As some of you already know, I’m in the UK on business – so, today I’m doing meetings and such which means that the bloggin is taking a back seat. I’ll check in later.
Day: January 24, 2005
Weblogs Come of Age
Via the San Francisco Chronicle, Verne Kopytoff interviews a few bloggers (including yours truly) about blogs as an emerging source of news.
Iraqi Election “Who’s Who”
Leave it to Arthur Chrenkoff to put together a very helpful guide to the major players in the upcoming Iraqi election. This is a great primer for those of us who find it difficult to keep all the parties and peoples straight.
Worse Day of the Year?
Apparently, today is the worse day of the year, so says a University of Cardiff Professor who has put together a formula that points to the 24th of January as the most depressing day out of the 365 for the year. They’re making a huge deal out of this in the UK. This morning, each of the dozen or so morning news programs had some segment on it, interviewing the “classes” of people. The general consensus is, if you’re working class, you’re depressed. If you’re upper class, you’re tolerating it, and if you’re super class, EVERY DAY IS WONDERFUL. Heh.
Good-Night Johnny
Carson, dead at 79.
— Full coverage.
— Official “Tonight Show” website.