Archive for October 16th, 2007

Calling all junk: Neighborhood ninjas, Florida weirdness, my close friend Carl Kasell, Backstreet cockatoo »

By William M. Hartnett on Oct 16, 2007 in oddities, video | 0 Comments

A thousand apologies, Hartnett readers, for being blog-lazy (blazy?) lately. I’ll write something substantive some day soon. Or not. In the meantime, just a few odds and ends I wanted to get on the record.

I can’t get enough of this story from today’s Palm Beach Post: Ninja-like force protects exclusive Gardens enclave. The people who [...]

links for 2007-10-16 »

By William M. Hartnett on Oct 16, 2007 in daily links | 0 Comments

Getting it wrong, letting it slide - Edward Wasserman
“Why is it that the mightier the news organization, the likelier it will stand by ethical blunders that would shame a first-year reporter?”
(tags: journalism ethics nyt)

5 Weeks After He Disappeared, Still No Obituaries for Fossett - New York Times
When do papers declare someone dead?
(tags: newspapers aerospace obit)

Foreclosures: [...]