Author: Rick Klau

CNN.com – Passengers take it off at take off – May. 5, 2003 MIAMI, Florida (AP) — When the chartered Boeing 727 reached cruising altitude, 87 passengers took off more than their seat belts. They removed their clothes.

Katherine Narducci of The Sopranos to Anil Dash and Chuck Olsen at a Starbucks in SoHo: “Blowug? What’s a blowug?” [via Corante: Corante on Blogging] Charmaine learns to blog! I love it.

As a former Radio user, I enjoyed that my RSS feed included the full body of my posts instead of just the first few words. I live in my news aggregator, and just seeing snippets of posts meant I had to click somewhere to read the full text. (Admittedly, NewzCrawler makes this easier by rendering…

I’ve seen several sites mention that the inaugural issue of Radar contains a profile on Howard Dean, but I haven’t seen any quotes of the article. In all, it’s a solid overview, with a much more personal feel than many other profiles. (The closest is probably Jake Tapper’s profile in Salon that ran in March.)…

REMINDER: DEAN ON CNBC TONIGHT Tonight, Howard Dean will be interviewed on CNBC’s “After Hours with Maria Bartiromo.” The show will air at 9pm Eastern and will repeat at midnight. [via Howard Dean 2004 Call to Action Weblog]

The Rutland Herald Online – Dean eyed as long shot It’s Dean’s ability to connect with Democratic voters that impressed many of the people who met him here this weekend. But it remains a serious question in the minds of voters, particularly South Carolina Democrats, whether a physician-turned-politician from a small northern state with a…

In making the switch from Radio to Movable Type, I needed to find a replacement for my News Aggregator. I tried several – including Amphetadesk and NewsGator – before deciding on NewzCrawler. Some of the key features that make NewzCrawler a superior aggregator over the others: RSS Autodiscovery. It serves as an agent that monitors…

Thanks to Dean volunteer Adriana Diaz for catching this article: Howard Dean and His American Dream Team In contrast, Dean appears to be building a nationwide constituency, though not by “sheer shoe leather.” Dean has collected more than 18,000 supporters online at Meetup.com, a free Web-based tool designed to facilitate monthly group meetings around various…

Blogging’s on BillG’s Radar Screen Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates noted at yesterday’s Newspaper Association of America Annual Convention that Microsoft is very interested in making sure blogging tools are there to support folks doing “bottom-up publishing.” [via Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley] Whoa.

The Carolina Nine All nine of the Democratic presidential candidates who met in South Carolina on Saturday knew their real purpose was to make a good impression. [via New York Times: Opinion] William Safire concludes: So who won this Derby, besides George? Lieberman and Gephardt finished in a dead heat, with Kerry closing and Edwards…