Command Post Chat Tonight

April 13, 2004 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Current Affairs, Weblogs 

Tonight, the folks at Command Post will be opening their chat room at 8:15pm to coincide with the press conference by President Bush at 8:30pm EDT.

I think I’m going to participate tonight. It should be interesting! Click the link above to get the address.

Neat Google Stuff

April 13, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Web/Tech 

Scott Knaster posts some Neat Google Stuff that you can use in the search bar. You can get a map, check on a car, do math – all in the Google search bar.

He’s right – Google is raising the bar (pun somewhat intended) for search engines.

My Sister – the Writer

April 13, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Sports, Web/Tech 

My sister, Laura Smith (scroll down – that’s her with the Phanatic), has started writing for a Philadelphia sports fan site. Here is her first article on the Lakewood (NJ) Blue Claws single-A baseball team.

I haven’t seen anything she’s written since she was using the special paper with the solid and dotted lines (the stuff that elementary school kids use), but it looks like she’s learned quite a bit over the years.

I don’t think she’s getting paid for this, but the writing gig for this website does come with a press pass. Laura tells me that they’re supposed to have FOOD and AIR CONDITIONING in the press box, so she’s looking forward to it.

Click the link and give her some more hits!

Islamic Cleric Al-Sadr Arrested?

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The Command Post has received one report that Shiite Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has been captured by US forces. I’ve also seen this listed on Pravda’s website and one Bulgarian website.

Al-Sadr is reportedly the head of the organization that has been carrying out the organized and armed resistance in places like Fallujah and Najaf recently.