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« Thursday « March 29, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03292001}
  2. {10:48:51 PM}
  content
  1. Powerful talking
    
    (MSNBC.com)
  2. "Everybody has electric wiring already all over their house," said Amit Yudan, director of Main.net Communication, an Israeli company developing the technology. "This turns every socket in the house into a communication point."
    
    Yeah, but BoyCaught wonders what use is this technology if you're faced with the prospect of rolling blackouts for the next few years?
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  2. 10:48:51 PM
  3. "Everybody has electric wiring already all over their house," said Amit Yudan, director of Main.net Communication, an Israeli company developing the technology. "This turns every socket in the house into a communication point."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. internet
  3. technology
  type
« Monday « March 26, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03262001}
  2. {10:47:30 PM}
  content
  1. The Medium is the Message and the Message is Voyeurism
    
    (Wired 2.02)
  2. She's permed, chubby, hose 'n' heels... Mom. She stands up when Phil or Sally Jessey or Oprah aims the microphone. Her voice rises. Her face tumesces. She's outraged by somebody's sexual behavior. Oprah's eyes register $$ - the big score. This is the very essence of daytime talk TV. In fact, this G-rated money shot is set up for you many times every single weekday.
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  2. 10:47:30 PM
  3. She's permed, chubby, hose 'n' heels... Mom. She stands up when Phil or Sally Jessey or Oprah aims the microphone. Her voice rises. Her face tumesces. She's outraged by somebody's sexual behavior. Oprah's eyes register $$ - the big score. This is the very..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. society
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03262001}
  2. {10:46:45 PM}
  content
  1. Screwing America:The Miracle Economy is a Class Act
    
    (Bloomington Independent)
  2. By coincidence, the CEOs of the major corporations, busy deciding what will happen in the U.S. economy, are now making about 475 times what their average workers make.The underlying deception here is that the United States is somehow unique among world societies in not having economic classes. The plain fact, openly discussed in the business press, is that for the last few decades, the richest classes have enriched themselves greatly off what expansion there has been in the U.S. economy, while the middle and working class have lost ground and the ranks of the poor have grown.
    
    (b/w NewCity Network)
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  2. 10:46:45 PM
  3. By coincidence, the CEOs of the major corporations, busy deciding what will happen in the U.S. economy, are now making about 475 times what their average workers make.The underlying deception here is that the United States is somehow unique among world so..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. economics
  3. society
  type
3. datetime
  1. {03262001}
  2. {05:02:32 PM}
  content
  1. Josie and the Pussycats
  2. The movie. It opens in April.
    
    One of BoyCaught's cherished childhood cartoons goes live action. Favorite 'Cat was Val, the sista who played bass. There's no hope that Hollywood will do it right. They f*ck up everything.
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  2. 05:02:32 PM
  3. The movie. It opens in April...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. entertainment
  type
4. datetime
  1. {03262001}
  2. {04:54:56 PM}
  content
  1. Armed Police Now Tolerated, Even Welcomed on School Campuses
    
    (LA Times)
  2. "The armed officer is becoming the norm," said Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center in Westlake Village. "I think this is one of the messages that should go out to perpetrators of school crime. Schools are demonstrating the same [willingness] to use firepower that the shooters are using."
    
    BoyCaught is extremely saddened by apparently rising wave of school violence. Inner-city kids have had to deal with metal detectors and armed security guards for decades. Now it's coming to suburban schools. What a great way to prepare a generation of people for a police state: start while they're young. (b/w Unknown News)
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  2. 04:54:56 PM
  3. "The armed officer is becoming the norm," said Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center in Westlake Village. "I think this is one of the messages that should go out to perpetrators of school crime. Schools are demonstrating..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. education
  3. crime
  type
5. datetime
  1. {03262001}
  2. {03:58:18 AM}
  content
  1. Exquisite Corpse
  2. Among Surrealist techniques exploiting the mystique of accident was a kind of collective collage of words or images called the cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse). Based on an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each of whom would write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal part of it, and pass it on to the next player for his contribution.
    
    (bb/w Dr. Menlo)
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  2. 03:58:18 AM
  3. Among Surrealist techniques exploiting the mystique of accident was a kind of collective collage of words or images called the cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse). Based on an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each of whom would write a phra..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. linguistics
  3. arts
  type
« Saturday « March 24, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03242001}
  2. {01:18:46 PM}
  content
  1. Hip Hop Timeline
    
    (EMPlive.com)
  2. The Hip Hop Timeline is an interactive chronicle tracing the development of hip hop as a musical form, from its beginnings as a Bronx-based underground scene in the early 1970s to the worldwide phenomenon that it is today.
    
    This is part of the larger EMP (Experience Music Project), a very interesting digital museum of pop music artifacts and factoids. (Flash required for timeline.)
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  2. 01:18:46 PM
  3. The Hip Hop Timeline is an interactive chronicle tracing the development of hip hop as a musical form, from its beginnings as a Bronx-based underground scene in the early 1970s to the worldwide phenomenon that it is today...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. music
  3. internet
  type
« Friday « March 23, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03232001}
  2. {08:20:09 AM}
  content
  1. In pictures: Mir's return
    
    (BBC)
  2. Observers on islands in the South Pacific were treated to a spectacular light show as fragments of the Russian space station Mir burned up as they plunged to Earth.
    
    Kinda cool. This is the future of our planet: watching pieces of garbage fall from the sky. (b/w randomWalks)
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  2. 08:20:09 AM
  3. Observers on islands in the South Pacific were treated to a spectacular light show as fragments of the Russian space station Mir burned up as they plunged to Earth...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. space
  3. news
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03232001}
  2. {07:54:08 AM}
  content
  1. Dick Vitale & East Coast Bias
    
    (ESPN.com)
  2. Please tell me it isn't true -- I am getting tired of hearing about "East Coast bias." I can't believe it, that teams out on the West Coast feel slighted. I read a column by talented writer Mark Purdy of the San Jose Mercury News. He wrote about the ECBC, or "East Coast Bias Conspiracy." Come on, get real, baby!
    
    Dukie Vitale getting defensive when he's called a conspirator. BoyCaught knows that if you're not guilty of something then there's no reason to get defensive ... and write an article about it. Get a TO and come clean, baby!
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  2. 07:54:08 AM
  3. Please tell me it isn't true — I am getting tired of hearing about "East Coast bias." I can't believe it, that teams out on the West Coast feel slighted. I read a column by talented writer Mark Purdy of the San Jose Mercury News. He wrote about the E..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. news and media
  3. sports
  type
« Wednesday « March 21, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03212001}
  2. {07:31:49 PM}
  content
  1. amazoning the news
    
    (hypergene)
  2. Where are the stories that are being told in a new way appropriate to this medium? In my opinion, the stories that are done in the best, the most web-specific way, are not on the New York Times site or Salon or Washingtonpost.com. The best job of story telling is being done by ... Amazon.
    
    BoyCaught finds this to be a pretty interesting theory. (b/w oliverwillis)
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  2. 07:31:49 PM
  3. Where are the stories that are being told in a new way appropriate to this medium? In my opinion, the stories that are done in the best, the most web-specific way, are not on the New York Times site or Salon or Washingtonpost.com. The best job of story te..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. communications
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03212001}
  2. {03:08:38 AM}
  content
  1. Poynter.org
  2. The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalism.
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  2. 03:08:38 AM
  3. The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalism...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. news and media
  3. internet
  type
« Tuesday « March 20, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {07:27:27 PM}
  content
  1. U.S. Faces An Energy Shortfall, Bush Says
    
    (washingtonpost.com)
  2. President Bush and his top advisers warned yesterday that the United States is facing a looming energy crisis that could further undermine the economy and produce widespread power blackouts as the White House made its case for a broad overhaul of national energy policy.
    
    Bush and his oil cabal in effect. Isn't it obvious what's going on here? These *ssholes are advancing their own, private interests in oil and petroleum at our expense. Don't forget that the Bush family has deep, deep history in the oil business. In a society so greedy for energy, what a great way to dominate not only the economy but people's everyday lives. (Of course, bubbleah, you don't think this is part of their agenda. It's just a natural energy crisis, not a man-made one. See the link below about rolling blackouts in Cali.) Want to know how to mess up your day? Face the ongoing prospect of blackouts, especially when you need it most, like on blistering hot days, or right when you're in the middle of all that intense computer activity at the office. If you want relief, well, you will have to bow down to the energy gods.
    
    The litmus test for Bush and his cronies will be alternative energy. BoyCaught predicts this administration will do everything in its power (no pun) to stifle research and development of energy sources not based on fossil fuels. They wouldn't want to risk losing their increasing chokehold around your neck.
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  2. 07:27:27 PM
  3. President Bush and his top advisers warned yesterday that the United States is facing a looming energy crisis that could further undermine the economy and produce widespread power blackouts as the White House made its case for a broad overhaul of national..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. energy
  3. government
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {06:57:07 PM}
  content
  1. Rolling Blackouts Ordered in California
    
    (Yahoo! News/Full Coverage)
  2. Elevators ground to a halt and lights winked out Monday in Beverly Hills, Silicon Valley and other communities up and down California as rolling blackouts swept across the state for the first time. Nearly 1 million customers were affected in the worst day yet in California's power crisis. Many fear the blackouts are a preview of what is to come this summer.
    
    Things BoyCaught will probably do this summer: unplug, log off, go outside and take a hike. Maybe this power crisis will bring people together, instead of keep them apart, holed up in their air-conditioned homes. By the way, there is no air conditioning in BoyCaught's crib, so he's usually under a shade tree in the summertime anyway.
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  2. 06:57:07 PM
  3. Elevators ground to a halt and lights winked out Monday in Beverly Hills, Silicon Valley and other communities up and down California as rolling blackouts swept across the state for the first time. Nearly 1 million customers were affected in the worst day..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. energy
  3. economy
  type
3. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {06:46:12 PM}
  content
  1. phonezilla v8.00
  2. A photo-blog.
    
    Readers provide the commentary. BoyCaught like.
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  2. 06:46:12 PM
  3. A photo-blog...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. weblogs
  3. internet
  type
4. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {06:24:17 PM}
  content
  1. Bush signs off from the internet
    
    (London Telegraph)
  2. PRESIDENT BUSH has been forced to withdraw from cyberspace after lawyers warned him that any future emails could be made public. Under government regulations, White House emails form part of the federal presidential record and could be subject to subpoena.
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  2. 06:24:17 PM
  3. PRESIDENT BUSH has been forced to withdraw from cyberspace after lawyers warned him that any future emails could be made public. Under government regulations, White House emails form part of the federal presidential record and could be subject to subpoena..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. government
  type
5. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {06:20:21 PM}
  content
  1. 49 per cent of men enjoy reading on toilet, survey reveals
    
    (Ananova)
  2. Four out of ten people use a visit to the toilet to enjoy a quiet read, according to a survey.Some 49 per cent of men read while on the loo, compared to 26 per cent of women.
    
    No sh*t? (b/w net.headlines)
  metadata
  2. 06:20:21 PM
  3. Four out of ten people use a visit to the toilet to enjoy a quiet read, according to a survey.Some 49 per cent of men read while on the loo, compared to 26 per cent of women...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. health
  3. health
  type
6. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {06:11:44 PM}
  content
  1. Welcome to the Always-On World
    
    (IEEE Spectrum)
  2. You are sitting in the theater and your cell phone rings. The theater performance has been disrupted, but the caller is innocent. Instead, everyone is mad at you: you could have turned your phone off or switched it to vibrate instead of ringing. It's your fault. Now look at the situation from the point of view of relationships. This is a tremendous shift in human relationships: from episodic to always-on.
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  2. 06:11:44 PM
  3. You are sitting in the theater and your cell phone rings. The theater performance has been disrupted, but the caller is innocent. Instead, everyone is mad at you: you could have turned your phone off or switched it to vibrate instead of ringing. It's your..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. society
  type
7. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {04:24:17 PM}
  content
  1. Tony Soprano vs. Bobby Knight
    
    (ESPN Page2)
  2. Both intimidate the weak. Both live by a dinged code of ethics. But Bob Knight and Tony Soprano have more in common than meets the naked eye.
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  2. 04:24:17 PM
  3. Both intimidate the weak. Both live by a dinged code of ethics. But Bob Knight and Tony Soprano have more in common than meets the naked eye...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. humor
  3. sports
  type
8. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {01:42:57 AM}
  content
  1. A Sporting Gesture Puts New Ending on a Game That Racism Won in '57
    
    (LA Times)
  2. In the winter of 1957, Stanley Hill expected nothing more than a basketball game when he and his Iona College teammates traveled south to play the University of Mississippi. How could he know the Ole Miss players--all white--would leave the court before tip-off, ordered back to the locker room because one of their opponents--Hill--was black.
    
    Ole Miss beat Iona on Friday, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in its history on last Sunday. But BoyCaught wonders if things have really changed in the 43 years since Hill was denied his chance to play ... or has the hatred just submerged and tranformed into something else.
  metadata
  2. 01:42:57 AM
  3. In the winter of 1957, Stanley Hill expected nothing more than a basketball game when he and his Iona College teammates traveled south to play the University of Mississippi. How could he know the Ole Miss players—all white—would leave the co..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. racism
  3. sports
  type
9. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {01:35:56 AM}
  content
  1. The danger of living 'down low'
    
    (USA Today)
  2. Black women think he's Prince Charming: well-paid, well-educated, nicely dressed, active in church and devoted to family.Yet, there's something the women don't know and maybe never will...
    
    Some bruthas try to have it both ways ... and in the process f*ck it up for everyone. Dayammmmmmm!
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  2. 01:35:56 AM
  3. Black women think he's Prince Charming: well-paid, well-educated, nicely dressed, active in church and devoted to family.Yet, there's something the women don't know and maybe never will......"
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. sexuality
  3. black people
  type
10. datetime
  1. {03202001}
  2. {01:31:29 AM}
  content
  1. Study Faults Hill on E-mail
    
    (Roll Call)
  2. "Growing numbers of citizens are frustrated by what they perceive to be Congress' lack of responsiveness to e-mail," the report, "E-mail Overload in Congress: Managing a Communications Crisis," states. "At the same time, Congress is frustrated by what it perceives to be e-citizens' lack of understanding of how Congress works and the constraints under which it must operate."
    
    Citizens spamming Congress. And Congress unable to do anything about spamming. A microcosm of American government: inertia. Somehow, and sadly, BoyCaught figures that this is the way it was intended to be.
  metadata
  2. 01:31:29 AM
  3. "Growing numbers of citizens are frustrated by what they perceive to be Congress' lack of responsiveness to e-mail," the report, "E-mail Overload in Congress: Managing a Communications Crisis," states. "At the same time, Congress is frustrated by what it..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. government
  type
« Sunday « March 18, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03182001}
  2. {08:19:31 PM}
  content
  1. HotJabber.com Instant Messaging
  2. Hotjabber.com is a free Instant Messaging service for anyone who need to communicate on the Internet. It resembles ICQ and AIM but is far more flexible. With a single client/account you can communicate with ICQ, AIM, Microsoft Messenger and YAHOO Messenger.
    
    Like Mr. T used to say: quit the jibber-jabber .. and just get Jabber, fool.
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  2. 08:19:31 PM
  3. Hotjabber.com is a free Instant Messaging service for anyone who need to communicate on the Internet. It resembles ICQ and AIM but is far more flexible. With a single client/account you can communicate with ICQ, AIM, Microsoft Messenger and YAHOO Messenge..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. internet
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03182001}
  2. {08:03:42 PM}
  content
  1. News: Digital TV snowed in by 'Napster factor'
    
    (ZDNet)
  2. Without adequate protection, Tauzin noted, there will be no content. With no content, no consumer market. "I do not want the transition to digital television to mean the end of quality free, over-the-air programming," he said, adding that his committee will hold an entire hearing on subject of copy protection in the digital age later this year.
    
    Who are these idiots? Out of the thousands of programs broadcast each year, free, over-the-air, there's probably less than a handful that you could honestly label as quality. What are they fighting for here: the right to have more talk shows, informercials, and wrestling broadcast in on DTV? Go read a book.
  metadata
  2. 08:03:42 PM
  3. Without adequate protection, Tauzin noted, there will be no content. With no content, no consumer market. "I do not want the transition to digital television to mean the end of quality free, over-the-air programming," he said, adding that his committee wi..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. television
  3. technology
  type
3. datetime
  1. {03182001}
  2. {07:47:15 PM}
  content
  1. Web Site Ads, Holding Sway, Start to Blare
    
    (New York Times)
  2. "Too many people involved with the Internet have been too shy about advertising," said Scott Kurnit, chief Internet officer of Primedia, the publishing company that bought About .com, the big Web portal he founded. "The ads are too small and not intrusive enough."
    
    Hmmm, not intrusive enough? This is why BoyCaught, and millions like him are cynical about this mass-market culture we live in. Look, everyone has to make a living somehow, but if you're going to just keep lining us up and spraying us with round after round of shells from your marketing uzi-auto-loaders, then have the decency to call us "targets" and not consumers. And to this guy quoted above, BoyCaught hopes he gets a dinnertime telemarketing call every hour on the hour for the rest of his crass life. (Registration may be required: use cibblog/cibcib as username/password.)
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  2. 07:47:15 PM
  3. "Too many people involved with the Internet have been too shy about advertising," said Scott Kurnit, chief Internet officer of Primedia, the publishing company that bought About .com, the big Web portal he founded. "The ads are too small and not intrusive..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. marketing and advertising
  3. internet
  type
4. datetime
  1. {03182001}
  2. {07:20:33 PM}
  content
  1. Report Finds Racial Bias In Rape Investigation
    
    (Click2Houston)
  2. The agency said that the department disregarded the woman's specific description of her assailant, instead, photographing deputies of different sizes, weights, ages and complexions, some of whom were not assigned to the shift or floor where the alleged incident occurred. Findings of the investigation also contradict the department's contention that the woman's description of her assailant was vague.
    
    This reminds BoyCaught of the time he was standing outside a bar with friends in Palo Alto one night, not fifty yards across the street from the police station. All of a sudden, two police cars pull up and one of the cops approach BoyCaught and ask, "Excuse sir, can we talk to you?" "About what?" "There's been reports of a purse snatching downtown." BoyCaught turns to his friend and shrugs. "So?" "You fit the description." "What desription would that be, officer?" "A black man wearing a baseball hat." (Loudly) "What! You've got to be kidding!" The other three cops step closer. Meanwhile a scene is being created in front of this very busy bar ... call it 'The Blue Chalk Cafe.' "Well, that's not a very conclusive description, officer. You don't have a description of height, weight, age, or other things? Just any black man in a baseball cap will do? This is a joke. What are you a rookie? If I was stealing purses would I be standing across the street from the police station?" No answer. Pause. "I'll need to see some ID." "Why? Am I being charged with something?" "Procedure." BoyCaught reaches for his wallet, noting the other cops. "I am getting my wallet ... okay?" "Thank you." BoyCaught hands over the California's drivers license. The officer starts writing something on the pad. "I'll also have to take a Polaroid!" Livid: "This is ridiculous, officer. What's your badge number?" Long story short: BoyCaught was photographed that night ... and he rarely wears a baseball cap anymore.
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  2. 07:20:33 PM
  3. The agency said that the department disregarded the woman's specific description of her assailant, instead, photographing deputies of different sizes, weights, ages and complexions, some of whom were not assigned to the shift or floor where the alleged in..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. crime
  3. racism
  type
« Thursday « March 15, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03152001}
  2. {12:42:30 PM}
  content
  1. S P O R T S J O N E S
  2. SportsJones is the name, the place to be, if you want to see sports in a different light.
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  2. 12:42:30 PM
  3. SportsJones is the name, the place to be, if you want to see sports in a different light...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. sports
  3. internet
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03152001}
  2. {12:49:14 AM}
  content
  1. Controversial Powell statements blamed on slip of the tongue
    
    (CNN.com)
  2. The State Department is playing down comments by Secretary of State Colin Powell, who officials say misspoke twice last week on key mainstays of U.S. international policy -- one relating to Jerusalem, the other to Taiwan
    
    It looks like Dubya's dumbness is rubbing off on Powell. Or maybe he has foot-in-the-mouth (sic) disease. BoyCaught hears that's spreading internationally.
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  2. 12:49:14 AM
  3. The State Department is playing down comments by Secretary of State Colin Powell, who officials say misspoke twice last week on key mainstays of U.S. international policy — one relating to Jerusalem, the other to Taiwan..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. politics
  3. news
  type
« Tuesday « March 13, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03132001}
  2. {04:49:36 AM}
  content
  1. Back the Net: The Crusade
    
    (ICONOCAST)
  2. Demonstrate your dedication to the Internet. On April 3, join us in "Back the Net Day." Donate Online. Make a real diffference by visiting a site like iGive.com. Support the Internet Economy. Avoid offline retail stores. Instead, visit your favorite online store(s) and make at least one purchase. Or buy 10 shares in a company you admire.The Internet is very young. Some mistakes have been made. But this budding industry still needs your support. Your participation will send a signal to Wall Street that Netizens will not abandon their favorite medium.
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  2. 04:49:36 AM
  3. Demonstrate your dedication to the Internet. On April 3, join us in "Back the Net Day." Donate Online. Make a real diffference by visiting a site like iGive.com. Support the Internet Economy. Avoid offline retail stores. Instead, visit your favorite onl..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. economy
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03132001}
  2. {03:41:36 AM}
  content
  1. IT
  2. IT News from The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.
  metadata
  2. 03:41:36 AM
  3. IT News from The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. information technology
  3. news
  type
3. datetime
  1. {03132001}
  2. {01:34:53 AM}
  content
  1. Why I am a Bad Correspondent
    
    (By Neal Stephenson)
  2. If I organize my life in such a way that I get lots of long, consecutive, uninterrupted time-chunks, I can write novels. But as those chunks get separated and fragmented, my productivity as a novelist drops spectacularly. What replaces it? Instead of a novel that will be around for a long time, and that will, with luck, be read by many people, there is a bunch of e-mail messages that I have sent out to individual persons, and a few speeches given at various conferences.
    
    BoyCaught is not a (published) novelist, but Stephenson's little piece offers a decent argument for not responding to E-mails: it interrupts his creative flow. And let's face it, there's just not enough time in the day to respond to everything. One of the good things about website is that you can (theoretically) address lots of people, and they can consume your commentary when they want. Everyone should have a personal website, because then they'd see how hard it is to create something on a regular basis, which would give them a better appreciation of the entire creative process. Making stuff is hard. Making great stuff is astronomically hard.
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  2. 01:34:53 AM
  3. If I organize my life in such a way that I get lots of long, consecutive, uninterrupted time-chunks, I can write novels. But as those chunks get separated and fragmented, my productivity as a novelist drops spectacularly. What replaces it? Instead of a no..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. literature
  type
« Sunday « March 11, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03112001}
  2. {09:55:17 AM}
  content
  1. Signs of strong economy disappoint investors
    
    (sunspot.net)
  2. The larger-than-predicted expansion of the job rolls is a strong indicator that the nation's $10 trillion economy is not teetering on the brink of recession, as was widely believed less than two months ago.
    
    It's just the title of this article that gets BoyCaught: a "strong economy" is bad for investors. Somewhere, some fat rich banker is pissed off that John Doe still has a job. This is an ugly world.
  metadata
  2. 09:55:17 AM
  3. The larger-than-predicted expansion of the job rolls is a strong indicator that the nation's $10 trillion economy is not teetering on the brink of recession, as was widely believed less than two months ago...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. economics
  3. business
  type
« Saturday « March 10, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03102001}
  2. {11:32:01 AM}
  content
  1. Black or White (Beauty in the 1930s?)
    
    (AFRO-Americ@)
  2. Advertisers have successfully exploited the cultural psyche of Black women and Black men and have given us a peculiar insight into Black life. The implication was that natural physical traits of blackness were defective, whiteness was now the norm for Blacks to emulate. Blackness could be corrected by purchasing and using the proper chemicals on the hair and skin.
    
    The funny thing is, even though this particular story focuses on the 1930s, BoyCaught was in Walgreens yesterday, and he saw about half-a-dozen "skin whitener" products on the shelves. Stop the madness.
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  2. 11:32:01 AM
  3. Advertisers have successfully exploited the c..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. black people
  3. racism
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03102001}
  2. {11:01:02 AM}
  content
  1. Black History Database
  2. Welcome to the all-new This Week in Black History Database. There's an interesting history behind the development of this resource, but if you wanted to know it, you'd have already clicked on the link, I guess, so we'll just move on.
    
    A new home/URL for a site that's been around for a while.
  metadata
  2. 11:01:02 AM
  3. Welcome to the all-new This Week in Black History Database. There's an interesting history behind the development of this resource, but if you wanted to know it, you'd have already clicked on the link, I guess, so we'll just move on...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. history
  3. black people
  type
3. datetime
  1. {03102001}
  2. {10:57:03 AM}
  content
  1. Mathaba.Net
  2. Mathaba is an old Arabic word meaning 'the place where people gather (to do justice.)' What we are trying to do at Mathaba.net (pronounced Ma-thah-ba) is to make a homepage and meeting place for people concerned with social justice around the world. Further we aim to make it an alternative information resource, where you can find thousands of links and useful information.
  metadata
  2. 10:57:03 AM
  3. Mathaba is an old Arabic word meaning 'the place where people gather (to do justice.)' What we are trying to do at Mathaba.net (pronounced Ma-thah-ba) is to make a homepage and meeting place for people concerned with social justice around the world. Furt..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. black people
  3. reference
  type
4. datetime
  1. {03102001}
  2. {10:35:19 AM}
  content
  1. WorldNetDaily
  2. A Free Press For A Free People/
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  2. 10:35:19 AM
  3. A Free Press For A Free People/..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. news and media
  3. internet
  type
5. datetime
  1. {03102001}
  2. {10:22:30 AM}
  content
  1. Education & Vigilance Network
  2. Anti-racist information and resource center. Standing up, speaking ou, challenging others.
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  2. 10:22:30 AM
  3. Anti-racist information and resource center. Standing up, speaking ou, challenging others...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. racism
  3. reference
  type
6. datetime
  1. {03102001}
  2. {10:20:34 AM}
  content
  1. Compound Interest
    
    (Citypaper.Net)
  2. Kicked out of their Idaho enclave, neo-Nazis have moved to Pennsylvania. A former member is coming to town to warn Philadelphians. August Kreis and Mark Thomas didn
  metadata
  2. 10:20:34 AM
  3. Kicked out of their Idaho enclave, neo-Nazis have moved to Pennsylvania. A former member is coming to town to warn Philadelphians. August Kreis and Mark Thomas didn..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. racism
  3. racism
  type
7. datetime
  1. {03102001}
  2. {10:15:59 AM}
  content
  1. Drug smugglers dig tunnels into US
    
    (The Times UK)
  2. We think that the tunnels we have found so far are only a part of a much wider network of underground channels used to bring cocaine across the vast frontier.
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  2. 10:15:59 AM
  3. We think that the tunnels we have found so far are only a part of a much wider network of underground channels used to bring cocaine across the vast frontier...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. crime
  3. crime
  type
8. datetime
  1. {03102001}
  2. {09:36:42 AM}
  content
  1. FBI: Massive Web Heists
    
    (Wired News)
  2. More than a million credit card numbers have been stolen from e-commerce websites over the past year, according to the FBI, which blamed the crimes on organized hacker groups in Russia and the Ukraine.
  metadata
  2. 09:36:42 AM
  3. More than a million credit card numbers have been stolen from e-commerce websites over the past year, according to the FBI, which blamed the crimes on organized hacker groups in Russia and the Ukraine...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. crime
  3. internet
  type
9. datetime
  1. {03102001}
  2. {09:10:30 AM}
  content
  1. Doctors defiant on cloning
    
    (BBC)
  2. Cloning may be considered as the last frontier to overcome male sterility and give the possibility to infertile males to pass on their genetic pattern.
    
    BoyCaught is completely against cloning. It's preposterous that these doctors wish to play God. Infertile humans are not supposed to "pass on their genetic pattern." A biological Pandora's Box is being pried open here, and theres going to be consequences and repercussions for everyone. Stop the madness.
  metadata
  2. 09:10:30 AM
  3. Cloning may be considered as the last frontier to overcome male sterility and give the possibility to infertile males to pass on their genetic pattern...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. biology
  3. technology
  type
« Thursday « March 8, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03082001}
  2. {08:06:40 AM}
  content
  1. Weekly Population Report
  2. State of California, Estimates and Statistical Analysis Section.
    
    Uh, that would be the state's prison population. There are more than 160,000 people behind bars in state prisons. Approximately two thirds are people of color. Something's really wrong with those statistics. To link crime to people of color is both insulting and depressing. The numbers are there, but they don't add up.
  metadata
  2. 08:06:40 AM
  3. State of California, Estimates and Statistical Analysis Section...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. crime
  3. reference
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03082001}
  2. {08:01:12 AM}
  content
  1. merchants of cool: what teens think
    
    (PBS.org)
  2. "I think the people like Tom Green and shows like Jackass are responsible for some of the moral decline we're seeing, because they're putting it on MTV, one of the most popular TV stations, and it's kind of a clich
    
    These are some of the reactions from actual teens to the "Master of Cool" program PBS aired recently. BoyCaught believes that children are our future and what a cynical future this portends.
  metadata
  2. 08:01:12 AM
  3. "I think the people like Tom Green and shows like Jackass are responsible for some of the moral decline we're seeing, because they're putting it on MTV, one of the most popular TV stations, and it's kind of a clich..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. marketing and advertising
  3. society
  type
3. datetime
  1. {03082001}
  2. {02:06:48 AM}
  content
  1. Are you a Cultural Creative?
  2. Questionaire. This list can give you an idea. Choose the statements that you agree with.
  metadata
  2. 02:06:48 AM
  3. Questionaire. This list can give you an idea. Choose the statements that you agree with...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. culture
  3. society
  type
4. datetime
  1. {03082001}
  2. {01:09:41 AM}
  content
  1. Gov. Bush's Tax Cut Left Texas in Fiscal Bind
    
    (Chicago Tribune)
  2. Two years ago, Texas was flush with money, and then-Gov. Bush pushed through a large tax cut. Now, as Texas lawmakers draft a new two-year budget, state finances are strained, and critics believe significant needs will go unmet, including insurance coverage for children in low-income families and community services for the disabled.
  metadata
  2. 01:09:41 AM
  3. Two years ago, Texas was flush with money, and then-Gov. Bush pushed through a large tax cut. Now, as Texas lawmakers draft a new two-year budget, state finances are strained, and critics believe significant needs will go unmet, including insurance covera..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. taxes
  3. government
  type
5. datetime
  1. {03082001}
  2. {12:55:35 AM}
  content
  1. A Prisoner's Dictionary
  2. Language is ever-changing. This is particularly true in prisons, where there is the motion of people coming and going, a culture based on a unique set of circumstances, and the need to speak in words that often carry depths of meaning.
  metadata
  2. 12:55:35 AM
  3. Language is ever-changing. This is particularly true in prisons, where there is the motion of people coming and going, a culture based on a unique set of circumstances, and the need to speak in words that often carry depths of meaning...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. crime
  3. reference
  type
« Wednesday « March 7, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03072001}
  2. {08:03:08 AM}
  content
  1. School Shootings and White Denial
    
    (AlterNet)
  2. What affects the urban "ghetto" today will be coming to a Wal-Mart near you tomorrow, and unless you address the emptiness, pain, isolation and lack of hope felt by children of color and the poor, then don't be shocked when the support systems aren't there for your kids either.
    
    Wow. Lately, it seems like [cIb] is becoming like randomWalks2, but they keep on finding these great stories that expose a side of America rarely discussed in the so-called mainstream. Based on the way cultural issues are portraying around here, BoyCaught thinks they ought to rename it the 'vanillastream' or something to that affect (b/w randomWalks)
  metadata
  2. 08:03:08 AM
  3. What affects the urban "ghetto" today will be coming to a Wal-Mart near you tomorrow, and unless you address the emptiness, pain, isolation and lack of hope felt by children of color and the poor, then don't be shocked when the support systems aren't ther..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. crime
  3. racism
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03072001}
  2. {03:19:43 PM}
  content
  1. All Your Brand Are Belong to Us
  2. Building Up Your Media Immune System: Right this very second, chances are there is a marketing team somewhere trying to hijack "All your Base Are Belong to Us" in order to sell you something. Doing this makes their job that much harder.
    
    So BoyCaught missed the boat on that other meme, this one's more apropos since this is the industry that pays da rent. (b/w ghost rocket)
  metadata
  2. 03:19:43 PM
  3. Building Up Your Media Immune System: Right this very second, chances are there is a marketing team somewhere trying to hijack "All your Base Are Belong to Us" in order to sell you something. Doing this makes their job that much harder...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. marketing and advertising
  3. internet
  type
« Tuesday « March 6, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03062001}
  2. {09:08:14 PM}
  content
  1. Live Simple: Rule your stuff
  2. Everything you own costs you. It costs money to get stuff, space to store it, energy to transport it, and your attention to deal with it. By having only the items that you need, you'll gain a significant cost savings by avoiding the money, space, and energy costs of clutter.
    
    Excellent advice. And while BoyCaught is poking around, asking questions:what's this december.com site all about? Looks like an interesting site, just busting out with all kinda resources. (b/w evhead)
  metadata
  2. 09:08:14 PM
  3. Everything you own costs you. It costs money to get stuff, space to store it, energy to transport it, and your attention to deal with it. By having only the items that you need, you'll gain a significant cost savings by avoiding the money, space, and ener..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. advice
  3. internet
  type
« Monday « March 5, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03052001}
  2. {07:00:02 PM}
  content
  1. Have a nice recession
    
    (Globe & Mail)
  2. Addiction merchants love recessions. Tough economic eras can also be periods of invention. Creativity springs from dissatisfaction, not from having it all. Consider a work of genius called The Simpsons. The Fox series, which premiered in December of 1989, was a byproduct of hard times: Would its skeptical portrayal of the American Dream have succeeded so brilliantly if the world hadn't witnessed both Eighties excess and the carnage that followed?
    
    BoyCaught figures that the prosperous good ol' times of the bygone Clintonian era explain why The Simpsons have been so wack lately. (b/w Waterloo Wide Web)
  metadata
  2. 07:00:02 PM
  3. Addiction merchants love recessions. Tough economic eras can also be periods of invention. Creativity springs from dissatisfaction, not from having it all. Consider a work of genius called The Simpsons. The Fox series, which premiered in December o..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. economics
  3. sports
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03052001}
  2. {01:17:45 AM}
  content
  1. The Sopranos: Season Three
    
    (HBO.com)
  2. [ c|b ].rating: 4.4/5 stars (88%)
  3. Synopsis: Tony has a 'chat' with Meadow's new boyfriend Noah.
    
    The new boyfriend is part Jewish, and part Black. It's the latter that gets Tony's attention, and he gives Noah the "guess who's coming to dinner" speech, which between the very obvious lines says: stay away from my daughter you damn !
    
    One of the reasons BoyCaught likes the show is because of its realism. BoyCaught grew up in East Orange, New Jersey. Right next door was the town of Bloomfield, a place often mentioned in the show, and the site of at least one shooting incident during the first two seasons. The Black folk all lived in EO, and the Italians in Bloomfield. To say that there was no love between the two communities would be putting it lightly. They say reality television is the wave of the future, and The Sopranos seems to have that ... in, uh, spades.
  metadata
  2. 01:17:45 AM
  3. Synopsis: Tony has a 'chat' with Meadow's new boyfriend Noah...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. racism
  type
« Sunday « March 4, 2001
1. datetime
  1. {03042001}
  2. {01:26:20 PM}
  content
  1. Snapshot: Allergies and People of Color
    
    (MarketSeqment.com)
  2. Hispanics and African Americans tend to overindex against Anglos on common everyday sicknesses like colds and allergies. In a recent study, over one third of Hispanics said to have suffered from the flu (influenza) in the past year, more than twice the number of Anglos.
    
    Gee willikers, that's good to know: now all of the pharmauceutical companies can double the prices of their flu remedies in certain neighborhoods. Guess which ones? And here's the science-fiction writer in BoyCaught, thinking out loud: how would you test the efficacy of a biological weapon? Find a group you could easily identify and that are generally confined to certain geographic locations. Nah, that's too far fetched ... like WHO would want to play God and do things like control certain populations? Science fiction.
    (This tidbit is from a private newsletter BoyCaught receives weekly. Re-publishing it is not cool, but some of the information in that newsletter just begs to be shared with you, the few kind readers of [cIb]. Information wants to be free. Stay tuned.)
  metadata
  2. 01:26:20 PM
  3. Hispanics and African Americans tend to overindex against Anglos on common everyday sicknesses like colds and allergies. In a recent study, over one third of Hispanics said to have suffered from the flu (influenza) in the past year, more than twice the..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. medicine
  3. health
  type
2. datetime
  1. {03042001}
  2. {01:21:21 PM}
  content
  1. Quinacrine
  2. Quinacrine Sterilization: The Most Important New Family Planning Method Since the Pill. QS, a female non-surgical sterilization method already used by over 100,000 women with no reported deaths or life threatening complications ... As the drug is off-patent, the cost of the pellets and inserter is under $5. [But] a scientifically unsupported WHO letter claimed "WHO and FDA officials would be surprised if quinacrine doesn?t turn out to be carcinogenic."
    
    Is this science or is this fiction? And just who is behind the WHO, and why would they want to sidetrack a method of birth control that is apparently safe? (b/w of Dominik G., thanks.)
  metadata
  2. 01:21:21 PM
  3. Quinacrine Sterilization: The Most Important New Family Planning Method Since the Pill. QS, a female non-surgical sterilization method already used by over 100,000 women with no reported deaths or life threatening complications ... As the drug is off-p..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. world population counts
  3. health
  type
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(LA Times)

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(hypergene)

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(washingtonpost.com)

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« Sunday « March 18, 2001

(ZDNet)

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(CNN.com)

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(sunspot.net)

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(AFRO-Americ@)

(Citypaper.Net)

(The Times UK)

(Wired News)

(BBC)

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(PBS.org)

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