How nice to see some coverage of blogging in the popular press.
See the Time Magazine article by Chris Taylor:
Pssst. Wanna See My Blog? .
How nice to see
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I’m trying to do a
I’m trying to do a more inclusive job of blogging the issues falling under my radar. If all goes well that means the amount and regularity of my postings will increase from this day forward. Wish me luck!
Final Fantasy is a fantastic
Final Fantasy is a fantastic movie with one of the most intricate plots I have had the pleasure to experience in a long time.
Bad news though: Square USA, the studio that made Final Fantasy is closing up shop.
I believe that all the movie critics that claimed the film had a “weak story line” were either too stupid to get the plot (which is rather complex) or didn’t even really watch it — and just panned it based on the heresay of others.
I predict that the brilliance of this well scripted, brilliantly directed, plausibly depicted and meticulously executed film will get more recognition in the future. Hopefully after it is seen by more people now that it is available on DVD. (Yes I just bought it and watched it again to make sure it was as great as I remembered.)
I think it was perhaps the best film of 2001.
I’ll even throw it into my top ten films of all time.
Anyway, here are the sad details, courtesy of David Briscoe for Salon. (Thanks, Cory.)
The head of the GAO
The head of the GAO says Cheney is lying about the details behind its lawsuit against him.
See the Byron York article on the National Review Online:
GAO to Cheney: You
Despite the dismal headlines today,
Despite the dismal headlines today, there is still nothing known for certain yet about the fate of Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Perl.
See the CNN story:
E-mail claims U.S. reporter in Pakistan killed.
AOL doesn’t want instant messaging
AOL doesn’t want instant messaging interoperability. Tough luck for them — it is the future.
Trillian isn’t the first of these instant messaging integration programs. To my knowledge, Jabber was the first.
See:
AOL shuts out users in battle over IM,
by Lisa M. Bowman for ZDNet News.
People using the popular Trillian software may lose access to part of AOL Time Warner’s instant messaging system.
Firing another salvo in the battle over instant messaging, America Online is blocking people using the Trillian interface from linking to its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) system.
Trillian, which allows people to access multiple instant messaging programs from one screen, has attracted nearly a million people who are hoping to streamline their use of incompatible systems, including AOL’s AIM and ICQ, Yahoo’s Messenger and Microsoft’s MSN Messenger.
But in the past 24 hours, an elaborate game of cat and mouse has developed between AOL and Trillian creator Cerulean Studios–as the start-up has repeatedly released new software designed to get around the block, prompting AOL to rush in and stop people from using it.
Meanwhile, Trillian fans are snared in cross fire.
A new monkey study suggests
A new monkey study suggests that playing a more dominant role in one’s peer group leads to increased dopamine production and a subsequently a decrease in the desire to seek artificial stimulation.
See the article:
Monkey junkies
by Anjana Ahuja for the Times of London.
Pictoplasma provides an archive
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Pictoplasma |
Here’s a great collection
Here’s a great collection of Bush/Monkey Faces.
Looks like former Enron executive
Looks like former Enron executive J. Clifford Baxter knew too much. See the CNN article:
Former Enron executive dies in apparent suicide
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J. Clifford Baxter was found dead at 2:23 a.m., said Pat Whitty of the Sugar Land Police. Sugar Land is about six miles southeast of Houston.
“Baxter had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” Whitty said. “He was discovered inside a vehicle … A suicide note was found at the scene. There was no sign of foul play. Inside his wallet was an ID indicating he was an employee of Enron.”
The contents of the suicide note were not disclosed.
During an afternoon news conference, Sgt. Truman Body of the Sugar Land Police said an autopsy has been ordered. Body also said that a revolver had been found inside the car.