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Life as it Comes
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Powerbook En Route (Jun 18 2004 15:59 GMT) - My Powerbook was loaded onto the Fedex van in Shanghai, China at 7:52 am local time (8:52 pm Shanghai time). In other news, I sold my iBook yesterday.... |
linkfilter.net
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Me Write Pretty Someday: Deciphering Bush's Notes (Jun 18 2004 15:59 GMT) - A source who prefers anonymity has sent Atrios a print-quality color photo of Bush at yesterday's cabinet meeting -- which clearly (if at a difficult angle) shows Bush's talking points in his own handwriting. Yep, it's real -- you can see the notes in other photos of the same meeting, albeit not nearly as well. So for the first time, we get to see the little scratches Chimpy makes for himself so he doesn't need to call for Uncle Dick every five minutes. |
linkfilter.net
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Pot Noodle (Jun 18 2004 15:59 GMT) - A funny spoof porn site with some fun games and activities. Viral for Pot Noodles. May be NSFW. |
DigitalDan.com
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E450 as an Car MP3 Player? (Jun 18 2004 15:58 GMT) - So this guy decided he wanted an mp3 player in his car and chose a SUN E450 to do it. This is a 250 pound server with 3 power supplies, multiple processors and is the size of a mini fridge. Ah, but it gets better. ... |
Radio X-Factor
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Thoughts on Pricing From JRN (Jun 18 2004 15:58 GMT) - Jones Radio Networks: "A radio station's inventory is like the tables in a restaurant. Just as a vacant table makes no money, unsold inventory is gone forever, while your overhead remains."... |
Indymedia Italia
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9mln di $ e nessun blitz (Jun 18 2004 15:58 GMT) - si è trattato di una semplice presa in consegna. Gli americani sono andati lì a colpo sicuro. Sapevano che gli ostaggi erano stati portati lì, si erano messi d’accordo. |
johnford.net
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Assorted radio and media news (Jun 18 2004 15:57 GMT) - Al Franken continues spinning. The FCC and John McCain are pushing for more election and political coverage (I'm ready to blow my brains out now.) The NRA gets a bang out of radio. Ever wonder what NPR was going to... |
Vision? Nary! - Media Hostages
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Another Ramone circling the drain (Jun 18 2004 15:57 GMT) - Johnny Ramone in hospital with cancer-related infection LOS ANGELES - Johnny Ramone, guitarist for the legendary punk band The Ramones, was hospitalized with an infection related to prostate cancer, his publicist said Thursday. "He is receiving the medication he needs and will be leaving the hospital next week to continue his recovery," spokesman Paul Bloch said. Damn. Hope he pulls through. |
WebLogs @ DotNetJunkies.com
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The changing landscape - relating a Don Box post about training (Jun 18 2004 15:57 GMT) - Don Box blogged about getting together with Martin Gudgin and Ted Pattison recently. In the post, he talks about the changed landscape in the training arena - how training has become commoditized, platform vendors are driving information and what he calls the 'Google Effect' (questions can be answered by a simple query). I was working with Regulator last night using the “ |
MyAppleMenu Reader
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Outsourcing Rejection (Jun 18 2004 15:56 GMT) - I screened job applicants over the phone for a compny I didn't work for. My favorite part: Arrogant middle managers who suddenly begun to grovel when they realized I wasn't the receptionist. By Ali Davis, Salon (via MyAppleMenu Reader) |
MyAppleMenu Reader
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You Call This A Vacation? (Jun 18 2004 15:56 GMT) - More and more people are taking "service vacations," where they pay for the privilege of spending a week performing back-breaking or mind-numbing tasks. By Andy Newman, New York Times (via MyAppleMenu Reader) |
Radio UserLand Messages
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Error Code 10060: How to fix (Jun 18 2004 15:55 GMT) - Can't upstream because "Can't read stream because TCP/IP error code 10060 - Connection timed out." What does this mean and what should i do? Everything was working fine yesterday and i haven't changed any perfs. :-( |
Jim Carson
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Truth in Employment (Jun 18 2004 15:55 GMT) - Director Mitch pointed me to an article on the interview twists and turns some HR people will inflict upon candidates. (Further commentary is available on Newmark's Door and Just Procastinating. Guest blogger Dr Bob makes some general HR rantiness.) Today wrote about his friend's desire to construct a totally truthful resume. After I left my quickie rewrite: |
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