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17 years in the making, WWII shrine is a
reality (USATODAY.com)

17 years in the making, WWII shrine is a
reality (USATODAY.com) 04/19/2004 05:52 AM
USATODAY.com - One veteran's persistence kept idea afloat despite great hurdles

Report: Making Electronic Health Records
a Reality

Report: Making Electronic Health Records
a Reality 09/24/2004 07:32 AM
A new report from consultancy Capgemini offers prescriptions on how to make EHRs happen in the United States over the next decade.

Virtual reality calms the chemo reality

Virtual reality calms the chemo reality 08/01/2004 08:03 AM
Chicago Tribune Aug 1 2004 12:13PM GMT

Reality Porn - Hot Reality Porn Reviews

Reality Porn - Hot Reality Porn Reviews 04/26/2004 06:49 PM
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The reality about Reality TV

The reality about Reality TV 03/11/2003 10:45 AM
Kudos to The Joy of Tech…...

Re-Pet a Reality

Re-Pet a Reality 12/24/2004 12:44 PM
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Our Reality

Our Reality 05/25/2004 11:56 AM
I was interviewed by Bambi Francisco on Reality TV for her Net Sense collumn, which leaves me a little explaining to do. In Bambi's other life she is hosting a Reality show on personal finance, which is admirable because the...

New Reality TV

New Reality TV 05/20/2004 08:44 AM
Television networks look to reinvent the wheel this year.

Global reality

Global reality 03/06/2004 02:06 AM
One sure sign that people are getting into real-world web services projects is when you start to see timezone awareness ...

Odyssey Of Reality

Odyssey Of Reality 07/27/2004 08:00 AM
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"Shattered Reality"

"Shattered Reality" 12/06/2003 03:50 AM

Cracks of Reality 2

Cracks of Reality 2 06/12/2004 07:50 AM
A high-quality fractal image renderer.

IBM PPC 970MP A Reality?

IBM PPC 970MP A Reality? 03/17/2005 03:38 AM
IBM has posted an application note in direct reference to a dual 64-bit core PowerPC970MP and how to use thermal diodes in the chip. This is the first...

Cracks of Reality 1

Cracks of Reality 1 04/18/2004 01:49 AM
A high-quality fractal image renderer.

A Holey Reality

A Holey Reality 11/26/2002 02:21 PM
Internet News Nov 26 2002 12:37PM ET

A Reality Check

A Reality Check 08/18/2004 01:05 PM
Do we really need a plethora of reality-TV networks?

The New Faces of Reality TV

The New Faces of Reality TV 09/26/2004 12:57 PM
The introduction of children to the genre was probably inevitable. But the networks seem to understand that they are in dicey ethical territory.

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality 07/06/2004 01:56 AM
Augmented Reality uses computer graphics that are placed over the “real world” in front of the person viewing it. It is the latest thing in mapping technology, allowing you to see it from the map’s perspective.

NHL Lockout About to Become Reality (AP)

NHL Lockout About to Become Reality (AP) 09/15/2004 11:44 AM
AP - An NHL lockout is a virtual certainty when the collective bargaining agreement between owners and players expires at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. With no talks scheduled, the lockout is expected once the NHL board of governors conclude a Wednesday meeting in New York.

A Holy Reality

A Holy Reality 11/26/2002 11:19 AM
RealNetworks issues a patch for potentially serious security flaws in its flagship RealOne media player.

.NET reality check

.NET reality check 01/27/2004 02:51 PM
There's been some pushback recently, in the .NET blogging community, about Microsoft's habit of living in the future. For example:

It is abundantly frustrating to be keeping up with you guys right now. We out here in the real world do not use Longhorn, do not have access to Longhorn (not in a way we can trust for production), and we cannot even begin to test out these great new technologies until version 1.0 (or 2.0 for those that wish to stay sane). I know there's probably not a whole lot you can do, but this is a plea to you from someone "in the field". My job is to work on the architecture team as well as implement solutions for a large-scale commercial website using .NET. I use this stuff all day every day, but I use the 1.1 release bits.

Here's my point, enough with the "this Whidbey, Longhorn, XAML is so cool you should stop whatever it is you are doing and use it". Small problem, we can't. Please help us by remembering that we're still using the release bits, not the latest technology. [Michael Earls]

In the spirit of Michael's plea, I'm working on an upcoming article in which I'll compare what was promised for the .NET platform (er, framework), two and three years ago, with the current reality as it exists today. Examples of the kinds of issues I want to consider: ...

Blogging reality

Blogging reality 07/29/2004 08:14 PM
Because the Kerry speech is so important, I've decided to see it the way it's meant to be seen: On TV. Yes, I've come home. And, oh are my feet and back glad. Sure, I felt guilty skulking out of the Fleet. But not enough to stay. At the Convention I can't hear what the speakers are saying, and I've absorbed so much atmosphere that I'm pooping victory balloons. So, what do I get out of being there for another night? I'm sure you'll tell me. I've seen the official excerpts of Kerry's speech, released by the Democrats. How...

Reality is Scripted

Reality is Scripted 06/24/2005 06:59 PM
After years of seeing reality TV producers pretend their shows don't have writers, the Writers Guild of America has decided to stop being polite and start getting real.

Reality is Corrosive

Reality is Corrosive 05/04/2004 03:30 PM
Bill de hÓra: From the MC Escher school of standardization It seems that there is a feeding frenzy over this tasty morsel which was tossed in the shark infested waters of the internet. I'll not sure what I am about to say is either agreeing with or disagreeing with Sean McGrath on this subject, but here goes: Reality is Corrosive.

The reality behind the politics

The reality behind the politics 05/04/2004 07:53 AM
This report examines the social, economic and political dimensions of offshoring and offers steps for the United States to maintain its historical lead in high technology.

reality? Get real...

reality? Get real... 04/13/2004 11:36 PM
Reality's Apprentice Reality TV may seem a world away from real life, but what happens when Donald Trump’s The Apprentice moves in upstairs? Worse, what happens when it seems to be a sham? Keith Hollihan reports with a fascinating account of his life’s surreal intrusions.

Reality check

Reality check 05/06/2004 08:35 AM
The media are finally showing the war in its full horror. What took them so long?

The cost of reality TV?

The cost of reality TV? 04/09/2004 04:04 PM

Hacking Reality

Hacking Reality 01/16/2004 10:59 AM
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." --Albert Einstein

Reality left behind

Reality left behind 08/31/2004 10:21 PM
After a lot of war talk last night, the Republicans are getting back to the "compassionate conservatism" theme -- a clever and probably necessary strategy for Bush two months from Election Day when more Americans think his opponent understands people like them. Helping to make Bush's case: Education Secretary Rod Paige. (You may remember Paige's outrageous comments earlier this year likening the nation's largest teachers union to a "terrorist organization.")

The Reality of Bugs

The Reality of Bugs 11/13/2003 12:38 AM

As some comments in my previous blog entry illustrate, I think people simply don't grasp the magnitude of the Web. There are (conservatively) 10 million Web sites on the Web. Let's say (conservatively) that each Web site has 50 unique Web pages. That's 500 million Web pages that the Web browser has to work perfectly on.

Let's imagine that the browser has done a fantastic job of emulating all the quirks of WinIE and Netscape 4, and that it is really good at laying out malformed HTML. An awesome browser would be (conservatively) 95% compliant, which means that it would have some sort of bug or problem on 5% of those 500 million Web pages.

5% of 500 million Web pages is 25 million malfunctioning Web pages. Let's now assume that only 10% of those Web pages are even seen by someone using Safari itself. Now we're down to 2.5 million pages seen by Safari users.

If only 10% of those users even bother to report a bug, that's 250,000 unique bugs that have to be screened.

This is the reality of the Web. People are constantly shocked and amazed that their pet bug hasn't been fixed in subsequent releases (e.g., in Mozilla or Safari), but those people simply don't understand how many hundreds of thousands of bugs their particular problem is competing with.

Surviving Reality TV

Surviving Reality TV 01/22/2004 03:11 AM
As CBS launches "All-Star Survivor," we look at what past winners have done with their money.

IPO Reality Check

IPO Reality Check 01/16/2004 10:58 AM
"you have a 0.029 percent chance of beating an index fund this year in a Google IPO."

Three cheers for reality TV

Three cheers for reality TV 09/13/2004 08:47 AM
Pundits can tut-tut all they want, but reality shows rule television for a simple reason: The best of them are far more compelling than the worn-out sitcoms and crime dramas the networks keep churning out.

Fractured Realities: Using PDO... The
reality

Fractured Realities: Using PDO... The
reality 02/05/2005 09:07 PM
Davey Shafik has a new posting over on his blog (Fractured Realities) concerning his use of PDO for an ORM implemenatation for his blog.

Murder Now Available On E-bay For New
Reality Show

Murder Now Available On E-bay For New
Reality Show 08/31/2004 02:31 AM
A Murder Mystery Weekend to be filmed for a new reality show at an Historic Castle in Europe is up for grabs on E-bay. Body included! [PRWEB Aug 31, 2004]

Hyper Interactive Reality [hir]

Hyper Interactive Reality [hir] 06/23/2004 02:03 PM
Hyper Interactive Reality officially launched!

Biochips A Reality, But Still Crude

Biochips A Reality, But Still Crude 09/02/2004 08:01 AM
University of Houston Professor to speak on biochip research at the Pacific Rim Nanoscience Conference

Reality TV Gilligan's Island

Reality TV Gilligan's Island 06/25/2004 12:17 PM
Boing Boing reader Zed says, "Someone's making a 'The Real Gilligan's Island,' a Gilligan's Island Reality TV show, promising 'situations drawn from the original series.'" Link
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Bambi Francisco: Bears are rare Discuss:
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Pucker Up, Bambi

Pucker Up, Bambi 06/17/2004 01:22 PM
As someone with a heightened fear of taxidermists, I'm pretty sure that the sight of this rump-mounted whitetail deer will haunt me forever.

"www.hunting-for-bambi.bl0gspot.com"

"www.hunting-for-bambi.bl0gspot.com" 06/25/2004 08:26 PM

Bambi and Danny Talk Google

Bambi and Danny Talk Google 08/09/2004 12:58 PM
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BAMBI FRANCISCOHedging your nets With
Internet stocks posting impressive gains
for 2004, next year may be the

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for 2004, next year may be the t

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online community

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San Francisco day four and a bit...

San Francisco day four and a bit... 08/16/2004 02:02 PM

So the day before yesterday didn't go quite as I'd planned. I didn't go and see Dinah or her kittens, but I did get to give Flakes to Heather and then go with her to Taco Bell where we consumed about $16 worth of faux Mexican cuisine between us. Then there was the car wash, and the drive back into the city to go say hi to Derek, two chihuahuas and a cat named Spoo before wandering off to kid robot (dumb toys purchased: 2) and then Giant Robot in Haight Ashbury. Then there was a nice "Blue Meanie" smoothie in a wifi-enabled café which was pretty bloody pleasant, all things considered. The next planned excusion was the epic walk over to the Tonga rooms, which would actually have been pretty bloody epic if I hadn't walked in completely the opposite direction for the first twenty minutes or so. So I got a cab with a driver who listened to light country and suffered manfully the hell of Tim McGraw's My Next Thirty Years (and I quote):

My next thirty years I’m gonna settle all the scores
Cry a little less, laugh a little more
Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear
Figure out just what I’m doing here
In my next thirty years

Oh my next thirty years, I’m gonna watch my weight
Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late
Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
Maybe I’ll remember my next thirty years

You see what I'm talking about? Anyway - so I got to the Fairmont a bit early and so decided to loiter around a bit in the foyer and read my new book while all the smartly dressed people looked at me strangely and tried to remember my face just in case they'd need to identify me in a Guantanamo tribunal later in the year. And then the event began and I got to talk to a couple of dozen neat cool web people that I just don't get to see enough. I danced (badly) with Mena and Dinah and Heather and chatted a lot to David about what it was like to be an Englishman living in the States at the moment which was extremely interesting. I felt a bit sorry for my poor ex-flatmate Mella who had just got off the plane in San Francisco and come straight to the bar because she didn't know anyone, but I think she enjoyed herself. And of course the bar's fake thunder, lightning, rain and floating boat/island/band were as awesome as ever...

Yesterday started a little more sedately with an enormous cooked breakfast over at the Pork Store with Leslie, Lance (also here) and Mella. Mella and I then wandered up into town, up Valencia and past a few second hand stores up to the Civic Center and then up Market for a bit of an explore. (This feels a bit like a 'what I did on my holiday' tract, so apologies for that.) And then after a few confusing disorganisational miscarriages, we ended up with a friend of Mella's called Emily driving through Chinatown, then walking up to Coit Tower and then down to Pier 39 for Oysters and general seafood. Then Mella wandered off to meet Emily's parents, while I returned back to Leslie's (past the San Francisco Bear Fair), met up with Ben Cerveny and Webb, drove around the city in a convertible car before wandering up to Molly's place and drinking a few glasses of wine and basically passing out. Nice evening!

And what's next over the next couple of days?

• Visit Six Apart
• Meet up with Kevin Marks for lunch
• See Ben Cerveny and Jim Speth and talk about geeky shit
• Try and do some gay stuff of some kind

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Off to San Francisco

Off to San Francisco 04/09/2005 09:28 AM

Thanks to everyone who showed up in Mar del Plata to participate in the ICANN meeting. I thought that the discussion was healthy and productive and although we moved forward on a number of things, we are left with a lot of work to do based on the feedback we received on the strategic plan, the board governance guidelines, .pro, .net, IDNs, transparency, process and a number of other topics. Special thanks to staff for running such a great meeting in the absence of our CEO Paul Twomey. I think you did an excellent job.

Thanks to everyone who showed up for dinner last night and special thanks to Mariano for organizing everything. It was great to meet the Argentine bloggers. I'm sorry I was late. Our bus from Mar del Plata broke down and we had have them send a new one.

Thanks to Mookie letting me stay at his place in Buenos Aires.

I'm off to San Francisco today to do my usual rounds and to go a Institute for the Future retreat.

Since my flight doesn't leave until this evening, I hope I can do a bit of moblogging in Buenos Aires.

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Is Online Infidelity Cheating?

Is Online Infidelity Cheating? 11/11/2003 10:32 AM
For the past couple of years there have been stories every so often about how internet relationships are the leading cause of divorce these days. In general, I tend to think that it's not the internet relationship that's causing the divorce, but that the relationship is the result of other factors within the marriage that lead to one (or both) of the partners to seek outside comfort. However, now the debate is raging on about whether or not online relationships are considered "cheating"? Many people say it's not because there's no touching involved - and sometimes people don't even know each others' real names. Again, this seems like a debate on the semantics, rather than the actual issue. It doesn't really matter if it's defined as cheating or not, if the real issue is that there are problems in the actual marriage.

ProNet: Out and About in San Francisco

ProNet: Out and About in San Francisco 06/17/2005 02:05 PM
Though it's short notice, we'll have a number of Six Apart staff members participating in some events in San Francisco tonight where bloggers are gathering. We'd love to meet you there. First, with the release of the Tags plugin for...

Jon Udell, San Francisco

Jon Udell, San Francisco 11/10/2003 11:18 PM
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Art bashing in San Francisco

Art bashing in San Francisco 06/01/2004 12:22 PM

"San Francisco Examiner"

"San Francisco Examiner" 06/30/2004 04:45 AM

Flowers for San Francisco

Flowers for San Francisco 05/31/2004 02:05 PM
There are quite a few people dropping by ongoing today on account of the article in the Chronicle about advertising. Among other things, it says I run lots of flower pictures, only I haven’t for a while, so here are some...

San Francisco, baby...

San Francisco, baby... 08/13/2004 01:59 AM

Ping. Now in San Francisco after cool drive with fun people in which I mostly slept and pointed at wind farms and acres of densely packed cows. Had subsequent great fun at the SixApart Mixer thing where I met loads of people - some for the first time, others not. Looked slightly nervous around some people who do really good work. Touched a couple of them without them noticing (or at least without them calling the police). Got a free USB dongle thing and saw the 3.1 release of MT which doesn't seem overly dramatic at first but kind of sits in the back of your head and wiggles its tush in the direction of interesting things. Cab back to Leslie's place - talking about The O.C. and TV shows in general when I get to pull out my trump card - super-secret super-cool thing that made Leslie go oooooh. Don't think I'm going to make it to LobbyCon now though. Shame!

I'm quite enjoying not taking this weblog as seriously as normal for a few days. It feels pretty liberating, although possibly not very productive or good in the longer term. God knows what it's going to be like going back to London. I can already feel it on the horizon and must confess am vaguely dreading it.

Return to San Francisco (already)...

Return to San Francisco (already)... 09/13/2004 08:25 PM

So I might - note might - be in San Francisco again in about three week's time for a few nights, well actually only really two or three nights: 6th October, (maybe 8th October) and 9th October. I'd be going to an event in Sonoma on the 7th and 8th, so it would really be a flying visit. Does anyone have a convenient pile of floor or sofa that they might be prepared to lend me?

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Third of San Francisco Without Power

Third of San Francisco Without Power 12/21/2003 07:25 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 21 2003 6:38AM ET

San Francisco Keeps Gay Weddings Going
(AP)

San Francisco Keeps Gay Weddings Going
(AP) 02/16/2004 09:13 PM
AP - As hundreds of gay and lesbian couples lined up at City Hall for the historic chance to wed with the city's blessing, opponents filed legal papers Monday arguing that only judges can declare California's prohibition on same-sex marriages to be unconstitutional.

San Francisco update...

San Francisco update... 08/17/2004 03:19 PM

So what did I do yesterday... Er... Basically went for lunch with Kevin and Jesse where we talked about Apple and set-top boxes and food and stuff, wandered into Technorati and said hi to people (wave to Tantek), micro-bumped into Joi, then got the CalTrain up to see Six Apart (purely for fun), got a train back with Anil and finally wandered off to The Cafe for my required dose of gaydom, which was a bit weird as it was hip-hop night and I felt like everyone's fat beardy grandfather. So I got a bit drunk and danced clumsily and collapsed back at Leslie's unconscious at about one. Funny day.

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CC Party Jan. 6 San Francisco

CC Party Jan. 6 San Francisco 12/29/2004 03:38 PM

San Francisco may not regulate bl0ggers
after all

San Francisco may not regulate bl0ggers
after all 04/06/2005 11:08 PM
Blog: It looks like San Francisco political bloggers may be able to rest easy. Maybe. The Board of Supervisors has been...

San Francisco sues Microsoft

San Francisco sues Microsoft 08/30/2004 07:43 PM
Despite numerous out-of-court settlements with various state governments around the country, it appears Microsoft's legal woes aren't over yet.

On my upcoming trip to San Francisco...

On my upcoming trip to San Francisco... 06/17/2005 03:22 PM

So here's the plan - I'm flying to San Francisco on Saturday and I'll be hanging around until the 26th with all my geek hipster friends. But don't take that to mean that I'm busy all the time - I'm keen as ever to see (and meet) as many neat people as possible. When I go to San Francisco, I normally try and set up some kind of drunken evening at the Tonga Room - because the rain and the thunder and the tiki stylings and the lounge act are all so cool. But I am also aware that the cocktails are terrible and that maybe I've milked the experience as much as I can. So, guys, does anyone have any better ideas?

While I'm at it, I might as well put out another call - are there any glorious geek events, any particularly cool exhibitions or bars that I'd regret not going to? It's not every day I get a full week in my spiritual homeland to reconnect with the mothership. So what should I be doing?

Of course, no trip comes without its inconveniences, and this one is particularly poignant - while I'm on the flight to SFO I'll be missing the big reveal in the final episode of Doctor Who. This is doubly galling since I'm currently enduring hundreds of lunatic comments on my Doctor Who and Bad Wolf post. Regular visitors to the site may be getting bored of hearing about this, but things are way out of control - the post has received seven hundred comments as of now, and sometimes they come in at the rate of one or two a minute. The whole thing's starting to remind me of Kottke's famous Matrix meltdown. All of which is a roundabout way of saying don't spoil it for me until I've got my hands on a copy.

Anyway, as of this evening, I'm either in pre-flight limbo or stuck in some terminal interzone, and I'm hoping to take the opportunity to catch up with all the notes and writing I've been doing recently but haven't had a chance to post to my site. So more later...

LinuxWorld's San Francisco shindig

LinuxWorld's San Francisco shindig 08/02/2004 12:20 PM
As the show kicks off, everyone wants a piece of the action. For example, does Sun really want to buy Novell? Also: Patent power.

Google Making 3-D Map of San Francisco?

Google Making 3-D Map of San Francisco? 06/17/2005 07:21 PM
Man, if it were anywhere near April 1st I would be seriously wondering about this story. BetaNews is reporting on a story at SiliconValleyWatcher that Google is attempting to map...

Thoughts on MacWorld San Francisco

Thoughts on MacWorld San Francisco 01/07/2004 04:41 PM

I must admit I wasn't expecting anything earth-shattering from Steve Jobs yesterday and for the most part I wasn't disappointed. While unveiling some pretty cool toys, both hardware and software, he failed to deliver anything that on it's surface will immediately sway a consumer to purchase a Mac over a PC.

I say 'on it's surface' because Garage Band may become another one of those things that people fall in love with. The fact that he added it to the $49 iLife package is amazing. Face it, human beings love to create things and that includes music. Today's musical offerings are pretty bland so creating your own might be a good alternative. Garage Band now puts professional level music composition in the hands of the average consumer. A demo I saw last night showed a $99 keyboard hooked up to it and it sounded exactly like a grand piano. Not that cheesy midi sound you'd expect. Pretty impressive.

Other announcements included improvements to iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD as well as new iPod Minis. The knock against the new smaller iPods will be that for the capacity they aren't much cheaper than a slightly larger iPod. Keep in mind you are not paying for capacity, but rather the physical size of the unit. It's the size of a business card. It's the same reason Sony is able sell those tiny Vaios. People want smaller rather than bigger. It's not the $100 iPod everybody was hoping for, but they do come in five fashionable colors. Give him credit, Steve Jobs knows how to sell to your vanity.

The one thing that caught my eye yesterday was not mentioned at MacWorld. iTunes Music Store added lists of Billboards Top 100 songs for every year going back to 1946. While the lists are not complete they are fairly comprehensive. I must admit the fuel behind my Napster addiction a couple of years ago was how easy it was to find music I remembered from high school and college. I was never terribly interested in finding new albums on Napster or Kazaa because the vast majority of new music is rather unappealing. This is the kind of small enhancement that I think will keep Apple and iTMS ahead of Walmart and Napster in the online music biz.

All in all, not a bad day for Apple. Since these announcements focused primarily on software I'd expect some new hardware sometime this summer. Possibly G5 Powerbooks or 3Ghz Power Macs. It's the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh this year so I have no doubt that Jobs has something good in the pipeline.

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