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☠enghis Commented on An Open Invitation to the TPM Community by ☠enghis

2010-09-10T13:04:56Z

(That's 5 percent of total revenue from the site, mind you.)

☠enghis Commented on An Open Invitation to the TPM Community by ☠enghis

2010-09-10T13:03:42Z

I'll give you 5 percent. You should have a dollar by the end of the year. Maybe two. Deal?

☠enghis Commented on What are your favorite blogs? by miguelitoh2o

2010-09-10T12:58:56Z

PS My favorite blogger was always FlyOnTneWall, long gone now.

☠enghis Commented on What are your favorite blogs? by miguelitoh2o

2010-09-10T12:55:29Z

I used to be able to post more links. Oh well. Here's one, a toast to the old Obama - Clinton battles that sucked in a bunch of us. It also includes my favorite comment of all time, a riposte to BevD near the end of the thread.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/02/report-clinton-campaign-may-tr.php

Thanks for memories, miguelito. I hope that you come visit us at dagblog. Bring your incisive wit.

☠enghis Commented on An Open Invitation to the TPM Community by ☠enghis

2010-09-10T12:31:13Z

Welcome. I'm glad that you like it. The comments stream is seductive. I worry whether it will hold up if too many people start to comment, but so far it seems up to the task.

☠enghis Commented on An Open Invitation to the TPM Community by ☠enghis

2010-09-10T12:25:39Z

Parsing a TPM page isn't that difficult. It's just the setup that requires a little work. If we get assistance from TPM, users could just enter their TPM name and their dag name into a form and get all their posts. Without assistance from TPM, it would be difficult to traverse the archive thread. So I think that users would also have to enter individual urls into the form.

It's not that difficult, but it takes time, and I'm not much of a PHP coder. I was thinking about giving the task to a subcontractor that I use for other projects and perhaps passing on the cost to users who want to do the migration.

☠enghis Commented on An Open Invitation to the TPM Community by ☠enghis

2010-09-10T03:35:12Z

Like the song says, You don't know what you got till it's gone. Good luck with the new site. I added it to the blogroll at dag.

PS I like the serif font that you've going over there. Would you be offended if we imitate it when (and if) we do a redesign at dag?

☠enghis Commented on What are your favorite blogs? by miguelitoh2o

2010-09-10T03:19:30Z

In all honesty, the Great Pseud Hunt was one of the most eye-opening experiences for me at the Cafe. I felt like a pitchfork wielding Puritan from the Crucible, except that we didn't try to burn anyone. I still cringe a little bit at the memory.

Hey miguelito, I tried to submit a few links as you suggested, but my comment is being held up by the moderator, probably because of the links. Given the state of the cafe, I wonder if it will ever be released.

☠enghis Commented on An Open Invitation to the TPM Community by ☠enghis

2010-09-10T03:14:06Z

Welcome, Tom

☠enghis Commented on An Open Invitation to the TPM Community by ☠enghis

2010-09-10T03:13:33Z

OK, I look forward to it. Where can I get me one of those shirts.

☠enghis Commented on An Open Invitation to the TPM Community by ☠enghis

2010-09-10T03:11:30Z

You have told me that before, but you've never told me what I responded. Do you have the link?

PS Cross-post away

PPS Do you know the history of the TPMaholics name? I think it was from before your time at TPM.
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/04/mybarackobamacom-group-for-tpm.php

Bwakfat created a logo for the group: http://my.barackobama.com/page/image/3d687eca9b9c7652c2_qvo6mv3gz.jpg

☠enghis Commented on An Open Invitation to the TPM Community by ☠enghis

2010-09-10T02:52:04Z

Ha, you're wayyyyy off. See, Bill Gates developed a new virus that can pass directly from computers to human beings and then reprogram their brains. He sold the virus to Rupert Murdoch, who hired hackers to put it on Josh Marshall's computer. Then the virus programmed Josh to shut down the Cafe. That's where I come in. I've been a right-wing plant from the beginning. Once we get you liberal goody-goodies onto dag, you'll get the virus, and then we can reprogram you into Glenn Beck zombies and decimate the last living hope for liberal-kind.

The virus is already among you. There is no way to stop us now. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!

☠enghis recommended What are your favorite blogs? by miguelitoh2o

2010-09-09T22:51:44Z

☠enghis Commented on NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE by dickday

2010-09-08T16:58:39Z

DD, your voice would be welcome at dag.

☠enghis Commented on What to do as TPM Reader Blogs shut down by David Seaton

2010-09-07T19:15:10Z

The "frat house" thing? Ouch. No one has ever accused me of that before. But yes, we could definitely use more female contributors--both bloggers and commenters. It's been a thorn in backside ever since we launched.

☠enghis Commented on What to do as TPM Reader Blogs shut down by David Seaton

2010-09-07T19:10:29Z

Thanks for the shout-out, David. I'm glad that you're enjoying the wild ways of dagblog, and I hope that others will take refuge with us. I just posted an explanation of the reader blogs over there:
http://dagblog.com/potpourri/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-reader-blogs-3575

☠enghis recommended What to do as TPM Reader Blogs shut down by David Seaton

2010-09-07T06:56:33Z

☠enghis Commented on The Times They Are A Changin' by stillidealistic

2010-09-04T03:13:11Z

Curmudgeon? Pah. You're an old softy. It would be great to discourse with you again. It's been too long.

☠enghis Commented on The Times They Are A Changin' by stillidealistic

2010-09-04T03:11:24Z

No offense taken, Lis. Just know that you wouldn't be intruding in any way.

☠enghis Commented on The Times They Are A Changin' by stillidealistic

2010-09-04T03:09:31Z

Thank you very much for the kind words. Likewise, I have always appreciated your writing, particularly your frequent dissents. More than anyone here, you keep the cafe honest. Dag would be improved by a little more of such honesty, so I wouldn't worry about affecting the culture there.

But of course, you'd have to be comfortable and enjoy it, and I respect your feeling that dagblog is not the right environment for you.

☠enghis Commented on The Times They Are A Changin' by stillidealistic

2010-09-03T22:46:03Z

Come to dag. Both of youz.

☠enghis recommended Questions for Reader Blogs by Doctor Cleveland

2010-09-03T01:48:32Z

☠enghis Commented on What TPM Cafe Did for Me by ☠enghis

2010-08-31T13:25:28Z

Sorry, Hilarym. I missed your question. Thanks for the warm wishes, and yes, the title changed to Blowing Smoke.

☠enghis Commented on What TPM Cafe Did for Me by ☠enghis

2010-08-31T04:23:18Z

Dammit people, I appreciate the congrats, and the spirit of encouragement is one of the things that I love about the cafe, but that's not what this post is about. I've written about my book before, and I'm sure that I'll do it again if the cafe sticks around, but I wrote this post to emphasize the difference that the cafe made in my life in order to demonstrate importance of the cafe. So fuck Genghis and his shirt. Tell me what the cafe did for you.