Here is my list of the best links that I linked to in 2008. Every day until January 1st, 2009, jordoncooper.com will be featuring a new list as we take 2008 out to the curb. So here is my 50 favorite thinks I linked to in 2008. The Tragedy of Tony Blair :: This comes [...]
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What Makes for a Good Blog?
Merlin Mann of 43 Folders fame has a list of things he thinks makes up a good blog. I’ve come to believe that creative life in the first-world comes down to those who try just a little bit harder. Then, there’s the other 98%. They’re still eating the free continental breakfast over at FriendFeed. A [...]
The jordoncooper.com Fantasy NFL Draft
Ahoy. I am thinking of playing a little fantasy football and since I have to beat someone, why not invite the readers of jordoncooper.com to get beat each and every week by me. If you are interested, it’s free and you can sign up at http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/jordoncooper. The ID # is 441945. You do need a password and [...]
Sorry about the mess
I installed WordPress 2.6 over the weekend, I imported all of the 8500 posts from Blogger, 5000 comments and installed a couple of plugins and the site was awfully sluggish. 3 and 4 second load times. After uninstalling it and getting some suggestions on speeding up the site with caching software I tried it again, [...]
jordoncooper.com vs. warrenkinsella.com
Warren Kinsella posted about the Top 25 Political Blogs yesterday and mentioned what I said here. My comment was that I think his ranking is hurt by bloggers who are still linking to www.warrenkinsella.com/musings.htm which was his old web location instead of linking to www.warrenkinsella.com which is his new one (it took me a couple [...]
No endorsements yet
I hope you have voted in the jordoncooper.com Presidential Primary where the number of delegates we send to the GOP and Democratic convention is about as significant as Wyoming. Before endorsing our candidate(s), I am reminded of this video of Mike Huckabee who in addition to being endorsed by Chuck Norris and Jesus, he made [...]
The truth needs to be told.
There has been a whisper campaign that I didn’t fully disclose all of my associations in my disclosure statement. Personally I think it is all part of a vast right wing conspiracy but after talking to my advisors, I decided I need to disclose that I am a member of the Secret Order of Stonecutters. [...]
Content Moderation
Wendy has a post explaining why she moderates her comments. I have a similar set up here at jordoncooper.com and while it helps with the spam, this blog also gets hit with hateful comments about Wendy so I moderate here as well. Now you know.