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- Taking the unusual step today of devoting an entire post to our "Diarist of the day". The writer is Lawrence... |
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- It's the audio version of John's top-ten list of Rules of Service Design: Design services to be shared. Services have a clear purpose. Services are discoverable and support introspection. Services plug into a SOA. |
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- It's the audio version of John's top-ten list of Rules of Service Design: Design services to be shared. Services have a clear purpose. Services are discoverable and support introspection. Services plug into a SOA. |
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- Film News: Michael Fleming - Dish Dimension Films has enlisted screenwriter Leslie Dixon and director Todd Phillips for "O Sister Where Art Thou," a music-themed film based on a Texas Monthly article about eight female prison inmates who formed a singing act in the 1940s. |
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- Film News: Coveted redo rights acquired for Wilder-helmed pic MGM has made a deal with the Agatha Christie estate to remake the classic mystery "Witness for the Prosecution." The contemporized whodunit will be produced by Dan Rissner and Marion Rosenberg and exec produced by Daniel Melnick. |
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- Film News: H'w'd flirting, but gov't clamps down Hollywood is becoming enamored with porn at the very time that the Bush administration suddenly wants to throw cold water on the subject. Back in D.C., however, the administration is taking a much dimmer view. |
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- TV News: Sketches, characters to be at studio's disposal Sony Pictures Television is looking for laughs beyond Gotham and L.A., inking an exclusive multiyear development pact with Chi-based comedy factory Second City. |
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- Business News: World Brief Alma Media, parent company of Finland's biggest commercial broadcasting company MTV3, reported a fat rise in half-year profits thanks to a 50% cut in the country's commercial operating license. |
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- TV News: 'Blue' vet back in drama fold in Fox skein Here's some headline news on Andrea Thompson: She's returning to the small screen -- as an actress. |
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- Legit News: Troubled Sondheim tuner may be revived Stephen Sondheim fans can only hope and pray. The Roundabout is planning a September reading of the composer-lyricist's troubled baby "Merrily We Roll Along." |
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- Film News: Thesp given kudo for 'daring and demanding' perfs The American Cinematheque has tapped Nicole Kidman as its 18th American Cinematheque Award recipient. The actress will be feted Nov. 14 at the Cinematheque's annual benefit gala at the BevHilton; tribute will air Dec. |
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- Legit Reviews: An English theatrical warhorse gets an Asian makeover courtesy of the Young Vic revival of Harold Brighouse's "Hobson's Choice." And while it might seem audacious to transpose to modern-day, multiracial Salford a decidedly Caucasian slice of life, it's a no less bold move to entrust the venture to Richard Jones, the opera director. |
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- Film Reviews: Exuberantly bizarre tale of adolescent sexual confusion traces the relationship of two girls through convoluted plot twists involving Siamese twins, incest, a double murder, necromancy and schizophrenia -- or, perhaps, these are just the overheated imaginings of puberty. Pic may click with adventuresome arthouse auds before scoring on cable. |
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- Film Reviews: Korean cinema's original Angry Young Man, Kim Ki-duk, takes a big step forward with "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring," a sublime, witty, gritty and transcendental movie reflecting one man's life journey. Fests will lap this up, and specialized distribution looks equally promising, given the socko welcome at its Locarno world preem. |
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- Obituaries: Publicist Obituary |
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- Obituaries: Great-granddaughter of Alfred Hitchcock Obituary |
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- TV News: Cyberbiz brief Qwest Communications has allied with Sony Pictures Digital Networks in a bid to add subscribers to its broadband Internet service. |
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- Business News: Cyberbiz brief Sony Computer Entertainment is launching a new Web site for its 989 Sports brand in hopes of getting a leg up in the fiercely competitive sports videogame market. New site, 989sportsonline.com, will launch Aug. 26 in conjunction with 989's NFL Gameday 2004 for PlayStation 2. |
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- TV News: Co. announced an 85% rise in earnings before interest United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) has announced that it will complete its yearlong debt restructuring by the end of the month. In the half-year earnings report, company also revealed a swing to profit of E121.5 million ($136. |
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- Internet News: Cyberbiz brief |
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- TV News: Weathergirl expands resume with laffer, 'Ex-treme' KTTV weatherbabe Jillian Barberie is headed back to "Miami." Barberie, who seems to hold down a million jobs, is adding another one to her resume, booking a role on NBC's Warner Bros. TV-produced laffer "Good Morning, Miami" as -- spoiler alert!-- a weathergirl. |
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- Business News: Schwarzenegger, Bustamante, Ueberroth invited Arnold Schwarzenegger's debating skills will be on display next month. Plans for debates among the leading recall candidates began taking shape Thursday with announcements of a Sept. 9 event in Los Angeles, sponsored by the New California Media and Greenlining Institute, and a Sept. 17 contest in Sacramento, sponsored by the California Broadcasters Assn. |
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- Business News: Writers & Artists ends dispute with Brownstein Writers & Artists Agency and former agency partner David Brownstein have settled their differences in a confidential settlement, according to a joint statement faxed from the office of Writers & Artists attorney Peter Haviland of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. |
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- Film News: 'Dallas' scribes to pen pic based on '60' segment Intermedia Films has hired scribes Craig Borten and Melissa Wallack to pen a pic inspired by a June "60 Minutes" segment on industrial animal farming, in a deal valued at $200,000 against $400,000. |
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- Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Omagh bombing in which 29 people and unborn twin girls were killed. |
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- I wrote a net column titled Wireless slaves of freedom (in Finnish, Vapauden orjaksi langattomasti). The column discusses how information technology makes us slaves while promising freedom. |
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- Blackout Shuts Down the Northeast Including Parts of New Jersey |
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- National Defence Minister John McCallum raised eyebrows when he told reporters in a conference call Thursday evening the trigger event was a fire a... - www.indymedia.org:8080 |
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- The Center for Economic & Policy Research recently released a report titled Homeownership in a Bubble (PDF document). The report is rather lengthy but should be of particular interest to... |
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- Defcon was an event I would have attended this year if it were free. I was in Las Vegas last year and although it was interesting, the people there were the main point of interest, it was not as informative... |
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- With the power outage taking up the news, I dont' know how much coverage this story has gottenRiduan Isamuddin, known... |
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- Amazon Hacks is a collection of real-world tips, tricks, and full-scale solutions to practical uses of Amazon.com and the Amazon Web Services API . The book offers a variety of interesting ways for power users to get the most out of Amazon and its community, for Associates to hone their recommendations for better linking and more referral fees, for researchers to mine the enormous amount of information in Amazon's data store, and for developers to integrate Amazon Web Services into their applica... |
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- Another worm, another epidemic. Can companies find ways to halt the spread of self-propagating code? |
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- Boston Globe Aug 15 2003 0:11AM ET... |
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- Boston Globe Aug 15 2003 0:11AM ET... |
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- GameInfoWire Aug 14 2003 11:18PM ET... |
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- GameInfoWire Aug 14 2003 11:18PM ET... |
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- CNN Aug 15 2003 0:07AM ET... |
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- Washington Post Aug 15 2003 0:24AM ET... |
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- DellSB.com - Current Coupons And Promotions. 5% Off Dimension of $849 or more at Dell Small Biz Code: B8B5928A037A (exp. |
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- Looking for a skilled Zope programmer, fluent with Zope, CMF, Plone, Python, etc. It's a full time job. We are offering web services and are focusing more and more on CMS solutions. We want to improve our team and get solid players. |
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- Matsui's sacrifice fly caps three-run rally for New York in 7th |
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- Raleigh Police are investigating a hazing incident involving high school students at an NC State Basketball camp. Some members of the Avery County High School team say older players sexually assaulted the younger students. It allegedly took place at University Towers where they were staying for the Herb Sendek Basketball Camp. |
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- A robber held up a woman at a Johnston County ATM, but instead of getting away with the cash, he got a bullet. |
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