Mike Sanders makes an interesting observation on the Echo Chamber question:
It seems to me that an Echo Chamber is a group that ignores other opinions to their own detriment. I keep on thinking that David’s defense of the EC is rooted in an idea from Arnold Kling’s Downfall of the Annointed post in which he [...]
Local burger chain Burgerville is switching to hippie meat:
In its ongoing commitment to using the highest quality ingredients available from the Northwest, Burgerville met with Oregon Country Beef four years ago about becoming its beef supplier. At the time, the small co-op of family ranches was unable to meet the volume required by the 39-unit [...]
There’s an old Usenet saying that when you throw a rock into a pack of dogs you can tell which one you hit because he yelps the loudest. Dave Weinberger is yelping pretty loud about the echo chamber discussion Dave Winer wants to hold at this year’s BloggerCon.
Weinberger makes two contradictory arguments, first that [...]
The UK Sunday Express reported yesterday that coalition forces have got Osama and his bestest buddies boxed in on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border, and his capture is nigh. Pakistan offers the kind of denials that go along with an ongoing military or police operation that’s close to completion:
When asked if 8,000 para-military troops were being sent [...]
Sony Corp’s reorganizing, first making major layoffs:
In October, for example, Sony Corp. said it would cut 20,000 jobs over the next three years, including 7,000 in Japan. The company’s goal is to trim $3 billion annually from its operating cost and elevate its profit margin from 4 percent today to 10 percent by 2006.
…and then [...]
It turns out that Frisco mayor Gavin Newsom was way out of line in taking it on himself to declare Sec. 300 of the Family Code unconstitutional and issue non-standard marriage licenses to gay couples. The DHS is not accepting them, so these “marriages” will not be registered and none of the couples will get [...]
Howard Dean is still confused about his big flame-out, having just posted this to his blog:
Today my candidacy may come to an end–but our campaign for change is not over.
“May” come to an end? Howard, your campaign came to end weeks ago in New Hampshire. The people have spoken, it’s over, face the music [...]
The merger of Cingular with AT & T Wireless is probably going to be less controversial than the Comcast/Disney dealie, and makes more obvious business sense. Cingular gets a good GSM network, a ton of subscribers, and a boat load of towers, but best of all:
AT&T Wireless also has a significant amount of spectrum, the [...]
This picture taken in Seattle yesterday says it all about life in the Northwest, earnestly.
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