Other places I write
If you think I don’t post to this blog often enough, consider reading my other, work-related blog, where I post more often.
What I'm Reading
- Google InstantGoogleGoogle Instant, announced today, shows search results as you type.
- Australian Judge Rules There Is No Copyright In HeadlinespaidContent | Sep 8, 2010An Australian judge's ruling says headlines aren't literary works and aren't copyrightable.
- Montana tea party leader hints at violence against gays in Facebook postThe Lowdown | Sep 4, 2010Blog post from the Tribune detailing the flap over a Montana tea party leader's anti-gay comments on Facebook.
- Craigslist Removes Adult Services SectionNew York Times | Sep 4, 2010Craigslist, under pressure from states' attorneys general, has removed its Adult Services listings.
- Leno ratings: 'Tonight's' worst summer everThe Hollywood Reporter | Sep 3, 2010Jay Leno's Tonight Show ratings are worse than Conan O'Brien's at this time last year. Some might call this poetic.
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My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Category Archives: Site News
General busy-ness
I’ve been kind of busy with work and such for the past few days. This blog, my Diigo links, my Publish2 links, my Google Reader and all my other blog projects have suffered from the lack of attention in the meantime. I am sorting through hundreds upon hundreds of unread RSS items now, in addition [...]
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When CNN links to you
Yesterday, I made a dinky little post about something on CNN that caught my eye — Northwest Airlines’ choice to serve peanuts as a snack aboard its flights. My post linked back to CNN’s story, and CNN’s Sphere related content service found my site and posted a link in the “blogs linking to this” and [...]
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Another way to find this site
This is just a brief site newsy update. I bought the .com version of this site a couple weeks ago, meaning that you can now find this site by either typing in its proper address, hypercrit.net, or by typing in hypercrit.com. That is all.
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Inspired* new blog design
Okay, so my blog design mirrors another, probably better-coded site, but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? And if that other blog has a problem with my appropriation of certain elements of its design, some from there should contact me, and I’ll go back to the ho-hum white and gray old version of [...]
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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