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Miscellany Archive

Links for 2009-03-13

• Why won’t news sites link?
  Inertia, maybe. Outdated web publishing systems, certainly.
  (tags: media blogging new-media linking)
• New York Times Topics
  See Big Brown (Race Horse), etc. A stunning example of how to organize and make useful a massive collection of archives.
  (tags: reference news information research resources archives new-york-times)
• Brand New: Cracking Down on Comment Crime
  "Like any person who runs a blog, I enjoy seeing the comment counts rise to 50, 70, 100 and more, but the truth is that no more than a quarter of those comments are worth reading."
  (tags: community social-network comments moderation blogging)
• DRM-Free For You and Me
  How DRM Drives Readers Mad.
  (tags: books publishing drm ebooks media)

Posted in Miscellany on March 13, 2009

Holiday Hiatus Continues

For a few more days weeks …
If you’re already focusing on the Derby, take a look at the Raceday 360 Wire Kentucky Derby tag pages, loaded with Top 10 lists, video contender profiles from Churchill Downs, classic replays, Derby prospect updates, statistical research, and much more. We might be four months away from the first Saturday in May, but it’s apparently never too early for Derby fever to kick in.
Or, if you’re more in the mood to reflect on the year past, check out the 2008-in-Review page.

Posted in Miscellany on January 6, 2009

Happy Holidays

… and best wishes playing the Pick 6 carryovers awaiting us Friday. See you all in 2009!

Posted in Miscellany on December 24, 2008