Jim Dalrymple.com

If you don’t really get the new Podcasting phenomenon taking over the Web these days, you’re not alone. Macworld Editor Rob Griffiths, who admits to adopting technology rather quickly, doesn’t get Podcasting either.

“I have to admit, though, that this incredible surge of interest in podcasting has caught me completely by surprise. I have no idea why people find it so amazing and interesting. Though Podcasting is technically not a ‘new’ technology, since it’s been around for a few years, Apple’s recent change to iTunes and the Music Store has really brought it to the masses — hence it’s ‘new’ to a large number of people now.”

You can read the rest of Griffiths blog at Macworld.

Alexandre Trudeau, the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, has offered his support for a man CSIS considers to be a threat to national security. Syrian national Hassan Almrei has been held in custody since October 2001.

Trudeau said he would post a bond of $5,000. Wow, really a whole $5,000! Writers Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis have offered a $200 bond and journalist Heather Mallick has offered a $100 bond, according to the CTV Web site.

Are you kidding me!! What the hell are you doing offering a $100 bond!?! If you believe that this man is innocent, why not go all the way for your beliefs. How about this for a deal — if we let this man go and it is proven he has links to terrorists groups then all of you take his place in prison. Don’t talk to me about some sucky $100 bond or $5000 for that matter.

We are talking about terrorists groups that have billions of dollars, what the hell good is a bond of any kind going to do? What would happen if we let them go and they killed people with a bomb? What would these bond-touting Canadians say then?

“Oops, my bad. I really thought he was a nice guy. I never met him, sure, but still.”

For Christ sakes, three of these people admit to not even knowing the accused terrorist. But we don’t have to worry, because Trudeau said that he “is also confident Almrei will comply with the conditions of a release order.”

Trudeau, you are either the stupidist person on the face of the earth or you are on some heavy drugs. Either way, you don’t deserve to speak openly about issues you obviously don’t have the intelligence to comprehend.

These writers and Trudeau are good reasons for all Canadians to hang their heads in embarrassment.

After signing up for my Flickr account and noticing more and more sites with “tag blobs,” I decided to give it a try and see what it would be like on my site. A tag blob is the list of tags in the sidebar, representing all of the keywords I have used for blogs I’ve posted on the site.

The larger keywords are the ones that have been used most often and the smaller ones haven’t been used as much. It was fascinating last night to add tags to stories and watch the blob change keyword importance. (Okay, so my life isn’t that exciting, but it was fun anyway).

So, if you are wondering what I write about the most or if you are interested in a particular subject, just click one of the keywords and you will be shown all of those stories. I’m not finished going through all of the older content yet, but at least it gives an idea of what it will look like.