Loren Feldman Demonstrates Artistic Handiwork But is Not Racist

Do I believe racism still exists in America? Absolutely. It is one of the worst calamities ever wrought on this nation, and many others. Do I believe Loren Feldman, in his weeklong parody/social experiment, toed the line? Yeah, I do. Did he cross it? Eh… who am I to judge? Is he racist? Heck no.

Many of the people who have defended Loren have done so from the position of first hand experience. I, like many of them, know Loren personally. I’ve spent days with the guy. I’ve slept on his sofa when I was stranded in New York. I laughed with him in San Francisco and Toronto at two different events.

Loren Feldman Debacle Demonstrates Ignorance Lives

By now, many of you have heard about the failed attempmt at humor by video blogger Loren Feldman. In the past, I’ve been pleased to call Loren my friend. He is funny, and very New York - two combos that I like. People like Loren often make me NYC, where people are real.

However, Loren took things a bit too far with his videos from a year ago. He stepped over serious racial lines, offending many people. It started with a video where he asks, “Where are all the black tech bloggers?” It ends with a series of other racist videos that resulted in the termination of his contract with PodTech.

Obsessed with Dark News

Our society seems to be obsessed with dark stories. The latest CNN.com news stories seem to tell the story:

Report: T.O. tried to kill himself
Police: 2 Sago Mine workers kill themselves
Opera canceled over fear of angering Muslims
Wife dead, husband running; kin scared to talk
Clouds of locusts descend on Cancun
Widow: ‘Croc Hunter’ death [...]

Five Ways Blogging is Like Travelling

As I was travelling last week, I had little access to a computer. I thought we would have wireless in the room, but indeed, we did not. My internet access consisted of a once a day “fly-through” of email at 90 pesos an hour. Needless to say, my blogging mind continued to roll and I [...]

Google News Archive Search

Google has just rolled out its Google News Archve Search, allowing people to search through news archives of several major newspapers going back over 200 years.
The archive service has both free and paid content, displayed by relevance or by date, as any other Google News search. In the case of paid content, the cost of [...]