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Remember how addicted to their Blackberries Congress became? Now it seems as if iPods may be the next “It” gadget on The Hill: Testifying at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the legislation he and Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., introduced last year, Doolittle gave a vigorous pitch for changes opposed by the two…

Here I was, thinking this story in this week’s The Onion was a parody. Turns out it was just prescient. Of course, it’s not the first time The Onion has predicted the future when it comes to politics. (Note: that link takes you to an actual article in the The Onion, authored the week of…

Well, I don’t really care about the massive licensing debate that’s raging in the blogosphere. This is sophisticated software, and it’s worth paying for. End of story. If you want free software, try Blogger. If you want low-cost blogging software, TypePad is fine. Movable Type is a robust content management system that rivals sophisticated CMS…

Just a quick test of Movable Type 3.0. If anything looks funky, let me know.

Zephyr Teachout (formerly of the Dean campaign) is running the Blog for Victory, part of “Americans Coming Together”, a massive voter registration effort. I liked this story, about a challenge to register more voters. Whatever it takes. Of course, getting people registered is only the first step. Getting them to the polls is the big…

Trip back on the City of New Orleans was just as pleasant as the trip down to New Orleans — really a fantastic way to travel. Cell coverage (especially GSM) and WiFi (is there such a thing as “war railing”?!) were non-existent, so the train ride really was a relaxing, disconnected adventure. Interestingly, just outside…

Just a quick update — the train trip was a blast. 19 hours door to door, and we even got some sleep! More news later…

We leave tonight on the City of New Orleans bound for — you guessed it — New Orleans. Going to a wedding Sunday night, and planning on enjoying the city with the family over the next few days. My wife and I are doing dinner with Ernie and his wife Saturday night, which should be…

Well, opportunity knocked, then kept walking. Some of you may recall when Kos asked for bumper sticker slogans for the Bush/Cheney reelection effort last summer (lesson learned for Kos: never host your comments on an external site, lest they be lost forever). I responded in the comments, and my slogan (“Compassionate Colonialism”) made the top…

Much has been made of Google’s S-1 filing last week in which Google will raise $2.7 billion in an IPO auction. It turns out that if you read the entire S-1, you’ll note that the amount they plan on raising is actually $2,718,281,828. Why? Pete has the answer. I love it. The number is almost…