the question. It sheds quite a bit of light on why we so seldom get any useful information from those who talk to the press on a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Other punditry | 1 Comment

Comics (yawn) controversy

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

This Chron article is reasonably well done, even if I’ve read way too many “Are the comics getting too serious?” stories. There are a couple of points to discuss: [S]ome newspaper editors — including here at the Chronicle — viewed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Society and cultcha | 7 Comments

How blogging got started

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

This PreTeena comic pretty much sums it up. Continue reading →

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Will Bush regret his immigration reform proposal?

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve been wondering lately if immigration issues will cause a rift in the Republican Party during this election season. There’s already some conservative rumbling over government spending, though I agree with Nick Confessore that it’s a bit early to make … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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McGovern endorses Clark

Posted on January 19, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

So does this mean that we can officially call a halt to any future Dean-is-like-McGovern articles? Wesley Clark, seeking to make inroads among supporters of Howard Dean, was endorsed Sunday by George McGovern, whose opposition to the Vietnam War propelled … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in The making of the President | 1 Comment