Monthly Archives: February 2004

THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY AS ‘ECO-TERRORISM’

Posted on February 29, 2004 by Dave Pollard

A member of the Derrick Jensen mailing list pointed out a brilliantly-written letter to the editor of a small Virginia community newspaper, describing new laws to increase penalties for ‘eco-terrorism’, a vaguely defined term which appears to include acts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse Watch, How the World Really Works | 10 Comments

BUSH’S JOBLESS RECOVERY AND LUDICROUS EMPLOYMENT FORECAST

Posted on February 28, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Almost immediately after Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors glowingly predicted they would create 2.6 million net new jobs this year, the Republican spin doctors and backtrackers have been working overtime to deny that’s what they meant. Of course, as CBS … Continue reading →

Posted in How the World Really Works | 4 Comments

GOOGLE & PORN: PSST, WANNA SEE SOME DIRTY PICTURES AND UP MY HIT COUNT?

Posted on February 27, 2004 by Dave Pollard

A recent report says that Google, in order to try to beat back growing competition from other search engines (wonder why that might be necessary?), has added a billion pages to what it spiders, from 3.3 to 4.3 billion pages. … Continue reading →

Posted in Using Weblogs and Technology | 19 Comments

THE LEARNING ASYLUM

Posted on February 26, 2004 by Dave Pollard

I‘ve been corresponding with (Mr.) Jan Eggers of the exceptional blog Dirtgrain. Jan is a teacher who writes often of the frustration of dealing with an education system that is dysfunctional, bureaucratic, co-opted by corporatists, shrugged off by parents as … Continue reading →

Posted in How the World Really Works | 6 Comments

PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Posted on February 26, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Since February 1st, David Gurteen, one of the pioneers and brightest thinkers in the field of Knowledge Management, has been busy, to my delight, reinventing the discipline as Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). As readers of my business posts know, that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Working Smarter | 6 Comments

THE WRITING OF T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE

Posted on February 25, 2004 by Dave Pollard

It’s been a long time since I’ve added a writer of fiction to my list of authors whose work I search for every time I discover a new bookstore. TC Boyle is The Man. Those of you who know my … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Culture / Ourselves | 7 Comments

CHRIS BRITT ON BUSH’S NATIONAL GUARD ‘SERVICE’

Posted on February 25, 2004 by Dave Pollard
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LIVING OUTSIDE OURSELVES

Posted on February 24, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Now that I am no longer spending the bulk of my waking hours doing what my boss tells me to do, I’m beginning to entertain some heretical thoughts. I am beginning to believe that civilization has so warped us that, … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Culture / Ourselves | 13 Comments

SALSA ANYONE?

Posted on February 22, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Yesterday my wife and I, and a group of our neighbours, started Latin dancing lessons. Our instructor, Albert Gomez, has won a number of awards and has trained the actors and actresses in some recent dance movies. He’s a patient … Continue reading →

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU: SEARCH BAR NOW WORKING

Posted on February 22, 2004 by Dave Pollard

Thanks to some help from my brilliant friend in Scotland, Aalia Wayfare at The LeftHander (who previously fixed the gap in the middle column of my permalink pages), the “SEARCH SITE” bar in the upper right corner of my blog … Continue reading →

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