William M. Hartnett

I heard Tribune was dropping movie critics at all of its papers apart from those in Los Angeles and Chicago, but I didn’t think it was going to happen this fast. (Link via Broward New Times) I’ll just add this advice for movie critics, which Lucas Grindley offered back in November: “Don’t wait around for [...]

(No more moaning about Google Analytics for, at minimum, the rest of the day. Promise.) Most readers of this site will no doubt have already read about the Knight News Challenge grant winners. On the off chance some of you have not, I’ll just call your attention to a few. Adrian Holovaty, everyone’s favorite journalist/developer/YouTube [...]

As Ross points out in the comments to my last post on Google Analytics’ downtime, it looks like things are back up now. Kind of. The old interface is showing data for today, but still isn’t displaying anything from 4 p.m. to midnight Tuesday. And the new interface isn’t showing anything today. Just looking for [...]

Google Analytics hasn’t been reporting any results for more than 20 hours now. Annoyed. Drop by the Analytics Help section of Google Groups to commiserate if you’re similarly devastated by the loss of your statistical heroin drip. This is merely a personal annoyance for me, but I’d be livid if I was using Google Analytics [...]

>Female Shark Reproduced Without Male DNA, Scientists Say (NYT) A hammerhead shark in a Nebraska aquarium (a Nebraska aquarium?) gave birth without any genetic contribution from a male shark. Parthenogenesis, the form of asexual reproduction at work here, is rare in vertebrates. Still, guys, it’s never too early to start worrying about our biological necessity. [...]