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Apparently you need to have a Ukranian business trademark to get a .ua domain name. Who wants to help me set up a Ukranian company? I really want www.josh.ua. And there’s sadly no .ff domain. Skaro.ff would be cool too.

A very cool tool coming out of Google today, Google Pages, their wysiwyg website editor. I’ve only given it a cursory try so far but it’s pretty impressive. Very, very simple yet still fairly powerful. As to who it’s targeted to, I have no clue. But I like web toys. Check out screenshots: Page Manager [...]

Congratulations to Gov. Ed Rendell for standing up to the Republican-dominated state legislature in their attempt to limit voters’ rights! In a speech at the National Constitution Center, the Governor announced yesterday he would veto the bill passed by the state legislature that would make voting more cumbersome by requiring every voter to show an [...]

Remember the first time you voted and had to show your ID? There’s new legislation requiring voters to remember to bring proper ID at every election. The state Senate and Assembly passed House Bill 1318 on party-line votes– with Republicans in favor of cracking down on teens who haven’t gotten drivers’ licenses, little old ladies [...]

In a Valentine present to Pennsylvania’s low-wage employers, the Republican majority in the State Assembly yesterday voted for the third time in as many weeks to block a Democratic-backed bill to raise the minimum wage. The vote came just as the Assembly started its break for the rest of the month. The new rate, a [...]

Been a while since I’ve done one of these, but Sharon reminded me, so here we go. The first random ten off whatever 20 gigs of my music is currently on the iPod. Phish – Esther Toots & The Maytals – Bam Bam Nil Lara – Sinking In All Your Senses Ween – Drifter In [...]

Philadelphia’s long-time elections watchdog, the Committee of Seventy, is co-sponsoring two seminars for budding politicos: • Stand Up for a Seat – Running for Office in 2006 Panel discussion with elected local officials in their 20s and 30s Thursday, February 9, 6-7 p.m. National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. • Winning a Political Office: Challenges [...]

Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve been blogging here as all of my non-work energy is devoted to two things currently. But in the meantime, this will make you smile. (via Philebrity)