Dog-walking New Yorkers fear electrocution (Reuters)

Grok Headline matches for Dog-walking New Yorkers fear electrocution (Reuters)

New Yorkers pay to nap in city that
never sleeps (Reuters)

New Yorkers pay to nap in city that
never sleeps (Reuters) 07/08/2004 01:59 PM
Reuters - New York is called the city that never sleeps, but one small company wants that to change.

Convention Security Chases New Yorkers
Out of Town (Reuters)

Convention Security Chases New Yorkers
Out of Town (Reuters) 08/23/2004 12:46 PM
Reuters - Thousands of New Yorkers will work from home or leave the city to avoid next week's Republican convention and the tightest security in the history of U.S. political party gatherings.

Never fear - emergency condom man is
here (Reuters)

Never fear - emergency condom man is
here (Reuters) 05/28/2004 11:09 AM
Reuters - A Swedish aid organisation will roll out a new line of defence to the country's emergency services next week -- the condom ambulance.

Fear of Idolatry Sparks Wig Ban
(Reuters)

Fear of Idolatry Sparks Wig Ban
(Reuters) 05/14/2004 07:33 AM
Reuters - An ultraorthodox Jewish sage has issued a ritual ban against natural hair wigs from India, saying they may have been made from tresses shorn from women during Hindu ceremonies, Israeli newspapers reported on Friday.

U.S. MPs Fear Being Tarred with Abu
Ghraib Brush (Reuters)

U.S. MPs Fear Being Tarred with Abu
Ghraib Brush (Reuters) 07/24/2004 08:01 PM
Reuters - The men and women of the 870th Military Police Unit believe they did important work in Iraq, but fear it has gone unappreciated because of the place they did it -- Abu Ghraib prison.

Fear of idolatry sparks wig ban in
Israel (Reuters)

Fear of idolatry sparks wig ban in
Israel (Reuters) 05/14/2004 10:42 AM
Reuters - An ultraorthodox Jewish sage has issued a ritual ban against natural hair wigs from India, saying they may have been made from tresses shorn from women during Hindu ceremonies, Israeli newspapers report.

LA Officials Fear Attacks on City Malls
(Reuters)

LA Officials Fear Attacks on City Malls
(Reuters) 04/29/2004 10:40 AM
Reuters - Security was beefed up on Thursday at several malls and shopping centers near the Los Angeles Federal Building after police said they had been told one of them could be targeted for a "terrorist" attack.

Jaguar fear diamond lost forever
(Reuters)

Jaguar fear diamond lost forever
(Reuters) 05/24/2004 04:41 AM
Reuters - Diamonds might be forever but not when embedded in the nose of a Formula One car, as Jaguar has discovered.

Interest Rate Fear Fells Stocks
(Reuters)

Interest Rate Fear Fells Stocks
(Reuters) 04/13/2004 11:23 AM
Reuters - U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday, after a strikingly strong retail sales report raised worries that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates sooner than expected to cool a rapidly resurgent economy.

Spam e-mail plays on men's deepest fear
(Reuters)

Spam e-mail plays on men's deepest fear
(Reuters) 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - For many office workers, the day begins with deleting spam. These days, a lot of electronic junk mail hits below the belt by seeking to profit from many men's deepest fear -- that their penises are too small.

World Shark Attacks Drop as Swimmers
Learn to Fear (Reuters)

World Shark Attacks Drop as Swimmers
Learn to Fear (Reuters) 01/28/2004 11:25 AM
Reuters - Shark attacks around the world declined in 2003 for a third straight year, partly because swimmers and surfers grew more accustomed to thinking of the ocean as a wild and dangerous place, and possibly also because of a decline in the global shark population.

50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers

50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers 03/31/2005 07:35 PM
The 50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers. What, no Kottke?

New Yorkers Haterate at Eight

New Yorkers Haterate at Eight 08/09/2004 09:46 AM

According to this short bit by the Associated Press, the peak time for dates to go sour in New York City is 8 o'clock - at least if you go by data from the "date rescue" call service provided by Cingular and Virgin Mobile (pictured here using top scinece techniques to develop "lies"). Both services make a fake call to your cell at a pre-appointed time, giving you an excuse to ditch out on a crappy date if things aren't going as well as you'd hoped.

Or you could just do it the old fashioned way, and remind your date that in the spirit of honest communication, it's probably best to get the herpes talk out of the way first.

Read - Via Cell, Help's on the Way for Bad Dates [AP (Yahoo)]

"50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers"

"50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers" 04/04/2005 02:12 AM

New Yorkers mourn Pope

New Yorkers mourn Pope 04/03/2005 09:57 PM
Catholics in New York City's Little Italy neighbourhood speak kindly of John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope for 450 years.

ˆ‘ummation: How San Franciscans and New
Yorkers Differ

ˆ‘ummation: How San Franciscans and New
Yorkers Differ 04/22/2004 06:30 AM
The difference between San Franciscans and New Yorkers .. Auren's reflections on the difference

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Community News: PHP Training for New
Yorkers

Community News: PHP Training for New
Yorkers 02/20/2003 08:41 AM

Geek Conferences: Nothing to Fear but
Fear Itself

Geek Conferences: Nothing to Fear but
Fear Itself 02/16/2004 05:37 AM
Is the O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference elitist? This question seems to be stirring up the blogosphere, and causing lots of good people who I read and like to throw verbal bricks at each other. I thought that as someone who is clearly not a member of the blogging elite, I might have a useful perspective to offer. Is the conference elitist? Of course it is - and no, it isn't. Both are true. It is elitist in the sense that it requires interest, knowing that the conference is going to happen, and being able to come up with the large amounts of time and money to attend. This rules out a very large proportion of the world. However, if someone is motivated and willing to rough it, it is possible to attend the conference for a lot less money than the standard cost of the conference and swanky hotel. In my case I found cheap late night flights on Southwest, stayed in a very cheap hostel (though not as cheap as the hacker loft crash pad), and got a free pass to the conference by writing and asking Tim O'Reilly nicely for one -- I saw other free passes being given away via the Wiki. So the money doesn't have to be the huge barrier it seems like at first, but attending does require a bit of luck and or chutzpah, geographical proximity, and being willing to stay in considerably less than stellar accommodations. The conference can also feel elitist because so many of the people who attend know each other. Many of them have long-standing professional, technical and personal ties (and ongoing feuds). If, like me, you are somewhat reticent by nature, you don't have ties to lots of people at the conference, and you don't have any particular product or idea to promote, it can be easy to feel intimidated or like an outsider surrounded by insiders. For instance, one day of the conference I ran into Dan Gillmor, Doc Searls, Micah Sifry and Scott Rosenberg at a cafe next door to the conference. I read 3 out of 4 of them regularly, I respect their work a lot, and I would have enjoyed sitting at their lunch table and listening to them talk. Did they invite me to join them for lunch? Of course not, no more than I would invite a random stranger I saw...

New Yorkers for Fair Use Call to General
Assembly

New Yorkers for Fair Use Call to General
Assembly 03/08/2004 11:20 PM
>From the NOIS email list: Internet Commons Congress 2004 March 24-25, 2004, Outside Washington, DC Scheduled Sessions/Participants: http://www.internationalunity.org/schedule.html

New Yorkers in Congress Expect a Budget
Fight

New Yorkers in Congress Expect a Budget
Fight 01/03/2005 12:17 PM
Members of New York's heavily Democratic delegation on Capitol Hill worry they will be shoved aside when Congress returns to confront issues that impact the city and state.

Slaying Reminds New Yorkers of a More
Violent Era (Los Angeles Times)

Slaying Reminds New Yorkers of a More
Violent Era (Los Angeles Times) 02/07/2005 01:13 AM
Los Angeles Times - NEW YORK — In the chilly evening darkness, more than 200 people held candles and walked to a quiet street corner on Manhattan's Lower East Side. They were returning to the scene of a crime that has been front-page news in the Big Apple for more than a week.

"Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders
Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11
Attacks"

"Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders
Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11
Attacks" 09/02/2004 08:29 AM

Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders
Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11
Attacks

Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders
Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11
Attacks 08/31/2004 04:29 AM
Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11 Attacks and “Consciously Failed” To Act; 66% Call For New Probe of Unanswered Questions by Congress or New York’s Attorney General, New Zogby International Poll Reveals On the eve of a Republican National Convention invoking 9/11 symbols, sound bytes and imagery, half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of New York citizens overall say that some of our leaders "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act," according to the poll conducted by Zogby International. The poll of New York residents was conducted from Tuesday August 24 through Thursday August 26, 2004. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of +/-3.5. This is probably bad news for Rudy Giuliani.

Libraries Have Nothing to Fear [about
RSS] but Fear Itself

Libraries Have Nothing to Fear [about
RSS] but Fear Itself 07/14/2004 01:32 AM

Fear of RSS

"However, whether or not to use RSS on your site should no longer be an option. I believe it has become a necessity if you wish to compete with others in your industry....

For many users today, bookmarks have become useless since we have too many of them. Bookmarks allow for information overload just as easily as RSS does, but the difference is that RSS allows updates through all that information overload. A bookmark gets hidden, but if you update your site then the RSS feed will reflect that and tell the reader its time to view the content....

With the plethora of sites around fighting for the mindshare of your readers becomes essential. Why lessen your chances by not including a RSS feed? That opens the gates for everyone else to increase their readership. RSS feeds create more opportunities and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages." [BusinessLogs, via del.icio.us/tag/rss]

Walking to the sky.

Walking to the sky. 09/13/2004 03:44 AM

walking in la

walking in la 05/30/2004 08:25 PM
Anne and I walked 13 miles today, along The Strand from Dockweiler to Hermosa and back.

It was a perfect day to walk. Blue skies, a light breeze, tons of friendly people out walking their dogs, and a beach absolutely packed with people playing volleyball. There was this festive atmosphere everywhere, and I felt like my soul got a little recharge while my body got a light workout.

Let Your IT Do the Walking

Let Your IT Do the Walking 03/26/2005 02:36 AM
Constructech Magazine Mar 26 2005 6:44AM GMT

Mad Cow Walking

Mad Cow Walking 01/25/2004 01:54 AM
What if the Mad Cow wasn't a 'downer'?

Walking In A VR Future

Walking In A VR Future 08/11/2004 01:33 PM

Walking the Talk?

Walking the Talk? 03/19/2005 02:27 AM
Some U.S. execs make big noises about U.S. innovation -- but look overseas for new ideas.

It's a walking city after all

It's a walking city after all 11/19/2003 08:01 AM

I don't know why I started doing it, but for one reason or another I set about recording my feet walking through Vancouver when I was up there last week. I assembled a bunch of the clips and slapped a song I listened to a great deal on my way up there, Scott and Shannon's Nothing New. After editing the clips together in iMovie for about 30 minutes I've nearly gotten motion sickness, but hopefully you don't feel that way while watching it.

13 Mb mpeg-4 quicktime (right-click to save-as since my server doesn't recognize the mime-type)

Walking Manhattan

Walking Manhattan 01/03/2005 01:41 AM

In the last New Yorker issue of 2004 (I'm doing some catch-up reading), Ben McGrath has a fun Talk of the Town piece on Caleb Smith, a guy who walked every street on the island of Manhattan over the last year and a half.

The end of the piece mentions Mike Epstein, of the excellent Creative Commons-licensed photography blog Satan's Laundromat. Mike has taken up Smith's peripatetic legacy; he has "so far logged just two dozen miles, but he has plans for one-upmanship. He intends to do Roosevelt Island."

Walking octopuses

Walking octopuses 03/30/2005 09:14 PM
Camouflaged and Walking octopuses Octopus marginatus and Octopus (Abdopus) aculeatus, that walk along the seafloor using two alternating arms and apparently use the remaining six arms for camouflage.

Plustech Walking Machine

Plustech Walking Machine 03/17/2005 03:52 AM

Joel is out gallivanting across New Orleans and has presumably found his way to CTIA, where he'll be reporting from soon. Meanwhile, he's left the lot of you in my (allegedly) capable hands, with this message: Caveat emptor. That being said, let's get down to it. Plustech Oy (a John Deere subsidiary) has unleashed their Walking Machine—an indispensable, six-legged log-hauling machine that I assume can eat orphanages and other small buildings with ease. In reality, the Walking Machine is use for foresting and can determine ground pressure and adjust the machine's six shoes appropriately, allowing it to traverse various terrains. It's also able to detect and avoid obstacles, simply stepping over things in its path. Brilliantly controlled with a single joystick (and a complex computer navigation system), the Plustech website has some videos of the Walking Machine in action.

Product Page (with videos!) [Plustech via DefenseTech ]

Octopuses Seen Walking From Predators

Octopuses Seen Walking From Predators 03/26/2005 09:27 PM
Sci-Tech Today Mar 27 2005 12:00AM GMT

Girl disappears while walking dog

Girl disappears while walking dog 04/01/2005 02:47 PM
A teenage girl from Cornwall fails to return home after walking a dog while visiting her grandparents in Plymouth.

Shoppers walking away from purchases

Shoppers walking away from purchases 06/07/2004 07:05 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 7 2004 10:33PM GMT

RoboMessiahWatch: Walking On Water

RoboMessiahWatch: Walking On Water 08/02/2004 03:52 PM

If you're selling special shoes that allow the wearers to walk on water, perhaps it is not the best idea to say you have "drowned a lot of money" in your company. I don't know, just doesn't seem to conjure images of great success. Then again, neither do the WaveWalk pontoon shoes, a device for which Mr. Yoav Rosen -- inspired by stories of hydrophobic mystics throughout the ages -- has received US Patent number 6,764,363.

Read - Inventing a Way to Walk on Water [NYTimes via Wooba]
Read - Company Home Page [WaveWalk]

Walking May Ward Off Alzheimer's (AP)

Walking May Ward Off Alzheimer's (AP) 09/21/2004 06:57 PM
AP - Walking regularly at age 70 and beyond can help keep the mind sharp and ward off Alzheimer's disease, according to research suggesting that what is good for the heart is also good for the brain.
Grok Description matches for Dog-walking New Yorkers fear electrocution (Reuters)
GrokA matches for Dog-walking New Yorkers fear electrocution (Reuters)

Dog-walking New Yorkers fear electrocution (Reuters)