Net more important than morning coffee?

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Coffee With Networking for Macmillan's
World's Biggest Coffee Morning

Coffee With Networking for Macmillan's
World's Biggest Coffee Morning 09/13/2004 03:17 AM
Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning Event to auction off lots from original works of art to lunch with IT/telecoms journalists. Great fun for a great cause. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

Morning coffee notes

Morning coffee notes 06/16/2004 08:42 AM

I'm getting an unprecedented amount of email, most of it from people who want to host the sites, but don't know anything about Manila. They seem to think these are static sites that live in the file system. They are not. Some of the press reports have also made this mistake.

All the time I spend addressing the needs of random people outside the community, is time I'm not spending helping people in the community. So I'm choosing not to spend time on these offers, when I get offers from people who understand what a Manila site is, I'll pursue that. I'm still waiting for Rogers and Erin to get a very simple transition server up and running. Hurry up guys.

Sometime in the future we may have some kind of ethical code that says that when there's an outage, professional publications wait until the outage is cleared before calling out the flamers at Slashdot.

I remind people I'm just a person, and I have a complicated life already. Regardless what the press says, it's still true. I had two doctor's appts yesterday and one today. I may need surgery. This isn't a life-threatening illness, but it's not a fun thing either. Moving on June 30. So there are other things on my mind, believe it or not.

There are a couple of memes that are travelling around the net. First that somehow you have to be careful of what you say or I won't export your site. It's not true. I've been doing this for over 25 years. Much of that has been spent on the connection between the First Amendment and technology. I'm the last guy you have to worry about in this way. The second wrong meme is that I should have or could have given more notice. Putting a note on Scripting News wouldn't have been notice. I've tried to communicate with free-hosting users through this site many times. It doesn't work. Most of them don't read it. Email wouldn't have worked either because most of the email addresses are dead, and had I sent them, the outrage would have been about spam (read the Register a rticle for an idea). Spam filters of course would have stopped most of the messages that had email addresses that hadn't gone out of date. The only other choice would have been to somehow modify the content displayed on their websites. I wasn't going to do that. Also it wasn't technically an option, since the server couldn't handle the load. (Again these are all dynamic sites, not static ones.)

One of the things I learned is that just because a site is dormant doesn't mean it's not getting hits. The referer spam problem on these sites was something to behold. Search engines still index their pages, and return hits. They were mostly dead, in the sense that most hadn't been updated for several years. I had to find out quickly who was there and what were they using the sites for. I had to get other people mobilized to host their sites. I'm getting sick. And I'm moving on June 30.

One of these days in this weblog world kindness may be part of how we deal with each other. I think some people should condemn the flamers, but don't. They shouldn't get any support. Calling this outage murder, or saying I'm psychotic, well, this is so over the top, but instead of condemning this, a couple of people have councelled me on how to deal with it. Well I don't accept that. I won't deal with hysterical people. I'm not running for president, I am not a corporate executive, and I don't tell bedtime stories to adults unless its for fun and they're friends. I can tell you what it feels like to be me, but I don't know how it feels to be you. I'm willing to listen, up to a point, but unless your site is hosted on weblogs.com, I don't understand why you're hogging the microphone right now. I believe so strongly in the weblog world, that we should be grounded in truth. I think a lot of people participating in this dicussion are not grounded in truth, deliberately so, openly so. Shame on you, I say.

One thing is gratifying, the weblogs.com users have uniformly been patient, supportive, gracious, and just plain nice. The people who are behaving badly are people on the sidelines. This is a great community, I've been serving them for four years for free, and surprise, most of them get that and appreciate it. We'll get through this, it's just a corner-turn, we've done lots of them in the past. And when it's all over we'll be friends, I hope.

Monday morning, before coffee

Monday morning, before coffee 02/10/2004 02:43 AM
Arrrrrrrgh, my eyes! Janet Jackson's breast exposed to nation Arrrrrrrgh, his eyes! Wesley Clark doesn't blink. Arrrrrrrgh, his thighs! The Superbowl streaker's site. Damn bloggers. Arrrrrrrgh, they fly! Nice-Tits.org. Ok, that's inspired. (via memepool)...

Brief Morning Coffee Notes

Brief Morning Coffee Notes 11/18/2003 05:37 PM

Good morning spores fans. Pretty nice day. Drinkin coffee. Thinking about the day ahead.

Morning pre-coffee notes

Morning pre-coffee notes 07/26/2004 07:27 AM

Setting the scene over at the Fleet, we're way up high, in section 319 on the seventh floor. There's a section of seats that have been cleared out for the bloggers. We're told there will be tables and chairs so we can update from there. There is ample power, I brought a power strip. Last night Matt Stoller called to say that they had gotten the WiFi working. That's good.

This is the view of the stage from our space.

Right behind us, within touching distance is CNN's blogger booth. Not sure what they have planned there, I wish they weren't quite so close. I mean are they going to let bloggers hang out in their studio? I guess this is what you get when you aren't paying for the space.

This morning at 10AM is the official bloggers breakfast. From there we'll shuttle over to Fleet, wait in a huge line, go through security again, and then go upstairs to get set up, hopefully fully powered, with wifi.

i drink good coffee every morning

i drink good coffee every morning 04/15/2005 03:22 PM
Found out yesterday afternoon that I won't get a chance to be The Actor. "They liked you very much, but...

Salt Spring Coffee Morning

Salt Spring Coffee Morning 04/25/2004 12:28 PM
A good morning to you; I’m having one. Genx is (finally) passing almost the whole XML test suite, a nice Bach cantata fills the air (Leonhardt’s take on BWV12, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen), and I’m drinking a damn fine cup of coffee. The coffee’s from Salt Spring Coffee, which is substantially better than the beans from the local Starbucks. Salt Spring gets a tip o’ the hat because I was going to write about them sometime last year but their Web site was totally IE-centric and I couldn’t use it, so I sent them a note pointing this out, and just checked it out and now it’s fixed; quite decent in fact. We lean to the Fre nch Roast, but some might find this blend a little too exuberantly dark. If you like good coffee, there’s no substitute for buying beans, keeping them in the fridge, getting a good grinder and doing it right. I remain convinced that the classic Melitta pour-through system can’t be beat, and also convinced that a well-done Norteamericano filter coffee is the equal of any fancy espresso-based drink, and also has twice the caffeine, which is good. Not that you’d want to give up all those nice espresso drinks, there’s a time and place for everything. When I finish the coffee and knock down a couple more test cases, we’ll go do some gardening. Life is good.

Coffee!

Coffee! 02/15/2003 11:13 AM
Holy crap! I had a cup of Coffee this morning because I got up rather early but was feeling especially sluggish. It's my first cup of the year. It really did the trick. I really understand how some folks quickly...

too much coffee man

too much coffee man 07/09/2004 05:05 PM
Obsessions come in many sizes and flavors - small, tall or veinte. Meet the man who is living the Traveli ng Salesman Problem by attempting to visit every starbucks.

It's MUCH more important than that!

It's MUCH more important than that! 05/30/2004 05:00 AM
USA soda/coke/pop stats by county .. Mapped, colorized and scrutinized .. displayed on this map .. now i understand why .. What do you call it? .. (new window) .. re-work

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What's Really Important

What's Really Important 03/19/2003 10:25 PM
This VP wants a second laptop to use during the few hours a week she's at the main office, because her regular laptop is too heavy to carry. That'll bust our budget, says pilot fish -- can't we just install a desktop PC to save money?

Adios, Mr. Coffee

Adios, Mr. Coffee 02/19/2004 02:53 AM
On Valentine’s Day, Elise and the boys surprised me with a new coffee maker - the Cuisinart DCC-1200. By the way - have I ever mentioned how much I love my family? :) I suppose I shouldn’t have been completely...

Best. Coffee. Table. Ever.

Best. Coffee. Table. Ever. 01/28/2004 10:17 AM
The Drift Table lets you float gently over the British landscape from the comfort of your living room. Other projects from the Equator research group include a tablecloth that glows and a key table that responds to your mood. Hi-tech knick-knacks, or a glimpse of the subtle way we'll interact with the domestic environment of the future?

" Coffee Achiever"

" Coffee Achiever" 05/29/2004 08:52 PM

Self-heating coffee can

Self-heating coffee can 12/22/2004 01:30 AM
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"Coffee with steam"

"Coffee with steam" 03/27/2005 10:28 AM

This is why I take my coffee black

This is why I take my coffee black 12/30/2003 01:33 AM
Coffee capital eyes tax on 'designer drinks' Don't you just LOVE designer taxes? Rather than spend time and research dollars on discovering ways to make government more efficient, Seattle's leaders have proposed one of the most creative luxury taxes ever...

Coffee Stories

Coffee Stories 03/25/2005 04:09 PM
Nicaragua and El Salvador, Tres Santos, Honduras, Peru , that Geoff Watts guy can write about coffee.

Coffee on PowerPoint

Coffee on PowerPoint 12/15/2003 08:12 AM
Peter Coffee in eWeek meditates on what PowerPoint is doing to us. He begins with Edward Tufte's piece on how PowerPoint misled the assessment of the risk to the shuttle Columbia. Peter writes: Bad presentations result from people learning to write with a model of "topic sentence, body, conclusion," instead of a journalistic model of "lead (conclusion), significance, supporting details." Peter says that although media "don't just transmit facts; they alter both selection and emphasis, creating different realities in the process," PowerPoint isn't solely to blame for the bad presentations done with it. In fact, he says, PowerPoint helps you...

No coffee, but here's another Bagle

No coffee, but here's another Bagle 02/17/2004 03:43 PM
A variant of the mass-mailing Bagle virus seems to have taken off a bit faster than the original--and its intent could be spam-related.

Indie Coffee

Indie Coffee 04/05/2005 11:27 AM
The mission of delocator.net is to assist the public in finding and supporting independently owned cafés. There's a thinly-veiled stance against a certain coffee company, but the site's a great community-driven toolkit for finding yourself a good cup of joe anywhere in the US.

Cake for Coffee

Cake for Coffee 06/17/2005 04:28 PM

« Sour cream coffee cake with raspberry and cinnamon streusel filling. »

When I think of coffee cake, I think of a dense, slightly sweet cake with cinnamon swirls and nuts in it, but when I say coffee cake in Finland, I get this weird look as if to ask why one would put coffee in a cake. Treats with coffee in Finland, if not some kind of pulla, are some sort of seriously heavy and sweet cream confection. I've also noticed that while berries have an exalted, perhaps even near ubiquitous, place in Finnish desserts, I've not found any local cakes that have the fruit baked inside the cake and instead are always part of the topping or unbaked filling. I don't know if this holds in all parts of Finland, but I couldn't find a single recipe in older, and even some recent, cookbooks that had berries baked in the dough or batter. It's interesting and makes me wonder why not.

So, I decided to torture my familiar test subjects, a.k.a. coworkers, to a sour cream coffee cake with blueberries to see if the concept was too alien or if a real coffee cake might not appeal. A couple commented that it was strange, but few crumbs were left on the serving plate so in spite of the unfamiliar concept, it didn't appear to slow down consumption. :) So, if Finns want to try this cake as a change of pace, I don't think there will be any leftovers.

Coffee cake is another one of those comfort foods that make me think of home. I totted up a list of foods from home that make me feel homesick and, strangely, almost all of them are sugary dessert or breakfast kinds of foods, neither of which I ate very often back home. I'm sure there is a doctoral dissertation on the gastronomic nostalgia of expats in there somewhere.

At long last, too, I finally found the dairy product in Finland that most closely resembles American sour cream, Flora Fraîche with a 20% fat content. It's not créme fraîche, not smetana, not kermaviili, just fraîche. I figured that a country with a dizzying array of dairy products, especially sour ones, that I'd eventually try the right one. It performed perfectly where I had previously been somewhat disappointed with kermaviili.

A sturdy, powerful mixer is highly recommended for the mixing of the butter and sour cream with the dry ingredients as it gets quite stiff and difficult to work with. You could probably also do it with a biscuit dough tool/potato masher [the one that cuts the butter into the flour] but that will take more time and effort. Jarkko was playing World of Warcraft on the computer which is plugged into the step-down transformer my mixer requires so I had to do the first cake the hard way which made my hand mixer very, very hot. Adding in the egg mixture should also be done slowly as it will slop over the sides of the bowl if not added slowly.

Adding the streusel and fruit layers is easy, but I was disappointed when I followed the recipe to the letter with the 2 cups of batter between layers as I found that it wasn't enough and that they melded into one band of goo. I had so much batter left over after the adding the layers that the streusel distribution through the cake was suboptimal. So be more generous with the batter between layers and save a wee bit for yourself as the batter is damned tasty.

Lemon-Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Makes: 1 cake that serves 12 to 16 people
Special tools: A fixed-bottom, 10-inch tube pan (with 10-cup capacity), good mixer, preferably standing
Time: 20 mins prep and 1 hour baking
Source: CI

Berry filling

• 1 cup or 2,5dl frozen blueberries or raspberries
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

Streusel

• 3/4 cup or 1,75dl unbleached all-purpose flour (3.75oz or 106g)
• 3/4 cup or 1,75dl granulated sugar (5.25oz or 150g)
• 1/2 cup or 1,25dl packed dark brown sugar (3.5oz or 100g)
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons or 30g unsalted butter, cold, cut into 2 pieces
• 1 cup or 2,5dl pecans, chopped

Cake

• 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) or 170g unsalted butter, softened but still cool, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 2 tablespoons or 30g butter, softened for greasing pan
• 4 large eggs
• 1.5 cups or 3,5dl sour cream [Flora Fraîche is the closest to American sour cream in .fi with 20% fat]
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2.25 cups or 5,25dl unbleached all-purpose flour (11.5oz or 325g)
• 1.25 cups or 3dl granulated sugar (8.75oz or 250g)
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon table salt

1. Toss 1 cup frozen blueberries with 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest in small bowl and set aside.
2. For the streusel: In food processor, process flour, granulated sugar, 1/4 cup (,75 dl) dark brown sugar, and cinnamon until combined, about 15 seconds. Transfer 1 1/4 cups (3 dl) of flour/sugar mixture to small bowl; stir in remaining 1/4 cup (,75 dl) brown sugar and set aside to use for streusel filling. Add butter and pecans to mixture in food processor; pulse until nuts and butter resemble small pebbly pieces, about ten 1-second pulses. Set aside to use as streusel topping.
3. For the cake: Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 350F/175C degrees. Grease 10-inch tube pan with 2 tablespoons softened butter. Whisk eggs, 1 cup (2,5 dl) sour cream, and vanilla in medium bowl until combined.
4. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in bowl of standing mixer; mix on low speed for 30 seconds to blend. Add butter and remaining 1/2 cup (1 dl) sour cream; mix on low speed until dry ingredients are moistened and mixture resembles wet sand, with few large butter pieces remaining, about 1 1/2 minutes. Increase to medium speed and beat until batter comes together, about 10 seconds; scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula. Lower speed to medium-low and gradually add egg mixture in 3 additions, beating for 20 seconds after each and scraping down sides of bowl. Increase speed to medium-high and beat until batter is light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
5. Using rubber spatula, spread 2 cups (5 dl) batter in bottom of prepared pan, smoothing surface. Sprinkle evenly with 1/2 cup (1 dl) blueberries. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup (1,75 dl) streusel filling (without butter or nuts). Repeat with another 2 cups batter, remaining 1/2 cup (1 dl) blueberries, and remaining 3/4 cup (1,75 dl) streusel filling (without butter or nuts). Spread remaining batter over, then sprinkle with streusel topping (with butter and nuts).
6. Bake until cake feels firm to touch and long toothpick or skewer inserted into center comes out clean (bits of sugar from streusel may cling to tester), 50 to 60 minutes. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 30 minutes. Invert cake onto rimmed baking sheet (cake will be streusel-side down); remove tube pan, place wire rack on top of cake, and reinvert cake streusel-side up. Cool to room temperature, about 2 hours. Cut into wedges and serve. (Cake can be wrapped in foil and stored at room temperature for up to 5 days.)

Pro Coffee Roasting

Pro Coffee Roasting 08/20/2004 02:29 PM

My buddy Tonx has what he calls "the second-coolest job in the world." As a barista at Seattle's Victrola Coffee, it's his job to hand-roast the daily coffee blends in the huge Diedrich IR-12 roaster they have on site, and he's written a great walk through (with pictures) of everything involved. And really, how can you go wrong with a machine that uses a infrared gas-powered afterburner to roast up to the 30 pounds of beans at once?

Unless it involves a day care and a drunken misunderstanding, you really can't.

Read - I roast coffee. [Tonx]
Read - Product Page [DiedrichRoasters]

Brewing better coffee with DNA

Brewing better coffee with DNA 08/14/2004 11:45 AM

Direct and Related Links for 'Brewing better coffee with DNA'

“Brazil has announced the creation of a coffee DNA data bank, which will help the country improve the quality and size of its coffee crop….”The data bank will help Brazil improve the aroma and flavor of its coffee … to satisfy consumers with a product that has more added value,” the statement said.”…

"MP3.com - Important MP3.com
Announcement"

"MP3.com - Important MP3.com
Announcement" 11/15/2003 03:18 AM

How Important is The Internet?

How Important is The Internet? 01/25/2003 11:42 AM
Googling' for information or googling other people is quite popular.". "Google" - the name of just one of the Internet search engines, has become a verb. ...

How Important is PageRank, Really?

How Important is PageRank, Really? 04/13/2005 03:04 PM

Small but important

Small but important 01/22/2004 02:59 AM
Had a small revelation today: If you position your hands under a hot air dryer - the kind you find in toilets - in just the right way, you can redirect the airflow into your sleeves, resulting in a wonderfully warm and fuzzy feeling all over your upper body.

It's the kind of stuff you appreciate when it's -9C outside. :-)

" What Kind Of Coffee Are You? Take This
Quiz :-)"

" What Kind Of Coffee Are You? Take This
Quiz :-)" 05/12/2004 01:25 AM

Coffee Shop as Office

Coffee Shop as Office 12/17/2003 02:28 PM
Legal Grounds coffee shop in Dallas is the primary office for a number of independent workers: This story is a great peek into the lives of a handful of people who regularly spend most of their work days on their laptops in this coffee shop. TechDirt points out that because these folks are there all the time, they know the workers at the cafe and don't want to get in their way or hurt the coffee shop's business. As such, they share tables or leave when it gets busy. There's no feeling here that these folks hurt business for the shop by camping out all day. Some of the workers who hang out at the shop find that working there is good for business. They make deals with each other and find customers in other visitors to the coffee shop. [via techdirt]...

Economist.com | Coffee-houses

Economist.com | Coffee-houses 12/19/2003 02:34 PM
"The coffee-houses that sprang up across Europe, starting around 1650, functioned as information exchanges for writers, politicians, businessmen and scientists. Like today's websites, weblogs and discussion boards, coffee-houses were lively and often unreliable sources of information that typically specialised in a particular topic or political viewpoint."

Economist.com Coffee-houses

Economist.com Coffee-houses 12/20/2003 05:03 AM
Grave and Wholesome Liquor .. Economist

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Making a Million Over Coffee

Making a Million Over Coffee 04/13/2005 10:43 AM
How one soaring stock can rescue you from your bad decisions.

Gourmet Coffee To Your Door

Gourmet Coffee To Your Door 04/05/2005 04:08 AM
gourmet coffee .. Coffee

coffee-delivered.com
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Paranoid locking coffee cup

Paranoid locking coffee cup 07/12/2004 12:35 PM
The LockCup is an Israeli-invented coffee-cup that is only liquid-tight when a locking pin is inserted -- no more sharing microbes with the office cup-thief. Link (via Engadget)

Coffee, Mountain Dew©, Jolt©...

Coffee, Mountain Dew©, Jolt©... 01/25/2004 08:37 PM
all stimulents that some geeks use to keep it going. Coffee is so big, it ranks second to oil as...

Publishing, Coffee, Contracts

Publishing, Coffee, Contracts 03/08/2004 11:18 PM
Newspapers, health benefits in your morning mug, tricky contracts, new books, and explaining what one does to family members.

phpPatterns: PHP, Coffee and Components

phpPatterns: PHP, Coffee and Components 12/02/2003 08:48 AM
There's a new post over on phpPatterns about a "one-on-one chat with one of PHPs core developers" and Harry F.

BOFH and the coffee machine

BOFH and the coffee machine 02/11/2004 12:18 PM
Episode 4 La Bella Machina
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NHS warns over doctor hours limit

NHS warns over doctor hours limit 07/31/2004 08:47 PM
Some NHS trusts are warning of the problems they face trying to meet a new European-imposed limit on junior doctors' hours.

NHS 'not ready' for doctor hours

NHS 'not ready' for doctor hours 04/21/2004 11:30 AM
The National Health Service is not prepared for changes to doctors' working hours, the Tories say.

Hospitals warned on doctor hours

Hospitals warned on doctor hours 07/29/2004 01:32 AM
Hospitals prepare for the introduction of new legislation about the hours doctors can work in a week.

Doctor, Doctor, It Hurts When I Wi-Fi

Doctor, Doctor, It Hurts When I Wi-Fi 01/16/2004 11:01 AM
Florida plastic surgeon offers free Wi-Fi for patients: The doctor has thought about security. They use a firewall and other details to protect patient privacy, and rotate their security key....

Notes from SES Dallas

Notes from SES Dallas 12/14/2002 04:05 PM
All-in-all, another great conference.

"Dallas Morning News"

"Dallas Morning News" 09/15/2004 02:27 AM

Spike Lee Receives Key to Dallas (AP)

Spike Lee Receives Key to Dallas (AP) 06/19/2004 04:57 PM
AP - Filmmaker Spike Lee received a lifetime achievement award and a key to the city at the Fourth Annual Lyrical Underground, an event celebrating Black Music Month.

AT&T Brings 3G to Dallas and San Diego

AT&T Brings 3G to Dallas and San Diego 09/01/2004 05:17 PM
AT&T turned on its 3G UMTS wireless network to Dallas and San Diego today, promising wireless data speeds between 220 and 320 Kbps "almost anywhere" in the two cities.

Jodie Dallas LIVES!

Jodie Dallas LIVES! 05/11/2004 01:29 PM
If you're in New York City or LA between now and June 27th, the Museum of Television and Radio is presenting "Not That There's Anything Wrong With That--The History of Gay and Lesbian Images on Television" (via the Queer as Folk section of Showtime's site) (Anyone else remember Robert Reed playing a transsexual on Medical Center?)

New FileMaker 7 training available in
Dallas

New FileMaker 7 training available in
Dallas 06/03/2004 03:45 PM
MightyData today announced its training schedule for the new Professional Training Foundation Series II for FileMaker 7, which contains thirteen modules by FileMaker, Inc...

Testaverde Becomes Starter in Dallas
(AP)

Testaverde Becomes Starter in Dallas
(AP) 08/05/2004 07:47 PM
AP - Vinny Testaverde reunited with Bill Parcells hoping to be a starter again. Now the 40-year-old quarterback is back in his favorite spot.

3G UMTS Launch in Dallas and San Diego

3G UMTS Launch in Dallas and San Diego 09/02/2004 06:44 AM
3G Sep 2 2004 9:01AM GMT

If You Live In Dallas, See Sky Captain
With Us Tonight

If You Live In Dallas, See Sky Captain
With Us Tonight 08/12/2004 03:21 PM
C2 Ventures has a special sneak preview of the movie Sky Captain tonight at the Cinemark Legacy in Plano. This movie doesn't release until Sept. 17, but I had a chance to see it at Comic-Con and it's amazing. If you can come, you need to email me for a ticket you can print and be able to arrive no later than 6:30 P.M.

AT&T Wireless Offers 3G in Dallas and
San Diego

AT&T Wireless Offers 3G in Dallas and
San Diego 09/01/2004 09:52 AM
AT&T Wireless said it is offering its 3G network in Dallas and San Diego: San Diego should be a particularly interesting market as it will be the first in the country to have competing 3G services--Verizon Wireless already has its EV-DO network live there. It will also be interesting to watch if the two networks seem to have any affect on Wi-Fi usage. On a side note, AT&T Wireless cleverly uses the term "metropolitan hotspot" to describe the service in the two markets. That term is usually used to describe the stringing together of Wi-Fi hotspots to cover a large region or by WiMax-like technologies that aim to blanket a city. It's really a stretch to compare the AT&T Wireless service to Wi-Fi. AT&T Wireless says its network offers 220 kbps to 320 kbps, with bursts up to 384 kbps, while even 802.11b, depending on how many people are sharing a network, usually can deliver multiple megabits of throughput....

Dallas Billboards Take on Internet Porn

Dallas Billboards Take on Internet Porn 02/12/2004 06:23 PM
BizReport.com Feb 12 2004 11:19PM GMT

Terrell Owens Sprains Ankle Against
Dallas (AP)

Terrell Owens Sprains Ankle Against
Dallas (AP) 12/19/2004 03:35 PM
AP - Philadelphia star wide receiver Terrell Owens was forced out of Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys, limping off the field with a sprained ankle.

Dallas agent's laptop is his calling
card

Dallas agent's laptop is his calling
card 04/18/2004 08:19 AM
Chicago Tribune Apr 18 2004 12:09PM GMT

Dallas Airport Puts in New Bag-Scan
System (AP)

Dallas Airport Puts in New Bag-Scan
System (AP) 04/11/2005 08:37 PM
AP - An automated bag-scanning system has gone into effect at the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport, part of a national effort to make airports safer after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Dallas Airport Puts in New Bag-Scan
System

Dallas Airport Puts in New Bag-Scan
System 04/12/2005 08:45 AM
Red Nova Apr 12 2005 1:19PM GMT

Two Believed Dead in Dallas Plane Crash

Two Believed Dead in Dallas Plane Crash 01/01/2004 05:03 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 1 2004 3:32PM ET

Living replica of set for TV show
"Dallas" -- in Romania

Living replica of set for TV show
"Dallas" -- in Romania 07/12/2004 02:11 PM
Blogger and journalist Emmanuelle Richard just got back from Romania, where she photoblogged these incredible snapshots< /a> of what must be the Nth great wonder of the world -- a gigantic, sprawling replica of the set of the TV show "Dallas." Even Larry Hagman said it's a perfect match of the real thing, according to Emmanuelle:

The florid theme park is not as glorious as it used to be! "Southforkscu" as locals call it was opened in 1996 in Slobozia, South-Est of Bucharest, by the King of Romanian cheddar, Ilie Alexandru: he's one these egomaniac and corrupt nouveau-riche entrepreneurs typical of post-Communist Eastern European countries. It's like a cross between an amusement park and a luxury resort. Originally, visitors could tour the ranch, ride horses, swim in the swimming pools, visit a small zoo, enjoy the lake and climb the 50 meters Eiffel Tower. And of course, spend a night in the Dallas ranch. Larry Hagman even visited! But Alexandru went to jail for fraud. A string of investors have failed to revive the place. One of them, a Russian dude even painted the ranch in ORANGE! The zoo is closed, the horses are gone... The Romanian hotel chain now in charge wants to remodel it, open a night-club. We interviewed the manager - pure Commie style, just unbelievable. I don't have much faith in this guy's management!

This artist Sean Snyder produced an exhibit about the esthetics of the place "Script For Dallas Southfork In Hermes Land, Slobozia, Romania (2001)" It went to Paris and Berlin (Link). This page contains details about the place and a pic of the ranch before the paint job. It's quite surreal, especially when you see the Eiffel Tower from the road, behind rows of cornfields.

Link to Emmanuelle's moblog, Link to related gallery exhibit, and more on the moblog of Emmanuelle's husband and travel companion, journalist/blogger Matt Welch: Link 1, Link 2.

David Hanson Speaking in Dallas Saturday

David Hanson Speaking in Dallas Saturday 02/13/2004 05:26 PM
David Hanson, of K-Bot fame, will be speaking at the Dallas Personal Robotics Group monthly meeting Saturday, Feb 14th, in Dallas, Texas. The DPRG website has details on the time and place. We've covered David and his life-like android head a number of times in the past.

Monarch Air Soars into Dallas Executive
Airport

Monarch Air Soars into Dallas Executive
Airport 07/31/2004 02:22 AM
Monarch Air pulled out of the financial downfall of 9/11 and succeeded in opening a third location – Monarch Air Dallas Executive – at Dallas Executive Airport in South Dallas on June 5, 2004. [PRWEB Jul 31, 2004]

Y'allBlog.com - Dallas/Fort Worth Blog

Y'allBlog.com - Dallas/Fort Worth Blog 05/26/2004 01:23 AM
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Friendly Fire Eyed in Dallas Standoff

Friendly Fire Eyed in Dallas Standoff 11/13/2003 11:01 PM
Reuters via Wired News Nov 13 2003 10:21PM ET

Egyptian Twins to Leave Dallas Hospital

Egyptian Twins to Leave Dallas Hospital 11/14/2003 03:31 AM
Reuters via Wired News Nov 14 2003 2:16AM ET

Dallas Firm to Receive Key Optical
Communications Patent

Dallas Firm to Receive Key Optical
Communications Patent 06/26/2004 02:40 AM
(Dallas, Texas) Incucomm announced today it received a Notice of Allowance for a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a technology providing optical communications without fiber. The patent involves optical communications over 360 degrees, providing optical bandwidths over a wide area. Previously, only radio systems, with limited bandwidth offered 360 degree coverage. [PRWEB Jun 26, 2004]

Dallas schools go high-tech to battle
drugs

Dallas schools go high-tech to battle
drugs 12/26/2004 05:00 AM
Houston Chronicle Dec 26 2004 6:43AM GMT

Converged Solutions Firm Breaks Stealth
in Dallas

Converged Solutions Firm Breaks Stealth
in Dallas 06/05/2005 11:18 PM
Converged Network Solutions (CNS) (http://www.convergedns.com), a convergence and IMS focused professional services company, has been unveiled by Incucomm, a business incubator. Matthew Bowers is the President of CNS. The company will focus on strategy development, technology evaluation, product customization, installation and integration, and interoperability testing for convergence and IMS driven systems. [PRWEB May 30, 2005]

Dallas Designer Wins Golden Globe Web
Award

Dallas Designer Wins Golden Globe Web
Award 08/31/2004 02:11 AM
Marqueax Price has been awarded the Golden Globe Web Design Award for 2004 for outstanding web design. [PRWEB Aug 31, 2004]

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