Archives for 2004

The copycat story

March 18, 2004 by Michael Boyle

The copycat story

of all copycat stories, or at least it’s shaping up to be. Actor Harland Williams seems to have stolen Todd Dominey’s website for his personal site.

Sorry, super busy,

March 17, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Sorry, super busy,

but Happy St. Patrick’s Day anyhow! I missed the parade last Sunday for the second year in a row – this time we were in Quebec City, not Ottawa – but I’m going to minimally recognize the day by having a Guinness or two at home tonight.

Winners of

March 16, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Winners of

The Bloggies were announced yesterday: Boing Boing, Heather Champ, MetaFilter. Congratulations to all winners.

Side by side:

March 16, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Side by side:

thanks to the wonders of syndication, and the work of someone named vivek at Cool/Lame, you can read entries from two blogs on a single page. It’s called Bush and Kerry Side By Side.

Hear hear:

March 15, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Hear hear:

Steven Johnson draws out an important point that has to be made in the wake of the Madrid bombings and the socialist victory in the past weekend’s elections in Spain. “We’re not opposed to operations like ‘Iraqi Freedom’ because we somehow think that terrorism isn’t that big of a deal. There is no more important issue in the world today. We’re opposed because we think that pre-emptive, destabilizing attacks against nation-states in the Middle East that aren’t associated with Al Qaeda will create MORE opportunities for Al Qaeda, not less.”