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Spotlighting some cool sites I come across. I think you’ll like them too!

More mesmerizing than watching your computer defrag!

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Have you people checked out the World as a Blog?

As a new post comes in, somewhere in the world (assuming they have Geotags), a blip shows up on the map with an excerpt of their post. Few things impress me these days. THIS is definitely one of them. I can stare at this thing for hours!

  • What? Real time & updating display of weblog postings, around the world
  • How? Weblogs.com + geocoding + RSS
  • Is it really real-time? Nearly! Weblogs.com updates about once per minute. the geo-blog poller checks about once per minute. and flash checks in with the server about once per minute. so at worse, it’s 3 minutes in the past, at best 1 minute.
  • Why so few blogs? Only ~13% of weblogs are geocoded (May 2003)
  • How do I? Add GeoTags and RSS tag to your Blog, then Ping Weblogs.com
  • What is Online@GeoBlog? View who’s watching geoblog right now. Sign in with your url. Must have geo tags to be represented.
  • Contact mikel_maron at yahoo.com – Brain Off

Newz Briefs (or Newz Boxers, take your pick)

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  • LinkWorthy has moved INTO the 21st Century – Thaaaat’s right. John has set up a BBS Forum for people to discuss issues, and comment on his latest parody of Robert Palmer and other posts.Plus we can bitch endlessly about Lil’ Miss Know-it-all. It don’t get no better than that.

    • I think it’s a smarter move, as I am seriously debating taking comments off this page (I like the input, and I love hearing FROM people here, but this is SO short-term. Plus people feel obligated to “check in”, and they feel there is a time LIMIT on when they can share their thoughts. It’s not fair to you.).

    In learning FROM my past mistakes, my zeal in promoting the hell out of something good, to the point where it looks like I’m taking over, I’m simply going to point my finger in that direction and say LOOKIE! Go support a brother….

    There. I’m done.
    Continue reading “Newz Briefs (or Newz Boxers, take your pick)”

    Around The Web

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    Moving on to bigger and better things…

    Coming Soon!

  • Project #1 – Pennsylvania Music Awards – Much like his wildly successful Hawaiian Music Awards, Johnny Kai is bringing the magic here to the mainland. I mention this now, as I know a lot of musicians in Pennsylvania… and I want to get the buzz going now. The Awards will be launched May 2004. I’ll keep you posted on registration, voting, and all that fun stuff when the site goes INTO development in a month or two.
  • Project #2 – Super Secret Project – Probably coming out in the Fall. I have contacted a few people privately about it. There’s a lot of excitement. But that’s all I’m allowed to say. It’ll be open to everybody, but there’s only a small SELECT GROUP of people that I trust at this moment.

    • Newz & Gossip

  • Will the REAL Moxie please stand up – Oy-friggin’-vey. Apparently the age old blog war of “Hey, that’s my name… you stole it!” has reared it’s ugly head (yet again). Moxie.nu -vs- Moxiepop.I won’t waste my time linking to either of them, as this qualifies as the “Dumbest CatFight of the Year (so far)“… instead I direct you to Kevin Parrot’s hilarious photoshop coverage of the “Rock ’em Sock ’em Moxie Boxing” match.
    (Try and say THAT three times fast!)
  • New girls in town (at least to me) – I’m not sure if they are aware of the Warblogger degree that extreme right-wingers are forbidden to link to sites like mine (or at least deny being my friend), but I found them in my referrers anyway: Right We Are! – A conservative, pro-US, Republican blog by two chicks on the right side. I may not be able to stomach yet another “Bush can do no wrong” site…… but well, I refuse to talk politics on my site anymore anyway.
    … and Republican girls *are* sexy!
    Welcome to CyberTown, ladies.

    • Newz you can uze

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  • Saddam Hussein Killed for 4th Time– U.S.A.! U.S.A.!!! *waves flag*
  • Move over Wil Wheaton! – There’s a new Trekkie on the block: Captain Christopher Pike is now blogging… (actually LiveJournal-ing… to some retards, there’s a difference. I think. via Wacky Iraqi)
  • See Bush’s Erection! – As reported in Fox News, an Iraqi has proposed a giant golden statue in Dubya’s honor for his liberation of the poor, oppressed, and weaponsofmassdestructionless people of Iraq – BushStatue.Org, go on in the guestbook and tell them what a swell idea this is!
  • DaGoddess is lying! Zander is real… ( or, at least that’s what KayCee is telling everyone, as she jumps to his defense…)
  • Anyone who doesn’t wish Deb Smouse a happy birthday tomorrow is a jerk.
    (and Ashley Richards, too, whoever you are)

    • Mother’s Day Weekend Pt. IV

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    This month’s newsletter has gone out the door.

    So look for “[whuzzupdate] Sorry I made you an alcoholic, ma!“, somewhere in your inbox… buried under penis enlargers and generic viagra ads (someone trying to tell me something here?)

    Mother’s Day Weekend IV: The moms strike back
    Continue reading “Mother’s Day Weekend Pt. IV”

    Mother’s Day Weekend

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    One day isn’t enough… this year, we’re spending the weekend honoring those who have the toughest job on earth… Moms.

    You’ve brought a life INTO the world, nurtured it, loved it, cried for it, and worried about it FROM day one… and will do so until you leave this world.

    Of all the moms in the world, the single mom is probably the one I admire the most. There will be no husband there to serve her breakfast in bed, or buy an expensive gift, or take her out to dinner. No one to take the kids out so she can sleep late on “her day”… some may even have to go to work this weekend because they’re not only playing the role of mother *and* father, but they’re also the only source of income. They’re tough as nails, and their children will *always* come first.
    Continue reading “Mother’s Day Weekend”

    Back from…

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    …the Dead: Jannelle’s Laptop hath been resurrected. Hallelujah!

    …getting the crap bombed out of him: Salam Pax returned yesterday with a bunch of new posts composed on Word while the power was out in Baghdad.

    (I don’t mean to be a jerk or nothing, I mean, he’s interesting reading and all, but am I the only one who has their “KayCee alarm™” going off when I hear his name?)

    …the outer reaches of the Cosmos: That’s right, true believers. The man who taught me everything I know about finding new worlds and destroying everything in my path is now blogging… Yes, Galactus has a blog. (Figures he’d tell Solonor before telling me. Heh… and I don’t need no stinkin herald either!)

    …blowing out candles: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIA!!!!!!

    Yeah… that’s about it.
    Anything else you think you saw in this entry, you’re sadly mistaken.

    Please adjust your bookmarks, and vote, damn you…

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    Kira, the Desert Flower has moved. Got a sharp new design, and went back to her old monniker of “Drawn Outside The Lines”.
    ………………….

    Kim, everyone’s favorite tough-as-nails survivor has moved The SICK SIDE to her new home at Serenity-Quest.
    ………………….-

    My co-worker, Brian Burbank, has a thread going on his message board: “Lines FROM Dumb & Dumber”… flex your trivia muscles and add some quotes FROM the movie, will ya?
    ……………………….

    As you can see on the right… my “Testimonials” are in full swing. A new one every time you refresh the page.

    I need more testimonials!!!!
    How have I changed your life?
    ……………………….

    Cheyenne is losing at the Nude Bloggie Awards. Voting ends Sunday. She has vowed to carry out her threat to go with less T&A… AND MORE BARNEY!!!

    Folks… I don’t even consider that funny.
    Don’t do this to me and all the other horny hetero guys on the net…. VOTE FOR GNOME-GIRL!!!!
    ………………………………

    **// Oh well, there was a long diatribe here about us guys and our preoccupation with our peckers, how most household items are phallic symbols, and how our next president needs to have a REALLY BIG DICK (I’m talking Vin Diesel/Milton Berle caliber here… before our next military action is called “Operation: Penis Envy”). But alas it is gone now.

    Probably for the best… the thought of me and my big lips being someone’s bitch in a federal penitentiary is just too much for me to handle. //**

    You’re still here…???

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    Yeesh… my attempts to be boring and neglect everyone isn’t working.
    Must try to bore you harder. (Take that any way you want.)

    Well, since I’m still deep INTO a bunch of projects (one is a superhero cartoon short I hope you’ll like.) In the meantime, let me direct you to some more entertaining places in CyberTown….

    Have you guys met Jet and her husband Speedbump?
    They’re friends of The Mighty “T”… so that makes them friends of mine (If I know what’s good for me!) :0)

    They’re a fun bunch. Jet just wrote her account on the private little war us parents face in America.

    Speedbump is hilarious… his antics remind me a lot of my own, and we should run a contest to see who spends more time on the couch after pissing the Mrs. off. Some of the stuff Jet writes about him reminds me of what Carole would write about me if she were blogging…

    Of course if Carole had legs like Jet…
    I wouldn’t be … uhm, … uh…

    I forgot what I was going to say. Go pay them a visit.

    The Winter Edition

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    Yes… the wolf comes with a “Santa Cap”. I just wanted everyone to see the “new look” as it will stay through the winter. I’ll change that tonight, as well as a few more tweaks.

    Say “hi” to “Cerberus” up there… he’ll be filling in as my new mascot as “The CyberPal” is on vacation.

    You like? It’s the “Winter Peace” design FROM those sexy Glen Road Girls. Designed by none other than The Queen of Weblogs herself.

    Didn’t I *SAY* some people were helping me redesign, whether they knew it or not?
    …and, don’t I deserve the *BEST*, LeFou? :0)

    More great blog templates at: Glen Road Girls: Blog Designs. Go treat yourself to a new look this Christmas. You were good all year. You earned it. :0)

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