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Alltop Listed

We are now listed on muslim.alltop.com, part of the Alltop news aggregation service. Their mission is: We help you explore your passions by collecting stories from “all the top” sites on the web.… We import the stories of the top news websites and blogs for any given topic. So here’s our cool badge: The really cool part is that Alltop is founded by Guy Kawasaki. For a Mac-head, it’s really amazing. There are two people higher on the Mac pantheon, Steve himself, and Jonathan Ive. I don’t expect him to read the blog, but we got a shout on a…

Asma Hasan at Glamour

My friend Asma Hasan is blogging at Glamour Magazine about the presidential election. Do check her out, but as she says, she’s a Republican, and I am most assuredly not, so don’t be surprised if you read very different things over there. Enjoy!