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- From Wired: Rappers in Disharmony on P2P. Two popular rappers added their voices to the debate over file sharing in the Senate on Tuesday, a platform usually dominated by the music industry's lobbying group. The Recording Industry Association of America keeps a united front, but LL Cool J and Chuck D candidly shared their opposing views on file sharing and its effect on the industry. The musicians were invited to testify before the U. |
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- First of all, I don't give a hoot about the Oscar awards. But this has got to be one of the stupidest decisions I've ever heard: Oscars Screen Scratched. Apparently Academy Award voters are going to have see movies the old-fashioned way--in movie theaters. The major studios have agreed to go along with the Motion Picture Association of America's proposal to stop the sending out DVD and video screeners to those who vote for the Oscars and other Hollywood awards. |
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- Art that features the president of the United States. These appear to be the work of The Worried Shrimp. (via Love And The Happy Cynic) Permalink Created Wed, 01 Oct 2003 ### |
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- Rock Wisdom is... ... An online reference book of over 11,000 song quotes. They are categorized, searchable, and you can even request random quotes. Unfortunately, the server seems to be slower than molasses. |
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- In the U.S., major league baseball is winding down. October means playoffs, and eventually the World Series (where World is defined as the U.S. |
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- Here's an interesting article for digital camera owners: Depth of field and your digital camera. It explains something that I've noticed for a long time. With a digital camera, it's very difficult to take a shot that has a very shallow depth of field. For the typical digital camera user, a wide depth of field is good -- it ensures that their photos will be in focus. |
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- Following is a list of some of the more unusual search requests from last month. These are search strings that people typed into a Web search engine -- and they ended up at the J-Walk Blog. This is just a small sampling. What recipe contains HAGGIS and POUTINE * japanese puberty photo * forced to walk nude * curly howard in a bathing suit *sawed in half celebrity images * shaved tooth sensitive * world record for longest period for wearing dental braces * Walkenbach not John *micosoft fish * E...[MORE] |
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- From CBS News: Bedbugs Make a Comeback. They creep quietly beneath bed sheets in the darkness of night, in search of a blood feast from an unsuspecting, slumbering host. They engorge themselves with blood and disappear with the same stealth. Once thought virtually eradicated in the United States, the bedbug is back. |
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Deteriorata (Oct 01 2003 17:59 GMT) - Long-time National Lampoon fans might appreciate this multimedia version of Deteriorata. You are a Fluke of the Universe. You have no right to be here, and whether you can hear it or not, the Universe is laughing behind you back. Permalink Created Wed, 01 Oct 2003 ### |
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- Forget the do-not-call registry. If you're a country, you can sign up for the Do Not Bomb Registry. Permalink Created Wed, 01 Oct 2003 ### |
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- If you ever need to insult someone, here's a great source for ideas. This is just a tiny excerpt: You're a...phlegm slurping, pimple juggling, acne basting, booger grasping, bum blowing, turd mounting, spit feeling, ooze sucking, toad grasping, walrus clawing, grandma basting, ass stinking, dump fondling, squirrel clutching, wart wacking, tramp twitching, chimp frenching, phlegm squealing, gay sniffing, hog feeding, crab hugging, ape biting, spit mounting, urine stinking, camel guzzling, booger...[MORE] |
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- From MSDN: Design Your Own Weblog Application from Scratch Using ASP.NET, JavaScript, and OLE DB In this article the author builds a full-featured blog application to illustrate the use of the Repeater and DataList controls that render nested data in a master-detail relationship. He then discusses how to override the default implementations of these controls by adding some client-side JavaScript code that makes the blog more responsive and enhances its usability. And here's the finished produc... |
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- From BBC News: The amazing memory man. Andi Bell has ten shuffled packs of playing cards placed in front of him and is given just 20 minutes to memorise the order of every single card - all 520. When he is tested, Andi - the 2002 world memory champion - correctly remembers the position in the packs and the value of every single card he is tested on. Permalink Created Wed, 01 Oct 2003 ### |
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- The sport of toe wrestling has 10 rules. Rule #1: Each match is played by two men or two women; mixed matches are not allowed because of the danger of myxomatoesis. Rule #7: |
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- A few days ago I linked to a "shut-down" letter from Microsoft to Lindows. Here's the reply letter from Lindows. I am surprised at some of your objections, specifically your protests that digital signatures are not valid. You seem to have no objections when digital signatures are used to attempt to build Microsoft's profits such as with MSN, Expedia, or .Net. |
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Save Karyn! (Oct 01 2003 17:59 GMT) - Oct. 1 - Say you're $20,000 in debt, what steps would you take to get out of it? One woman went to the internet and begged, and begged, and then begged some more. |
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Flamingo (Oct 01 2003 17:59 GMT) - Greenpeace Nature documentaries mark end of conference |
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- On Saturday we were invited to a festival for families of Korean adoptees at the Korean Community Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. This is an annual event, put on by the congregation for the benefit of people just like us. The KCPC has a brand new building, completed this summer, and it's quite impressive. |
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- Oct. 1 - Conservative Rush Limbaugh is once again stirring up controversy claiming N.F.L. quarterback is not a good player and is only getting respect because he's black. |
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- Oct. 1 - An escaped convict is back behind bars after leading police on a wild chase through the streets of Alhambra. Another convict is still at large. |
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- Oct. 1 - If you've been on the roads lately, you probably already know that traffic in L.A. is horrible. But according to a new study, it's the worst in America. |
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- Oct. 1 - A teenage mother is behind bars, accused of viciously beating her toddler. The child is currently on life support. |
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- Oct. 1 - The stars hit the red carpet for the premiere of the new romantic comedy 'Intolerable Cruelty' starring Catherine Zeta Jones and George Clooney. |
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- Report: Microsoft dominance poses security risk | CNET News.com A computer industry group critical of Microsoft plans to release a report Wednesday asserting that the software giant's dominance in key technologies threatens the national infrastructure. The report from the Computer... |
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- I have finally finished the article I've been working on. What's more we've sent it in and hopefully it will be accepted fo ... [1] [2] [3] |
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- Why do public schools have to hire teachers that are in the union? I'll look that up and get back... |
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- Yen Hui asked Confucius, "When Meng Sun Tsai’s mother died, he cried but did not weep. He was not sad at heart. He observed mourning without sorrow. With these failings, he was nevertheless considered the best mourner in the state. |
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- I’m standing at the fax machine, yet again, and decide to review the attached "General Durable Power of Attorney" that the sellers of the house sent us last week. A legal document through and through, my first instinct is to leave it on the counter and stare blankly into space while waiting for the transmission to finish, but some vague recollection of advice I was given makes me stop and peruse the item. (The advice went something like this: "When at all possible, obtain copies of other people’ |
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- I walk up the driveway to our house and there’s a skinny kid in a baseball cap fiddling with the breaker box inside the garage. Wow, the inspector’s young, I think to myself and say hello. I don’ |
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Upgrades (Oct 01 2003 17:58 GMT) - In response to several requests for the software I use to design this site, Dreamweaver is the best tool I’ve found for quick and easy HTML layout -- I upgraded to MX 2004 this weekend, which is well worth the few extra bucks -- and although I wouldn’t be a true geek without saying notepad still holds a special place in my heart, Macromedia has eliminated that need by providing a syntax-highlighting code-view option. Toss in the database viewer and the side-panel FTP’er and there’ |
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- This is a public service announcement. Last year on October 3rd, I decided to download Redhat's new OS with the cool new Bluewave UI and couldn't wait to try it out on my Dell using a back up hard drive. You can see the article here: My Life as a Cautionary Tale What happened was that I forgot to swap drives, and instead wiped my working Windows hard drive off the map, erasing 8 months worth of work, emails, etc. from the last time I backed up. |
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- Wow. Google just slammed Erik. No reasons. No recourse. Just thanks, buh-bye now. |
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- I turned the heat on today. I have to say that I've been pleasantly surprised with the weather here in Madrid this year. My first 3 years here were pretty miserable with short, blazing hot summers and cold rainy springs and autumns, and freezing winters. But this year after a mild winter, Summer arrived really early and just stayed. From May until today. |
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- ComaVN writes "Not a big surprise for those who have followed the recent SCO misery, but SCO is going after SGI. According to SGI, SCO intends to terminate ... |
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- ComaVN writes "Not a big surprise for those who have followed the recent SCO misery, but SCO is going after SGI. According to SGI, SCO intends to terminate ... |
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- Pawlenty proposes plan for $100,000 'super teachers' Interested teachers would have to give up the job security that comes with... |
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- The Brink of Sanity: on morality chip looks at morality issues. timely.... |
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- You dont have time to scale that nearby mountain to ask a wisened, bearded guru for the answer to the meaning of life, or perhaps time to run down to the auto repair shop to ask about that pinging sound in the back of your car. Instead you might challenge this site with your questions - you may find that it actually sorta answers them. So far it's got about 70% accuracy - which is pretty good for an unthinking machine... |
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- Die deutsche Blogosphere hat viel zu wenig sinnlose Konflikte. Also los, ich will mich jetzt streiten: Heiko, Du bist doof! Nico, Du bist doof!, Haiko, Du bist doof! |
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