Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'Blog'
September 11, 2008
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson (fresh off of Fashion Week) woke up on this 9/11 morning and went straight to their MySpace blogs to deliver their messages of remembrance. If their "currently listening to" sections are to be believed, their blogging was soundtracked by John Lennon's "Imagine" and The Concert for New York City cd. Feel free to put one of those selections on now as you read their reminiscences. Lohan writes:“I am in New......
Continue Reading "Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson Reflect on 9/11"July 15, 2008
The legal travails of Room Eight, a blog dedicated to NY politics (its name refers to "Room 9," which is where the press corps are located in City Hall), are examined in today's NY Times. In a nutshell, Bronx DA Robert Johnson's office subpoenaed the blog's co-founders Ben Smith and Gur Tsabar, demanding the IP address of an anonymous contributor. And what's more, they were not allowed to even disclose the existence of the......
Continue Reading "Local Politics Blog 1, Secretive Bronx DA's Office 0"June 3, 2008
"My feelings for him are so strong, and I can't say or do anything. Today he was standing behind me so close I could feel the heat from his body radiate to me. I wanted to just let myself go, lean backwards and sink into him." - A 2005 excerpt from Colleen McGraham's Xanga blog A judge decided that the city can attempt to fire a Staten Island teacher who documented her crush on a......
Continue Reading "Hot-for-Student Teacher Could be Fired"May 9, 2008
The Sun reports that a new Department of Education policy that "bans employees from linking to their Web logs in their work e-mail signature" is making at least one staffer with a blog unhappy. Lisa Nielsen, who is "the professional development manager for educational technology" at the DOE (according to her blog's About Me section), had included a link to her "professional blog," The Innovative Educator, where she discusses how technology can enhance teaching, but......
Continue Reading "Department of Education Restricts Staffers From Publicizing Blogs in Official Email"April 7, 2008
So, Moby just happened to Google Alert himself run across this music blog that wrote a (video) post asking him to play their anniversary party since their headliner had canceled (headlining was The Teeth, who broke up...and broke stuff at our CMJ show last year). The video message, which offered $1,000 to play the show, also went out to Win Butler, Kate Nash and Ben Gibbard. Moby responded "yes" (aww). And Hoboken ladies: he's ready......
Continue Reading "Moby Discovers Show Opportunity Online"
