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- Celtics must pull out stops Boston Globe Dec 1 2003... |
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- Someone must have failed to do some actual research, because Wired News has an article today about inexpensive digital cameras that includes one model that isn't digital at all. Despite its name, Kodak's new Plus Digital single-use camera actually uses traditional 35mm film, something they could have easily checked if they'd actually bothered to check the page on Kodak's website that they link to in the article. Read... |
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- Someone must have failed to do some actual research, because Wired News has an article today about inexpensive digital cameras that includes one model that isn't digital at all. Despite its name, Kodak's new Plus Digital single-use camera actually uses traditional 35mm film, something they could have easily checked if they'd actually bothered to check the page on Kodak' |
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- AmericanExpress.com - New Card Offering with 5% Cash Back. (repost) Earn up to 5% cash back with the newest Blue -- Blue Cash(SM) from American Express. |
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- Sarah and Rachel writes "Sarah and Rachel (the Library Job People) announce the creation of a brand new site, Beyond the Job, a career development blog for information professionals. Find calls for contributors, job search advice, articles on the profession, scholarships and grants, conference info, and more! Got ideas to submit? Send them in. RSS feed available for all those aggregator folks out there. |
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- Spiffy Vancouver Sun article on a new technique that enables archivists to look at film footage in 3-D. "The Holcus effect" uses unique lenses that allow viewers to look at two simultaneously running sets of unaltered two-dimensional film footage -- running a few frames apart -- and have their brain convert this information into a 3-D image. |
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- Boeing-Chef Condit reicht es. Um "Kontroversen zu beenden" trat Condit heute mit sofortiger Wirkung zurück. Es ist bereits das zweite Ausscheiden eines Top-Managers binnen einer Woche: Finanzchef Sears war letzte Woche wegen unethischen Verhaltens gefeuert worden. |
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- Griz's teamwork, gritty play pay off Memphis Commercial Appeal Dec 1 2003... |
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- Must reading: Howard Reich's series of articles in the Chicago Tribune about his mother, Sonia Riech, and her experiences in... |
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- According to JapanConsuming, a specialist retail and consumer markets research company, 5,500 lined up in the rain for the opening of Apple's new retail store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district Sunday... |
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- I enjoyed Thanksgiving in Menlo Park with my family — I flew in on Wednesday afternoon, we had Thanksgiving on... |
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Poem take 2 (Dec 01 2003 15:58 GMT) - I reworked this after some thought. Let me know if you like anything about the other one better; I don't... |
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- Kevin Fagan of the Chronicle gets unnervingly close to a band of homeless people. Much of it is too sickening to read, but it should be read anyway. |
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Spooooooon! (Dec 01 2003 15:58 GMT) - For those fortunate to have seen the short-lived, live-action TV series based on The Tick comic books and cartoon, or... |
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- From Wired News: First Microsoft set out to put a computer in every home. Now the software giant hopes to put one in every vehicle, too.“We’ |
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- Let's play a game. I was just reading an article about John Waters in which he says the following -- Waters zipped through the gallery, giving a visitor an informal, docent-style tour of his work -- beginning with the $4,000, black-and-green needlepoint pillow stitched with the word "Flop" that provides the exhibit with its title.Many movie producers, explains Waters, decorate their homes with needlepoint cushions, often spelling out "royalty" or "success." "My idea is that you should celebrate the worst aspect of your life. Everybody has a flop. |
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- Mi aggrego volentieri al gruppetto che estima gli interventi di Sua Santità JPS sul Blog Confuso per eccellenza.Provo sincero affetto per questo Papa, che mi ricorda (scusate l'autocitazio) il pontefice latore di SMS apparso in Net To Be. Ho... |
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- Mi aggrego volentieri al gruppetto che estima gli interventi di Sua Santità JPS sul Blog Confuso per eccellenza.Provo sincero affetto per questo Papa, che mi ricorda (scusate l'autocitazio) il pontefice latore di SMS apparso in Net To Be. Ho... |
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- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told NATO allies on Monday that the United States would welcome more help in Iraq. Other U.S. officials said some European defense ministers suggested that NATO might assume command of a multinational division now led by Poland. |
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- WHAT: "The New Ruthless Economy: Work and Power in the Digital Age" -- A Century Foundation Policy Forum |
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- Last night I talked to a friend in Montana, whose power was out due to inclement weather. She lives in this big old farmhouse, with real live horses in the pasture behind. It all sounds fine and romantic until the power goes out, and you have to light the wood fire by moonlight. She's a grad student and had a lot of reading to finish by today. |
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- eBags.com offers the TechWeave Laptop Protector for $9.99. That's $5 off the regular price and among the least expensive laptop sleeves we've seen....(more) |
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- Defensive consistency eludes Suns Arizona Republic Dec 1 2003... |
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- The Bharatiya Janata Party may snatch Madhya Pradesh from the Congress, they say. |
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- Lately, the Election Commission has been exhorting the electorate: "Do vote. It's your right and duty." |
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- Mr. Picassohead is a lot of fun to play around with. That is where I created my masterpiece, Iona Lise. (Original, eh? ; |
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- Mr. Picassohead is a lot of fun to play around with. That is where I created my masterpiece, Iona Lise. (Original, eh? ; |
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- appMac, creator of wkiosk, announced a new version. This new version uses Apple Safari HTML engine, and is a free upgrade for customers of wKiosk 2. Version 2.2 is still available, and uses Gecko. Wonder why they switched? |
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- Madsen eager to go but finds rest is best St. Paul Pioneer Press Dec 1 2003... |
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- The factory-refurbished Kodak EasyShare DX4330 3.1-megapixel digital camera costs $189.99 at TigerDirect.com. That's $30 off our last mention and the... |
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- The factory-refurbished Kodak EasyShare DX4330 3.1-megapixel digital camera costs $189.99 at TigerDirect.com. That's $30 off our last mention and the... |
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- The Sixties are remembered for many things, including rock bands from the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco and the psychedelic posters that advertised their concerts. To commemorate that era, an exhibit called "Feelin' Groovy: Rock 'n' Roll Graphics, 1966-70" opens Dec. 15 and runs through Jan. 19... |
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- Inside Problems Could Get Worse for Clippers LA Times Dec 1 2003... |
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- It's common for a mom to be lying awake in bed while her baby or toddler is snoozing blissfully. Unfortunately, low quantity and poor quality (= depth) of sleep erode a mother's health and well-being, and give her a strong shove down the slippery slope toward depression. |
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- An interesting story about the house of the not so far off future, totally wired and such. It'll make life easier, I promise. |
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- In a sign of simmering tension at the top of one of the nation's largest media giants, Walt Disney Co. vice chairman Roy E. Disney stepped down from the board of directors and called on chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner to resign in a scathing letter. |
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