I didn’t join the blogosphere early enough to say that I remember the good old days, but TechCrunch noted today that historic blogger <a href="http://scobleizer.com/2008/07/22/why-tech-blogging-has-failed-you/">Robert Scoble is lamenting</a> the superficial nature of the community in 2008. Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch writes, "There was a time when a good idea (like a <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/21/we-want-a-dead-simple-web-tablet-help-us-build-it/">cheap Web tablet</a>) […]
Reverend Caldwell Speaks Out Against Dobson, Supports Obama
Oh yes, religion will definitely be a hot topic in the US Presidential race between presumed Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and presumed GOP nominee Senator John McCain of Arizona. But, there may be a struggle within the religious community as a whole because of it. James Dobson, the founder of Focus on […]
Iranian University Vice President Caught Red-Handed, Students Furious
Earlier this month, students at Zanjan University in northwest Iran recorded and uploaded a video of their school’s vice president, Hassan Madadi, with his shirt unbuttoned, allegedly preparing to have sex with a female student. Several Iranian websites and blogs say the female student had alerted her university’s Islamic Student Association that she was under […]
Marie Ann Thiebaud Causes Shania Twain Split
In 2001, country super star Shania Twain and her reclusive producer husband Robert "Mutt" Lange moved to their remote chalet in Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, to get "away from the spotlight." Canada.com reports that since moving there, they have "led a quiet life" and that "while there have been press reports that their marriage was in trouble, […]
Bangladesh’s population will hit the 28 crore mark by 2051:who will feed them all?
A research finding of the Population Council says that Bangladesh’s population will hit the 28 crore mark by 2051. To his writer, this is patently a scary figure. And since we all love this country so very much, we cannot but be alarmed at the galloping rate of population growth, while all the other development […]
As the World Turns, I Loathe the Religious Right More and More
The anti-gay pseudo-Christians of the American Family Association are at it once again. This time, they’re going after Procter & Gamble because of a scene from the soap opera "As The World Turns" (which the AFA states is wholly owned by P&G), in which two guys kiss each other. Here’s a link to the page describing […]