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Re: News satire is harder than it looks

horatio salt — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:21:07 -0000

I'd say there are two things a news satire site needs to be: funny...and well-written. The writing on 23/6 is stiff, leaden and boring. If the writing were better, I wouldn't even care if it made me smile or not. At least I'd be entertained. I like to think my own news satire site is, if not 'funny', at least mildly diverting and maybe even clever. And I do hope it's well-written. But that, of course, is for others to judge...

Re: I Don’t Get Facebook

horatio salt — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:26:54 -0000

I don't get Facebook either. After waiting until NOW to dip my toe in - and I'm an ad guy, for Gawd's sake, I'm supposed to be a networker extraordinaire - I finally signed up, spent a grand total of nine minutes as a Facebooker, and deleted my account. It was this: the word 'friend' is a very powerful word. I realized almost immediately - it took eight minutes, plus another minute for the cancellation - that 93% (maybe 99%) of the people in my address book are not really my 'friends'...

Re: Top Ten Reasons Bloggers Should Avoid Social Bookmarking

horatio salt — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:29:33 -0000

thought provoking stuff, david. thanks. me, i figure every post i write is an opportunity to stage a car crash at the side of the road. if enough people slow down to have a look, i'm happy. if i holler the right words as i stand beside the wreck, google will bring a new rush of cars past my debris. and now, i must stop mangling this metaphor before i hurt myself... ;-)

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Re: SQT: Resizing Popups

horatio salt — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:53:15 -0000

hey, great tip, david. thanks.

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Re: Meet BESS

horatio salt — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:25:14 -0000

Fascinating post. I dunno about BESS, though. The privacy concern would have to be zero for me...