Monthly Archives: September 2008

Woosh goes the TSP

By Sean Gallagher | Published: September 29, 2008
“So, lucky you were in government,” the Rat’s neighbor said to him as he came out with the trash this morning. “This whole financial crisis must just be background noise for you.” After prying the trash can lid off his neighbor’s head, the Rat explained that, no, Feds are not exactly immune to the stupidity [...]
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Adsenseless

By Sean Gallagher | Published: September 29, 2008
So, now that the Rat is starting to ramp up this blogging thing, it seemed like a good time to try to monetize the thing. So he signed up for a Google AdSense account, and went through the rigamarole of setting up ad boxes. Imagine his horror when the first advertisement to show on his [...]
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iPod Touch, iPhone Break, iGo Ballistic

By Sean Gallagher | Published: September 23, 2008
The Rat has a well-established level of techno-lust.  So it is a monument to his level of self control that he has not previously been the owner of an iPod Touch or iPhone. Well, either his self control, or the fact that he is invariably infuriated by their user interface.As a Crackberry user, the Rat [...]
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Coast Guard turns to blogs for PR help

By Sean Gallagher | Published: September 23, 2008
The commandant of the  Coast Guard has laid out a plan to use “social media practices” to “increase the organization’s transparency,” a blurb from the Armed Forces Press Service reports. Or, in other words, they’re gettin’ bloggy with it.  Naturally, Adm. Thad Allen announced this in…a teleconference with bloggers and online journalists. The Rat has not been blogging long. [...]
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