New microsyntax for Twitter: three pointers and the slasher | FactoryCity
Interesting way to start signifying messages on Twitter. Love that Tweetie 2.1 is behind it as well.
Thinking about a paywall? Read this first
A breakdown of what seems to go largely unsaid in most of this discussion of news paywalls. Turning away your future customers by making them pay on their first visit is ridiculous. Hopefully the…
A professional journalist embarrasses himself in Jackson, Tenn.
Good beating of an angry newspaperman.
Let's End Anonymous Comments
For me, as the writer, connecting my name with what I say holds me accountable. I’ll think hard about what I write and consider whether my words are ones I want to be connected with when I walk the…
The Yankees Payroll
Good argument for those people that claim the Yankees payroll isn’t helping them win. Shows how baseball is set up to be unfair in the playoffs, and how the payroll actually does have an effect on…
Important Baseball Game Not Involving The Red Sox Still Somehow All About The Red Sox
“The ongoing longitudinal study of narcissistic personality disorder known as Red Sox Nation has somehow contrived to turn Game 6 of a Phillies-Yankees World Series into a drama centering on … Red…
The Defamation of Independents
“And what kind of sheeple-disdaining dillweed explains away the defection of political independents from the Obama-supporting to the Obama-suspecting camps (an important factor in yesterday’s…
Dodgers & Cardinals, By The Numbers
I heard a lot before the playoffs about the Dodgers starting pitching not being up to snuff. I also heard how their bullpen would really be the key. You don’t need outstanding starting pitching if…
Baseball Prospectus | The Human Element
Calling for an elimination of balls and strikes calls from human umpires. Cue the craziness.
The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 2
Keeping the geeking out going.
The Breitbart Dilemma
“More relevantly to the journalism discussion, partisan media criticism is not ‘rapidly replacing journalism,’ it’s supplementing journalism, forcing journalism to be sharper, and frequently…
The Forgotten Man Of Moneyball, Part 1
I will be geeking out with this series shortly. I just need to find a printer.
TidBITS Macs & Mac OS X: Revealing Mac OS X's Hidden Single-Application Mode
I would love all other apps to minimize when using one.
Making Jerky in your Smoker
I want to do this. But first I need a smoker.