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more about #bloglash more comments → AndIAmTellingYou: But she comes in peace. Always. more » OHymenMyHymen: Diane- my cock thinks your bookstore is filthy. Want to stalk it for a bit? #oceanavebooks more » Botswana Meat Commission FC: I refuse to believe the woman in that picture is a crazed stalker. #oceanavebooks more » bboston88: Not buying it either. Crazy lady is trying to do some damage control in the face of an inevitable lawsuit. And is that her store? Sean C was right, th... more » The Real JR: Even the "explanation" screams of LOL CRAZY LADY NO because of how she swears it was perfectly reasonable and normal to play internet Nancy Drew and G... more » pony_express: Not buying it. As much as I like kooky used book store owners who are sloppy (and often own cats!), no one who online stalks (finding out his real na... more » reggattagirl: All that time and effort tracking him down would have been better spent cleaning up her store. #oceanavebooks more » nicepony: San Francisco. That's all. #oceanavebooks more » nine_lives: Ryan - I've emailed you twice about this - please contact me to get the REAL story more » GlasgowRose: The first rule of Book Fight Club is, you do not talk (or yelp) about Book Fight Club. (Coming soon: Oprah's Book Fight Club!) #oceanavebooks more » GlasgowRose: Where's Harry Allen when you need him? #oceanavebooks more » Baroness: So she's nutty. And did something a bit madcap, like in a romantic comedy. This could be "You've Got Mail" for a new era. Where hideous bad feelin... more » lostarchitect: I don't know why he gets a "zero star rating for honesty", she could be lying just as easily. She *did* send those nutso emails and she *did* show up ... more » phlox✔: . Sean C. Should have just gone for the lulz and posted this: What a dump! #oceanavebooks more » goetz: Throw the book at them. And the internet. #oceanavebooks more » -
#yelprage
Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
The Yelp reviewer supposedly attacked by a store owner just got a zero-star rating for honesty. The store owner says it was the reviewer who attacked, even though the owner came in peace to apologize. More » -
#crime
Yelp Fights Make Leap To Real-World Violence, Says Reviewer
To hear Yelp reviewer "Sean C." tell it, San Francisco's Ocean Avenue Books really didn't appreciate his pan of the "TOTAL MESS" of a store: The owner somehow found his home, he said, and tried to force her way in.
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#foodwars
The Trolling Cook
Christopher Kimball would like you to subscribe to his magazine and website, and has been trolling various media for attention. The Cook's Illustrated publisher's latest ploy: A cookoff between him and Wikipedia. Talk about a ridiculous match up. More » -
#journalismism
A flack gives nine reasons "suck ups," "weenies" and "has-beens" leak to the media. Objective.
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#copyfight
Reuters Implores AP to 'Stop Whining'
Huzzah: A president at newswire operator Thomson Reuters says traditional journalism is not actually being strangled by Google, blogs and the rest of the internet. And that anyone who thinks so — *cough* AP *cough* — should get a grip. More » -
#controversies
The Time Gawker Put the Washington Post Out of Business
Spurred on by his editor, a Washington Post reporter complained over the weekend that we "stole" his profile of a ridiculous "generational guru" when we blogged about it on this site. Our question: where's your outrage at your editors?
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#payola
The Low, Low Price of a Blogger's Soul: A Pair of Plastic Shoes
A leading goal at the annual BlogHer conference is "economic empowerment" for female bloggers. For some participants, this means ample freebies; for at least one, it meant the chance to shake a company down for free shoes. More » -
#bloglash
How CNBC Dennis Kneale Begged for Blogger Bile
If half the rumors about Dennis Kneale are true, the CNBC host has good reason to fear bloggers and curse them on air. So why is he telling people privately that he manufactured his feud with bloggers for buzz? More » -
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#downsizing
Website Shrinks Self into a Twitter Stream
If failing print publications go online-only, what can struggling websites do, short of closing? Turn into microblogs, naturally. It seems to be working for AdWeak, the advertising world's own Onion. More » -
#smackdowns
CNBC Host Driven to Cursing Freak-Out By Bloggers
We haven't followed Dennis Kneale's feud with financial bloggers, but it sounds hilarious: They call him "Beaker," "super dipshit," "clueless," and compare his show to a Saturday Night Live skit. Kneale wants the world to know. More » -
#journalismism
Feds to Hound Blogs for Acting Like Magazines
Some writers accept free products, services or trips and then write "reviews" of said items. When magazines and newspapers did this it was fine, but now that bloggers have joined in, it may well become a federal offense. More » -
#feuds
White House Press Corps Just Building Forts, Forming Gangs, Etc.
There are club houses, secret passwords, and panty raids, probably: "Print reporters have posted a sign in the desk area of the White House press room reading, 'Blog-Free Zone.'" Nothing better to do, after all. -
#bloglash
Mayor Says Bloggers Put Her City 'Under Siege'
The Salisbury, Maryland mayor's State of the City address starts typically enough, with talk of drainage, crime, road paving and federal stimulus funds. Then comes the part about the fascist blogger coup. More » -
#bloglash
Comedy Central Show To Mock Internet
Comedy Central will soon start production on Tosh.0, in which comedian Daniel Tosh makes fun of blogs, online videos, tweets, etc., oh-so-boldly reversing the usual flow of snark between the internet and television. More » -
#journalismism
'Inept' Liz Smith Still Lying About Gossip Bloggers
Liz Smith went on CNN today and said she was "really inept at making [the Web] work." Then the deposed New York Post gossip proved it. More » -
#bloglash
What Happened To This Poor Eagles Fan?
One minute Eagles fan Peter Knox is reveling in a Giants game at the Meadowlands; the next he's on his back at the hospital and blogging "this is shit." More » -
#bloglash
Lindsay Lohan's Dad: Blogging
Uh-oh: it's the brand-new blog of Lindsay Lohan father/religious fanatic/jailed DUI-er Michael Lohan. Don't hope for gossip, however: "let me say that this website is NOT about Lindsay or Samantha." More » -
#bloglash
Courtney Love to World: Merry F**cking Christmas
Courtney Love, our favorite rock star/experimental meta-blogger, clearly on an all-night blogging bender, warns that if we're expecting a happy Christmas story from her, then "think again..." More »
