I’m not sure how I initially found the news, but when I saw the headline (I Ain’t Got Nothing Against Ice T Or Nobody For That Matter But I Gotta Ride With Soulja Boy..) on Kanye West’s blog, I had to click. And, I had to click for two reasons.
First, why would Kanye be defending [...]

Nobody Wants to Hear Lloyd, originally uploaded by mlaaker.

Shortly before I left the halls of Island Def Jam to come to Yahoo!, the company began promoting little-known Atlanta artist Lloyd on their Murder Inc. sub-label. After one spin, I smelled a stinker, and said so.
“No, no, no. Lloyd’s gonna be hot,” I heard.
Today, at [...]

I recently offered to pre-screen O’Reilly’s first graphic novel, “Hackerteen: Volume 1: Internet Blackout,” under the caveat that I’d post a review afterwards.
Quick review: I wish I hadn’t committed to write this review. I find Internet Blackout to be offensive to those who enjoy comics, the Internet, and learning.
Full review: I’m a fan of [...]

The “animal cracker” is an often misunderstood delight, deserving of detail and defense in an era of mislabeling and generalizations.
According to Wikipedia’s definition of “animal cracker,” they are “crackers in the shapes of animals… They are like crackers due to the way they are made, with layered dough, however the use of sweetened dough gives [...]

MyBlogLog has been on a tear lately, releasing FOAF support, XFN support, and verification of sites.
Most interesting to me, however, has been their quiet rollout of MicroID support last week. ClaimID quickly posted, Fred Stutzman followed suit, and the MicroID blog alerted folks as well.
MicroID, for the uninitiated, is a snippet of code (which [...]