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« Friday « May 30, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05302003}
  2. {09:25:32 AM}
  content
  1. Amazon review creator
    
    (HubLog)
  2. blam! has become a templating tool for writing reviews of (so far) books, CDs and DVDs.
  metadata
  2. 09:25:32 AM
  3. blam! has become a templating tool for writing reviews of (so far) books, CDs and DVDs...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05302003}
  2. {09:14:43 AM}
  content
  1. BookTelevision
  2. BookTelevision: The Channel is the world's first literary TV channel. It is distributed nationally across Canada on digital.
    
    Blame Canada ... for trying to make writing "cool." Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this channel is avaialble in the USA at this time.
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  2. 09:14:43 AM
  3. BookTelevision: The Channel is the world's first literary TV channel. It is distributed nationally across Canada on digital...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. writers
  3. media
  type
3. datetime
  1. {05302003}
  2. {09:08:58 AM}
  content
  1. Gene Stories:Transatlantic slave trade
    
    (BBC)
  2. Quote: "[This] really reflects the sexual politics of the situation of slavery. This was a power relationship between these two populations and in that power relationship it was European men who were having sex with African women."
    
    The African Diaspora seen through the lens of genetics, which further complicates contemporary discussions and debates about race, of course.
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  2. 09:08:58 AM
  3. Quote: "[This] really reflects the sexual politics of the situation of slavery. This was a power relationship between these two populations and in that power relationship it was European men who were having sex with African women."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. biology
  3. racism
  type
« Thursday « May 29, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05292003}
  2. {08:39:28 PM}
  content
  1. What Matrix Persona Are You?
    
    (Quizilla)
  2. You are The Twins, from "The Matrix." Bad, but with a sexy streak -- surprisingly refreshing. You know what you want, when you want it.
    
    Because they're really shape-shifters, I guess it doesn't really matter what color they are, eh? We're soul mates.
    
    b/w: marc's voice
  metadata
  2. 08:39:28 PM
  3. You are The Twins, from "The Matrix." Bad, but with a sexy streak — surprisingly refreshing. You know what you want, when you..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. entertainment
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05292003}
  2. {08:28:12 PM}
  content
  1. Matrix Reloaded Explained
  2. What follows below is a comparative-literature-style exegesis of selected parts of Matrix Reloaded.
    
    More Matrix, all the time.
  metadata
  2. 08:28:12 PM
  3. What follows below is a comparative-literature-style exegesis of selected parts of Matrix Reloaded...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. entertainment
  type
« Wednesday « May 28, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05282003}
  2. {09:29:30 PM}
  content
  1. The Foreign Invasion of the American Game
    
    (The Village Voice)
  2. "[T]he NBA is changing, on the court and off, getting whiter and more foreign, and many African-American fans and players think there is more going on here than international meritocracy."
    
    Other key, carefully-worded snippets from this thought-provoking piece: "the real money growth is in foreign TV rights and merchandise sales..."; and "It's about comfort levels. The stockholders, the ticket buyers, the corporate sponsors are all white..."; and this gem, "each white player on a team increased [Nielsen] ratings by 0.54 of a point." Corn-rowed bruthas with tatts and Rucker Park flava or some Yugoslavian guy bombing treys for days and whose name has nine consonants. Who does the majority of America prefer? You be the judge. Thanks Ghost.
    
    b/w: Ghost in the Machine
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  2. 09:29:30 PM
  3. "[T]he NBA is changing, on the court and off, getting whiter and more foreign, and many African-American fans and players think there is more going on here than international meritocracy."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. sports
  3. racism
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05282003}
  2. {03:10:16 AM}
  content
  1. Harlem woman's death in bungled raid a homicide
    
    (NY Daily News)
  2. Quote: "Why do these mistakes only happen in our neighborhood?"
  metadata
  2. 03:10:16 AM
  3. Quote: "Why do these mistakes only happen in our neighborhood?"..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. racism
  3. society
  type
3. datetime
  1. {05282003}
  2. {02:51:09 AM}
  content
  1. The ultimate weblogging system, outlined
    
    (mpt blog)
  2. Nice wishlist of features for personal publishers
  metadata
  2. 02:51:09 AM
  3. Nice wishlist of features for personal publishers..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
  type
« Monday « May 26, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05262003}
  2. {11:03:27 PM}
  content
  1. Block tackle spam mail
    
    (Guardian UK)
  2. Sounds like SpamNet's worth a look
  metadata
  2. 11:03:27 PM
  3. Sounds like SpamNet's worth a look..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. communications
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05262003}
  2. {08:49:33 PM}
  content
  1. Global push for biometric standard
    
    (Australian IT)
  2. There is a worldwide push to employ biometric technologies to identify people by physical attributes to enhance airport security and prevent identity fraud.
    
    More baby-steps into a real "Big Brother" future. But why worry? It's going to happen anyway. Right? I'm thinking of that scene from Minority Report where Cruise has his eyes transplanted, so that he'll have different "eyeprints."
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  2. 08:49:33 PM
  3. There is a worldwide push to employ biometric technologies to identify people by physical attributes to enhance airport security and prevent identity fraud...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. technology
  3. society
  type
3. datetime
  1. {05262003}
  2. {07:58:40 AM}
  content
  1. We're all saps...
    
    (Interesting Ideas)
  2. ... in cyberspace!
  metadata
  2. 07:58:40 AM
  3. ... in cyberspace!..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. internet
  type
« Sunday « May 25, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05252003}
  2. {08:09:36 PM}
  content
  1. PageRank is Dead
    
    (Zawodny)
  2. Gone in 60 seconds?
  metadata
  2. 08:09:36 PM
  3. Gone in 60 seconds?..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05252003}
  2. {07:20:54 PM}
  content
  1. More buttons! Today: CSS Inlines
  2. Replace image-buttons with text-only ones. All these buttons are just textual links styled by CSS.
    
    This approach to "stickering" your weblog with buttons is even better than the "steal these buttons" crowd, between all of the buttons are text-based, just like these letters. Hmmmm...
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  2. 07:20:54 PM
  3. Replace image-buttons with text-only ones. All these buttons are just textual links styled by CSS...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
  type
3. datetime
  1. {05252003}
  2. {05:56:10 PM}
  content
  1. The Spiritual Message of 'The Matrix'
    
    (NPR)
  2. "Our particular dream world is created by technology, consumerism, the media and other aspects of 'modern' civilization that distract humans from reaching their full potential."
    
    Most people who see the Matrix movies only see the fight scenes and the special effects. But there's a lot more going on in these movies. That many educators, philosophers, and theologians are registering their opinions about these movies in books and presentations should be proof. Only a rare work can be this entertaining and deep at the same time. Remember, there is no spoon. (Windows Media required for the audio interviews.)
    
    b/w: marc's voice
  metadata
  2. 05:56:10 PM
  3. "Our particular dream world is created by technology, consumerism, the media and other aspects of 'modern' civilization that distract humans from reaching their full potential."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. propaganda
  type
« Saturday « May 24, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05242003}
  2. {08:40:25 PM}
  content
  1. [steal these] buttons
    
    (minimal verbosity)
  2. The 80x15 buttons seem to be getting incredibly popular with bloggers. Steal These Buttons has 309 at last count, and they can be found on hundreds of sites around the web.
    
    Little buttons, like this are showing up all over the web on blogs. Now there's an online form that will create custom ones for you auto-magically. I like that you could take whole bunch of them, stack them up on your page, and they'd take up less screen real estate than just posting the links. Of course, since they're images, there's a bandwidth tradeoff, but they're pretty small to begin with.
  metadata
  2. 08:40:25 PM
  3. The 80x15 buttons seem to be getting incredibly popular with bloggers. Steal These Buttons has 309 at last count, and they can be found on hundreds of sites around the web...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05242003}
  2. {11:26:31 AM}
  content
  1. Monogamous animals may be more likely to die out
    
    (Science Blog)
  2. "In avoiding extinction, it pays to be promiscuous."
  metadata
  2. 11:26:31 AM
  3. "In avoiding extinction, it pays to be promiscuous."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. biology
  3. science
  type
3. datetime
  1. {05242003}
  2. {11:21:58 AM}
  content
  1. Minorities get different mental health care in rich neighborhoods
    
    (Science Blog)
  2. Blacks and Hispanics who live in low-poverty areas are also more likely to be referred to public mental health services by police or social services personnel rather than family or friends, as is the case for white residents. "Minorities in low-poverty areas may stand out as more 'attention-worthy' than others -- more visible -- such that their deviant behaviors are readily recognized and constrained.
    
    Deviance is measured against a "norm." I think that this survey suggests the African Americans who live in more affluent -- and thus more integrated -- communities stand out when they don't follow the norm. It's basically saying: act white or you'll be viewed as possibly crazy. And there's where the madness really lies. What if the "norm" is deviant to begin with?
  metadata
  2. 11:21:58 AM
  3. Blacks and Hispanics who live in low-poverty areas are also more likely to be referred to public mental health services by police or social services personnel rather than family or friends, as is the case for white residents. "Minorities in low-poverty ar..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. psychology
  3. racism
  type
4. datetime
  1. {05242003}
  2. {10:59:43 AM}
  content
  1. Interview: James Howard Kunstler
    
    (Good Experience)
  2. "There are so few places that Americans can go, especially real public space, not a mall, so little real public space, that if you put in this artificial substitute, it's wildly successful. Starbucks is selling a public gathering place. Coffee is the enabling mechanism."
    
    That's a pretty thought-provoking comment from a writer, an urban critic, who has a gadfly rep. But it's a pretty good point, because there are not that many public places you can go and just hang out. Everything is activity-based: you go to the mall to shop. You go to the cineplex to watch a movie. You go to a restaurant, a ballgame, a carwash. But after you've done that activity, you go home.
    
    b/w: camworld
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  2. 10:59:43 AM
  3. "There are so few places that Americans can go, especially real public space, not a mall, so little real public space, that if you put in this artificial substitute, it's wildly successful. Starbucks is selling a public gathering place. Coffee is the enab..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. urban studies
  3. culture
  type
« Friday « May 23, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05232003}
  2. {01:57:43 AM}
  content
  1. WorldCat
  2. WorldCat contains the merged catalogs of libraries around the world, making it the world's largest and richest database of bibliographic information.
  metadata
  2. 01:57:43 AM
  3. WorldCat contains the merged catalogs of libraries around the world, making it the world's largest and richest database of bibliographic information...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. libraries
  3. internet
  type
« Thursday « May 22, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05222003}
  2. {01:56:38 PM}
  content
  1. Beckham fulfills a dream
    
    (Syndey Morning Herald)
  2. The 'Michael Jordan of Soccer' goes ghetto
  metadata
  2. 01:56:38 PM
  3. The 'Michael Jordan of Soccer' goes ghetto..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. sports
  3. culture
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05222003}
  2. {11:13:30 PM}
  content
  1. Trippy Photo
  2. Brace yourself for this one...
  metadata
  2. 11:13:30 PM
  3. Brace yourself for this one......"
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. world wide web
  3. weird shit
  type
3. datetime
  1. {05222003}
  2. {10:38:43 PM}
  content
  1. [...] Be on the Web
    
    (DaveNet)
  2. "There's basically a very simple rule. If you want to be in Google, you gotta be on the Web."
    
    This is the other side of the Google issue: they can't give you a Page Rankﾙ if you don't publish anything on the web. And all the old media joints, like the NY Times -- remember them, the paper that prints "fake" stories -- complain that blogs shouldn't show up in searches ranked ahead their stories are just being hypocrites. Is blogging journalism? No? Is blogging web-based publishing? Absolutely. The old media don't publish on the web except in a half-assed way. And when they do it's either repurposed or they put up so many barriers between the reader and their "content" that it's not worth the effort, because there's so much choice. I hardly ever visit washingtonpost.com any more because every f*cking time I go there, I have to fill in some zip-code and gender form. If they had something worth paying for -- like WSJ does -- I'd cough up money. But since most papers report the same things, from the same AP, UPI, and Reuters feeds why even bother with that old skool sh*t?
    
    b/w: zeldman
  metadata
  2. 10:38:43 PM
  3. "There's basically a very simple rule. If you want to be in Google, you gotta be on the Web."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. news and media
  3. internet
  type
4. datetime
  1. {05222003}
  2. {09:45:40 PM}
  content
  1. Sorenstam brilliant from tee to green, but struggles with putter
    
    (ESPN.com)
  2. In an atmosphere that matched the historic occasion Thursday, Sorenstam held her own at the Colonial with a 1-over 71 that left her in the middle of the pack. (1557718)
    
    Good for her. She's already won. Women can play with men.
  metadata
  2. 09:45:40 PM
  3. In an atmosphere that matched the historic occasion Thursday, Sorenstam held her own at the Colonial with a 1-over 71 that left her in the middle of the pack. (1557718)..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. sports
  3. gender issues
  type
5. datetime
  1. {05222003}
  2. {01:06:34 AM}
  content
  1. The Fungibles
  2. The following is a list of the only black people that count in America. You know it, I know it, so let's just get over it and admit it.
  metadata
  2. 01:06:34 AM
  3. The following is a list of the only black people that count in America. You know it, I know it, so let's just get over it and admit it...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. black people
  3. racism
  type
6. datetime
  1. {05222003}
  2. {12:58:26 AM}
  content
  1. Heat and light around the 'N' word
  2. A recent ugly incident centered on a Seattle schoolteacher who used the 'N' word is troubling. The incident has generated some eloquent discussion on some of the blogs I check out now and then. And that's the problem: this word, it consumes so much of our energy, energy that could be channeled to much more positive and creative endeavors. To me, that's the real tragedy of the 'N' word. We spend our energy reacting to the word when the real issue should be correcting the mind (and mindset) from which the word dribbled out.
    
    b/w: allaboutgeorge
  metadata
  2. 12:58:26 AM
  3. A recent ugly incident centered on a Seattle schoolteacher who used the 'N' word is troubling. The incident has generated some eloquent discussion on some of the blogs I check out..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. racism
  3. society
  type
« Wednesday « May 21, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05212003}
  2. {10:31:55 PM}
  content
  1. The Architect Script
    
    (TheAntiTrust)
  2. This is the script in the Matrix: Reloaded where the Architecht speaks to Neo. It went by so fast that a lot of people didn't understand what he said. So here you go.
    
    This scene is perhaps the hub that will hold all three movies together. Thanks Ghost.
    
    b/w: The Ghost in the Machine
  metadata
  2. 10:31:55 PM
  3. This is the script in the Matrix: Reloaded where the Architecht speaks to Neo. It went by so fast that a lot of people didn't understand what he said. So here you go...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. entertainment
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05212003}
  2. {01:22:32 AM}
  content
  1. QOTD: "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."
  2. Plato
  metadata
  2. 01:22:32 AM
  3. Plato..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. quotations
  3. reference
  type
3. datetime
  1. {05212003}
  2. {01:19:27 AM}
  content
  1. Gates Funds Harlem Schools
    
    (NYPost.com)
  2. It's not about education, it's about giving a poor kid Windows XP, and making him a customer for life
  metadata
  2. 01:19:27 AM
  3. It's not about education, it's about giving a poor kid Windows XP, and making him a customer for life..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. education
  3. technology
  type
« Tuesday « May 20, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05202003}
  2. {11:58:19 PM}
  content
  1. Project Greenlight
    
    (HBO)
  2. A new season is about to start ... I'm there
  metadata
  2. 11:58:19 PM
  3. A new season is about to start ... I'm there..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. entertainment
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05202003}
  2. {10:24:51 PM}
  content
  1. dubyaspeak mp3 streams
    
    (mahko)
  2. Taking what Dubya says and 'remixing' it
  metadata
  2. 10:24:51 PM
  3. Taking what Dubya says and 'remixing' it..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. humor
  3. politics
  type
3. datetime
  1. {05202003}
  2. {10:19:10 PM}
  content
  1. Investopedia.com
  2. The Investing Education Site
  metadata
  2. 10:19:10 PM
  3. The Investing Education Site..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. finance and investment
  3. reference
  type
« Monday « May 19, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05192003}
  2. {04:26:13 PM}
  content
  1. Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?
  2. This website features scholarly investigations into the idea that you might currently be literally living in a computer simulation, running on a computer built by some advanced civilization.
    
    Interesting stuff to think about ... when you're blunted! Huh, Neo?
  metadata
  2. 04:26:13 PM
  3. This website features scholarly investigations into the idea that you might currently be literally living in a computer simulation, running on a computer built by some advanced civilization...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. humanities
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05192003}
  2. {03:59:31 PM}
  content
  1. Lonely Planet | Mobile Services
  2. Now this is a service that makes sense for your mobile phone. My provider keeps trying to get me to "upgrade" but I've never seen the point in having a cellphone that has a camera, and games, and a web browser, etc. Seems like a way to just run up my bill. But if I could bring up something like this -- a mobile travel guide -- when I'm visiting a new city, that would be worth the extra dough. All the info I'd need would be right in my pocket.
  metadata
  2. 03:59:31 PM
  3. Now this is a service that makes sense for your mobile phone. My provider keeps trying to get me to "upgrade" but I've never seen the point in having a cellphone that has a camera, and games, and a web browser, etc. Seems like a way to just run up my bi..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. travel
  3. technology
  type
« Sunday « May 18, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05182003}
  2. {06:31:33 PM}
  content
  1. How bloggers game Google
    
    (Google Watch)
  2. Or is Google dumbing down blogdom by feeding their drivel back to them? And what happens when that drivel is fed to you?
    
    The weblogger they use as a model abuser of Google's PageRankﾙ system used to work at Pyra Labs, the home of Blogger. What's even worse is he posted tips for "google-bombing" on his blog, where you deliberately screw with their algorithm. Of course, Blogger, and its spin-off, BlogSpot, is now owned by Google. What a tangled web they're weaving.
  metadata
  2. 06:31:33 PM
  3. Or is Google dumbing down blogdom by feeding their drivel back to them? And what happens when that drivel is fed to you?..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {05182003}
  2. {01:59:57 AM}
  content
  1. Probes lay bare how Wall Street firms really work
    
    (Houston Chronicle)
  2. The market lurches violently this way or that, and, suddenly, some previously obscure and unremarkable group of employees is making all the firm's money. Junk bonds, risk arbitrage, fixed-income arbitrage, leveraged buyouts, Internet IPOs: It's happened over and over again.
    
    Greed, in all it's forms ... the essence of the American spirit, no.
  metadata
  2. 01:59:57 AM
  3. The market lurches violently this way or that, and, suddenly, some previously obscure and unremarkable group of employees is making all the firm's money. Junk bonds, risk arbitrage, fixed-income arbitrage, leveraged buyouts, Internet IPOs: It's happened..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. business
  3. economy
  type
« Friday « May 16, 2003
1. datetime
  1. {05162003}
  2. {11:55:51 PM}
  content
  1. Disney to begin renting 'self-destructing' DVDs
    
    (Yahoo!)
  2. What's to prevent them from putting all of their movies in this ridiculous format?
  metadata
  2. 11:55:51 PM

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« Friday « May 30, 2003

(HubLog)

(BBC)

« Thursday « May 29, 2003

(Quizilla)

« Wednesday « May 28, 2003

(The Village Voice)

(NY Daily News)

(mpt blog)

« Monday « May 26, 2003

(Guardian UK)

(Australian IT)

(Interesting Ideas)

« Sunday « May 25, 2003

(Zawodny)

(NPR)

« Saturday « May 24, 2003

(minimal verbosity)

(Science Blog)

(Science Blog)

(Good Experience)

« Friday « May 23, 2003

« Thursday « May 22, 2003

(Syndey Morning Herald)

(DaveNet)

(ESPN.com)

« Wednesday « May 21, 2003

(TheAntiTrust)

(NYPost.com)

« Tuesday « May 20, 2003

(HBO)

(mahko)

« Monday « May 19, 2003

« Sunday « May 18, 2003

(Google Watch)

(Houston Chronicle)

« Friday « May 16, 2003

(Yahoo!)