Category Archives: Bloggers

Have you voted in the JIB awards yet?

Well, have you? You should. Go vote. Best Post has been delayed for a while, so I’m suggesting you vote for someone other than me. There are a lot of fine Jewish and Israeli bloggers out there. Go look at … Continue reading

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The JIB Awards: Time to vote

Voting is now open at the Jewish and Israeli Blogger awards. There are lots of good people needing votes there. Omri’s been nominated, for instance. I’m up against him in one category. That’s the one I’d rather you didn’t vote … Continue reading

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Now we are six

Today is my sixth blogiversary. What have six years of blogging brought me? Friends from all over the country and the world Words of encouragement A million and one jokes Veterinary advice Post and podcast ideas Job possibilities Actual jobs … Continue reading

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JIB Awards

If you have a suggestion for best post, or best series of posts, from the last year, best make them now. Nominations close Thursday night. That’s tonight.

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The JIB Awards

If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve. Okay, I’m probably withdrawing my blog nomination, but that doesn’t mean you all shouldn’t check out the Jewish & Israeli Blog Awards. Omri was nominated, and he’s so … Continue reading

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I’m gonna eat some worms caterpillars

Why was Sarah late picking me up yesterday? Because she was busy vaccuuming her tree. Why, yes, I’m serious. It’s Sarah’s eco-friendly solution to the tent caterpillar problem in her yard. She’s hesitant to use pesticides for many reasons: Four … Continue reading

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There’s irony, and then there’s in your face, mofo!

The best thing about being the number one search result for “Zionist blog“? It puts me on top of a viciously anti-Israel blogger. It’s because of this post from 2006 that I almost forgot about writing. (You see, I just … Continue reading

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Because we haven’t had a good blogwar in a while

If only I could tell you the emails that have been zinging back and forth between Omri and me, but then, it’s so much more fun to just have an all-out blogwar. Okay, bub. Here’s the thing. I never saw … Continue reading

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A must-read blog: The House of Apostasy

A blogger who is forced to remain anonymous has compiled a roundup of ex-Muslim blogs, a sort of Carnival of the Apostates, and the excerpts are powerful enough to make you want to read them all. A sample: Now that … Continue reading

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WordPress 2.1.1 cracked; what version do you have?

If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 prior to March 2nd, you need to download the upgrade immediately. A cracker managed to mess with the code of the download file. If you’re lazy like me, and still have a version that is … Continue reading

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The Danger Room

The man behind Defense Tech, Noah Schachtman, is now defenseblogging for Wired in the Danger Room. (As an X-Men fan, I love the name, of course.) If you’re a milblogger or someone interested in defense, this is the place to … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim: The Gotcha! edition

I TOTALLY fell for this email: Subject: Haveil Havalim #107 is(n’t) UP! I’m Sorry Folks I Just Can’t Do Haveil Havalim #107 Now I think I’m going to have to get back at Soccer Dad. I wasn’t even going to … Continue reading

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Google sued to reveal blogger’s identity

The case in a nutshell: A school board member doesn’t like some of the names she’s being called in the comments of a post Orthomom’s blog. So she’s suing Google to force them to reveal Orthomom, who currently blogs anonymously. … Continue reading

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Someone needs a history lesson in blogging

TRex over at Firedoglake doesn’t know that the blogosphere existed long before 9/11. I think the wider world has learned a lot about the world of blogging over the last few weeks, not just with FDL being front-and-center-and-above-the-fold in today’s … Continue reading

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Your daily dose of humor

This time via Sarah: What tech support would look like when the book was introduced. If you think this is making fun of the idiots who call tech support, you’re right. By the way, it’s Sarah’s second blogiversary, and she … Continue reading

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