William M. Hartnett

>Do you usually report the 268th worst anything? (Lost Remote)
Point taken, but most of the stories I read, like the NYT’s, had plenty of context. And, anyway, I only bring this up because I want to share this page from Dow Jones, where you can query daily Dow Jones Industrial Average closings dating back to [...]

>Editor regrets ‘Hate’ column (San Francisco Chronicle)
(Via Romenesko)
I’m still waiting for the news that Kenneth Eng is a put-on, a character created to deliver crazed polemics as a sort of social commentary designed to force us to confront our own attitudes about race. Sadly, it still looks like he’s just a moron.

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>Fowler weighs up Major League Soccer move (The Guardian)
>Fowler not US bound (The Telegraph)
Robbie Fowler almost certainly is not making the move from Liverpool to the New England Revolution, but isn’t it brilliant that these stories of still-quality players in Europe’s top league considering the MLS are treated semi-seriously? Hopefully, we’ll soon begin to see [...]

>Skunk Ape (WFLX-Fox 29)
My local Fox affiliate marches bravely into the Everglades in search of the obviously mythical Skunk Ape and, in a tragic turn, loses every shred of its dignity while making its way back through the unforgiving sawgrass. Sadly, the station has no video of the story. Not on their web site, anyway. [...]

>Asian paper’s ‘I Hate Blacks’ column assailed (San Francisco Chronicle)
(Via AAJA)
Kenneth Eng is so batshit crazy I have a hard time believing he’s not a created character. In addition to black people, the 22-year-old “Asian Supremacist” hates religion, logic and, apparently, brevity. He also hates that white people hate Asians, but, lest they get off [...]

>In an attempt to revitalize the industry, newspaper companies have been giving away promotional items (SOMC)
Who says print is dead? Free kitten with every new subscription = goodbye circulation woes. We’ll catch feral cats off the street to keep it going, so there’s your public service angle.
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Am I crazy, or did the tease for next week’s episode of 24 show Jack breaking into the Russian consulate? Haven’t we seen this bit somewhere before? Coming next season: More shit you’ve already seen.

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>Tribune may seek self-help (LA Times)
>Tribune Considering Late Offer From Real Estate Magnate (NYT)
The Tribune Company’s future is a choice between something they’re actually calling a “self-help plan” and a guy whose exploits in real estate have earned him the nickname “Grave Dancer?” Obviously, not a confidence-inspiring situation. (Seriously, “Grave Dancer?”)

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I don’t remember mod_rewrite being covered in JOU 3101 back in 1998, but after switching the site to a different server platform this weekend I sure as hell wish it had been.
When I describe the process as being a complete pain in the ass, please bear in mind that, until a few years ago, my [...]

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