danatmedog’s blog

Site of the Day: My Mini City

2007-12-16T21:49:06Z

I have to thank Todd Andrlik for posting this on his site. It’s nothing huge, but it’s a viral RPG-type game, in which you create a city and then try to make it grow by getting other people to navigate to your page. On that note, please make Hon...

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Fugitive fundraiser Hsu ‘freaked out’ on train, witness says (San Francisco Chronicle)

2007-09-08T12:10:46Z

John Coté, Matt Bigelow, Daniel B. Honigman, Special to The Chronicle Saturday, September 8, 2007 Fugitive political fundraiser Norman Hsu was behaving erratically as he fled the Bay Area on Amtrak’s California Zephyr, at one point stripping off...

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Review: Talib Kweli - 'Eardrum'

2007-08-20T12:04:41Z

By Daniel B. Honigman The Jewish golem parable is probably one of the last things you’d expect to read on DanielHonigman.com, but here goes: In late-16th century Prague, an edict commanded that all Jews in the city were to be killed. A rabbi, ...

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Tidbit of the Day: Undoing Bush (Harper's Magazine)

2007-07-12T19:18:09Z

Talk about a direct headline. Here's an interesting piece from the June 2007 issue ofHarper's Magazine titled "Undoing Bush: how to repair eight years of sabotage, bungling, and neglect." (Originally posted on DanielHonigman.com)

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Funny Video: Dora the Explorer Chola

2007-07-09T02:34:19Z

Funny video of Dora the Explorer video footage mixed with Down AKA Kilo's "Lean Like A Cholo"

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HipHopDX Review: Big City - 'The City Never Sleeps'

2007-07-04T16:10:58Z

By Daniel B. Honigman Rating 2 (out of 5) Beatnuts founding members Psycho Les and Al Tariq, along with Missin’ Linx member Problemz must enjoy each other’s company. It’s been almost 15 years since "Intoxicated Demons" was released and almost a d...

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Cracking the Technorati 5,000

2007-06-30T14:41:07Z

It's official. I just cracked Technorati's Top 5K blog list. Woo-hoo! This is mostly due to some viral tagging efforts and Technorati's generous backlink strategy, e.g., the Questions of the Day. If you want to increase your blog's visibility,...

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Chicago 2016 Update: Taxpayers won't be footing bill for Games, at least for now

2007-06-29T13:27:05Z

Yup, I said it. Well, actually, the new money manager for the Chicago 2016 bid committee, Rick Ludwig, said it, according to a Sun-Times report. The city and state have offered to cough up $500 million if Olympic revenues fall short, but Ludwig ...

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Another viralink try

2007-06-27T17:12:27Z

(The following Technorati Viralink scheme - fuhaha - was taken from Nostalgia Vanilla) Everyone who owns and maintains a blog understands just how important Page Rank is! This includes your ranking in Technorati, Alexa, Google PR, SERP (Search En...

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Chicago 2016 Update: ABC 7 Chicago’s Ben Bradley also blogging on the Chicago 2016 bid

2007-06-25T12:11:15Z

Ben Bradley, the ABC 7 Chicago reporter covering the Chicago 2016 bid, is blogging about the Games! While he doesn’t offer regular updates (the last post is from May 30) what he does offer is a bona-fide press credential. And he’s pretty candid o...

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