24 February 2003

Blogging archives on Radio (Gavin Sheridan) It is quite frustrating that the calender on the right of this page says I only really started blogging on the 11th of Feb. In fact I started blogging back in September - but I was not using Radio Userland. Can any Radio users help me? Is there anyway I can go back in time and alter my archives? I would have no problem blogging for each day back in time - but I can't seem to find a facility to do that. Can Dave Winer or anyone in Radio Userland help? 4:28:54 PM    Click here to add to the [] comments Why now? (The Guardian) Richard Norton-Taylor exposes a large amount of dissent within the British government concerning any war with Iraq. He reports that many withing the British security establishment feel that any invasion of Iraq, would simply lead to more Islamic extremists. As a leaked secret document from the defence intelligence staff puts it: "Al-Qaida will take advantage of the situation for its own aims but it will not be acting as a proxy group on behalf of the Iraqi regime." Osama bin Laden must be praying for a US assault on Iraq. 4:08:50 PM    Click here to add to the [] comments Secular Europe (Herald Tribune) In this thought-provoking piece, Regis Debray, a former adviser to President Mitterand, essentially argues that the US has yet to mature as a political entity. I am inclined to agree about the religous zeal coming from the Bush administration. I am not sure however if you could apply that to the entire nation of America. But I have to agree with him on how Bush seems to perceive the world - in black and white. "Old Europe" has already paid the price. It knows that the planet is too complex, too definitively plural to suffer insertion into a monotheistic binary logic: white or black, good or evil, friend or enemy. 3:46:37 PM    Click here to add to the [] comments Leave the cave-dwelling to Osama (Herald Tribune) Tom Friedman writes a somewhat humorous piece on living in the US. He manages to get things in perspective while not being too dismissive about any threat. I love his taking the piss out of a survival kit : The only survival purchases I've made since Code Orange is a new set of Ben Hogan Apex golf irons, and why my all-America survival kit would include: a movie guide, a concert schedule, Rollerblades, a bicycle - plus a reminder to attend local parent-teacher meetings, Little League baseball games, neighbourhood block parties and your book club and to get plenty of tickets for your favourite sports team. Leave the cave-dwelling to Osama bin Laden. 3:37:20 PM    Click here to add to the [] comments

© Copyright 2003 Gavinsblog. Last update: 20/06/2003; 01:00:26. This theme is based on the SoundWaves (blue) Manila theme.

Collecting for Guinness

My daily reads

Dave Winer

Karlin Lillington

Bernie Goldbach

Chris Gulker

Venomous Kate

Dan Shafer

Nick Denton

John Robb

Back Seat Drivers

Roger Ridey

Dan Gillmor

Onlineblog

Meg Hourihan

Deborah Branscum

Tim Porter

Dan Bricklin

Horst Prillinger

Tom Murphy

My other reads

Ryan the Madman

Trish Amundrud

Justin Mason

Green Violet

David O'Neill

David Havelin

Jeremy Allaire

Tom Cosgrave

Jamie Lawrence

Matthew Haughey

Natalie d'Arbeloff

Maura McHugh

Ben Hammersley

Stewed Tea

Cocoa Pulp

Farrellblogger

Keith Gaughan

Glenn Reynolds

Andrew Sullivan

The Volokh Conspiracy

Bryan Preston

Counter Revolutionary