How Much Computing Will You Wear In Your Shoes?

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It's All About the Shoes

It's All About the Shoes 09/07/2004 07:00 AM
When nearly all of his competitors were exporting work overseas, John Stollenwerk kept his 700 factory jobs in the United States -- but not for the reasons you'd think.

GNU/Shoes

GNU/Shoes 01/24/2004 10:36 PM
GNU Shoes 0.3/0.4 release

BEA presents liquid computing vision,
products and services, for simplified
enterprise computing

BEA presents liquid computing vision,
products and services, for simplified
enterprise computing 09/16/2004 07:18 AM
AME Info Sep 16 2004 10:56AM GMT

Bears Still Wear the SOX

Bears Still Wear the SOX 09/10/2004 08:46 AM
TheStreet.com Sep 10 2004 1:08PM GMT

Soft wear

Soft wear 09/20/2004 03:00 AM
USA Today Sep 20 2004 6:22AM GMT

What To Wear On Mars

What To Wear On Mars 05/23/2004 09:21 AM

Antimosquito Wear

Antimosquito Wear 06/01/2004 06:35 PM
“Fear West Nile no more. A new line of clothes from Seattle-based Ex Officio is engineered to repel insects. The EPA-approved apparel - created in partnership with Buzz Off Insect Shield, a Greensboro, N.C., company - is treated with permethrin, a pesticide that occurs naturally in the chrysanthemum plant but can also be created synthetically. ‘It gives mosquitoes a skull- crushing headache,’ says Ex Officio’s Rick Hemmerling.”

Why shouldn't one wear ties?

Why shouldn't one wear ties? 05/25/2004 05:21 AM
Ha! I knew that there was a reason why I don't wear ties (well, except on some rare occasions)! It's because

a) they are not a part of the universally known "geek uniform"
b) they harbor diseases.

(Via BoingBoing).

Wear and Tear

Wear and Tear 12/10/2003 03:27 AM
I hereby dub this week "No Rest for the Weary" week. The pressure is definitely on for us to finish...

Monkeys Wear Out Their Welcome

Monkeys Wear Out Their Welcome 11/03/2003 11:13 AM
Techfocus Nov 3 2003 10:13AM ET

Travelling Shoes

Travelling Shoes 03/21/2003 09:13 AM
it was Uday in the bunker .. Uday Out of the Picture? .. travellingshoes

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Nice shoes

Nice shoes 01/03/2004 02:06 PM

Medium Footwear's collection of new shoe designs look pretty cool. They seem right about midway between skate shoe and hipster shoe to me (tending towards hip for the sake of being hip), which is what I'm currently liking in my shoes.

I'd point to my favorite shoe designs, but their assy flash interface doesn't let me link directly to them.

Of shoes and meat

Of shoes and meat 07/28/2004 06:17 AM

« Welcome to Missouri, land of meat and shoes! »

One of the most impressive things about Finns is their grasp of geography, well, at least all the ones I know seem to know far more detail about the planet we inhabit than any other people I've ever met, which is a dramatic contrast to Americans who seem to have some difficulty placing their own country on a political map of the world. If you read Finnish, you'll get a good chuckle out of Peter Elk's [Finnish expat living in NYC] look at an old geography book and it's descriptions of US states. If you don't read Finnish, well, the summary is that some of the state descriptions are pretty hilarious.

Missouri, for example, is the "Meat and Shoe State". I mean, Missouri, land of the Ozarks and home of the 'throwed[sic] roll', evokes the image of meat and shoes? Lambert's does have really great rolls if you remember to duck and their iced tea is served in giant mason jars with free refills, too. I kept trying to imagine of a reason why anyone on the planet would think of shoes and meat when describing Missouri. And then it dawned on me....Missouri! The Sho[e]-Me[at] State! Someone in Finland heard Shoe-Meat instead of Show-Me! Of course! :) The slogan has been in use for a long, long time and has a somewhat interesting origin.

The most widely known legend attributes the phrase to Missouri's U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1903. While a member of the U.S. House Committee on Naval Affairs, Vandiver attended an 1899 naval banquet in Philadelphia. In a speech there, he declared, "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me." Regardless of whether Vandiver coined the phrase, it is certain that his speech helped to popularize the saying.

Other versions of the "Show-Me" legend place the slogan's origin in the mining town of Leadville, Colorado. There, the phrase was first employed as a term of ridicule and reproach. A miner's strike had been in progress for some time in the mid-1890s, and a number of miners from the lead districts of southwest Missouri had been imported to take the places of the strikers. The Joplin miners were unfamiliar with Colorado mining methods and required frequent instructions. Pit bosses began saying, "That man is from Missouri. You'll have to show him."

However the slogan originated, it has since passed into a different meaning entirely, and is now used to indicate the stalwart, conservative, noncredulous character of Missourians.

Well, in all honesty, Missouri did have the Brown Shoe Company in St. Louis and the enormous stockyards in Kansas City [in Missouri in spite of the name] back before it became better known for Budweiser Beer and John Ashcroft. I think the new state slogan should read, "Missouri! We're real sorry about Ashcroft!" Or, maybe, "Missouri! Getting dumb sports fans drunk since 1906!" Missouri does have a few redeeming qualities like Mark Twain, Chuck Berry and Vincent Price. It's home, but as Mark Twain so wisely quipped, "Familiarity breeds contempt..." I will henceforth refer to it as the "Shoe-Meat State". :)

Because it's July [read everything is closed for summer holiday and I'm bored] and I'm, of course, far more entertained by state slogans than anyone probably should be, I'll offer a more honest selection of state slogans for the easily amused. They're notoriously bad and ridiculed all over the US [65k pdf] for being the product of horrible PR wonks.

• Alabama: Wonder Full ∴ Wonderful? Alabama? "Yes, we have indoor plumbing."
• Alaska: Beyond Your Dreams, Within Your Reach ∴ "Screwing the environment for your SUV"
• Arizona: The Grand Canyon State ∴ "Land of Cheap Smokes and Indian Reservations" Monument Valley is really a lot more stunning than the Grand Canyon.
• Arkansas: The Natural State ∴ Natural? Natural what? "If you can read this, you don't live here."
• California: Find Yourself Here ∴ ...because everyone here is as lost as you are. "California, the fruit and nut state!" or "Our women have more plastic than your car!".
• Colorado: (none) ∴ Colorado, home of the Coalition for the American Family and anti-gay everything. "If you don't ski, don't bother."
• Connecticut: Full of Surprises ∴ Boy, howdy, who wrote that nonsense? "Connecticut, Stepford wives and suburban stupor!" or "Massachussets is thattaway!"
• Delaware: It's Good Being First ∴ The state best known for it's very 'generous' tax structure, S-Corporations and cheap booze/outlet malls that people from adjoining states flock to. I guess they couldn't just say, "Hey! We're small, cheap and available!".
• Florida: (none) ∴ "Ask us about our grandchildren!" or "Watch out for that sinkhole!"
• Georgia: Georgia on My Mind ∴ We banned rum and slaves but not lawyers!
• Hawaii: Aloha ∴ BORING. "Islands of flaming hot magma!"
• Idaho: Potatoes. Tasty Destinations. ∴ Why not just get sponsored by Ore-Ida Corp and go with "When it says Ore-Ida, it's alll-righta."? or, even better, "Land of Tater Tots!".
• Illinois: Right Here. Right Now. ∴ Yeah, it's there alright. What happened to "Land of Lincoln"? "Illinois! Please remember the S is silent!"
• Iowa: Come Be Our Guest ∴ "Iowa! Be our guest as you surely won't stay!"
• Indiana: Enjoy Indiana ∴ It used to be "Wander Indiana" which had TV spots with an empty car toodling around the state which gave you the [realistic] impression that the state put you to sleep. "Indiana! Enjoy our dullness!"
• Kansas: Simply Wonderful ∴ "Kansas! Drive faster, daddy! Faster!" The only thing more boring than driving across Kansas is driving across Wyoming.
• Kentucky: It's That Friendly ∴ "Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names"
• Louisiana: Come as You Are. Leave Different. ∴ "It's not new and it doesn't lean!"
• Maine: It Must Be Maine ∴ "Every visitor gets a free L.L. Bean Boat Tote!"
• Maryland: (none) ∴ "Crab cakes and crabs."
• Massachusetts: Make It Yours ∴ "Taxachusetts! Our Taxes Are Lower Than Finland's (For Most Tax Brackets)"
• Michigan: Great Lakes. Great Times. ∴ "First Line Of Defense From The Canadians" or "All your crap cars are belong to us!"
• Minnesota: Explore Minnesota ∴ "And don't forget the bug spray!" or "10,000 Lakes and 10,000,000,000,000 mosquitoes"
• Mississippi: Feels Like Coming Home ∴ "Come Visit And Feel Better About Where You Live"
• Missouri: Where the Rivers Run ∴ "Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work" or "We're sorry about Ashcroft!"
• Montana: Travel Montana ∴ "Home of the Unabomber and christian militias"
• Nebraska: Possibilities...Endless ∴ "Ask About Our State Motto Contest..."
• Nevada: Wide Open ∴ Gotta wonder what the guy who made that one up was looking at. "Home of the mushroom cloud!"
• New Hampshire: Make Up for Lost Time ∴ "Go Away"
• New Jersey: The Perfect Getaway ∴ What a perfect motto for a state filled with gangsters! "Hey, Guy! Whatchoolookinat?"
• New Mexico: Land of Enchantment ∴ "Atomic bombs and Aliens! Coincidence? We think not!"
• New York: I ♥ NY (I Love New York) ∴ "Give us your wallet!"
• North Carolina: A Better Place to Be ∴ "Come smokem peace pipe!"
• North Dakota: Legendary ∴ "We still have at least 50 residents!"
• Ohio: So Much to Discover ∴ "Ohio! The state next to Indiana!"
• Oklahoma: Native America ∴ "Just like the musical only without the singing!"
• Oregon: We Love Dreamers ∴ "We hate Californians!"
• Pennsylvania: The State of Independence ∴ "Cook With Coal!"
• Rhode Island: (various) ∴ "We aren't really an island!"
• South Carolina: Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places. ∴ "We didn't surrender to those Damn Yankees!"
• South Dakota: Great Faces. Great Places. ∴ "250 miles to the nearest rest stop!"
• Tennessee: (none) ∴ "The edumacation state!"
• Texas: It's Like a Whole Other Country ∴ It sure is y'all. We all wish it were another country, too. "Si! Hablo Ingles!"
• Utah: (none) ∴ "We're on a mission from god" or "Dry in every way imaginable"
• Vermont: (none) ∴ "Come peep and leave"
• Virginia: Virginia is for Lovers ∴ "We have ponies"
• Washington: (none) ∴ "Home of Apples and Microsoft"
• West Virginia: Wild and Wonderful ∴ "Kissin' Cousins!"
• Wisconsin: Stay Just a Little Bit Longer ∴ "Come cut some cheese!"
• Wyoming: (none) ∴ "Why are you here?"

Blue Shoes

Blue Shoes 04/04/2005 11:08 AM

« One of the five bright blue towers of the 110 kV Salmisaari-Meilahti power line that crosses the seurasaarenselkä that are collectively called "Antti's Footsteps" in honor of their designer, Antti Nurmesniemi. Look at the tiny little people on the right for a sense of scale. [They were named from a HE contest with 1,496 entries and the winner receiving 5000 kWh of electricity for a year. The finalists were: Sinijätit, Johtokurki, Hattiwatit, Meritoverit (sea friends), Seireenit (sirens), Stadin Eiffelit (Eiffels of the city), Sinilinja (blue line), Sinimastot (blue masts), Virtaviivat (blood line) and Antin askeleet (Antti's footsteps).] »

Helsinki Energy seems to go out of it's way to make power plants look good as though people might notice, and perhaps blame them, that the Baltic is still so polluted that it's not recommended to eat Baltic fish more than once a week or the layer of smoggy gritty haze over the city today if they didn't sex them up a bit. As though they might be saying, "Yes, this is a coal fired power plant but, hey, aren't these lovely blue power lines beautiful?" Sure, they say the plants are ultra clean but the people they're saying that to probably don't live next to the strip mine somewhere with cheap labour and no pretty blue pylons. Energy production is with rare exception a dirty, ugly business that we'd all like to pretend that we don't participate in and depend on utterly each and every day. I look at those blue giants daily and I'm reminded of the lengths we will go in our own self-deceptions and how we are so willing to be fooled. We are energy junkies.

Big Belly, Big Shoes

Big Belly, Big Shoes 05/31/2004 05:31 PM
This week's question: Why did my wife's feet grow a shoe size when she was pregnant?

Putting ourselves in their shoes

Putting ourselves in their shoes 09/22/2004 10:33 AM
Juan Cole helps us imagine what life would be like in the United States under Iraq-like conditions. In terms of civilians killed -- it would be as if 9/11 happened every week.

Cintas Can't Wear Out Success

Cintas Can't Wear Out Success 09/17/2004 12:29 PM
The uniform supplier is headed for another year of sales and earnings gains.

100 Men in NYC Seek Right to Wear Skirts
(AP)

100 Men in NYC Seek Right to Wear Skirts
(AP) 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
AP - About 100 men in minis, midis and even tutus took to the streets of Manhattan to call for an end to the tyranny of trousers.

Courvoisier: Drink It or Wear It

Courvoisier: Drink It or Wear It 02/17/2004 08:12 AM
Allied Domecq branches out to luxury clothing. Will consumers buy it?

Football: Pennant to wear tag

Football: Pennant to wear tag 04/02/2005 02:00 AM
Birmingham's Jermaine Pennant can wear an electronic tag against Tottenham.

Why Cyclists Wear Black

Why Cyclists Wear Black 12/17/2004 06:26 PM

We don't play ba ll. (Not exactly work safe.)

Can these running shoes outsmart you?

Can these running shoes outsmart you? 03/19/2005 02:55 AM
Adidas delivers its athletic footwear of the future, a shoe designed around a microprocessor.
Photos: Watch them run

Karma? Top Floor, Next to Shoes

Karma? Top Floor, Next to Shoes 07/25/2004 04:04 AM
In Chelsea, a museum dedicated to the art of the spiritual path opens in a former temple of commerce.

Wearing Shoes Bad For your Health?

Wearing Shoes Bad For your Health? 04/01/2005 05:25 PM

Adidas 1 Self-Adapting Shoes

Adidas 1 Self-Adapting Shoes 05/06/2004 07:13 AM
The Times' Circuits section accidentally reports about something interesting this morning when they talk about the development of the new 'Adidas 1' self-adapting running shoe. Although the article is too busy getting quotes from Rob Enderle to actually break down what exactly the shoes do to adapt, I was able...

Report: $250 shoes to have computer

Report: $250 shoes to have computer 05/06/2004 08:40 AM
CNN May 6 2004 12:21PM GMT

"shoes for the kids in Afghanistan. "

"shoes for the kids in Afghanistan. " 06/17/2004 11:33 AM

Walk A Mile in Your Shoes

Walk A Mile in Your Shoes 12/10/2003 11:29 AM
Walk A Mile project brings policymakers and people on assistance together. One of their programs is Living on Food Stamps, where policymakers try to eat for a month on the same amount of food stamps regular people receive. Here's how it went in Oregon, and some lessons learned by legislators.

Linux.Ars: if the Fedora fits, wear it

Linux.Ars: if the Fedora fits, wear it 11/05/2003 11:37 PM

Gates Says MSN Will Wear White Hat In
Search

Gates Says MSN Will Wear White Hat In
Search 06/10/2004 02:55 PM
"He [Gates] jokingly advised the crowd to buy Google stock and coyly refused comment as to whether he thought Google's advantage lay mostly in marketing."

Vodafone lets Sun wear the trousers

Vodafone lets Sun wear the trousers 06/28/2004 08:04 PM
Co-author! Live! 3G! Java! specification!

Should web developers wear an
accessibility badge?

Should web developers wear an
accessibility badge? 08/12/2004 01:31 PM
Out-Law.com Aug 12 2004 5:08PM GMT

Research: Chips may wear genes

Research: Chips may wear genes 08/04/2004 07:52 AM
ZDNet Aug 4 2004 12:23PM GMT

San Antonio Strippers to Wear Permits
(AP)

San Antonio Strippers to Wear Permits
(AP) 12/19/2004 03:22 PM
AP - Strippers in this city will soon have to put on something they can't take off — a business license.

Is Formal Work Wear Back?

Is Formal Work Wear Back? 09/03/2004 02:48 PM
Sometimes buying a suit is bad news, no matter how sharp you look in it.

Judge: Man Can't Wear Makeup in Prison
(AP)

Judge: Man Can't Wear Makeup in Prison
(AP) 07/22/2004 07:39 AM
AP - Prison officials Thursday rejected a mass murderer's application to be allowed to wear makeup while serving his 30-year sentence.

Social Climbers put on your hiking
shoes......

Social Climbers put on your hiking
shoes...... 08/02/2004 09:53 AM

Ju dith (as usual) is totally tied in.....

Are you a social climber? Do you live in the San Francisco Bay area? If so, you might want to join Urban Diversion or the San Francisco Outdoor Adventure Club.

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Ah, that kind of social climbing, you say! Indeed, online social clubs are becoming an increasingly popular platform to
form ‘face-to-face facilitation for fun’ fora.

They even have ‘clubhouses’!

This morning I
found—Urban
activity clubs provide a place to grow, explore and maybe meet—by Reyhan Harmanci, on sfgate.com. In a
year-and-a-half, Urban Diversion’s membership “has risen from 75 to 260, with 25 to 35 events each month. In August,
they plan to launch an East Bay calendar with a new Web portal” according to this article.

Looks like I will have to start a new category in my
S NS Meta List for ‘Online Social
Clubs’.

Happy Sunday!

Make your own WWII victory shoes

Make your own WWII victory shoes 05/05/2004 05:04 PM
"Scrap materials, the end of an ordinary box, scraps of leather or canvas, are all you need to manufacture a pair of comfortable, serviceable play shoes." So says the introduction to this Sunset article from 1943 on how to make your own "Caterpillars." I'd rather have these than those embarrassingly smug Adbusters sneakers. Link (If the link gives you problems, use the access code KAYAK to gain admittance. What a dumb rule!)

NCR boss fills Fiorina's shoes

NCR boss fills Fiorina's shoes 03/30/2005 07:21 AM
Computer Weekly Mar 30 2005 11:16AM GMT
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