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- If I post in the middle of the night, does it make any difference? |
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- Wow. This article from Wired discusses the country of Britannia -- a country which exists exclusively in cyberspace through popular role-playing games. The fact that Britannia is a virtual country has not kept real economic forces from arising around it. In short, there is a market for commodities which most players must work for by playing the game. The business is profitable enough that some players have forgone their real jobs to trade virtual goods full time. |
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CHANGES (May 19 2003 23:58 GMT) - Now that the war is over, WarFilter.com needs to change to PoliticsFilter as it said it would . . . |
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- William Hudson resigns form the Stanford ReviewWhen I joined, I was drawn to the group's conservative perspective, which I thought admirable in the face of a largely liberal campus, a position I still maintain. However, I can no longer judge the Stanford Review to be a fair representative of that cause, because I feel that it has let its political bias continually get in the way of journalistic standards of truth and fairness.Will's blog is in a new location and is now being powered by Blogger Pro. |
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- As Wired's war correspondent, I tracked the network from the generals' plasma screens at Central Command to the forward nodes... |
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- As Wired's war correspondent, I tracked the network from the generals' plasma screens at Central Command to the forward nodes... |
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- Have you seen the cool new Honda commercial? It may be originally inspired by Rube Goldberg, who designed many such contraptions. In any case, the most suprising thing about it is that the entire 2-minute sequence is 100% live and unedited. If there is a Guinness record for patience, I think these guys should win it. (See the original at the Honda website) |
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- Good news. It's not infected. The problem stems from one of the places where they injected novocaine. THAT'S what hurts.... |
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- According to the Iraqi doctors who first examined her, Jessica Lynch had no shot or stab wounds. Her life was saved by the brave medical staff of an Iraqi hospital -- whose members even donated their own blood when there was none on hand. The military staged the whole "rescue" to give the cameras something to look at. As far as the Shrub Administration is concerned, if all goes well, this rescue of Jessica Lynch was just the first of many "episodes" of these kinds of wars -- coming soon to a TV channel near you. Ripping yarns: |
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- I recently noticed that Adobe are releasing a professional DVD Authoring program called Encore, well now Adobe seem to be expanding their A/V empire by aquiring Syntrillium's Cool Edit Pro audio editing software.Also I recently blogged my suprise that Sonic Foundry had sold it's software assets to Sony Pictures Digital, now it seems they have sold its Entertainment Business to Deluxe Media Services, Inc. Click here for more info. |
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- A new administrator was named Monday to head the Miami-Dade district of the state Department of Children Families, an agency still grappling with the fallout from the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl in its care. |
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- Congratulations to Andy Baio, former art director of GettingIt.com and current meme superstar, for his hack into the New York Times complex. It is truly an honorable and worthy goal to expoit the Blair anomaly in THE paragon of 'credibility' with this timely jam.... |
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- What a great game by Matt Morris this afternoon. A complete game shutout, only 4 hits, 8 K and no walks. Eighty-two of his 117 pitches were for strikes. Carlos Zambrano pitched nearly as well for the Cubs, but 1... |
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- Two deadly bus attacks; remnants of a CIA-backed army fighting in the jungles; claims of two divisions of a neighboring army entering the country - all with the same dateline: Laos. The reports keep trickling in. |
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Dying (May 19 2003 23:55 GMT) - I think I am dying. Claritin seem to make thing worse, Zyrtec put me to sleep, and Sudafed also knocks... |
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- Simon Willison is doing a makeover of Scripting News using the latest CSS technology. |
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- Where do men who wear four thousand dollar suits get off calling middle class people who put their consciences where their mouths out and who work to get out the vote "elites"? |
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- WSJ.com - The 'Average' Interest Rate In Euro Zone Helps No One As far back as September I was suggesting that the solution for Germany's potential deflation problem is to more deeply integrate itself with the rest of the European Union. This seems counterintuitive at first, but when you consider that monetary policy, and hence, short term interest rates, are controlled by the European Central Bank it starts to make more sense. Right now the EU has an inflation rate of around 2.1%, but the inflation rate for the individual countries within the EU varies wildly, with Germany under 1%. |
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- Wait 'til they find out Danny Glover is on those Pilates infomercials. |
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- "Time Poverty" is the name of my current chapter in The Wizard of Ads. Roy H. Williams cites a study in which American business owners nearly unanimously agreed on the most important factors for employee advancement. First, was the person's ability to separate the important from the trivial - to prioritize. "Employers don't want their people wasting time on that which is not important, according toWilliams. |
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- The Senate is currently considering a $1 trillion increase in the debt ceiling. |
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- SCO has offered to document its far-reaching infringement claims against Linux for independent experts. The creator of Linux wants someone believable on the panel. |
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- I can't believe how often the images on Drudge's home page are linked directly from another site's server. |
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- I can't believe how often the images on Drudge's home page are linked directly from another site's server. |
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- I finally got a decent internet connection. I wanted to review this post about the three weeks leading up to this series. The next few weeks will be an interesting time in the schedule, however. Starting Tuesday, and up until... |
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- Smart and software-defined radio (discussion thread) |
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- Some songs. (317 words, 4 links) |
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- My girl really LOVES music...and you know what she really likes is COUNTRY music! How funny is that! This weekend... |
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- I had to remove the bumper pads from Molly's crib. She is now at the age that she will snuggle... |
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- Ok....the girl went through a stage of sleeping face down!! Right on her little nose! I walked into her room... |
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- There is a lot of interesting news coming out right now. I'm taking a break from a meeting right now and will post details later. However, here it is in brief: A. The Saudi king is in the hospital for eye surgery. |
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- Un carabiniere uccide la fidanzata, un pensionato la moglie, un inquilino un vicino di casa. Molto pulp, ma Il Nuovo minimizza e titola così: Pallottole vaganti C’eravamo tanto amati, incomprensioni di vicinato. La lettura delle storie poi non è |
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- We recently presented our vision of a version of Chandler, called Westwood, for higher education to a consortium of schools... |
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- A Sincere and Honest Thank You to Simon from Incutio Man I have to hand it to Simon. I don't think there's a time I don't stop by his blog and learn something. Often several somethings. |
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