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- (Venezuela) Venezuela is supporting armed opposition groups from neighboring Colombia. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(80%), $propaganda_theme1(80%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- WILMINGTON, Del. - With its fastest and most expensive trains in the Northeast late nearly 30 percent of the time, Amtrak will make significant changes to its Acela Express service later this month in an effort to boost reliability and attract more high-paying business travelers. |
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- A series of articles about the heroine in SF movies and comics. Although in Italian, the galleries are international - meet up with Barbarella, Jodelle, Pravda and many more. [The Cartoonist] |
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- I wish I were Sofia Coppola. Then I could say, hey, Air, why don't you, like, record a song for the soundtrack of my new movie, Lost in Translation? And then they would and the song would be great and I would play it on my iPod again and again, so much so that it would become my #1 most played song in a single day. That would be cool....... |
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- Did a bit of noodling around with the archives of the remaindered links. Not perfect yet. Soon, my pets, soon. And then we'll show them. More details about RemainderedLinksCon tomorrow! |
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- Last Thursday, I posted a remaindered link to an article on advocate.com about the "Montana Family [Coalition's] plans to launch a campaign against the new television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". The article included a quote by Julie Millam, executive director for the Coalition, about the show: To me, that's not a reality show about gay people. |
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- If you're strapped for new music and flush with cash, you might want to check out You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene. I didn't think much of it at first, but after listening to it a few times, it's really grown on me and has become a regular in the rotation on my iPod. (via almostcool)...... |
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- Salam Pax, our man in Baghdad, has written a book called Salam Pax: The Clandestine Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi and it's available for preorder on Amazon. One unusual thing I noticed is if you look at the current list of related books on the Amazon page, four out of the five authors listed have weblogs: Neal Pollack, Virginia Postrel, Charles Stross, and Tom Tomorrow....... |
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- One of my favorite books, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, is being turned into a three part NOVA special to be aired on PBS in late October & early November. Here's what I wrote about the book back in April 2001: The Elegant Universe (paperback version) is easily the most accessible book on modern (and postmodern? |
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- From Criminal Records, an article from the Sunday Times Magazine on UK pirate radio: There is a studio mobile too. It vibrates every few seconds like a faulty alarm clock, as listeners call and text. Scrolling through its inbox, I notice scores of "missed calls". |
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- Ca va pas, mm pas du tt, jvous raconterai demain, ca a rien avoir avec seb, g envie de prendre des sommifères et de m'endormir pour toujours, j'ai envie de mourrir, j'ai envie de quitter ce monde. |
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- Here's a fun tip for visitors to (or even residents of) NYC. If you're in Grand Central, make your way down to the lower level where all the food is and find the Oyster Bar. In front of the entrance is an archway about 12-16 feet across. If you and a companion stand facing opposite walls of the arch just inside the archway and whisper to each other, you will...... |
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- Crise de larmes aujourd'hui. Je sors de la douche, je m'habille et là je vois que je ne rentre plus dans un de mes jeans... A midi, remarque de ma grand mère : "Bein dis donc Aleth.... T'en as pris du ventre ces derniers temps... |
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- Here's a handy tip for all you font lovers out there. If you're going to do something crazy like use Dong Casual, be smart and use Safe Font as well....... |
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- Eh oui, on ne peut pas décider d'entamer une nouvelle vie sans auparavant mettre en ordre son appartement (studio) en ordre. Aussi cette journée a été consacrée à cette vénérable tâche (avec beaucoup de pauses!!!). Il ne me reste que le repassage. Une charmante petite pile m'attend (j'attends que le film commence). |
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Thirty (Oct 05 2003 19:32 GMT) - Had a nice birthday this weekend, which was good after a couple not-so-good birthdays in years past. Cookies from my mom, a present for myself, an excellent meal at Gramercy Tavern (one of the best 3 or 4 meals I've ever had in a restaurant, highly recommended), and a mini one-day vacation to Midtown Manhattan, including a trip to the Met to see an exhibit of French Daguerreotypes and a...... |
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- Voila la suite de ma chtite vie... |
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- A timely post from Steven Johnson about creating "mob spots" for political campaigns. Well, timely for me because I was thinking about something similar last week. As the next step in the utilization of the Web in his campaign, Howard Dean should open up a b3ta-like forum for people who want to create digital media (photos, movies, music, Flash animations, etc. |
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- I stand alone in the elevator, right in the middle, equidistant from the four walls. Before the doors close, a woman enters. Unconsciously, I move over to make room for her. We stand side by side with equal amounts of space between the two of us and between each of us and the walls of the elevator. On the 12th floor, a man gets on and the woman and I...... |
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- Giles Turnbull wrote a fun piece for O'Reilly showcasing the Docks of some OS X users. This is my Dock (well, as of last week...the one on my new Powerbook looks a bit different now). What does yours look like? Post a screenshot to your site and paste a link (and description if you'd like) to it in the comments....... |
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- I was just at the Barnes and Noble on 48th & 5th. Jimmy Fallon and his sister were there signing copies of their new book, I Hate This Place: The Pessimist's Guide to Life. |
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- Have you noticed that Google is acting more and more like a stupid marketing/advertising company lately? It's one of the side effects of not really being a search engine company and seems to fly in the face of Sergey Brin's Google rule #1: "Don't be evil". According to this post on Russell Beattie's site, Google recently changed their Terms and Conditions to prohibit criticism of their AdSense " |
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- After six weeks, things are starting to become a bit clearer in the SEC races, particularly in the East. So it?s time to handicap the... |
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- The News, Left-wing daily of Karachi, Pakistan |
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- Interfax, Government-owned news agency, Moscow, Russia |
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- Islamic Republic News Agency, Government-owned news agency of Tehran, Iran |
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- I've decided to buy an used Jobo processor so I'll be able to process my own slide films, instead... |
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- Trogdor as a cross stitch. *Burninating the peasants!*... |
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- Finished reading it today, number 272 in my personal books archive. This story flows in the 20's of the last century in Brazil, and tells about love and life in the Cocoa boom years of Brazil. |
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- Finished reading it today, number 272 in my personal books archive. This story flows in the 20's of the last century in Brazil, and tells about love and life in the Cocoa boom years of Brazil. |
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- Finished reading it today, number 272 in my personal books archive. This story flows in the 20's of the last century in Brazil, and tells about love and life in the Cocoa boom years of Brazil. |
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- Am I the only one that thinks stores like Linen N Things have jumped the gun by starting to sell... |
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- Vienna Woods Glanmire 70 Dart Killester 62 |
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- If you were inclined to be fair to Bush, the hoopla over so-called Weapons of Mass Destruction is quite irrelevant. While Bush lied repeatedly about Iraq's weapons in order to gain support for his war, the true justification didn't rely on those lies at all. Bush's true justification for conquering Iraq is his "pre-emptive strike" doctrine. According to this doctrine, Bush is entitled to conquer any country, entirely at his own whim. We aren't supposed to question Bush's judgement. |
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- If you were inclined to be fair to Bush, the hoopla over so-called Weapons of Mass Destruction is quite irrelevant. While Bush lied repeatedly about Iraq's weapons in order to gain support for his war, the true justification didn't rely on those lies at all. Bush's true justification for conquering Iraq is his "pre-emptive strike" doctrine. According to this doctrine, Bush is entitled to conquer any country, entirely at his own whim. We aren't supposed to question Bush's judgement. |
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