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« Thursday « January 29, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01292004}
  2. {08:46:28 PM}
  content
  1. Google vs. Booble, and a kid named orkut
    
    (Google Weblog)
  2. Google Legal Notice: "We have recently become aware of your website at http://www.booble.com (the Domain Name). This Domain Name is confusingly similar to the famous GOOGLE trademark..."
    
    Booble, in their defense, cites a case where rapper Luke Skywalker and his 2 Live Crew got sued by Roy Orbison of "Oh! Pretty Woman" fame, for alleged 'misuse' of his song. People taking someone else's hard work, and making an easy buck seems to be the ironic theme. So goes orkut, which is apparently a better kind of Friendster, fortified with rich, creamy nougat and the backing of the famous GOOGLE trademark... All of this 'social software' noise seems a little too marketer's-wet-dream-creepy to me. This guy who made orkut did it in his spare time. That's his hobby? Who are these ~~freaks~~ people?
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  2. 08:46:28 PM
  3. Google Legal Notice: "We have recently become aware of your website at http://www.booble.com (the Domain Name). This Domain Name is confusingly similar to the famous GOOGLE trademark..."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. law
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {01292004}
  2. {06:53:03 AM}
  content
  1. Producer on first all Black reality show
    
    (CNN)
  2. "College Hill" premieres.
    
    Tracy Edmonds, and wife of music dude, Babyface, was in my graduating class at Stanford, but I didn't know her. It will be interesting to see how this 'reality' gets spun: 'real Black' or straight 'boo-jee.' (treo)
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  2. 06:53:03 AM
  3. "College Hill" premieres...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. television
  3. black people
  type
« Wednesday « January 28, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01282004}
  2. {09:53:57 PM}
  content
  1. My Hoopty, um, My Treo600!
  2. I'm not one of those fools who give in to technolust, even though I've used this space before to wax about my PowerShot camera, the ReplayTV box, the black GameCube, the iPod, the Big G5, the Fukuoko9000... but after just a few days with Treo600, I think it's love. I never been sprung like this. First off, it's in Treo, out Blackberry, out iPaq, and out LG cellphone. Flab is out. Trim is in. Yes, trim is in. One device for the pocket real estate of three, and trust me, you can't wear cargo pants all the time. (I'm still working on that easy-fit tuxedo idea, with room for all of your manly accessories, though.) In the last few days, I've already used my Treo to IM with All A. George, in God-knows-where, a long-lost friend who was bartending here, slow night I guess, and my brother up in law school; connect to the office E-mail system and pull down all my E-mail, some with attachments; voted via text message on that Todd TV show on FX, just to see if I could do it, heard the show stunk; and bought a newsreader/RSS application for the Treo over the web and subscribed to some of my favorite blogs' feeds. Oh, yeah, and I made like 15 phone calls on it too. All in the palm of my hand! Um, the Palm
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  2. 09:53:57 PM
  3. I'm not one of those fools who give in to technolust, even though I've used this space before to wax about my PowerShot camera, the Repl..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. technology
  type
« Tuesday « January 27, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01272004}
  2. {09:51:32 PM}
  content
  1. A comparison
    
    (Hi. I'm Black!)
  2. Blog Stat: "In 24 hours time I got 5,000 hits. In comparison I get 300 hits a day on this blog. Ah, yes. The power of pornography."
    
    Not that I've ever seen one -- lol -- but one click on a porn site, taking into account all of the images and pop-up windows, is worth probably 100 hits on a 'real' site -- if 'hits' is what counts.
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  2. 09:51:32 PM
  3. Blog Stat: "In 24 hours time I got 5,000 hits. In comparison I get 300 hits a day on this blog. Ah, yes. The power of pornography."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {01272004}
  2. {01:38:39 AM}
  content
  1. Seniors taking to computer games
    
    (The Salt Lake Tribune)
  2. A new generation of mature consumers -- often called "gray gamers" -- are getting hooked on the small screen, and the industry is responding by developing new games that require thinking as well as shoot-'em-up instincts.
    
    This ain't yer daddy's videogame, or is it yer grandaddy?
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  2. 01:38:39 AM
  3. A new generation of mature consumers — often called "gray gamers" — are getting hooked on the small screen, and the industry is responding by developing new games that require thinking as well as shoot-'em-up instincts...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. games
  3. recreation
  type
« Monday « January 26, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01262004}
  2. {03:48:49 PM}
  content
  1. Philips Creates Foldable Screens for E-Newspapers
    
    (Reuters)
  2. Philips Electronics said on Monday it was preparing to mass-produce a slim, book-sized display panel onto which consumers could download newspapers and magazines -- then roll up and put away.
    
    That's bad. Sign me up.
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  2. 03:48:49 PM
  3. Philips Electronics said on Monday it was preparing to mass-produce a slim, book-sized display panel onto which consumers could download newspapers and magazines — then roll up and put away...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. technology
  type
2. datetime
  1. {01262004}
  2. {03:43:04 PM}
  content
  1. Bird flu could be worse than SARS, UN warns
    
    (Guardian Unlimited)
  2. UN spokesmaton: "There's no denying the disease is spreading."
    
    The reports paint a picture of a flood of misery rolling across Asia. Which parts are true, and which are just lessons in how to start a panic? Propaganda 101.
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  2. 03:43:04 PM
  3. UN spokesmaton: "There's no denying the disease is spreading."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. diseases
  3. propaganda
  type
3. datetime
  1. {01262004}
  2. {02:37:50 PM}
  content
  1. Don't bet against the Panthers & Patriots
    
    (Media Life)
  2. If Sunday's Super Bowl turns out to be a good game, it will pull a large audience regardless of who is playing.
    
    Well, it really should be a close game. You have a 16-2 team playing a 14-5 team. They've both won a lot of close games. You'll have one or two really funny commercials in the rotation. Janet Jackson at halftime. I'll watch at least that long.
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  2. 02:37:50 PM
  3. If Sunday's Super Bowl turns out to be a good game, it will pull a large audience regardless of who is playing...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. television
  3. sports
  type
4. datetime
  1. {01262004}
  2. {02:30:41 PM}
  content
  1. WeaKnees.com
  2. Welcome to WeaKnees.com! We specialize in TiVo and TiVo upgrade products and have been doing so since 2000.
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  2. 02:30:41 PM
  3. Welcome to WeaKnees.com! We specialize in TiVo and TiVo upgrade products and have been doing so since 2000...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. television
  3. technology
  type
5. datetime
  1. {01262004}
  2. {02:25:12 PM}
  content
  1. 'Monk' comes clean
    
    (New York Daily News)
  2. Tony Shalhoub talks about being TV's favorite germ-phobic detective.
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  2. 02:25:12 PM
  3. Tony Shalhoub talks about being TV's favorite germ-phobic detective...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. television
  3. entertainment
  type
6. datetime
  1. {01262004}
  2. {02:14:14 PM}
  content
  1. Khakee
    
    (HindustanTimes.com)
  2. Blurb: "One dreaded terrorist escapes from prison. A police force chases him. Will they get him? Find about more about the film."
    
    It's Rajkumar Santoshis "Khakee." That's good to know, 'cause I've been wondering when was the last time I saw a Rajkumar Santoshi flick. Raj, muh man! "Khakee" is the story of, you guessed it, some police guys who all dress in, get this, "khaki," a hot chick who shows off her bare (and toned) midriff, and lots and lots of guns. Khakee and khaki. The language it's so tricky sometimes. How come Indian action films all look like they're a tossed-salad combination of 70's Blaxploitation and "Miami Vice?" except with no bruthas and worse music. Much worse.
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  2. 02:14:14 PM
  3. Blurb: "One dreaded terrorist escapes from prison. A police force chases him. Will they get him? Find about more about the film."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. regional
  type
« Sunday « January 25, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01252004}
  2. {06:43:25 PM}
  content
  1. Content Deliverance
    
    (TheFeature)
  2. Rushkoff: "The person who takes responsibility for storing and maintaining the data is the one who deserves to be paid."
    
    Good point. I think about this all the time when I'm considering the purchase of a new DVD, for example. Is it worth it for me to pay $19.99 for it, and watch it what, maybe 3 or 4 times tops, and then start collecting dust? Or does it make more sense to rent it from a place like Netflix for about $1 anytime I want to see it? What are the chances that I'll watch it 19 times? The stuff's disposable anyway, so why keep it?
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  2. 06:43:25 PM
  3. Rushkoff: "The person who takes responsibility for storing and maintaining the data is the one who deserves to be paid."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. media
  type
« Saturday « January 24, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01242004}
  2. {09:42:08 AM}
  content
  1. Hemp Honey
  2. The miracle plant. Hemp for medicine. 25,000 uses.
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  2. 09:42:08 AM
  3. The miracle plant. Hemp for medicine. 25,000 uses...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. alternative medicine
  3. culture
  type
« Thursday « January 22, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01222004}
  2. {01:31:17 PM}
  content
  1. 100 Greatest Super Bowl Moments
    
    (ESPN.com/Page2)
  2. 100 Greatest Super Bowl Moments ... the Top Ten.
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  2. 01:31:17 PM
  3. 100 Greatest Super Bowl Moments ... the Top Ten...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. sports
  3. entertainment
  type
2. datetime
  1. {01222004}
  2. {01:11:23 PM}
  content
  1. On comments and weblogs
    
    (megnut blog)
  2. "They're a few questions I ask myself related to enabling comments on weblogs posts I make. With the proliferation of commenting-ability in today's weblog tools, it might make sense for people to think a bit before blindly turning on comments ... Turning on comments is an opportunity and a responsibility."
    
    Helpful thoughts. I've turned comments off on my blog while I complete the transition from Radio to MT. But I always had a feature where I could selectively toggle comments. The point is, for the most part, I see my blog as an open notebook to myself, and generally comments don't really add to my point-of-view. While I do see good uses for comments, I think Trackbacks are a better way to link discussions over the web.
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  3. "They're a few questions I ask myself related to enabling comments on weblogs posts I make. With the proliferation of commenting-ability in today's weblog tools, it might make sense for people to think a bit before blindly turning on comments ... Turning..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
  type
3. datetime
  1. {01222004}
  2. {12:49:04 PM}
  content
  1. Interactive Electoral Map
  2. Use this map to learn about election trends.
    
    This map is on John Edwards' official site, and it's pretty useful.
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  2. 12:49:04 PM
  3. Use this map to learn about election trends...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. politics
  3. internet
  type
4. datetime
  1. {01222004}
  2. {11:05:10 AM}
  content
  1. Does Mobile Telephony Disconnect People from City Life?
    
    (TheFeature)
  2. The always-on world has the opposite problem. It is a world of freedom, but it is also a world of anonymous global forces that ceaselessly rearrange all relationships to their liking. We don't understand this world very well, but we will soon have plenty of opportunity to study it first-hand.
    
    Talking and walking on a cellphone is borderline rude. When I see people walking down the street, yakking into their clenched palm, it makes me wonder: what would that person have been doing in the days before everyone could afford a flip. Paying attention to where they were going? Acknowledging fellow passersby? When technology connects us in one way, it disconnects another.
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  2. 11:05:10 AM
  3. The always-on world has the opposite problem. It is a world of freedom, but it is also a world of anonymous global forces that ceaselessly rearrange all relationships to their liking. We don't understand this world very well, but we will soon have plenty..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. technology
  type
5. datetime
  1. {01222004}
  2. {09:12:38 AM}
  content
  1. iTunes Music Store RSS Generator
  2. (RSS) Feed your inner music shopper
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  2. 09:12:38 AM
  3. (RSS) Feed your inner music shopper..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. electronic commerce
  3. entertainment
  type
6. datetime
  1. {01222004}
  2. {08:11:10 AM}
  content
  1. iCalShare
  2. Share Your iCalendars!
    
    The Treo600 opens up a lot of wireless services that now start to make sense to me.
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  2. 08:11:10 AM
  3. Share Your iCalendars!..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. technology
  type
« Wednesday « January 21, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01212004}
  2. {12:28:32 PM}
  content
  1. My Treo600 has arrived...
  2. ...and it will be interesting to see if I can use it as a remote blog poster...
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  2. 12:28:32 PM
  3. ...and it will be interesting to see if I can use it as a remote blog poster......"
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. technology
  type
« Saturday « January 17, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01172004}
  2. {12:23:29 PM}
  content
  1. How to get rich slow
  2. "Five Rituals of Wealth": Before significant wealth will come your way and stay, you have to master the money you already control.
    
    Makes sense. If you can't even manage a little bit of dough, why would you do better if you had more?
    
    b/w: Cool Tools
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  2. 12:23:29 PM
  3. "Five Rituals of Wealth": Before significant wealth will come your way and stay, you have to master the money you already control...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. finance and investment
  3. economy
  type
« Friday « January 16, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01162004}
  2. {10:18:55 AM}
  content
  1. Nobel Prize Winners Hate School
    
    (Learn in Freedom!)
  2. One of the most laughable defenses of the government-operated school system, sure to come from the keyboard of hundreds of people who participate in on-line discussion of education policy, is the notion that Nobel Prize winners and other eminent persons prove the effectiveness of our school system. Well, what do the Nobel Prize winners themselves have to say about this?
    
    There's hope for slackers yet. The problem I had with school is that I was always interested in learning things that weren't on the problem set, or that weren't being taught. Why should my learning be shortchanged by the teacher's limitations and biases? Good to see that some Nobel minds agree with me.
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  2. 10:18:55 AM
  3. One of the most laughable defenses of the government-operated school system, sure to come from the keyboard of hundreds of people who participate in on-line discussion of education policy, is the notion that Nobel Prize winners and other eminent persons p..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. education
  3. culture
  type
2. datetime
  1. {01162004}
  2. {04:27:40 AM}
  content
  1. EFF Secures Protection for ReplayTV Clients
    
    (EFF)
  2. "Skipping commercials is not illegal..."
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  2. 04:27:40 AM
  3. "Skipping commercials is not illegal..."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. television
  3. technology
  type
« Tuesday « January 13, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01132004}
  2. {12:52:26 AM}
  content
  1. Racist war of the loyalist street gangs
    
    (Guardian Unlimited UK)
  2. But in the past weeks, fear has deepened. Protestant working-class neighbourhoods are showing a pattern of orchestrated house attacks aimed at "ethnically cleansing" minority groups...[s]o-called peace walls between Protestant and Catholic communities are graffitied with swastikas and signs that read "keep the streets white".
    
    In good economic times, they exploit them. In bad economic times, they kill them. These are bad economic times.
    
    b/w: negrophile.
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  2. 12:52:26 AM
  3. But in the past weeks, fear has deepened. Protestant working-class neighbourhoods are showing a pattern of orchestrated house attacks aimed at "ethnically cleansing" minority groups...[s]o-called peace walls between Protestant and Catholic communities are..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. racism
  3. racism
  type
« Sunday « January 11, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01112004}
  2. {04:19:16 PM}
  content
  1. Why I Hate Personal Weblogs
  2. LOL!
    
    b/w: randomwalks
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  2. 04:19:16 PM
  3. LOL!..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. humor
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {01112004}
  2. {02:16:42 PM}
  content
  1. Everyday items illustrate legacy of racism in U.S.
    
    (SJ Merc)
  2. About six times a year, she takes dozens of her derogatory images to schools to show students what they will never find in their history books: a shooting gallery game with toy rifle and caricatures of black children as targets; or matches and menus from the Coon Chicken Inn, a restaurant in the Pacific Northwest where patrons entered through the wide grin of a cartoon black face.
    
    'Blaxploitation' is a term they used to apply to a certain kind of B.S. movie which banked on black stereotypes, but the truth is those films were informed by the kind of legacy Ms. Spears' memorabilia collection preserves. But, of course, America's so different today: insulting toys and trinkets have been replaced with real life rap "stars" and sports personalities. They may be a little harder to collect as memorabilia as time moves on.
    
    b/w: american black
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  2. 02:16:42 PM
  3. About six times a year, she takes dozens of her derogatory images to schools to show students what they will never find in their history books: a shooting gallery game with toy rifle and caricatures of black children as targets; or matches and menus from..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. racism
  3. racism
  type
3. datetime
  1. {01112004}
  2. {09:53:08 AM}
  content
  1. Law Enforcement Targets
  2. Split Second Targets and Overlays.
    
    Test your shooting skills on these life-sized targets. Don't you want to pump some of these targets full of lead? Choose from a wide assortment of models, including: Thug-Life-Brutha-in-Overalls (Model #LE-12), Crouching-Brutha-Hidden-Hubcaps (#LE-22), Cujo (#LE-29) and all-time favorites Bin Laden (#1RT) and Saddam (#2RT). Hey, wait a minute, how come the vast majority of these targets are non-Caucasian?
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  2. 09:53:08 AM
  3. Split Second Targets and Overlays...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. firearms
  3. racism
  type
4. datetime
  1. {01112004}
  2. {08:03:53 AM}
  content
  1. My So-Called Blog
    
    (NY Times)
  2. Blogging is a replication of real life: each pool of blogs is its own ecosystem, with only occasional links to other worlds. As I surfed from site to site, it became apparent that as much as journals can break stereotypes, some patterns are crushingly predictable: the cheerleaders post screen grabs of the Fox TV show ''The O.C.''; kids who identify with ''ghetto'' culture use hip-hop slang; the geeks gush over Japanese anime. And while there are exceptions, many journal writers exhibit a surprising lack of curiosity about the journals of true strangers. They're too busy writing posts to browse.
    
    Teen bloggers mimic high school cliques and angst ... in cyberspace. Nothing new here. Please move on. (Registration required.)
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  3. Blogging is a replication of real life: each pool of blogs is its own ecosystem, with only occasional links to other worlds. As I surfed from site to site, it became apparent that as much as journals can break stereotypes, some patterns are crushingly pre..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. culture
  type
5. datetime
  1. {01112004}
  2. {07:47:05 AM}
  content
  1. 75% of Net Users Connect Sans Browser
    
    (BigBlueBall)
  2. Nielsen//NetRatings, reports that three out of every four home and work Internet users, or 76 percent of active Web surfers, access the Internet using a non-browser based Internet application. Media players, instant messengers and file sharing applications are the most popular Internet applications.
    
    I hate IM, although I do see its value. I think one's use/non-use of IM is a good indicator for your age: if you use IM rabidly, then it's likely that you are in the 18-34 demographic, most coveted by purveyors of soft drinks and bad beer, cellphones with obnoxious ringtones, "hip" clothes that don't really fit you well, and just-add-water-and-create-an-idol musical performers and movie stars. The Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah... I'm lovin' it! demo.
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  2. 07:47:05 AM
  3. Nielsen//NetRatings, reports that three out of every four home and work Internet users, or 76 percent of active Web surfers, access the Internet using a non-browser based Internet application. Media players, instant messengers and file sharing application..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. internet
  type
6. datetime
  1. {01112004}
  2. {07:27:20 AM}
  content
  1. Profitless Prosperity?
    
    (GigaOm)
  2. Om Malik: "The consumer electronics companies have a better track record of selling televisions, CD players and DVD players. They know how to support these products, have a business model which is based on single digit profit margins, and have the inbuilt advantage: consumers know that Panasonic would not change its mind about TVs, but Gateway might."
    
    Malik addresses something that's become more obvious to me each day. When I was watching the NFL Playoffs yesterday, I noticed Gateway's ads for 42-inch plasma TVs. And thinking: "But why would I want to buy a TV from Gateway? They make PCs!" Classic "marketing myopia" aside, isn't it always a recipe for disaster when companies start getting into markets they don't really belong? Here's where I think Apple's got it right, because their computers help people do cool things with their computers ... not with their TVs. Leave that to someone who knows, like Sony.
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  2. 07:27:20 AM
  3. Om Malik: "The consumer electronics companies have a better track record of selling televisions, CD players and DVD players. They know how to support these products, have a business model which is based on single digit profit margins, and have the inbuil..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. technology
  type
« Saturday « January 10, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01102004}
  2. {08:38:28 PM}
  content
  1. The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003
    
    (Project Censored)
  2. Including...
    #1: Project for a New American Century
    #2: Homeland Security Threatens Civil Liberty
    #6: Closing Access to Information Technology
    #10: Africa Faces Threat of New Colonialism
    #21: Third World Austerity Policies: Coming Soon to a City Near You
    
    This ain't the kind of stuff you'll find on Fox News. Well-documented and thought-provoking.
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  2. 08:38:28 PM
  3. Including...
    #1: Project for a New American Century
    #2: Homeland Security Threatens Civil Liberty
    #6: Closing Access to Information Technology
    #10: Africa Faces Threat of New Colonialism
    #21: Third World Austerity Polici..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. news and media
  3. propaganda
  type
« Thursday « January 8, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01082004}
  2. {07:43:18 AM}
  content
  1. Traffic, obsession and happiness
    
    (Joi Ito's Web)
  2. Ito: "If you're smart and you are obsessed with money, you can usually become wealthy."
    
    Taken out of context ... but wow! I know a lot of smart people, many who are obsessed with making money, but they're not wealthy. There are constraints -- like skin color, nationality, or gender, for instance -- that conspire to limit your opportunities. There are poor people everywhere, who are hungry, clever, ambitious, and just as 'smart' as Bill Gates. But will they get the same opportunities to follow their obsession? Ito's a well-respected VC. Would he fund the ideas of some poor, unknown guy off the street, or will he give his money to the guy his wealthy cronies refer? I guess it's easy for those at the top of the mountain to look down on the others and say, "Climb on up, I did it. Piece of cake." Their blind spot is privilege.
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  3. Ito: "If you're smart and you are obsessed with money, you can usually become wealthy."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. culture
  type
« Wednesday « January 7, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01072004}
  2. {08:58:59 PM}
  content
  1. US to overhaul immigration law
    
    (BBC)
  2. The move is being seen as an attempt by Mr Bush to court Hispanic voters in this election year... "We have 10.5 million illegal workers in the United States right now," according to US Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue. "If they went home, we'd have to shut down the country."
    
    While some of the musicians change, the song remains the same. America became rich by exploiting the labor of others. Enter the slaves from Africa. Now fast forward to 2004: as bad as it is for many of the descendants of those slaves, there's a lot of jobs they wouldn't do, even if you paid them. So, enter the illegal immigrant -- and of course, if you asked a Native American who's an "illegal" immigrant, you could probably have a pretty interesting discussion, but that's another story. . From the bid'ness perspective, it's all about the bottomline. You must always insure that you have a source of cheap labor. From the political perspective, if you support this kind of neo-bondage, then you're really trying to insure that your big-money supporters will keep making profits, even as they lay-off more and more "legal" Americans.
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  3. The move is being seen as an attempt by Mr Bush to court Hispanic voters in this election year... "We have 10.5 million illegal workers in the United States right now," according to US Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue. "If they went home, we'..."
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  3. economy
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  1. {01072004}
  2. {08:24:03 PM}
  content
  1. Send Them Back!!
  2. It's time to make it right by giving back what we stole!" And that's just what we did! We sent back all the MP3's we'd illegally downloaded. Everyone one of them!
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  2. 08:24:03 PM
  3. It's time to make it right by giving back what we stole!" And that's just what we did! We sent back all the MP3's we'd illegally downloaded. Everyone one of them!..."
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  2. humor
  3. entertainment
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3. datetime
  1. {01072004}
  2. {07:40:00 PM}
  content
  1. A Big Garage
    
    (Daring Fireball blog)
  2. What's so cool about GarageBand is that it exemplifies the market that Apple is going after. People who want to use their computers to make cool things. People who want to be producers, not just consumers. If it's possible to distill into a single thought what it is that makes Apple Apple, and what has made the Macintosh so enduringly popular, that's it.
    
    I agree, that's the essence of why I love my Macs: it puts a creative power tool in my hands, and doesn't get in the way. PS: To all the muhf*ckas who'll say, "But Apple only has 3% marketshare, they don't mean anything," I say: 'Shut the f*ck up! Who the hell are you, anyway, Allan Greenspan?' What percentage of the automobile market does Porsche, Ferrari, or Rolls Royce have? Are they not successful companies, despite the fact that they only have a small number of patrons relative to their overall market? Get over it.
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  3. What's so cool about GarageBand is that it exemplifies the market that Apple is going after. People who want to use their computers to make cool things. People who want to be producers, not just consumers. If it's possible to distill into a single thought..."
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  2. cyberculture
  3. technology
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  1. {01072004}
  2. {10:23:16 AM}
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  1. Google Fight
  2. Make a fight with Googlefight
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  2. 10:23:16 AM
  3. Make a fight with Googlefight..."
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  3. internet
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5. datetime
  1. {01072004}
  2. {08:24:42 AM}
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  1. quickSub
  2. quickSub is a Javascript function that adds intelligence to the feed button on your web page. Just roll your mouse over the example above, and you'll be instantly greeted by one-click subscription links to the most popular aggregators.
    
    Very useful baby.
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  2. 08:24:42 AM
  3. quickSub is a Javascript function that adds intelligence to the feed button on your web page. Just roll your mouse over the example above, and you'll be instantly greeted by one-click subscription links to the most popular aggregators...."
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  2. weblogs
  3. internet
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  1. {01072004}
  2. {08:17:03 AM}
  content
  1. Shrook
  2. RSS for MacOS X
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  2. 08:17:03 AM
  3. RSS for MacOS X..."
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  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
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« Monday « January 5, 2004
1. datetime
  1. {01052004}
  2. {10:26:13 PM}
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  1. Colorism taints African-American culture
    
    (Silver Rights blog)
  2. More than any other minority group in the United States, blacks discriminate against one another. The discrimination, called "colorism," is based on skin tone: whether a person is dark-skinned or light-skinned or in the broad middle somewhere.
    
    I'm the color of coffee. Original black. And I concur that colorism exists within the community. Big deal. It's old news, going all the way back to house slaves and field slaves. A good book on the subject is The Color Complex, if you're interested. I've experienced it from the first day I stepped out onto the nursery school playground in East Orange. But, like most 'isms I experience in this culture: I don't let it bother me. If I did, I'd be paralyzed. My take is that people who practice it are weak, because they're just reiterating massa's bigotry, but in blackface, or brown, or copper, without being wrapped in white skin ... which makes them, uh, black like me! I think the best approach is to rise above. Racism, in all its forms is not going away. There's no law that will change human nature, so we have to acknowledge that racism -- and the psychological cancers it creates -- exists, and find a way to work around it. The legal system, obviously, is one way to attack its symptoms. Curing the disease will be much harder.
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  3. More than any other minority group in the United States, blacks discriminate against one another. The discrimination, called "colorism," is based on skin tone: whether a person is dark-skinned or light-skinned or in the broad middle somewhere...."
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  3. black people
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  1. {01052004}
  2. {03:36:25 PM}
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  1. Headed back East: Marbury to Knicks in blockbuster
    
    (ESPN.com)
  2. Dr. Jack: "I'm surprised that the Phoenix Suns would give up Stephon Marbury. He's a great acquisition for the New York Knicks."
    
    I'm surprised too. But you have to hand it to Isiah: he's making things happen in his first 100 days. I think the worst thing a GM can do in pro sports is sit on their hands and do nothing, especially if your the GM for a team in New York City. Marbury, being from Staten Island anyway, is just the kind of baller the Knicks need right now. He's a bona fide star, coming back home to play in the mecca of hoops. As for Antonio McDyess? See ya, and thanks for nothing!
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  3. Dr. Jack: "I'm surprised that the Phoenix Suns would give up Stephon Marbury. He's a great acquisition for the New York Knicks."..."
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  2. sports
  3. entertainment
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3. datetime
  1. {01052004}
  2. {02:58:33 PM}
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  1. Art & Fear: Best advice on how to do art
    
    (CoolTools blog)
  2. Excerpt from Art & Fear: "Filmmaker Lou Stouten tells the painfully unapocryphal story about hand-carrying his first film (produced while he was still a student) to the famed teacher and film theorist Slavko Vorkapitch. The teacher watched the entire film in silence, and as the viewing ended rose and left the room without uttering a word. Stouten, more than a bit shaken, ran out after him and asked, "But what did you think of my film?" Replied Vorkapitch, "What film?"
    The lesson here is simply that courting approval, even that of peers, puts a dangerous amount of power in the hands of the audience. Worse yet, the audience is seldom in a position to grant (or withhold) approval on the one issue that really counts - namely, whether or not you're making progress in your work. They're in a good position to comment on how they're moved (or challenged or entertained) by the finished product, but have little knowledge or interest in your process. Audience comes later. The only pure communication is between you and your work.
    
    I read this passage to mean that you should undertake almost any creative pursuit in this manner, that is: focus on perfecting your craft. Period. (This even applies to blogging, unless, of course, you're one of those blog-for-dollars folks ... which must pay really good money if you can get inside of the blogosphere's A-List.) If what you do rings true with enough people once you put it out there, then you'll eventually build an audience. But if your ultimate goal is adulation, instead of mastery, you'll never get there because you'll never develop the skills you need to build an audience in the first place. After I wrote my second screenplay, I realized it was the process of creating this world and the people within it that I enjoyed the most. Would I like to see some of these scripts up on the big screen? Hell yeah! But by that point, it would no longer be my creation, but a team effort, and something completely different. As I focus on making the scripts better, I'm enjoying it more. The rest will come later. Or not ... but so what, as long as I enjoyed the ride.
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  2. 02:58:33 PM
  3. Excerpt from Art & Fear: "Filmmaker Lou Stouten tells the painfully unapocryphal story about hand-carrying his first film (produced while he was still a stud..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. psychology
  3. arts
  type
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  1. {01052004}
  2. {12:54:04 PM}
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  1. Curt Schilling, Media Theorist?
    
    (MIT Technology Review)
  2. Beginning by saying that he felt that he could get his message out to his supporters most effectively through two channels -- the internet and radio -- he proceeded to discuss the gatekeeping function of traditional media and the ways they selectively filtered out what he was trying to say.
    
    If it wasn't for the fact that he's now a Red Sox loser, I'd be extremely impressed with Schilling's apparent savvy when it comes to media issues, as indicated here. Since he's a Red Sox, I'm only impressed. I'd like to see more articulate athletes step out and tell us what's really going on. For example, if someone with more skill had stated what Rasheed Wallace recently said about the NBA -- which I believe has mad grains of salt in it -- then maybe the message would have been heard instead of just dismissed as ravings of a dumb buck. If you're going to be in the spotlight, you have to learn how to use it.
    
    b/w: abstract dynamics
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  3. Beginning by saying that he felt that he could get his message out to his supporters most effectively through two channels — the internet and radio — he proceeded to discuss the gatekeeping function of traditional media and the ways they selecti..."
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