I Need Computer Help!

Two days ago my internet went out. One minute I was on, the next minute it wasn't connecting anymore.

It's weird: it has I have an excellent connection, but when I open Mozilla the screen says I can't connect. Is there something being lost in the translation? I've tried everything from repair my connection, disabling and then reconnecting my modem, I even put in the new version of Mozilla a few weeks ago.

If anyone has ANY insight, please let me know. The computer is about a year old and usually runs great. If you want to come over and tinker with it, be my guest.

Thanks! I need to get back online -- fast!

Dan Meth: Comic Genius

I went to Syracuse with this guy Dan Meth. He's a funny guy who drew a funny comic called Meth.

I came across his latest project, The Meth Minute, and laughed hard, in a good way. You will, too.



This one is about Internet People. Ha!

It's the Internet, Stupid!

Sometimes I find it downright amusing at how long it is taking for some media companies, such as newspapers, to get with the program and get on the web. There's so much hand-wringing by the folks in suits about things like blogs and multimedia and online ad revenue. I bet if they actually did some of these things, instead of just going to conferences and talking about them, they might see not only how much fun it is to create content for the web, but how readers, and the almighty advertsing dollar, will follow. Don't believe me? Google Nick Denton and get back to me about what you find. He's a former newspaper guy who not only saw that the model was changing, but actually played a large role in changing said model.

Here is a great quote that came out of the World Association of Newspapers Congress, which finished up today in Cape Town, South Africa.

"Online is where the action is. You have to move your journalistic resources there. Online is where the story begins and the story ends. Print is there to amplify,” Mario Garcia said. He said that changes in the industry did not signal the end of newspapers, but a change in their role.

“No medium kills another medium," he said.