Here's my full disclosure regarding open-source/Free software issues: My brother once worked for the Free Software Foundation, which essentially invented open-source; he now works for, and I have stock in,...
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November 24, 2005 | Oh the huM&Mity!The NYT reports: In a replay of a similar 1997 incident, the M&M balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City flew out of control, struck a...
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Happy ThanksgivingI'm heading off to the homestead for the traditional gathering of family and friends, and the annual exercise in overeating. I chipped in a donation to Rosie's Place this morning....
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November 23, 2005 | The wingnut-wanker continuum, revealed at last!From the always hilarious Editors over at Poor man, this fantastic graph of political figures and pundits, plotted on an x-axis of wankery vs. a y-axis of wingnuttery (click to...
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November 18, 2005 | Heavy navel-gazing on the blogiversarySo, we've been doing this for a year. I thought I'd share some personal thoughts... Early on in 2004, David and I started sending emails back and forth about doing...
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Happy Birthday!As Bob said earlier this morning, today is Blue Mass. Group's first birthday. Frankly, a year ago I had no idea whether the three of us were cut out to...
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One Year for America and BMGA full 12 months have passed since David approached Charley and me with the idea for Blue Mass Group. Hurray for the thousands of activists that have united around this...
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November 06, 2005 | The West Wing "live debate"I just watched The West Wing's "live debate" between "presidential candidates" "Matt Santos" (Jimmy Smits) and "Arnold Vinick" (Alan Alda). Enjoyable, entertaining TV. Even some interesting political points made. But...
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October 16, 2005 | 100,000 and counting!I'm pleased to report that some time this morning Blue Mass. Group received its 100,000th unique visitor since we went online at the end of November 2004. It took us...
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October 11, 2005 | Current.tvCurrent TV, the new San Francisco based cable channel chaired by Al Gore, offers a 24-hour stream of mini documentaries about ten minutes long. I watched the channel a lot...
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