Science Addiction

A dormant blog by Devanshu Mehta
April 23, 2006

Why are Liberal Blogs More Popular than Conservative Blogs?

The question is, why are liberal blogs more popular than conservative blogs? Granted my sources are not perfect, but according to “technorati”:http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/ and “Alexa”:http://www.alexa.com/browse/general/?&CategoryID=381&mode=general&SortBy=Popularity&mode=general&R=True&Start=0&BrowseStart=0&CategoryID=381 liberal blogs get more traffic and are linked to more than conservative ones. “DailyKos”:http://www.dailykos.com and “Common Dreams”:http://www.commondreams.org march ahead with “MyDD”:http://www.mydd.com and “The Huffington Post”:http://www.thehuffingtonpost.com not far behind.

One suggested reason is that more liberal blogs have comments and promote individual blogs, participation and more which bring more repeat and continuous traffic. Also, it is possible that progressive/liberal and anti-war blogs are read in countries other than the United States; this may not be as likely for the conservative ones. The other theory is that the party in opposition has more to complain about, strategize about and work on than the party in power. In that case, I will revisit this article if things change in November of 2008 :).

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April 7, 2006

Light, Shadows and India




Light ray K A N P U R

Originally uploaded by dharmesh thakker.

Dharmesh Thakker is one of my favorite photographers on Flickr and this is his best yet. He has an eye for using shadows and light to give the old mills and temples of India a very Noir look.

Take a look at “Dharmesh Thakker’s other photographs”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/dharmesh84/ and leave him a few comments of praise.

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April 7, 2006

Last Month at Apple Matters

In my second month at “Apple Matters”:http://www.applematters.com it has been much tougher coming up with things to write on a weekly basis- but such is life as a part-time freelance writer (I use that phrase when I can- it evokes more mystique than it should).

Here is what I put out in March/April: Read the rest of this entry »

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April 5, 2006

What People Were Reading Here in March

Two of those articles are in a post-slashdotting haze.

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April 5, 2006

Apple Officially Boots Windows XP

Apple has released a public beta of Boot Camp, that allows you to install and run Windows XP on your Mac. It provides a GUI for the entire process and will be integrated in to the next major release of OS X, Leopard.

This is a major development and we will be hearing more about it soon. An interesting piece from the Bootcamp page:

Windows running on a Mac is like Windows running on a PC. That means it’ll be subject to the same attacks that plague the Windows world. So be sure to keep it updated with the latest Microsoft Windows security fixes.

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April 3, 2006

From Around the Blogosphere

A few interesting stories from around the blogosphere:
* Via “DownloadSquad”:http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/04/02/google-accelerator-is-back-but-for-how-long/ – Google’s beta for their Web Accelerator product, which had been revoked after a short beta and had sparked privacy concerns, is back for download and use for Windows users. It supports IE and Firefox and judging from past experience, may not be available for long.
* Via “T. Longren’s blog”:http://www.longren.org/archives/2131 I came across this interesting “blog statistics tool”:http://performancing.com/ which may “make life easier for bloggers everywhere”:http://www.solutionwatch.com/327/blog-statistics-with-performancing-metrics/.
* Via “Les Jones’ blog”:http://www.lesjones.com/posts/003100.shtml there’s a cool Windows (yes, that _other_ OS) setting for making text look clearer called “Cleartype”:http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/Step1.aspx.

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April 2, 2006

April Fool’s Day 2006 for Geeks

It seemed as though yesterday was an overactive April Fool’s day; maybe because it was a Saturday or because I was actively seeking pranks. And I found many.

Some of my favorite pranks for this year: Read the rest of this entry »

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April 1, 2006

Total Solar Eclipse of March 2006




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Originally uploaded by Rogério Mariano.

Some cool things to check out regarding the total solar eclipse on the 29th of March.

  • Some interesting information from Scientific American:

    Such a total eclipse is relatively rare–the next one for observers in the U.S. will not happen until August 21, 2017–because the moon must cross our planet’s orbital plane exactly when it, Earth and the sun are aligned, and its nighttime side faces us.

  • And then a lot of stuff from NASA– pictures, information, videos, audio.
  • And finally, some spectacular photographs of this (and past) solar eclipse at Flickr.

Some links via Accidental Blogger.

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March 30, 2006

Google Spam Recipes

And Even More GMail Spam RecipesIf you have a GMail account (and who doesn’t these days?), Google has a quirky little advertisement for your enjoyment. Go to your GMail account and click on the “Spam” link in the left sidebar. Read the rest of this entry »

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March 28, 2006

Review: Google’s GMail for Your Domain

Google recently started offering GMail-like hosted email service for universities and beta-testing private domains. As soon as the “Google announced the beta”:http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/big-mail-on-campus.html of the service, I signed up my “Star Wars website GalaxyFarAway.com”:http://www.galaxyfaraway.com/gfa/ for “hosted GMail”:https://www.google.com/hosted.
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