8-minute dating revisited

Tequila Mockingbird is at it again. Loved this wonderful aside on her comments page: there must be something in the marketing material that these men interpreted differently. they seem to be under the impression that the 8 minutes represents an…

More journo-links

Michelle Nicolosi’s Insert Text Here has a ton of handy clicks. One reason Michelle is one of the coolest people on earth: she is perhaps the only person anywhere who has won a Pulitzer Prize and served as a CCI…

What do you call the time when…

… you’re doing nothing waiting for the pagination system to come back up? Downtime isn’t industry-specific enough. (Brought to you by the 327th annoying CCI breakdown.) It gets worse: CCI’s down and they don’t know how to bring it back…

More on the Bee blogs

The Sacramento Bee’s ombudsman, who got everybody worked up last week, explains himself this week. Speaking of the Bee’s online adventures, they’re looking for an assistant content manager.

Les Gapay update

The L.A. Times has his cellphone number, as does NPR. I, however, do not. A couple minutes ago I fielded the second inquiry from a radio producer trying to get Gapay on the air. I’m flattered by the attention, folks,…

Craig on the Raiders’ comeback win

The Oakland Raiders staged a stunning comeback yesterday, scoring two touchdowns in the final six minutes and winning in overtime. Here’s Craig Lancaster’s story. And now, for the excerpts: With 5:59 left in the fourth quarter Sunday, the Raiders were…