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KOS Unviels New Race Tracking Widget

Markos Moulitsas, Kos, has released his beta version of the 2008 race tracking widget. It looks very impressive, featuring real-time stats, powerful search features, a user-friendly, intuitive interface, and a clean, but information packed design. Read more about it here. I cannot get the widget to embed in my blog at the moment – it [...]

Netroots Nation Returns to Second Life

The Netroots Nation progressive bloggers convention, formerly Yearly KOS, has returned to Second Life again this year. Even though I live just forty miles away from Austin, Texas, where the convention is being held this year, I was not able to attend in person. However, once again this year, Netroots has provided some great options for participating via the internet. The more interactive and entertaining option is the Second Life venue which has been expanded and improved since last years SL conference. The other option is to watch the keynotes and sessions either live or taped on ustream.tv.

Taking the Mac Plunge

My New MacBook I never thought I would be blogging from a Macintosh – ever. I used Apple IIs and Macs in the early days (80s) of the PC, and I thought they were nice machines that had no place in the business arena, but were great for graphic designers and educational purposes. So I [...]

Learning Google Analytics v2

Ever since I started hosting my web site and blogs with BlueHost last year I have been wanting to improve my visibility into how my blogs and web pages are being used. AWStats is provided by my hosting service, and it includes a lot of very interesting information. Problem is, it also includes a whole [...]

Yearly Kos Convention Featured on PBS NewsHour

The PBS NewHour with Jim Lehrer had a mini-feature on the Yearly Kos Convention last night. If you missed it you can click here to access the transcript and audio replay. The video is available from the NewsHour page on the item describing the Yearly Kos story – Democrats Woo Bloggers. I thought it was [...]