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I CAN DITTO THIS POST WITH ONE EXCEPTION...
I'm very interested in the "process" or "mechanics" that other webloggers follow. With Radio's news aggregator, it is becoming clearer to me how people find content. However, even with the aggregator, the search for new sources to subscribe to is ongoing.
How does the InstaPundit locate and read other content? Is this an exercise in bookmarking and favorites with a subsequent discipline for going back and systematically reading those bookmarked sites? Does he use any aggregator?
These are things that I wished for as I read (and reread) parts of Rebecca's book. It's great. Now, I'd like to know how the bloggers with high traffic and lots of posts do it! Oh, and thanks Rebecca!
I FINISHED REBECCA BLOOD'S new book, The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog. I liked it very much, and recommend it to anyone interested in the subject: bloggers, blog-readers, and journalists writing about weblogs. I can't help but feel that the publication of a how-to book about blogging marks an important milestone in the Blogosphere's development, though I'm not sure exactly what it means, for good or ill. What do you think? [InstaPundit]
11:14:52 PM 
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THE ACCOUNTANT NAMED MELVIN DICK
heard his name pronounced with increasing contempt by members of Congress as the afternoon wore on. It became humorous as they asked "Dick" questions. "Dick" could only bob and weave.
Former WorldCom Executives Take the Fifth Amendment. WorldCom's former chief executive refused to answer questions today from a Congressional panel investigating nearly $4 billion in accounting irregularities. By Simon Romero with Jack Lynch. [New York Times: Business]
7:29:47 PM
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DIVERSITY RATHER THAN DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING!
TONY WOODLIEF figures out the whole corporate-cheating thing: It's not that colleges and B-schools aren't teaching values -- they're just teaching other values than, well, not cheating and stealing. [InstaPundit]
7:24:25 PM
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WISHING FOR AN iPHOTO FOR WINDOWS
Anyone know of a similar app for WinXP?
Top Ten iPhoto Tips. Yes, at first glance, iPhoto appears deceptively simple. But there's a Unix-compatible database lurking beneath that beautiful Aqua surface. This article gives you five "data in" and five "data out" tips that will help you get the most from this very cool iApp. [O'Reilly Network Articles]
7:15:31 PM
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NEARLY 10% SALES TAX
TENNESSEE'S INCOME TAX BATTLE: A lot of people have emailed to ask me what I think about it. Generally, I refer 'em to Bill Hobbs, who has been covering this issue like a blanket. (Just go there and start scrolling down).
I did write something about this issue for the Nando Times a few years back, and it has held up pretty well. (It's gone from the Nando site, but thanks to the miracle of Google you can read it here.) The big problem is that Tennessee's elected leaders have tried to address this problem by sleight-of-hand rather than persuasion. Every time they've done that, they've hurt their own credibility, and every time they've hurt their own credibility, they've reduced their ability to sell it in an aboveboard fashion.
It's a bipartisan problem. Ned Ray McWherter, our last governor, was a Democrat -- and perhaps the sharpest Tennessee politician in my lifetime. Don Sundquist, the current governor, is a Republican (and, ahem, not quite as politically sharp as McWherter).
Neither tried running on a pro-income tax platform; both said they were against it until they were in their second and final term, at which point they came out in favor of the tax. (In Sundquist's case, he was giving anti-income tax speeches until just weeks before he decided to support the tax)... [InstaPundit]
6:41:50 PM
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EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHY
Welcome back Noah. Noah Grey is back with his incredibly elegant weblog, and his beautiful photographs. I am just now dipping my toes into the Black & White photo world. I've long been held by the rich hues of color photography, enamored of... [Burningbird]
6:36:04 PM
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DELAWARE LAW
didn't permit Warren Buffett's usual method of structuring these kinds of deals. Everyone involved wanted to do a convertible preferred equity deal with similar terms. Instead, under Delaware law, the deal had to be structured as junior convertible subordinated debt.
Because of the friendship and longstanding business relationship between Mr. Buffett and Level 3's chairman, Walter Scott, Mr. Buffett suggested that Mason Hawkins at Southeastern Asset Management be the lead investor.
All investors expressed an interest and willingness to consider further investment in the business. Expected uses of the proceeds will be for industry consolidation where the opportunity to buy a list of customers is available. They would transfer to the Level 3 network.
You can listen to the conference call about the deal here.
Buffett joins Level 3 investors. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and two other companies are investing $500 million in the network operator. Is a new round of consolidation in the cards for the networking industry? [CNET News.com]
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