I just noticed that I’ve been doing this silly thing for six months. I wish I were able to post more, and more cogently, but hell, a guy’s gotta eat.
Check out the kung fu kicks in this clip as you raise a jar for your old pal Bloggerton. And thanks, as always, for reading this [...]

This is why I love the web: a guy finds a legal loophole for canceling his Verizon contract (they upped their text messaging rates by a nickel per message) without paying the $175 cancellation fee
He then explains how he did it on a site called The Consumerist. Then the article ends up on Digg, where [...]

Watch it before they pull it. Great bit.

This cat is seriously irritated.

For those that care, massively awesome NY Times tech columnist David Pogue has released an outstanding 2-part FAQ on the iPhone.
Go read

So you’ll have noticed that I grabbed a new template and Bloggerton has gone all 2.0 and shit.
More than anything, I actually picked it because it assigns more prominence to the lead story, not because of the overall look. It’s also a bit easier for me to tweak, which I’ll be doing soonish.
Like it? Hate [...]

UPDATE: Immediately after I wrote this, I noticed that Boing Boing has a riff on it as well. But he didn’t use any swear words, so mine’s more fun.
Quietly tucked in amongst the breathless, fawning and almost completely uncritical reviews of the iPhone, I found a blog entry from PC World (Oh, the irony!) containing [...]

As some of you know, I’m at the Consumer Electronics Showcase this week.
Oh sure, I’ve seen some pretty impressive new technology down there. But nothing has me quite as chuffed as this new iPod docking product.

That booth rental was a no-brainer — when people find out about this phenomenal product, these things are gonna sell [...]

So-called “Citizen Journalism” will be a huge story this year — it was just heating up at the end of 2006.
Here’s news of an, er, interesting assignment:

VANCOUVER (CP) - Wanted: Sex trade worker with some writing skill to cover the trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton.
Experience: Ability to tell compelling stories for no pay. [...]

I’m guessing Mono, who built this, is an ad agency, because who else has the time or inclination to spend this much time and energy to build a Happy New Year microsite?
But it’s a great idea, and beautifully executed.

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