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Misc: The Republic of Molossia hits the big time
Our visit to Molossia: from left: Jim “Scrippeiro” Scripps; Ryan Jerz; His Excellency, President Kevin Baugh; Charlie Johnston.As it turns out, this site has its finger on the pulse of the nation—or at least the main paper in the biggest city in the Midwest.
Our little trip out to the micronation of Molossia was a full two months before a reporter from the Chicago Tribune made the trip.
Bigger than the Tribune, though, is the mention Molossia got on Fark. To me, that’s the be all end all of publicity.
Check out the story, and make sure you read through the comments. A...
Post of the Month: June 2008: Somewhat sappy dad post
It was a somewhat sparse month here at mrjerz.org, but the quality was still there. The forthcoming newsletter has been weighing on my mind. What should I do? Should I promote the entire reach of my empire, or should I just keep it to this site and what goes on here. Obviously it will be a learning process. One section will undoubtedly be this post. It’s got a permanent home in the newsletter.
The choices this month were good ones, but there really was just one that could take it.
First up, Which color profile should I use for online photos?. Not only was this a test that I actually conducted instead of guessing and all that, but the comments were graced by someone who...
Misc: Because Scoble is empirical data
This might be the only thing that could cause me to bring back the Self-importance Meter. Scoble now says that since his blog only garnered a few comments on a post, but more response in other social apps, blog comments are dead.
Wait, what am I saying? Who said it? Oh yeah, of course blog comments are dead.
Also note the ironic call to action. Brilliant.
Reactionary Hurl: The Hurl nukes the fridge
It’s another installment of the Reactionary Hurl, the series that makes useless comments about things you may or may not care one lick about. You are encouraged implored to take part by commenting, sending us tips, and spreading the word.
Having been over a month since the last Hurl, this particular little fancy may have officially nuked the fridge. But maybe not. As with so many things that have nuked the fridge, the Hurl will likely press on, continuing to try to wins hearts and minds like never before, only to die a very undignified death. It’ll remind you of Rickey Henderson, who, despite being something like 428 years old, continues to insist he can play baseball at the big...
Misc: What happened to the MyZip.net guy?
There was a guy posting at myzip.net a little bit ago and it was fed through Reno and Its Discontents. He wasn’t bad but apparently the entire site is gone now. Funny how that works. But where is that guy and why hasn’t he started blogging on his own yet?
Misc: Somewhat sappy dad post
I love the way arms look when throwing a baseball. Christy’s arm always looks like this.Over the past week our family endured what might be the first of many of these types of things. It was all-star baseball. And it’s not too easy on you.
The Boy, as of last night, has completed his Little League career. He’ll move up to Babe Ruth next year, where they play on the big field. He has spent his career in Little League as a pretty good player. He was very good a few years, decent others. As we entered this year, he wanted badly to make an all-star...
Misc: The Reno Gazette-Journal hates the internet
How can you publish an article about a local agency’s online campaign to use the internet to lure workers from the Bay Area to Reno, yet completely neglect a single link to any of the elements that go into that online campaign?
I refuse to believe the editors there are that stupid.
I think you have to hate the internet.
Update
Apparently, I’m not all that far off. Word on the street is that the information the RGJ got included links to all of the campaign elements (obvious). They didn’t fail by missing the question, they failed by ignoring the facts. Nice.
