Blog your way to a better trip

Had a problem with your last trip? Fire up your PC and post something online.

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Zimbabweans use blogs, text messages for info

The photographs of the tortured body of an opposition official are blurry but chilling.

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Jason Reitman, Kevin Smith Blog for NHL

Jason Reitman, Lauren Conrad, Dierks Bentley and Kevin Smith are among the celebrities who will blog about their love of hockey on the National Hockey League's Web site.

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Israel's Shin Bet Agency Unveils Blogs

Some employees at Israel's covert security agency are blogging about their work lives in an attempt to attract more high-tech workers to the Shin Bet's ranks.

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Russian Blogs Antidote to Neutered Media

In the final weeks of Russia's presidential campaign, TV networks and other major media are filled with uncritical and often fawning coverage of the man President Vladimir Putin has blessed as his successor.

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From ranking blogs to predicting posture

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Is it safe to eat sushi?

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FEC Won't Regulate Political Blogging

DailyKos, an influential political Web site that serves as a virtual bulletin board for liberals, qualifies as a media entity exempt from federal campaign finance regulations, the Federal Election Commission said Tuesday.

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China Cracks Down on Blogs, Search Engines

China's Internet regulators are stepping up controls on blogs and search engines to block material it considers unlawful or immoral, the government said Friday.

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Judge Allows Sex Blogs Lawsuit to Proceed

A judge on Wednesday allowed a lawsuit to proceed against Jessica Cutler, the former Senate aide who posted details of her sex life on the Internet.

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Iran Hard-Line Regime Cracks Down on Blogs

On his last visit to Iran, Canadian-based blogger Hossein Derakhshan was detained and interrogated, then forced to sign a letter of apology for his blog writings before being allowed to leave the country. Compared to others, Derakhshan is lucky.

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A Look at Postings Found on Iranian Blogs

A look at postings found on Iranian blogs:

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Toshiba Develops Mobile-Phone Technology

Checking out the Internet buzz about a DVD, book or candy while on the go will become as easy as taking a snapshot of the bar code on a product.

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Students' Drinking Reported in Blogs

Fifteen to 20 students at East Grand Rapids High School face possible disciplinary action by the school after parents reported seeing Internet photos of them drinking alcohol at parties.

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How ADHD, anxiety, fear, abandonment issues can push other people away.

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There is a gem of a blog post over at the White House website.

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Welcome to the "fakeosphere." Internet marketing veteran and analyst Jay Weintraub says fake blogs – or flogs – fake news sites and manufactured testimonials are the fastest-growing segment of Internet advertising.

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Many of our journalists desire to exercise their 1st Amendment rights by gathering information about what happens in school board meetings, community events, county commission meetings or in the state legislature.

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A story from ABC (Australia) show "Foreign Correspondent" that explores the role of citizen journalism and related technology in Iran during the recent anti-government demonstrations in the nation among Iranian youth.

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As for the Obama administration, whether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing.

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Blogs were supposed to be a means that enabled every person to exercise their right to free speech which is guaranteed in the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. Hurrah! Everyone now had a way to give the world their two cents no matter who liked it or not.

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We should've known this was coming... Where did our liberty and freedom go?

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Who's Despicable? President Obama Orders WWII Pensions Cut... And The Blogs That Mislead Us About It

The blogosphere is awash today in outrage over the president's seemingly inexplicable snubbing of a group of 26 World War II veterans. Conservative bloggers have seized the subject with some of the most robust announcements of "gotcha!" I've seen in a while.

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It's notoriously hard for bloggers with a limited audience to monetize the traffic generated by the content they self-publish, and LiveJournal users are no exception.

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from the oh-really? dept. Mathew Ingram points us to the news that President Obama has indicated that he's at least open to hearing bills that would help bailout the newspaper industry because he's afraid of reporting becoming "all blogosphere":

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By now the arguments are familiar: Facebook is ruining our social relationships; Google is making us dumber; texting is destroying the English language as we know it.

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Do people talk about their dates online or blog? Is that a good idea or not? The prospective pros and cons.....

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Went on one date with a heavily tattooed guy with a sweet face and an adorable Pit Bull. He gave great head: long and slow with the lower half of his face right up in there. His nose rubbing my clit while he tongued my hole, with his goatee tickling my @!$%#.

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Teddy Braden is in the Pinellas County Jail. That's not that unusual. He's not yet 21. That's also not that unusual. He's in on a drug charge. That's definitely not that unusual.

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The dispute involves Henke pointing out the problems with WNDs claims

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Sexting. Raunchy MySpace pics. Boob jobs as a right of passage. Videotaped sex parties at college parties. Hooters. Ten-year-olds in full makeup. Teens in thongs.

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A report from the Pew Internet Project found signs that social networks could be encouraging younger people to get involved in politics.

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The WordPress phenomenon has taken the art of blogging to a global audience, and not without good reason.

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September 1, 1939: I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear

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Too bad students aren't books. If they were, I could shelve them any way I liked. Take my biography/memoir shelf at home, for example. Everyone is shelved in alphabetical order:

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... "To all intents and purposes the internet is a theatre in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we must be active in that theatre, otherwise we will lose," said Ilan Shturman, who is responsible for the project.

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Google has been ordered to reveal the name of an anonymous blogger who bad-mouthed a New York fashion model, in a case that could restrict Americans' ability to slag off enemies from behind a veil of Internet secrecy.

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A Million Boat Float...a 'Two Day' protest in California

There are numerous articles posted here and all over the web about 'Water' use/users here in California. It is a growing concern and one that is not going to be easily settled.

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In his traditional witty way, Garrison Keillor comments on how the internet has made it possible to preserve the great American tradition of good journalism. Yes, there is a lot of poorly written material on the net, but if not for blogs many gems would never appear in print.

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