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The Left Half of My Brain
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The Devil in the White City (Mar 15 2004 23:58 GMT) - A Christmas present from A., The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson, is not the sort of book that I usually read. It's about the construction of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and its attendant success. It's a miraculous story. |
gammatron (phase ii)
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Spanish Elections (Mar 15 2004 23:58 GMT) - I'm not convinced that yesterday's Spanish elections are as big a victory for "the terrorists" (whoever was actually responsible) as most are making it out to be. True, it will probably embolden terrorists to try similar attacks in the future, but I don't think that the voters were completely acting in surrender to the attackers (though some no doubt were). The fact most often rolled out to explain this behavior is that 80-90% of Spaniards oppose Spanish involvement in Iraq. On the face, that sounds overwhelming, but it's obvious most of those that oppose the war aren't frothing-at-the-mouth mad about it. It's more like opposition to same sex marriage here in the US. |
Joho the Blog
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[sxsw] Librarians (Mar 15 2004 23:57 GMT) - Dinah Sanders of Metagrrrrl is the moderator. Liz Lawley: Her mission is to convince people that librarians are relevant to IT. Cynthia Hill is a librarian for Sun. Tanya Rabourn is an info architect with MetLife. |
RoommateBlog
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Time Management Guru (Mar 15 2004 23:57 GMT) - Jimbo bought some new clothes. Now he has another red shirt and another grey/blue shirt, both of the Hawaiian persuasion, of course. I guess he decided it was just easier to buy new shirts rather than wasting time washing the... |
Blogator.com
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Calendar/temperature confusion (Mar 15 2004 23:56 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - The calendar says that it's still winter for another week. WeatherPop tells me that it's 88 degrees outside right now... |
Blogator.com
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Problems mount for EDS (Mar 15 2004 23:56 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - The IT services giant reports deepening troubles with a major commercial contract and predicts a loss of up to $75 million related to pension liability. |
Early Adopter Weblog
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Grab Bag (Mar 15 2004 23:54 GMT) - The Fallacy of UDDI Author David Platts latest newsletter features an article debunking UDDI. Google solved his problems faster. He invites readers to respond with real stories of how youve actually used UDDI to solve a real problem, so |
Due Diligence
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Wi-Fi is an amenity (Mar 15 2004 23:54 GMT) - Public 802.11 access has already gone far enough that watering holes are competing based on 'location based services' added to the free access. No, not ads. Here's a report of free streaming music as the latest competitive tweak in the Austin market. Now, if Starbuck's can say "free samples", they might finally be able to make the CD kiosk idea work, leveraging the customer's equipment. |
patchwork progression
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Southpark Patch (Mar 15 2004 23:53 GMT) - This is basically what what I would like if you were to find me casually walking around the streets of Southpark. I ran across the Southpark Character Creator via a great blog I just discovered, Cosmic Goober, during my daily run-through of Forum4Bloggers. I took some Photoshop liberties with the website's resulting creation (e.g., the glasses, hair color, and stubble) to more accurately reflect how Matt and Trey might portray me, but Comedy Central's site does provide a great deal of flexibility in character design.... |
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