Effecting social change (of Facebook profile pics)
Over the weekend, many people changed their Facebook avatars to cartoon characters as some kind of ridiculous statement against child abuse.
Michael Becker
Michael Becker is the Web Editor of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. He has been a blogger and professional journalist since 2005, covering subjects ranging from nonprofits and crime to engineering and technology.
Boston Globe: Cooks Source likely to go out of business
The Boston Globe reports that a message posted to the magazine’s website says they’re likely to go out of business because of the scandal.
“4G” is a marketing term, except when it’s not
Today, Verizon will hold a press conference officially announcing the launch of the company’s 4G LTE network in 38 major cities. This means little for us here in Bozeman, of course. Verizon does not expect to have the whole country covered with its 4G LTE network until 2013.
Amazon reselling public-domain e-books created for Project Gutenberg
At least one contributor to the free, public-domain e-books site Project Gutenberg is complaining that Amazon is taking user-uploaded texts, stripping out the Gutenberg license information and reselling the e-books.
Happy Thanksgiving Week!
Now that it’s Thankgiving week, you’ll likely see some reduced activity on this blog. Expect regular posts to resume Monday. (Now, as soon as I… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving Week!
MySpace partners with Facebook, formally ending the social network wars
MySpace announced that it has partnered with Facebook to let users get their Facebook information into MySpace.
Happy Fun-time Wednesday
A look at some of the things I am using this week to beat back the constant threat of boredom.
Belgrade News: Cablevision’s purchase of Bresnan rumored to be complete
The Belgrade News reported yesterday on its Facebook profile that it’s hearing rumors that the Cablevision’s purchase of Bresnan Communications may be complete.
Regretting the error
A look at how the Chronicle handles corrections and why this is so important.
Montana political blog under new management
The past week has seen a change in management at the Montana politics blog Left in the West.