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- They don't control the horizontal and the vertical anymore. There were big anti-terror/pro-democracy demonstrations in Baghdad today. Glenn Reynolds points out they were noticed grudgingly, when at all, by the 'professional' 'media'. A few years ago this would have meant the story didn't exist. Times change.... |
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- Leftist Ted Rall suggests in his latest column that Howard Dean should just be crowned already. TED RALL GONE WILD! |
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- It's a long way from being ready for prime time — pages are served the same day, if you're lucky, and God forbid you should want a complete page of... |
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- The American Association of University Professors recently published a report, Academic Freedom and National Security in a Time of Crisis:... |
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- The "Post-Embarrassment Society" "The success of society babe Paris Hilton's reality TV show "The Simple Life," hard on the heels of the bootleg porn tape showing her steamily in flagrante delicto ... proves once again there is no such thing as bad pre |
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Hmmm... (Dec 12 2003 03:27 GMT) - I'm really trying to stay out of this... Even though moxie has now passed me up. I will not beg...... |
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- Christmas Travel details: Arrive in Winnipeg: 15:55 Sunday, 21 Dec 03, Flight WS 105 Depart Winnipeg: 09: |
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- NASA plans to embed wings of the three remaining space shuttles with high-tech sensors to detect blows from debris. But a member of an oversight panel said Thursday that the sensors would be unable to determine damage caused by strikes. |
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- If you're not reading Billmon already, you should be. He delivers another bang-on-target essay here. Something at the core of the American spirit has been corrupted -- by wealth and power and the steady commercialization of just about everything. And we're a nation divided, more so than at any time since the Civil War, split into mutually hostile camps, secular and religious, liberal and conservative, casually cosmopolitan and reflexively, if not rabidly, nationalist. So the war on terrorism has become just another skirmish in the war between the cultures. |
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- If you're not reading Billmon already, you should be. He delivers another bang-on-target essay here. Something at the core of the American spirit has been corrupted -- by wealth and power and the steady commercialization of just about everything. And we're a nation divided, more so than at any time since the Civil War, split into mutually hostile camps, secular and religious, liberal and conservative, casually cosmopolitan and reflexively, if not rabidly, nationalist. So the war on terrorism has become just another skirmish in the war between the cultures. |
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- Christopher Scheer says, "Even in this one-party town the Democratic Party's fortunes are eroding" in reference to the squeaker of a mayoral race in San Franscisco. He also sees problems with the national party: The sad, mostly unacknowledged fact is that in the shadow of Bill Clinton's enormous charisma and political brilliance, the Democratic Party has been steadily receding in influence across this country for more than a decade. Congress, gubernatorial races, city elections... |
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- Neat-o-keen epidemiological concept: use informal surveys to identify the highly connected individuals who are likely to be super-spreaders of illness, then vaccinate them. ... ... ... |
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- During last week's NYC snowstorm, an entrepreneur set up shop in Times Square, selling snowballs for $1/pop. ... ... The young man was Gilberto Triplitt, a 28-year-old unemployed artist from Queens who attended LaGuardia High School and worked in a furniture store until it closed in the post-Sept. 11 downturn. |
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- Wow. Michael Crichton gives a lecture, arguing persuasively that "consensus science" is not science at all. Models that purport to predict the distant future are not science, but religion. This paper is a must read. Many people believe scientists and believe popular media reports of recent science research. |
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- Here we are, 11 days into the month, and I just don't have the first clue about getting gifts for anyone. Not a single thing comes to mind. There is nothing I would even like for myself, other than my condo to be finished so I can move in. I'm not overly into material things anymore. Well, I am, but not from others. |
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- I think this was number ten in eight months. The company seemed really cool, it had nice offices, and it's private and non-profit. It's also really small, only 175 employees, which I think is a plus. The job sounds really... |
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Simple (Dec 12 2003 03:25 GMT) - I had the good fortunate of catching the first The Simple Life - FOX - Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie @ Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs" href="http://www. realitytvworld. com/thesimplelife/"> The Simple... |
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Anti-Vir (Dec 12 2003 03:24 GMT) - I’ve been looking for a good tool to protect Wife’s, Daughter’s, and the family computer from the scum-of-the-earth-writers of computer virii. I may have found something that will do the job, at a cost we can afford — |
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- So, I have close to 9,000 mp3s after I burned the several hundred CDs that I owed plus miscellaneous mp3s... |
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- The technology and engineering section of the DOAJ contains a number of full text journals in ten subject divisions, ranging currently between one and four titles per section, apart from the computer science section with over 20. Browsing and searching options are available. The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access full text scientific and scholarly journals which meet certain quality criteria, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. An FAQ page is also offered. |
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- today is my sister's 2nd birthday. Happy Birthday, Carol Ann! Wow, she's gotten so big since then. How time flies... Listening to: |
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- FAIR ACTION ALERT:Did Kucinich's criticism of Koppel influence decision?For the record, before ABC's decision to cut back coverage, Kucinich, Sharpton and Moseley Braun had been mentioned a combined total of 10 times this year on ABC's World News Tonight, according to a search of the Nexis database. Only one of those mentions referred to the candidate's position on a policy. |
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- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is putting out a warning about the dangers of drinking and driving for Latinos. |
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