Props for Gothamist

April 24, 2007

Jen ChungJen Chung, whose Gothamist is one of the earliest, and certainly the best, of the new generation of hyperlocal blogs, finally gets the recognition she so richly deserves in the new issue of Wired. There are some other people on the list that you may have heard of–Arnold, for instance–but if anyone deserves to be a recipient of the 2007 Rave Awards, it’s Jen. Check it out here.


Today in Famous Fathers

March 12, 2007

Namely, mine: Jeffery Coatney is the subject of a nice, long profile in the Tonganoxie, KS Mirror. Congrats, Bard of Linwood.


Today in Public Domain

March 5, 2007

 Sadly, because everyone’s figured out there’s money to be made here, it will probably be a very long time before viewers of this space—or any other, for that matter—can watch The Simpsons here without your host facing Severe and Serious consequences. While we wait for all this copyright fighting to calm down, please enjoy this classic from Buster Keaton: