March 2008
I might actually consider visiting with @rpayne after my brother’s play tonight…feel like staying up until 3am EST?
About the Gibbons story →
Here is a column I’ve written for Sunday’s print edition. Your comments are welcome. Our story last Friday on the marital problems facing Gov. Jim Gibbons and first lady Dawn Gibbons came as no…
Facebook Launches Band Pages →
Look out, MySpace — Facebook Music adds cool ways for bands to promote themselves on the popular social networking site.
February 2008
there’s also that part about people wanting different online personas. believe me, i’ve battled that one and it’s not getting batter.
it proves that everything is way too fragmented to get people to even really want one login.
in the meantime, sites pop up every single day creating new logins. and people go to them.
In Defense of Nevada’s Mainstream Media →
By tomorrow morning, everyone in the state will know that the Governor and First Lady are having some difficulties in their marriage. But unless or until someone can show me how such a difficult,…
The Big Word Project →
New viral web site “dictionary” from Paddy Donnelly and Lee Munroe, two students in Northern Ireland. The gimmick is simple: pick any word you want, pay $1 per letter, and you get to “define” that…
And the New Six-Word Motto for the U.S. Is … →
Last week, we asked for your vote to decide the best of the top five entries to our “6-word motto for the U.S.” contest. As promised, we tallied the votes received in the first 48 hours after…
Dodger Thoughts: Shawn Green Retires →
Former Dodger four-homer hero Shawn Green told Mark Hale of the New York Post Wednesday that he has retired.
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#mehwolfy: use this power only for good. or start your own ning. it’s done.
The Brianna Denison fake email: a study in how... →
You may have gotten the email about the information on the Brianna Denison suspect that hasn’t made the papers. We got it—about four times. It talks about some details in the case that haven’t been reported and a situation where a young woman was followed by this person while she was out walking her dog. Yesterday, the RGJ reported that the letter is untrue. Due to the number of people who...
$1 scoop night at BR on Keystone. we’ll be there 7-730. bring the kids!
what’s the age cutoff for ypn? or does the y not mean what I think it means?
about to head out for a run. for the first time in months. i have to walk stairs to get to my office, so i’m really looking forward to it.
Theater's ban on minors cuts complaints →
A controversial decision by managers of Carson City’s only movie theater to ban unaccompanied minors at some nighttime screenings seems to have solved several emerging problems at the multiplex, Casino Fandago General Manager Court Cardinal said Monday. On Feb. 15, Galaxy Fandango 10 announced that no one under 18 would be allowed to enter the premises on Fridays and Saturdays after 6 p.m. without...
Groundbreaking today for Reno stadium →
SK Baseball breaks ground on its new baseball stadium in downtown Reno today, Feb. 25, at 11 a.m. on the corner of Evans and Second Streets. The groundbreaking is open to the public. SK Baseball also unveiled the team’s official Web site, BaseballReno.com, to provide information about Reno’s future minor league baseball franchise, an Arizona Diamondbacks affiliate. The team’s...
i get weird spam…once a day with links to not even cool link farms. i must really suck.
Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business →
King Gillette’s 1895 disposable blades made good freebies to help sell other products. Companies use his business model today to create demand for their goods: Give away the cell phone, sell the monthly plan; make the videogame console cheap and sell expensive games. Now, the underlying technologies that power the web are making “freeconomics” a full-fledged economy.
Support Your Local Newspaper, Trust But Verify the... →
Sometimes I find it amazing how much pure junk passes for reporting in the national media these days. Nevada newspapers, which aren’t particularly known for their editorial page objectivity, more often than not do manage a better job of editing and fact checking their stories, as I suspect do other local papers in other states. However, as the consolidation of newspapers progresses and the...
What is the Times thinking? →
The only thing more shocking that the New York Times printing salacious innuendo about a presidential candidate is its editor not understanding why this caused controversy. I’m not sure whether he’s isolated or clueless or issuing cynical spin.
I was gobsmacked reading the story when it came out. I didn’t blog on it because Jay Rosen did a great job succinctly dissecting its issues and...
A Little Good News Today →
Good news: A Virginia based company has announced that it will present construction plans for Las Vegas’s Moulin Rouge Hotel Casino – the only one of about 20 local listings on the National Register of Historic Places in Las Vegas and the only one connected to the modern civil rights movement. [LV Sun] More good news: The Northern Nevada American Indian Higher Education Collaborative is working...
Twitter →
My Guardian column this week is a tribute to Twitter. Since I haven’t written about that much in the blog, here’s the full text:
When I first used the microblogging platform Twitter - which enables users to publish 140-character-long messages via the web and mobile phones - I thought it was silly. Or rather, the uses to which it was being put were silly: people announcing that they’d just woken...
taking a break from drupal to play apples to apples. with kids. this ought to be real fun.
County Democrats give up, put convention out of... →
Earlier in the week here at Gleaner HQ, there was some consideration given to just skipping the Clark County Democratic Convention. Yes, the prospect of shenanigans perpetrated by the Clintonistas to muscle or connive their way to additional Nevada delegates seemed at least fifty-fifty, and that might be worth watching. At the same time, so what? Barring lightening bolts from the sky, Barack...
Cheating on steroids; What happened to ethics? →
Columnist Dave Krieger discusses an issue which underlies almost all stories on PEDs and steroids: the deterioration of ethics and morals in a culture that turns the other way when someone cheats.
Where have all the ethics gone? We have been over this territory repeatedly with regard to
baseball’s steroids era, and you’ve heard the list of rationalizations
from baseball’s...
Pingdom brings Apple Store downtime hysteria to... →
Filed under: Internet, Internet Tools, Apple
Every time the Apple Store has some downtime, magic seems to happen, especially if it happens to be a Tuesday. Not surprisingly, we get a flood of emails from excited readers a few minutes after the yellow sticky note goes up, letting us know that we better be on our toes when the store comes back up. Follow that with some obsessive site-checking and...
how long before @Jim_S is the new @mehwolfy of twitter? marketing jobs are easy.
Report: Photo exists of Clemens at Canseco party →
There is a photo of Roger Clemens at Jose Canseco’s house during the June 1998 party, according to the New York Daily News — a photo that would contradict Clemens’ sworn testimony that he never attended the party.
watched the movie closer last night. were they joking. way to take one good actor, two good actresses, and produce utter suck.
Is Cheating Good for Sports? →
That was the question I found myself asking while reading through the Times sports section in recent days. I understand that we are sort of between seasons here. The Super Bowl is over, baseball has yet to begin, the N.B.A. is slogging through its long wintry slog, and the N.H.L. — well, I’m afraid I […]
Vote Now: A Six-Word Motto for the U.S. →
We ran a contest recently asking you to come up with a new six-word motto for the U.S. Your response was quite strong, with more than 1,200 replies to date. Anyone looking for a good snapshot of public sentiment during this most interesting election year would do well to scroll through the comments: they are […]
UNR suspends fraternity for hazing →
University of Nevada, Reno officials have placed Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on a two-year suspension for hazing pledges by branding their buttocks with dry ice and making them eat raw poultry. “Their local alumni board owns the house and will be making provisions to close the house and determine how it will be used in the next two years,” Sally Morgan, UNR director of student conduct, said...
Reno doctor to discuss human growth hormone →
Dr. James Forsythe of Reno is scheduled to discuss his work and study of human growth hormone for the treatment in various ailments of the body at 7 p.m. Thursday at Temple Emanu-El, 1031 Manzanita Lane.
anyone familiar with brightcove…or any other video distro options, i’d love some suggestions. thanks.
never mind
Sheffield has harsh words for former agent Boras →
Detroit Tigers slugger Gary Sheffield called his former agent a “bad person” and said Scott Boras is trying to get money he doesn’t deserve.
Is Cheating Good for Sports? →
That was the question I found myself asking while reading through the Times sports section in recent days. I understand that we are sort of between seasons here. The Super Bowl is over, baseball has yet to begin, the N.B.A. is slogging through its long wintry slog, and the N.H.L. — well, I’m afraid I […]
In Reno, Nevada, and Too Darn Busy to Write →
Jasperdo posted a photo:
Vintage Postcard
No caption on back
Postmarked: Oct. 18, 1947
Ryan Jerz to tour Republic of Molossia →
The Molossian Crest: Complete with the national animal in the center.I wrote about The Republic of Molossia a little while back when I first learned of its existence. The Republic of Molossia is a micronation located near Dayton, complete with its own constitution, crest, and currency. What I wrote caught the eye of Molossian President Kevin Baugh, and he sent me the following note yesterday: Mr....
Jose Canseco Can Sometimes Look Rather Small... →
Mop Up Duty brings us this ad for Testagen, which promises TESTOSTERONE OPTIMIZATION! It’s Jose Canseco and Derek Anthony, who classifies himself as an “extreme bodybuilder.” We’d say. The ad is a reminder that as much as we might get our panties in a bunch about steroids, in the bodybuilding world, that weird sculpting freak planet, a guy like Jose Canseco is a brand...
Vote Now: A Six-Word Motto for the U.S. →
We ran a contest recently asking you to come up with a new six-word motto for the U.S. Your response was quite strong, with more than 1,200 replies to date. Anyone looking for a good snapshot of public sentiment during this most interesting election year would do well to scroll through the comments: they are […]
30D $399 →
just returned my hd-dvd player. in other news, the price for the same one drops to $79.99 at costco tomorrow
the editing pat went a little smoother than the speaking about editing part. where do you even begin to explain editing?
speaking to j-school grad students in the morning about video editing. then heading to work to edit video. it’s like i planned it.
Titus Announces Beers Opponent →
It’s not easy being the largest single obstacle to Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus’s plan to raise taxes in order to ensure robust raises for the University system that employs her. If she takes me out, taxes go up. It’s that simple.
And I understand tonight, she has found her candidate - someone whose resume includes […]
Journalists’ votes matter →
Media have an Obama problem they’re going to have to grapple with now or after the election: They love him. They hate Hillary. And the gap between the two is clearly seen in coverage, which surely is having an impact on the election.
This, to me, only gives more weight to the argument that journalists should be disclosing their allegiances and votes. Reporters are not just covering the story....