Life story on MBC
Numerous projects are on the agenda for Lebanese television broadcaster Razan Moughrabi, among which is presenting a new program on the Arab satellite television channel MBC. The new program will revolve around narrating the life story of famous Egyptian pop-star Amr Diab. Preparations for the program will begin once the producer reaches an agreement with the singer. Link
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Still the Most Powerful
Egyptian pop superstar Amr Diab has extended his lead this year in the Power 100 list to become the most powerful Arab popstar, ArabianBusiness.com can reveal.In 2008, Diab jumped 14 places to 24 in the Power 100 list, an annual compilation of the world's most influential Arabs in all spheres of life by Arabian Business."Amr Diab is still raising the bar - often beating his own records - on Arabic record sales worldwide in a career that has spanned over 20 years in the entertainment industry, so it is no surprise that he has moved up from being number 38 on the list last year," Arabian Business magazine cited as the reason for his rise.Published on Sunday (Mar 30) in Arabian Business and on ArabianBusiness.com, this year's list includes influential Arabs from the whole gambit of fields including sport, finance, medicine, entertainment, science and technology and real estate.Link
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Egyptian pop superstar Amr Diab has extended his lead this year in the Power 100 list to become the most powerful Arab popstar, ArabianBusiness.com can reveal.In 2008, Diab jumped 14 places to 24 in the Power 100 list, an annual compilation of the world's most influential Arabs in all spheres of life by Arabian Business."Amr Diab is still raising the bar - often beating his own records - on Arabic record sales worldwide in a career that has spanned over 20 years in the entertainment industry, so it is no surprise that he has moved up from being number 38 on the list last year," Arabian Business magazine cited as the reason for his rise.Published on Sunday (Mar 30) in Arabian Business and on ArabianBusiness.com, this year's list includes influential Arabs from the whole gambit of fields including sport, finance, medicine, entertainment, science and technology and real estate.Link
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Mawazine Festival in mid-May
Musicians from across the globe will come together in Rabat once again in May for the 2008 Mawazine World Rhythms festival. Jazz and gypsy music will be this year's focus, but listeners will hear music from many other genres over the course of the eight-day event. This year's festival, to be held from May 16th-24th, is characterised by renewal, both in its programming and its sponsoring organisation. Mohammed Mounir Majidi, special advisor to King Mohammed VI, has taken over responsibilities as head of the festival, replacing outgoing director and AMC founding President Abdeljalil Hjomri.The organisers explained that the Mawazine Festival has, over the years, placed emphasis on diversity and plurality in response to all tastes and views. The event promotes the values of unity, tolerance, love, security and peace, through the presence of artists from different countries, ages and languages.In addition, there will be dozens of performances by musicians from Europe, Latin America, the Maghreb and the Middle East. Some of the artists include US jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater; Ziggy Marley, son of Bob Marley from Jamaica; Cheb Belal from Algeria; Amr Diab; Nancy Ajram; Asala Nasry; Saber al-Rubai; Diana Haddad; Fadl Shaker; and Natacha Atlas from the Middle East, as well as famous Moroccan singers such as Hayat Al Idrissi, Saeeda Fekri, Fatima Tihihite, Latifa Raafat, Nass El Ghiwane; Jil Jilala and Lemchaheb; and hip hop groups such as Darga, Fnaire, H-Kayne and Hoba Hoba Spirit, as well as a number of artists from Latin America. Link
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
Still the Most Powerful
Egyptian pop superstar Amr Diab has extended his lead this year in the Power 100 list to become the most powerful Arab popstar, ArabianBusiness.com can reveal.In 2008, Diab jumped 14 places to 24 in the Power 100 list, an annual compilation of the world's most influential Arabs in all spheres of life by Arabian Business."Amr Diab is still raising the bar - often beating his own records - on Arabic record sales worldwide in a career that has spanned over 20 years in the entertainment industry, so it is no surprise that he has moved up from being number 38 on the list last year," Arabian Business magazine cited as the reason for his rise.Published on Sunday (Mar 30) in Arabian Business and on ArabianBusiness.com, this year's list includes influential Arabs from the whole gambit of fields including sport, finance, medicine, entertainment, science and technology and real estate.Link
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Amr Denies It
Egyptian singer Amr Diab denied that the committee of the Kuwaiti “Hala Febrayer” (Welcome February) festival declined his participation because of the large amount of money he requested for his performance. Diab said that he has participated in the “Hala Febrayer” festival for the past five years and decided not to participate this year. Link
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Monday, February 11, 2008
Amr Diab eliminated from ‘Hala February Festival’
The organizing committee of the Annual Hala (Hello)February Music Festival in Kuwait has announced that Egyptian singer Amr Diab will not participate in this year’s events. The committee stated that Diab was not nominated alongside other singers who will take part in the festival due to the fact that he demanded a wage of 200 thousand US dollar for his performance; an amount the committee felt was too high.The committee added that Diab’s wage for last year’s performance was 80 thousand US dollars only and the enormous increase, in addition to the singer’s conditions that he would only participate if Egyptian singers Tamer Husni and Mohammad Hamaqi were not invited without revealing the reasons for such a request.Negotiations are currently being held with other Egyptian singers, who are as popular as Amr, to participate in the events of this year’s festivals, according to the Kuwaiti based daily, Al Qabas.
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Monday, February 04, 2008
Amr the Ambassador
Egyptian singer Amr Diab has always been amazingly successful in everything he does.He received three American Music Awards and is known as the artist with the biggest foreign fan base. He is also currently filming a movie with the provisional title of ‘El Motamared’ that loosely tells the story of his life. However, does all this make him eligible for the role of ‘Good Will Ambassador’ for the United Nations? Indeed, there has been a lot of talk about Amr’s nomination to take on this specific role, but nothing has been confirmed yet.Egyptian stars who have been ‘Good Will Ambassadors’ in previous times include Adel Imam and Mahmoud Kabil. Both of these stars were suitable candidates. Adel Imam has been known as a charitable person and has made amazing movies about corruption and the Egyptian political system. Mahmoud Kabil is fluent in English, Arabic, French, Hebrew, and Italian making him a great link between Egypt and the rest of the world.What qualities, in your opinion, does Amr Diab have to make him a suitable ‘Good Will Ambassador’? Link
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
Inclement weather
Inclement weather conditions were said to be the cause of the one day postponement of Amr´s Dubai concert. The concert is one of the highlights of the Dubai Shopping Festival 2008.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
A date with Amr Diab
With only a few days left for Amr Diab’s upcoming performance, the city is getting ready for the arrival of the Arab world’s most popular singer.Fans from all over the UAE are flocking to purchase tickets in what is expected to be a sellout concert with an attendance of more than 10,000 during this DSF.With Dubai Shopping Festival 2008 hosting a number of large events and concerts representing varying cultures, Amr Diab promises to be one of the biggest concerts this year’s DSF.Amr Diab will perform in Dubai for the second consecutive year, and his performance is slated to attract crowds from different nationalities with his popularity extending well beyond the GCC and the Middle East.Tickets are available at Splash outlets in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi as well as Virgin Megastores and online at www.showbizme.com and www.timeouttickets.com.The concert is scheduled to take place on the 1st of February 2008 at the Megabowl in Area A of Zabeel Park. Parking is abundant around the park and access to the venue is through gates 1 and 3.Ticket price includes park entrance fees. Doors open at 6:00pm with Amr Diab set to be on stage at 9:00pm. Link
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
January 17, 2008
Three new languages and a whole new direction for BloggerWe are excited to announce that Blogger is now available in three more languages: Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian!Blogger in Hebrew, Arabic, and PersianSupporting these languages is a huge milestone for us because — unlike the other 37 languages Blogger is translated into — Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew are written from right to left. As you can see from the above screenshot, we had to flip the whole interface around.Besides localizing the Blogger interface into these three languages, we have right-to-left templates and have added new toolbar buttons for bi-directional text editing in the post editor.The effort was worth it, however, and we’re tremendously happy to be a part of the growing Arabic-, Hebrew-, and Persian-language blogging communities.Changing your language preferences and settingsTo see the Blogger interface in one of these languages, just use the menu on your Dashboard. You can also choose your language on Blogger’s homepage and via the “Language” link in the footer of most pages.From then on, all new blogs you create will default to using your new language choice.If you need to change the language of an existing blog, just go to Settings > Formatting and select a new language there. Your blog language affects date formatting and other blog text, and, with today’s release of Blogger, your blog’s comments form as well.Right-to-left templatesFor Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew blogs, we will also rearrange your template to read more logically from right to left. So, a blog that once looked like this:will now look like this:Please note that your template won’t change if you’ve customized it with Edit HTML; we wouldn’t dare muck with your data! Also, if you’re still using a Classic template you will have to upgrade to Layouts in order to take advantage of bidirectional language templates. Learn how.Bidirectional text editingWe’ve also added right-to-left and left-to-right buttons to Blogger’s post editor. They’ll appear if your Dashboard language or your blog’s language setting is for a right-to-left language.Clicking on these buttons will set the paragraph you are currently editing to either right-to-left or left-to-right mode. This way you can write truly bidirectional posts.Happy rtl-blogging!posted by Tyrone at 2:00 PM links to this post
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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July 17, 2006Blogger in IndiaIt has been widely reported that Internet users across India are being blocked from accessing a number of blog hosting sites, including Blog*Spot. We are disappointed and a bit puzzled by these reports. We are also working to understand the situation, and are looking into what we can do to help resolve it. A big thanks to the many bloggers in India and elsewhere who are investigating, reporting, and working to restore access.posted by Jason Goldman at 2:43 PM links to this post It's BlogHer timeThat's right -- our friends at the homonymous BlogHer are getting ready for their second annual conference, which takes place on July 28-29 in San Jose, CA. Last year over 300 attendees learned about issues important to women bloggers, and this year the organizers are expecting double the number of people and sessions. A sampling of the second day's sessions:7:00 - 7:45: Free Morning YogaBlog Crushes: Caffeine and Birds of a Feather out by the pool.Is the Next Martha Stewart a Blogger?Passes to the second day are still available (the first sold out), and if you happen to be wondering given the conference's name...YES, gentlemen are invited too!Check out http://blogher.org/about-blogher-conference-06 for all the details.posted by Alex V at 1:53 PM links to this post July 16, 2006Act breakAlex Epstein has a cool blog about screenwriting in which he gives advice, talks about what he's working on and recently tackled the most important question of our time: Why did Serenity fail to succeed in the box office?Team Blogger has much love for Serenity and ecourages you to check it out. Also, Joss Whedon? You should come to lunch at Google.posted by Jason Goldman at 11:55 AM links to this post July 13, 2006Here comes the hammerCongrats to Blogger user F-train for winning the World Poker Blogger Tour 2006 Summer Tournament this past weekend in Vegas. I've been digging on poker blog scene for a while now and was stoked to see the number of folks rocking it on Blog*Spot. Some recommendations include:Poker WannabeTao of PokerParty Poker BlogSound of a SuckoutMean GeneNice to see folks getting together IRL to play some cards.posted by Jason Goldman at 2:35 PM links to this post July 10, 2006New Blogger BookWe recently heard from the folks at Mann Publishing that their new Blogger book has been released! Here's what it covers:"With this book, you will learn how to use Blogger’s Post Editor and Dashboard to create sophisticated postings that include images and hyperlinks, and how to change the look and feel of your blog using templates. Other topics include making money using Google’s AdSense and Amazon.com’s Associates program, using photo blogging services, adding a site counter so that you can track your readership, using Blogger Mobile for mobile blogging, and how to archive your blog. For those of you who have your own Web hosting, you will learn how to publish your blog to your own server."posted by Eric at 5:05 AM links to this post
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March 30, 2007New Template Widgets: Newsreel and Video BarThanks to our friends from the Ajax Search API team, we now have two more fun and useful widgets you can add to your new Blogger blog: Newsreel and Video Bar:The Newsreel searches Google News for your chosen keywords and displays an ever-updating list of their search results. The Video Bar does the same for Google Video and YouTube searches, and even lets you play the videos without leaving your blog! Check out Pete's mobile blog for particularly erudite examples of the Newsreel and Video Bar in action.To use the new widgets, click your blog's Layout link on your Dashboard, then click "Add a Page Element." You'll find the new widgets right at the top. As a bonus, the Newsreel will change from a list of summaries to a scrolling ticker depending on whether it's in the sidebar or the main column, so drag 'em around and see what you like.Not using the Layouts feature of the new Blogger? We have a help article that explains how to switch your classic template to Layouts.posted by Eric at 3:30 PM links to this post March 08, 2007Blogger and Picasa Web AlbumsEver wanted to see all the photos you've uploaded to your blog in one place? Head over to Picasa Web Albums and now you can! We've been working closely with the Picasa team on this project - all the photos you've uploaded since December will appear in an album there, and we're working on migrating your older photos as well. (It'll take a while though - there are a lot of them.)Each of your blogs now has its own album in Picasa Web Albums, which is exciting because you now have a photo management interface for your blog's photos - for example you could order prints, use the fancy email this photo feature, or easily embed the album somewhere else on the web. Be careful when you delete photos though, because deletions will affect both your blog and its album. Lastly, Blogger photos are now part of Picasa Web Albums' 1GB of free quota, which can be upgraded.Check out Picasa and Picasa Web Albums!posted by Eric at 5:13 PM links to this post March 07, 2007Blogger SXSW Party, Sunday in Austin, TXThe South by Southwest (SXSW) festival/conference/hipsterstravaganza starts this weekend! If you’re going, or just happen to be around Austin, TX for kicks or livelihood, make sure that you party with us on Sunday.Drinks are on Blogger (also dancing)Sunday, 11 March 2007, 6–9PMClub De Ville900 Red River St.Austin, TXupcomingmapThis is an invitation only event! The only way you can get in is to find someone from Blogger beforehand and get an invitation - we'll be wearing Blogger gear. There are a ton of us hanging around the conference and we’ll be passing out the invitations wherever we go.Update: Looking for ways to get around Austin? Google Transit just launched service for Austin today. Check it totally out, and use public transportation to join SXSW in being carbon neutral.“This is Blogger. And we party with scarves on.”posted by Pete at 6:44 PM links to this post March 02, 2007An Emacs Client For BloggerPost by T.V. Raman, Google Research ScientistFrom The Everything Can Be Done In Emacs Dept...Blogger exposes a clean API based on Atom Publishing Protocol (APP) and Google Data APIs (GData). This Emacs module leverages this functionality to enable one to blog from within the comfort of a full-featured editing environment.Where to get itThe Emacs Blogger client is part of g-client, a suite of Emacs clients for accessing Google Services. The current distribution can be downloaded from Google Code and the source code is available via Subversion.InstallationUnpack the tar archive and place the resulting g-client directory on your emacs load-path.Type make to compile the code.In your .emacs, add (load-library "g") to set it up.Google Blogger gbloggerThis client implements posting, editing and deleting of blog entries using the new Blogger API --- it replaces the now obsolete atom-blogger that implemented similar functionality using the old Blogger API. It uses value of customization option g-user-email by default; this can be overridden via option gblogger-user-email. See Blogger GData API for the underlying APIs used. For editing posts, I recommend installing nxml-mode.Browse command gblogger-blog brings up the list of blogs owned by the currently authenticated user.Posting command gblogger-new-entry takes a post URL and sets up a special buffer where you can compose your article. The post url is obtained from the feed of blogs above; use the post link for the blog to which you wish to post.Browsing command gblogger-atom-display displays the atom feed for a specified blog as a browsable HTML page. In addition to reading your blog, this helps you find the edit url for individual posts.Editing command gblogger-edit-entry takes the edit url of a previously posted entry. It retrieves the entry, and sets up a special composition buffer where you can edit the entry.Submitting - the special composition buffer created by commands gblogger-new-entry and gblogger-edit-entry provide a special command gblogger-publish (bound to C-c C-c) that submits the entry to blogger.Deleting Command gblogger-delete-entry deletes an entry specified by its edit url.The emacspeak blog has further details.posted by Eric at 11:55 AM links to this post March 01, 2007Blog Search UpdateAttention blog searchers: if you use Google Blog Search from within Blogger, you'll notice some slight changes to its look and feel - it was just updated today to be more consistent with the Google styling, and it tested much better in the usability lab.It also means new functionality for the Blogger look 'n feel, notably the date-restrict options in the sidebar. For example, "earthquake san francisco" restricted to March 1st will tell you about the earthquake that just happened, and "snow south lake tahoe" restricted to Feb18-28 reveals some pretty excited people (myself included ;).Check it out!posted by Eric at 9:15 PM links to this post
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December 21, 20072007 Roundup2007 has been Blogger's most amazing year yet! As you'll remember, we began it just after we had taken the new version of Blogger out of beta. Here's a quick run-down of many of the fun things we did since then:Domain association and purchasingHindi transliterationBlogger Photos in Picasa Web Albums26 new languageswidgets: Videobar, Newsreel, Header Images, Polls, Search Box, Google Gadgets, Slideshow, Subscriptions Links1000th Blog of NoteOld Blogger shut down, New Blogger for all, and Blogger's 8th birthdayAutosaveProfile SearchBlogger in DraftVideo UploadFeed Enclosures and RedirectsBlogger PlayComments: Subscribe via Email, OpenIDIf you're not using any of these on your blog, click through to the various Buzz posts and Help articles that explain them, and check them out — they're really nifty. And many thanks for sticking with Blogger through the transition to the new version earlier this year — it's a powerful and scalable platform on which we'll be building lots of exciting new features in 2008!posted by Eric at 4:40 PM links to this post
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December 19, 2006The New Version of BloggerThe new version of Blogger in beta is dead!Long live the new version of Blogger!(P.S. The old version of Blogger is not dead, but it would like to retire for a little while... maybe go to Hawaii or play World of Warcraft all day? It begs you to let it play World of Warcraft all day.)I am overjoyed to announce that today we have o’ficially graduated the new version of Blogger from “in beta” to “.” Why is this significant? Allow me to explain via analogy:Battlestar Galactica with Lorne Greene : Battlestar Galactica with Edward James Olmos :: Old Blogger : New BloggerThe new version of Blogger is metaphorically bursting with features, from the big guns like drag-and-drop template editing and post labels (which are perfect, by the way, for indexing the 131 historical figures you may have written about), to little polishes like a better-designed Dashboard or that you no longer need to solve a word verification CAPTCHA to post a comment on your own blog.We’re excited about the new version of Blogger, both for what it can do now (which also includes access control for blogs and better input fields for post dates) and what we’ll add to it in the future, now that we have a new, stable, powerful infrastructure to work with. We’re done with “beta,” but we’re far from done with the new Blogger.It’ll still take a bit more transition time to move everyone from the old version to the new, so for now we ask on our homepage which version of Blogger you use. If you’ve been using the beta, either because you switched or because you created your account after 10 November 2006, click “New Blogger” and sign in with your Google Account.If you haven’t yet switched, click “Old Blogger” and use the same Blogger account you’ve always used, or — and this is the better choice — click “Switch Now” button*. After you sign in with or sign up for a Google Account (free!), you’ll be switched over to the new Blogger, which is both reassuringly the same (your blogs will keep the same URLs, and your templates and profile will be the same too) and significantly better (see above sampling of new features and comparisons to a masterful science fiction television program).Finally, shouts out to all of the people and teams who have made this possible; the new Blogger is the combined effort of engineering, QA, support, management, product, marketing, PR, infrastructure, [music swells] design, partners, clients, users, hackers, Blog*Stars, cats, dogs, ferrets, and everyone and everything else that helped, assisted, or enabled. Thank you!* = Update, 12/20: If you don’t see the “Switch Now” button on the homepage, it’s because a ton of people are already switching to the new Blogger, and we only let so many run simultaneously in order to give everyone a good experience. Just log in to old Blogger for now, and we’ll give you a heads up on your Dashboard when we’re ready for you.posted by Pete at 5:30 PM
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007Video upload is currently not working. Our engineers are working to fix it.Update, 9:30AM: This has been fixed.Posted by Pete at 08:42 PST Wednesday, November 14, 2007Invitations to team blogs and private blogs are currently returning error code bX-tgu0qs. We're investigating.Update: This error code is also appearing when logging in via the comment form.Update (16:30 PST): This should mostly be fixed, though there are some lingering issues with Internet Explorer 6, which we're still working on. If that affects you, you should still be able to use these features from another browser, such as Firefox.Posted by Graham at 10:06 PST Thursday, November 08, 2007Blogger is currently experiencing issues with video upload. Our engineers are working on it. Thank you for your patience.Posted by Jessica at 17:21 PST Tuesday, November 06, 2007Blogger is currently having trouble publishing to a number of FTP hosts. We're investigating and will update as the situation develops. Thanks for your patience.Update: This issue was fixed on 11/6 at 8:30PM PST.Posted by Graham at 12:41 PST Blogger will be unavailable Tuesday (11/6) at 11:00PM PST for about 10 minutes for maintenance.Update (11:10PM): The maintenance is over and lasted for about 8 minutes.Posted by Jessica at 10:04 PST Monday, October 29, 2007Blogger’s video upload is currently down. Our engineers are working on the problem.Update, 7PM: Video upload has been restored to full functionality.Update, 8:15PM: After being fixed for a bit, video uploads are failing again, languishing in a “processing” state. Blogger engineers are working to resolve this.Update, 9:15PM: We have identified the root problem and resolved it. Video uploading now works as normal.Posted by Pete at 17:08 PST Saturday, October 20, 2007Blogger engineers are currently investigating problems with photo uploading, which is manifesting as the “bX-9pjt6o” error code when clicking on the image upload button.Update, 9:00PM: This has been fixed. Photo uploading has resumed to normal operation.Posted by Pete at 19:59 PSTZoundry UpdatedWe just heard from Lawrence Lee of Zoundry that their Blog Writer app has been updated to support SSL and Blogger's AtomAPI. It's a Windows app for doing WYSIWYG blogging from the desktop.posted by Eric at 9:20 PM links to this post March 28, 2005Evan Williams hates the elderlyOr at least that's what I took away from the NYT's piece on the evolving relationship between gossip blogs and gossip columnists. Since you can't fill 40 columns with "These are different formats doing different things" why not conjure up a new v. old media smackdown! In one corner, we have octogenarian gossip Liz Smith. In the other, the Blogs That Dish.Gone are the days when FDR used to dish dirt with Walter Winchell. Sadder still is the loss of all those fabulous hats the pro-gossips used to wear.It's all been washed away by a tide of anti-hat, anti-old-lady bloggery. Ev - how could you be so cruel.posted by Jason Goldman at 2:47 PM links to this post March 27, 2005Blog Attack!If recent news is any indication, this very blog my be in danger of dinosaur attack. Is there a blog you'd like to see decimated by rampaging dinosaurs, flaming meteors, flooding water, or just a good, old-fashioned slow burn? Netdisaster can help you out with that. (via Waxy)Linkposted by Biz at 9:12 AM links to this post March 26, 2005OuchThis guy shot a construction staple through his hand and now he's blogging about putting a second story on his house—by himself. Macabre? Perhaps. Good blogging? I think so.He slides the chamber open and calls over the foreman to take a look. Turns out the gun's NOT jammed - it's empty. I shot myself with the last staple.He writes about why he started the blog but hasn't gotten to the real work yet because there seem to be so many strange and funny things to share about the existing house. The x-ray makes me wonder how this whole thing will turn out but one thing's for sure: This house needs some serious help.Linkposted by Biz at 4:59 PM links to this postmesothelioma lawyerswhat is mesotheliomaperitoneal mesotheliomaconsolidate loansrefinancing mortgagetax attorneymesotheliomacar accident lawyerameriquest mortgagemortgage refinancerefinancingauto accident attorneyequity mortgagemesothelioma texasmortgagescriminal defense attorneyepocratesmesotheliomacar accident attorneymortgage refinance rateloan refinancepersonal injury attorneybest refinanceregister domain namesmedical malpractice lawyerincorporatemalignant mesotheliomamortgage refinancefreecreditreportfargo refinancemortgage loans125 refinancelos angeles lawyerre mortgagehow to register a domain namemortgage refinance ratepersonal injuryrefinancerefinancemortgage loantexas refinancemedical malpractice attorneysmortgage applicationmortgage companiescountrywidelow mortgage rateva refinancegmac mortgagecalifornia mortgage ratesameriquestflorida lawyerduirefinance leadsdomain registerrefinance new yorkrefinance rental propertyutah mortgage
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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July 17, 2006Blogger in IndiaIt has been widely reported that Internet users across India are being blocked from accessing a number of blog hosting sites, including Blog*Spot. We are disappointed and a bit puzzled by these reports. We are also working to understand the situation, and are looking into what we can do to help resolve it. A big thanks to the many bloggers in India and elsewhere who are investigating, reporting, and working to restore access.posted by Jason Goldman at 2:43 PM links to this post It's BlogHer timeThat's right -- our friends at the homonymous BlogHer are getting ready for their second annual conference, which takes place on July 28-29 in San Jose, CA. Last year over 300 attendees learned about issues important to women bloggers, and this year the organizers are expecting double the number of people and sessions. A sampling of the second day's sessions:7:00 - 7:45: Free Morning YogaBlog Crushes: Caffeine and Birds of a Feather out by the pool.Is the Next Martha Stewart a Blogger?Passes to the second day are still available (the first sold out), and if you happen to be wondering given the conference's name...YES, gentlemen are invited too!Check out http://blogher.org/about-blogher-conference-06 for all the details.posted by Alex V at 1:53 PM links to this post July 16, 2006Act breakAlex Epstein has a cool blog about screenwriting in which he gives advice, talks about what he's working on and recently tackled the most important question of our time: Why did Serenity fail to succeed in the box office?Team Blogger has much love for Serenity and ecourages you to check it out. Also, Joss Whedon? You should come to lunch at Google.posted by Jason Goldman at 11:55 AM links to this post July 13, 2006Here comes the hammerCongrats to Blogger user F-train for winning the World Poker Blogger Tour 2006 Summer Tournament this past weekend in Vegas. I've been digging on poker blog scene for a while now and was stoked to see the number of folks rocking it on Blog*Spot. Some recommendations include:Poker WannabeTao of PokerParty Poker BlogSound of a SuckoutMean GeneNice to see folks getting together IRL to play some cards.posted by Jason Goldman at 2:35 PM links to this post July 10, 2006New Blogger BookWe recently heard from the folks at Mann Publishing that their new Blogger book has been released! Here's what it covers:"With this book, you will learn how to use Blogger’s Post Editor and Dashboard to create sophisticated postings that include images and hyperlinks, and how to change the look and feel of your blog using templates. Other topics include making money using Google’s AdSense and Amazon.com’s Associates program, using photo blogging services, adding a site counter so that you can track your readership, using Blogger Mobile for mobile blogging, and how to archive your blog. For those of you who have your own Web hosting, you will learn how to publish your blog to your own server."posted by Eric at 5:05 AM links to this post
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March 30, 2007New Template Widgets: Newsreel and Video BarThanks to our friends from the Ajax Search API team, we now have two more fun and useful widgets you can add to your new Blogger blog: Newsreel and Video Bar:The Newsreel searches Google News for your chosen keywords and displays an ever-updating list of their search results. The Video Bar does the same for Google Video and YouTube searches, and even lets you play the videos without leaving your blog! Check out Pete's mobile blog for particularly erudite examples of the Newsreel and Video Bar in action.To use the new widgets, click your blog's Layout link on your Dashboard, then click "Add a Page Element." You'll find the new widgets right at the top. As a bonus, the Newsreel will change from a list of summaries to a scrolling ticker depending on whether it's in the sidebar or the main column, so drag 'em around and see what you like.Not using the Layouts feature of the new Blogger? We have a help article that explains how to switch your classic template to Layouts.posted by Eric at 3:30 PM links to this post March 08, 2007Blogger and Picasa Web AlbumsEver wanted to see all the photos you've uploaded to your blog in one place? Head over to Picasa Web Albums and now you can! We've been working closely with the Picasa team on this project - all the photos you've uploaded since December will appear in an album there, and we're working on migrating your older photos as well. (It'll take a while though - there are a lot of them.)Each of your blogs now has its own album in Picasa Web Albums, which is exciting because you now have a photo management interface for your blog's photos - for example you could order prints, use the fancy email this photo feature, or easily embed the album somewhere else on the web. Be careful when you delete photos though, because deletions will affect both your blog and its album. Lastly, Blogger photos are now part of Picasa Web Albums' 1GB of free quota, which can be upgraded.Check out Picasa and Picasa Web Albums!posted by Eric at 5:13 PM links to this post March 07, 2007Blogger SXSW Party, Sunday in Austin, TXThe South by Southwest (SXSW) festival/conference/hipsterstravaganza starts this weekend! If you’re going, or just happen to be around Austin, TX for kicks or livelihood, make sure that you party with us on Sunday.Drinks are on Blogger (also dancing)Sunday, 11 March 2007, 6–9PMClub De Ville900 Red River St.Austin, TXupcomingmapThis is an invitation only event! The only way you can get in is to find someone from Blogger beforehand and get an invitation - we'll be wearing Blogger gear. There are a ton of us hanging around the conference and we’ll be passing out the invitations wherever we go.Update: Looking for ways to get around Austin? Google Transit just launched service for Austin today. Check it totally out, and use public transportation to join SXSW in being carbon neutral.“This is Blogger. And we party with scarves on.”posted by Pete at 6:44 PM links to this post March 02, 2007An Emacs Client For BloggerPost by T.V. Raman, Google Research ScientistFrom The Everything Can Be Done In Emacs Dept...Blogger exposes a clean API based on Atom Publishing Protocol (APP) and Google Data APIs (GData). This Emacs module leverages this functionality to enable one to blog from within the comfort of a full-featured editing environment.Where to get itThe Emacs Blogger client is part of g-client, a suite of Emacs clients for accessing Google Services. The current distribution can be downloaded from Google Code and the source code is available via Subversion.InstallationUnpack the tar archive and place the resulting g-client directory on your emacs load-path.Type make to compile the code.In your .emacs, add (load-library "g") to set it up.Google Blogger gbloggerThis client implements posting, editing and deleting of blog entries using the new Blogger API --- it replaces the now obsolete atom-blogger that implemented similar functionality using the old Blogger API. It uses value of customization option g-user-email by default; this can be overridden via option gblogger-user-email. See Blogger GData API for the underlying APIs used. For editing posts, I recommend installing nxml-mode.Browse command gblogger-blog brings up the list of blogs owned by the currently authenticated user.Posting command gblogger-new-entry takes a post URL and sets up a special buffer where you can compose your article. The post url is obtained from the feed of blogs above; use the post link for the blog to which you wish to post.Browsing command gblogger-atom-display displays the atom feed for a specified blog as a browsable HTML page. In addition to reading your blog, this helps you find the edit url for individual posts.Editing command gblogger-edit-entry takes the edit url of a previously posted entry. It retrieves the entry, and sets up a special composition buffer where you can edit the entry.Submitting - the special composition buffer created by commands gblogger-new-entry and gblogger-edit-entry provide a special command gblogger-publish (bound to C-c C-c) that submits the entry to blogger.Deleting Command gblogger-delete-entry deletes an entry specified by its edit url.The emacspeak blog has further details.posted by Eric at 11:55 AM links to this post March 01, 2007Blog Search UpdateAttention blog searchers: if you use Google Blog Search from within Blogger, you'll notice some slight changes to its look and feel - it was just updated today to be more consistent with the Google styling, and it tested much better in the usability lab.It also means new functionality for the Blogger look 'n feel, notably the date-restrict options in the sidebar. For example, "earthquake san francisco" restricted to March 1st will tell you about the earthquake that just happened, and "snow south lake tahoe" restricted to Feb18-28 reveals some pretty excited people (myself included ;).Check it out!posted by Eric at 9:15 PM links to this post
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December 21, 20072007 Roundup2007 has been Blogger's most amazing year yet! As you'll remember, we began it just after we had taken the new version of Blogger out of beta. Here's a quick run-down of many of the fun things we did since then:Domain association and purchasingHindi transliterationBlogger Photos in Picasa Web Albums26 new languageswidgets: Videobar, Newsreel, Header Images, Polls, Search Box, Google Gadgets, Slideshow, Subscriptions Links1000th Blog of NoteOld Blogger shut down, New Blogger for all, and Blogger's 8th birthdayAutosaveProfile SearchBlogger in DraftVideo UploadFeed Enclosures and RedirectsBlogger PlayComments: Subscribe via Email, OpenIDIf you're not using any of these on your blog, click through to the various Buzz posts and Help articles that explain them, and check them out — they're really nifty. And many thanks for sticking with Blogger through the transition to the new version earlier this year — it's a powerful and scalable platform on which we'll be building lots of exciting new features in 2008!posted by Eric at 4:40 PM links to this post
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December 19, 2006The New Version of BloggerThe new version of Blogger in beta is dead!Long live the new version of Blogger!(P.S. The old version of Blogger is not dead, but it would like to retire for a little while... maybe go to Hawaii or play World of Warcraft all day? It begs you to let it play World of Warcraft all day.)I am overjoyed to announce that today we have o’ficially graduated the new version of Blogger from “in beta” to “.” Why is this significant? Allow me to explain via analogy:Battlestar Galactica with Lorne Greene : Battlestar Galactica with Edward James Olmos :: Old Blogger : New BloggerThe new version of Blogger is metaphorically bursting with features, from the big guns like drag-and-drop template editing and post labels (which are perfect, by the way, for indexing the 131 historical figures you may have written about), to little polishes like a better-designed Dashboard or that you no longer need to solve a word verification CAPTCHA to post a comment on your own blog.We’re excited about the new version of Blogger, both for what it can do now (which also includes access control for blogs and better input fields for post dates) and what we’ll add to it in the future, now that we have a new, stable, powerful infrastructure to work with. We’re done with “beta,” but we’re far from done with the new Blogger.It’ll still take a bit more transition time to move everyone from the old version to the new, so for now we ask on our homepage which version of Blogger you use. If you’ve been using the beta, either because you switched or because you created your account after 10 November 2006, click “New Blogger” and sign in with your Google Account.If you haven’t yet switched, click “Old Blogger” and use the same Blogger account you’ve always used, or — and this is the better choice — click “Switch Now” button*. After you sign in with or sign up for a Google Account (free!), you’ll be switched over to the new Blogger, which is both reassuringly the same (your blogs will keep the same URLs, and your templates and profile will be the same too) and significantly better (see above sampling of new features and comparisons to a masterful science fiction television program).Finally, shouts out to all of the people and teams who have made this possible; the new Blogger is the combined effort of engineering, QA, support, management, product, marketing, PR, infrastructure, [music swells] design, partners, clients, users, hackers, Blog*Stars, cats, dogs, ferrets, and everyone and everything else that helped, assisted, or enabled. Thank you!* = Update, 12/20: If you don’t see the “Switch Now” button on the homepage, it’s because a ton of people are already switching to the new Blogger, and we only let so many run simultaneously in order to give everyone a good experience. Just log in to old Blogger for now, and we’ll give you a heads up on your Dashboard when we’re ready for you.posted by Pete at 5:30 PM
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007Video upload is currently not working. Our engineers are working to fix it.Update, 9:30AM: This has been fixed.Posted by Pete at 08:42 PST Wednesday, November 14, 2007Invitations to team blogs and private blogs are currently returning error code bX-tgu0qs. We're investigating.Update: This error code is also appearing when logging in via the comment form.Update (16:30 PST): This should mostly be fixed, though there are some lingering issues with Internet Explorer 6, which we're still working on. If that affects you, you should still be able to use these features from another browser, such as Firefox.Posted by Graham at 10:06 PST Thursday, November 08, 2007Blogger is currently experiencing issues with video upload. Our engineers are working on it. Thank you for your patience.Posted by Jessica at 17:21 PST Tuesday, November 06, 2007Blogger is currently having trouble publishing to a number of FTP hosts. We're investigating and will update as the situation develops. Thanks for your patience.Update: This issue was fixed on 11/6 at 8:30PM PST.Posted by Graham at 12:41 PST Blogger will be unavailable Tuesday (11/6) at 11:00PM PST for about 10 minutes for maintenance.Update (11:10PM): The maintenance is over and lasted for about 8 minutes.Posted by Jessica at 10:04 PST Monday, October 29, 2007Blogger’s video upload is currently down. Our engineers are working on the problem.Update, 7PM: Video upload has been restored to full functionality.Update, 8:15PM: After being fixed for a bit, video uploads are failing again, languishing in a “processing” state. Blogger engineers are working to resolve this.Update, 9:15PM: We have identified the root problem and resolved it. Video uploading now works as normal.Posted by Pete at 17:08 PST Saturday, October 20, 2007Blogger engineers are currently investigating problems with photo uploading, which is manifesting as the “bX-9pjt6o” error code when clicking on the image upload button.Update, 9:00PM: This has been fixed. Photo uploading has resumed to normal operation.Posted by Pete at 19:59 PSTZoundry UpdatedWe just heard from Lawrence Lee of Zoundry that their Blog Writer app has been updated to support SSL and Blogger's AtomAPI. It's a Windows app for doing WYSIWYG blogging from the desktop.posted by Eric at 9:20 PM links to this post March 28, 2005Evan Williams hates the elderlyOr at least that's what I took away from the NYT's piece on the evolving relationship between gossip blogs and gossip columnists. Since you can't fill 40 columns with "These are different formats doing different things" why not conjure up a new v. old media smackdown! In one corner, we have octogenarian gossip Liz Smith. In the other, the Blogs That Dish.Gone are the days when FDR used to dish dirt with Walter Winchell. Sadder still is the loss of all those fabulous hats the pro-gossips used to wear.It's all been washed away by a tide of anti-hat, anti-old-lady bloggery. Ev - how could you be so cruel.posted by Jason Goldman at 2:47 PM links to this post March 27, 2005Blog Attack!If recent news is any indication, this very blog my be in danger of dinosaur attack. Is there a blog you'd like to see decimated by rampaging dinosaurs, flaming meteors, flooding water, or just a good, old-fashioned slow burn? Netdisaster can help you out with that. (via Waxy)Linkposted by Biz at 9:12 AM links to this post March 26, 2005OuchThis guy shot a construction staple through his hand and now he's blogging about putting a second story on his house—by himself. Macabre? Perhaps. Good blogging? I think so.He slides the chamber open and calls over the foreman to take a look. Turns out the gun's NOT jammed - it's empty. I shot myself with the last staple.He writes about why he started the blog but hasn't gotten to the real work yet because there seem to be so many strange and funny things to share about the existing house. The x-ray makes me wonder how this whole thing will turn out but one thing's for sure: This house needs some serious help.Linkposted by Biz at 4:59 PM links to this postmesothelioma lawyerswhat is mesotheliomaperitoneal mesotheliomaconsolidate loansrefinancing mortgagetax attorneymesotheliomacar accident lawyerameriquest mortgagemortgage refinancerefinancingauto accident attorneyequity mortgagemesothelioma texasmortgagescriminal defense attorneyepocratesmesotheliomacar accident attorneymortgage refinance rateloan refinancepersonal injury attorneybest refinanceregister domain namesmedical malpractice lawyerincorporatemalignant mesotheliomamortgage refinancefreecreditreportfargo refinancemortgage loans125 refinancelos angeles lawyerre mortgagehow to register a domain namemortgage refinance ratepersonal injuryrefinancerefinancemortgage loantexas refinancemedical malpractice attorneysmortgage applicationmortgage companiescountrywidelow mortgage rateva refinancegmac mortgagecalifornia mortgage ratesameriquestflorida lawyerduirefinance leadsdomain registerrefinance new yorkrefinance rental propertyutah mortgage
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Google Goes Black for Earth Hour
: Enviro, Web/Tech Google's elegant white homepage went basic black Saturday to draw attention to an environmental campaign called Earth Hour.The website, which is known for tinkering with its logo for various holidays, switched its entire homepage color scheme and posted a simple message below its search box: "We've turned the lights out. Now it's your turn."The official Earth Hour page explains the idea behind Saturday's environmental event: "On March 29, 2008, at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund."Will Google stay black? Nope -- because there's no reason to, according to a note on the site. "As to why we don't do this permanently -- it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display," says Google.See also:How Google Got Its Colorful LogoHip-Hop Newbie Raps About GoogleShort Skit Visualizes Google's Dark SideAll Google's Roads Lead to Kansasreddit_url='http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/google-goes-bla.html';reddit_title='Google Goes Black for Earth Hour';reddit_css='http:\/\/www.wired.com\/css\/redditsocial.css';digg_url = 'http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/google-goes-bla.html';digg_title = 'Google Goes Black for Earth Hour';digg_bgcolor = 'transparent';digg_skin = 'compact';digg_window = 'new';wired:http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/google-goes-bla.htmlYahoo! BuzzStumbleShareThis// var obj = SHARETHIS.addEntry({ord=Math.random()*10000000000000000;document.write('');Google says so? Well, what did they mean by "modern displays"?LCD's actually consume a little more energy when displaying black than when displaying white. See this link for more info:http://www.oledbuyingguide.com/oled-tv-articles/oled-tv-vs-lcd-tv.htmlPosted by: Raul Saavedra Mar 29, 2008 9:16:47 AMI'm just glad google is out there raising awareness. My social consciousness needed a refill after live earth.Posted by: yarrrr Mar 29, 2008 9:47:14 AMAnother liberal "style over substance" gesture of no import whatsover.Posted by: John Mar 29, 2008 11:39:04 AMWhat makes it liberal? Getting people to reduce energy waste is liberal? Multi-billion-dollar corporations are liberal? Trying to fix a problem by changing individual behavior before the government or the market forces your hand is liberal?Okay, if you say so.Posted by: Matt Mar 29, 2008 11:54:31 AMMatt, does Magic Earth Hour do any of that? It's all a bunch of pretentious feel good asshatery for faux altruists. We're aware now, please STFU.Posted by: yarrrr Mar 29, 2008 12:12:29 PMDoing things that just may interrupt people from their every day hub-bub and ask them to think about the world that they live in MUST be a 'liberal' (use whichever label you like, divisionists) action. You sure as shit don't see the radical neo-cons doing similar.Posted by: Kent Mar 29, 2008 12:22:01 PMThe radical right leans toward AVOIDING thought, baby Bush is an obvious example. I think it is a nice gesture by Google.Posted by: Darla Jean Mar 29, 2008 1:08:59 PMIt's funny that the http://www10.earthhourus.org/ website use an animated javascript which is using a lot of calculation power, so the computer energy comsummation increases when such web pages are displayed by navigator!What a pity!Posted by: David GOLIATH Mar 29, 2008 1:30:46 PMThose wacky liberals and their crazy ideas of conservation. Thank goodness conservatives don't believe in that nonsense, right?Posted by: Max Mar 29, 2008 1:34:35 PMFunny, this. Wouldn't it be more impressive if Google shut down all their servers for the hour... that's the whole point, right? Use less electricity, not tell people to use less electricity.Posted by: Clint Mar 29, 2008 1:44:43 PMThe earth hour is bullshit. But, if we can help the Liberals soothe their guilt complex for an hour, I guess it's the least we can do for the mentally challenged and mentally disturbed.Have fun with it Liberals !!!Posted by: Ridelights Mar 29, 2008 1:46:54 PMHumans aren't causing global warming FFS. Fucking Liberals. You think you can observe major climate changes in the small lifespan of a human? "look around, theres ice shelfs breaking off", no shit how do you all suppose the pole got its jagged edges to begin with? Shits always breaking off. Just rare to see within a human life time.Posted by: Akrid Mar 29, 2008 2:00:34 PMBoy, it sure is Fox News around here.Posted by: Anonymous Mar 29, 2008 2:09:55 PMGreat, first they nag me to death for smoking, now I get nagged to death about having lights on. nag nag nag.Posted by: nug Mar 29, 2008 2:10:45 PMBid deal, sign this petition : http://www.geocities.com/poi243Posted by: vasile Mar 29, 2008 2:32:25 PMso what have the liberals gone and done now? thought about someone other than themselves? those guys are just kerrrrazy.Posted by: david Mar 29, 2008 2:35:37 PMWanna save energy? Build more nuclear power plants morons!Posted by: Robert Mar 29, 2008 3:06:01 PMThe amount of seething hatred and flawed logic in these comments is astounding. No wonder we got the boy blunder as a president.Posted by: Something for Nothing Mar 29, 2008 3:14:50 PMThink Earth Hour is worth bothering over? Think paying a Global UN Carbon Tax is worth paying? Have you ever stopped for a moment and tried to look at the reasoning behind it? Like you, I bought into the Al Gore political ideology about Global Warming and CO2 emissions, but after finding a few interesting videos on Youtube, my perspective changed.We need to understand the political motivation behind Global Warming. Watch this video and more, and try and get the other side of the argument, and don't for a second believe everything you read or see on the Mainstream Media. Because they're motivated by something... and it's usually greed. The people behind them have various ideologies that aren't always for the betterment of mankind.Go on youtube. Watch "The Great Global Warming Swindle"Posted by: Nathan Mar 29, 2008 3:38:26 PMWOW and where is all this "SAVED" energey goiong to go. In a battery backup the size of China? Comon people you cant actually SAVE power that way. if anything you Waste it. Coal still needs to burn Reactors just get tuned down a little and hydro still flows. Its not Like it gets Magicly saved for use later.Posted by: m3kt3k Mar 29, 2008 3:54:55 PMIt sounds like some people are simply scared that maybe, just maybe, acting like everything is going to be ok won't fix anything. How did the ozone hole et fixed? That's right, we took action and banned the stuff that was causing it.This is an awareness campaign. No one is forced to turn out their lights. Just like on the one year anniversary of 9/11 no one was forced to light candles... but some of us did. Awareness that there isn't an infinite amount of energy and that maybe, just maybe, we need to conserve a bit is not a liberal or conservative argument. It is a practical argument. Anyone opposed to practicality is simply an idiot and can be ignored.Posted by: Sean Mar 29, 2008 3:59:38 PMm3kt3k: If that's the case, then what the hell were companies like Enron doing?Posted by: Something for Nothing Mar 29, 2008 4:01:03 PMWhat makes this even worse is that the WWF is opposed to nuclear energy and that's about the only way something like Kyoto would ever work.Posted by: yarrrr Mar 29, 2008 4:29:23 PM@Akrid, I think I'll go with the overwhelming majority of scientists, rather than accept your "Shit's always breaking off" hypothesis.The Conservative Plan for the environment: Just keep using more resources every year forever. Any mention that the Earth is of finite size is just Liberal Media Lies.Posted by: cartouche Mar 29, 2008 4:59:01 PMSomeone has already beaten Google to this a long time ago. It's called Blackle.com... started up by an Australian company called Heap Media.Posted by: Derek Mar 29, 2008 5:20:27 PMI'm sure that saved a lot of energy!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comPosted by: steveballmer Mar 29, 2008 5:53:12 PMDerek: Google knows about Blackle. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-black-new-green.html They also point to a study that shows black uses more power for LCDs.Posted by: Reikon Mar 29, 2008 6:03:35 PMThe reason it is "liberal" is because liberals have concluded that "the debate" on climate change is over. It is clear that Google's position is that our presence is significantly changing the Earth's climate. Thousands of scientists do not think this is the case. It is clear that Google has a left-of-center agenda. I say this with love of Google as a company that produces great tech, but they definitely have a political agenda.And no I'm not a red neck from the mid west, I'm a computer science graduate student at UCSDPosted by: A Guy Mar 29, 2008 6:06:24 PMI think that it would have made a more profound statement if they would have made all of their services black. Gmail, reader, analytics, documents, and etc...Posted by: steve Mar 29, 2008 6:06:29 PM@Sean if you think "the ozone hole is fixed" you obviously haven't visited New Zealand lately. You can feel the burn after about five minutes, even in Autumn. Tourists fall asleep in the sun for an hour and get third-degree burns FFS.As a kid I could sit at the beach all day, reapply my SPF15 twice and have a great time, no pain or peeling skin.Now we all wear nano-particles of titanium and $600 sunnies to protect ourselves but all you truck-driving yanks are still fucking ARGUING about it!Posted by: Dave Mar 29, 2008 6:09:54 PMI turned my lights off, and my tv and laptop - and it was peaceful, like when the power's out or your stuck home in a snowstorm. I think next year Ill have a earth hour party, invite all my friends & family over and have a bonfire in the back yard. It gives you a reason to all stop for a moment without tv, computer, cleaning, nothing...unless like the many of you here complaining,(negativity sucks) your afraid you'll have nothing else to do. ;-)Posted by: Sephi Mar 29, 2008 6:18:26 PMEven if you don't agree with the concept of global warming, or think it is some lefty plot for world domination, in the scheme of things its about conserving. On the whole, humans are pretty wasteful when it comes to most things. This at least demonstrates to people that you CAN go at least an hour without all the power booming in your house. It also goes to show how you CAN organize a large number of people to stand up for something all at once (very "V for Vendetta"). At the very least you can look at it from an economical viewpoint- thats one hour of energy that wont show up on your bill.Posted by: Keelin Mar 29, 2008 6:23:50 PMif it saves no power do somthing that WILL!!!!!Posted by: samantha Mar 29, 2008 7:10:00 PM"the lights out campaign in Bangkok saved 73.34 megawatts of electricity, which would have produced 45.8 tons of carbon dioxide." That's just in Bangkok. Just imagine what we're doing worldwide. In just one hour, on just one day. Wake up people--we can have an effect!Posted by: JMW Mar 29, 2008 7:36:58 PMNotice how right-wingers have changed their tune. They can no longer deny the fact of global warming, so they have now changed their language to deny 'man-made' global warming and hope we don't notice. Of course, it doesn't matter HOW global warming is occurring, but whether humans can do anything about it, which, of course, we can.Posted by: Chris j. Mar 29, 2008 8:22:16 PMA Zen perspective on Earth Hour...http://www.valleyzen.com/2008/03/29/valleyzen-shuts-down-for-earth-hour/Posted by: Drue Kataoka Mar 29, 2008 9:27:39 PMIs Earth Hour going to be an annual event like Earth Day, or was this a one time only thing?Posted by: Murray Mar 29, 2008 9:38:56 PMNathan, ok...so global warming isn't caused by us. So how do we fix Peak oil? lol...Whether global warming is caused by us or not shouldn't be the issue. I think the issue should be peak oil. Whether the globe warms or it doesn't, we are still consuming oil pretty fast, we'll need alternative energy anyways, with or without global warming. I think earth hour will save a little oil. Not a lot though, earth hour is just to make people more aware of the effects of their consumption, it's not to make them stop or do something they don't want to.Posted by: Garrett Mar 29, 2008 9:48:57 PMi really like the Black... its soo much easier to read.. can i make it stay that way? it really doesnt light up the whole room like the white screen does.. besides... my 22"widescreen seems to look even sweeter with it blacked out....Posted by: ray d Mar 29, 2008 9:52:49 PMI'm calling a spade a spade on this issue. This whole man made (US made) Global Warming issue is suspect with numerous scientists calling foul against it. Also interesting to note that Gore himself has been called to the table for the scam that this is appearing to be, with his "carbon credits." He like others are profiting from this in a big time matter, and they are doing it in such a way to play on peoples' guilt of being "wasteful." They make us feel guilty about wasting, and using energy, and call us pigs for that. Then they turn around and offer stupid programs called "carbon credits" to supposedly off-set our wasteful usages. In turn disguising it to look like the feel good message of the century, when in fact they are looking for a profit. While he himself continues to live like a king in his mansion. Gore is nothing more the PoS for his "contributions" that are now being brought forth to a court of law. Instead of buying the crap that this idiot and the drive-by media offers, maybe some of you would do yourself justice and recall some basics of your old science classes about solar activity, and weather patterns of this earth. As for those of you are "doing my part for mother earth" enjoy what those compact fluorescents do to your water with the mercury in them. Or what they expect you to do when one said bulb breaks.Posted by: Spade Mar 29, 2008 9:52:51 PMCall me stupid, but I don't see how conserving resources makes Al Gore rich.Posted by: Murray Mar 29, 2008 10:17:08 PMWow... I am often shocked at the misinformation that circulates about climate change. I have studied the physics of climate change, and I've talked with scientists who are leaders in researching the climate system. Climate change is being observed, and it is very likely due to human activities. Yes, climate variability does happen on natural cycles, BUT that doesn't mean humans can't also cause climate change!There are a few scientists who disagree, but I dispute the claim that there are "thousands". There is a small chance that we are wrong about climate change, but that does not mean we should not try to prevent major impacts on food, water supply, et cetera. That is a gamble I don't think we can afford to make. Especially since reducing energy/oil use also has many positive side effects, regardless of whether climate change is happening at all. We can reduce pollution, end dependence on foreign oil, and save money.I for one did turn off my lights, as a gesture to raise awareness. It certainly didn't do me any harm, and I took some time to reflect on my energy consumption.Posted by: Laura Mar 29, 2008 11:06:59 PMreally, what does one hour prove? why can't this be done through all hours of the night (and day for that matter)? why are the responsible allowed only one hour of twenty four? too few people will be aware of the earth "hour". i say we make this a nightly occurrence which will only then spread awareness, even if it's merely through curiosity.Posted by: pisanorama Mar 30, 2008 2:52:27 AMA comedian at the laugh factory said it best, "stupid people are clever and continually procreating." It is clear by some of these posts that the stupid and/or bigots of the world are multiplying. Think of the earth as a person and place humanity in a category that best fits the group based on observation. We would more than likely fit into the category of a parasitic organism or flesh eating virus. We take without regard for our host(earth). Practically speaking... How long do you think our ever expanding and exponentially consuming populace will survive on a "ignorance is bliss" ideal?Posted by: Nic Mar 30, 2008 3:15:40 AMall that is vital and leisurely in life is ultimately made possible by human-independent systems whether you believe it or not. this entire issue goes well beyond monetary or material concerns. our ignorant and wasteful lifestyle is only perpetuating the deterioration of said life-sustaining systems to the extent that their destruction (and hence that of most living organisms, including humans) is nearly inevitable. please please think about your personal and professional principles and practices and their impact on our lifeblood before dismissing other's point of view.Posted by: pisanorama Mar 30, 2008 3:35:37 AM-->hostName = '.wired.com';Post a commentYou are currently signed in as (nobody). Sign OutName:Email Address:Comments://commentSignIn();
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