The 29% Nation of I Don't Care.

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The Nation on Ro

The Nation on Ro 03/06/2004 01:51 AM
The Nation has a gre at piece on Ro Khanna's race for Congress.

One Nation Under Pod?

One Nation Under Pod? 03/17/2005 03:09 AM

The popular digital music player Apple iPod will make its eagerly anticipated debut on the Vietnamese market this month. By Vietnam Economy

New Nation Under God

New Nation Under God 05/24/2004 12:52 PM
Christian Exodus seeks 50,000 Christians to move to a state in the U.S., overthrow the government, and establish an independent nation. Please don't pick Florida.

Joystiq Nation

Joystiq Nation 06/20/2004 05:18 AM

Ne w game group-blog.

Joystiq is a new group blog on gaming from the same people who brought us Engadget. Link

[Bo ingBoing]

Wow - coolio- just in time for me to show the Ziff editors what's up with blogging. Now I've got a coolio link to use.

In fact I saw Jason Calacanis last night (we were in the same debate) so I can bring my own unique perspective to this post.

The girth of a nation

The girth of a nation 06/29/2004 08:43 AM
Americans are way too fat -- right? Well, maybe not. A controversial new book claims that our diet-crazed culture is buying into a big lie.

The Kumeyaay Nation.

The Kumeyaay Nation. 11/12/2003 01:30 PM
The Kumeyaay Nation of southern California. 'This Web site is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the Kumeyaay culture. Kumeyaay.com tells the story from the Kumeyaay perspective, and is the premiere source for Kumeyaay Indian information.' With an interesting history, language and culture section.

Nation moves from DVD to EVD

Nation moves from DVD to EVD 11/19/2003 03:59 AM

iPod Nation

iPod Nation 07/18/2004 04:11 AM
In just three years, Apple's adorable mini music player has gone from gizmo to life-changing cultural icon. By Steven Levy, Newsweek (via MyAppleMenu)

"Soveign Nation?"

"Soveign Nation?" 08/10/2004 03:16 AM

trek nation

trek nation 09/01/2004 01:22 PM
Yesterday afternoon, I worked with Rod Roddenberry (Gene's son) at my favorite pub in the world, which just happens to be in Old Town Pasadena.

A Nation Divided? Who Says?

A Nation Divided? Who Says? 06/12/2004 11:10 AM
Some scholars say the notion of a polarized nation is largely a myth created by people inside the Beltway shouting at each other.

One Nation Under Stuff

One Nation Under Stuff 10/30/2003 12:34 PM
"It's a tragic event ..., but it's an example of the American spirit of protecting our assets." Interesting/odd quote regarding a Firefighter who lost his life yesterday saving the historic mining town of Julian in San Diego County. Tragedy aside, since when is having/protecting stuff a part of the "American Spirit?"

Every nation an island

Every nation an island 06/17/2005 04:28 PM

« The boat quay on Koivusaari in late spring. The round disk just to the left of the point light is illuminated in the darker months with what I think is the phase of the moon since it often corresponds to the moon when it isn't too cloudy to compare them. [In fact, if anyone from the boat club knows about the lunar light and can confirm or deny my supposition, send me an email as I've been wondering what its story is for quite some time.] »

A long quiet weekend of laundry, cleaning, reading, scanning the backlog of photos, baking coffeecake and watching Jarkko play WoW. I was very amused when he wondered if the player with the nick 'Koskenkorva' might be Finnish. Uh...yeah, very probably. :)

I was also pretty amused by a Dubai land development called The World" which features a few hundred island nations for sale to those who have always wanted to, say, own Finland. A thinking person probably wouldn't blow a few dozen million bucks on a sandbar with services in the Arabian Gulf after seeing what is happening to Tuvalu and other similar islands. I suppose there will be at least a symbolic swallowing of 'The World' by the sea when the time comes which will be fun to watch on CNN.

John Cleese explains Backup Trauma in a hilarious satire that almost makes me want to cry at the end. For every twat in the technorati who likes to prattle on about 'innovation' and 'emerging technologies' I'd like to make them be tape monkeys for a week or two. I get pretty irate when recycling old ideas with different software passes as innovation while we're still dealing with the same damn hardware that we've been dealing with for about 20 years. The only difference is that it's smaller and faster and holds a lot more data. It's like saying the cup holder in your car is an innovation for automobiles. Mostly, it's just a frilly distraction from the fact that it's still just a combustion engine that works very much like the one your grandparents drove. I'd pay good money to see Charles Platt scream "Where's the innovation?!" in tech conferences these days.

The news usually provides daily affirmations as to why I left the US, but the article Soldiers of Christ I might tide me over for a few months.

The origin of one nation under god

The origin of one nation under god 10/30/2003 12:36 AM
Letter From America, The pledge of allegiance "...such was the fear of the time that from Moscow to Asia "godless...

Each Nation its Own Press

Each Nation its Own Press 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
Part of what I plan to say at the Alfred Deakin Innovation Lectures in Melbourne next week. I'm on my way there today, and may report in next week. Expect guest blogger Len Witt. Big wave to Blognashville.

Mr. "Christian Nation" himself

Mr. "Christian Nation" himself 04/12/2005 08:42 AM
Lions and tigers and Reconstructionists, oh my! The big scary religious right, in my own Massachusetts backyward....run away! I cower and tremble as David Barton, like Godzilla, looms near.

Surveillance Nation

Surveillance Nation 03/19/2003 10:43 PM
They say the average person in the world is photographed 200 times a day. I find this number a little...

"CARE"

"CARE" 01/01/2005 10:27 PM

Welcome To CARE USA

Welcome To CARE USA 12/28/2004 01:18 PM
CARE is an organization .. CARE

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Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation 04/21/2004 11:43 PM
In light of McDonald's decision to team with Wayport, how many other chains are left? In an interview earlier today with Jeff Damir, a VP at Cometa Networks, he noted that there were many, many other quick-service restaurants (QSR) out there to talk to who might have an audience more interested in Wi-Fi hotspots. Sure enough, QSR Magazine has a list of the top 50 QSR chains by dollar volume as of 2002. Only two of these chains, Starbucks and McDonald's, have a comprehensive Wi-Fi plan. Panera and Schlotzsky's have Wi-Fi in some locations with plans for expansion. The total number of chain stores in the top 50 are 117,468, a staggering number, of which about 15 percent are committed to have Wi-Fi within a couple of years....

DenverPost.com - NATION/WORLD

DenverPost.com - NATION/WORLD 05/20/2004 04:16 AM
brutal interrogation techniques by U.S. military personnel are being investigated in connection with the deaths of at least five Iraqi prisoners in war-zone detention camps .. examined Pentagon records

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UK no longer top asylum nation

UK no longer top asylum nation 08/31/2004 01:39 PM
The UK has been replaced by France as the top destination for asylum seekers in the industrialised world, says the UN.

MSNBC - iPod Nation

MSNBC - iPod Nation 07/18/2004 02:01 PM
How the iPod is changing culture .. news

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"MSNBC - iPod Nation"

"MSNBC - iPod Nation" 07/18/2004 09:48 PM

Database Nation: The Aftermath

Database Nation: The Aftermath 08/09/2004 06:44 PM
Welcome to Database Nation, where not only is it easier than ever for companies to track your every purchase, but it's just as easy for identity thieves to steal that info. A number of companies are now dealing with the aftermath of large-scale database security breaches that are quite costly. Companies are learning they don't just have to figure out a better way to secure the databases in question, but also to set up systems to fix any of the problems they caused, such as by sending out new credit cards to everyone impacted. Makes you wonder if it's worth it.

UK turning into nation of gamers

UK turning into nation of gamers 09/01/2004 02:22 AM
People in the UK are buying and playing more games than ever before, a report has found.

sunspot.net - nation/world

sunspot.net - nation/world 12/27/2003 06:38 AM
'A broad and serious threat' .. this from the LA Times .. safer

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From the capital of an oil-rich
nation...

From the capital of an oil-rich
nation... 01/07/2004 04:23 PM

This item comes to you from an Internet cafe in the capital of a country that is

• oil-rich
• still smarting from the pain of a U.S. invasion
• throughout its history has seldom enjoyed a government elected by the people
• lacking in basic physical security, except in a handful of areas patrolled by guys wearing body armor and toting machine guns
• not somewhere you can turn on the kitchen faucet and expect drinkable water to come out

Does this sound like a crisis?  Actually it is normal everyday life in Mexico City and somehow nobody seems to mind.

Nation Is Again Divided Over Bush

Nation Is Again Divided Over Bush 11/03/2003 06:39 AM
new Washington Post/ABC News poll .. WaPo itself says .. The full article

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Nation hangs up on cellphones

Nation hangs up on cellphones 09/15/2004 03:23 PM
Lebanon protests excessive fees

Tech Nation on 'We the Media'

Tech Nation on 'We the Media' 09/04/2004 03:17 PM
Moira Gunn and I had an interesting discussion about the book on her public-radio show, Tech Nation. Scroll down for this RealAudio link.

"Serve Your Community and the Nation"

"Serve Your Community and the Nation" 11/05/2003 04:10 AM

How a Nation Forfeits its Meaning

How a Nation Forfeits its Meaning 05/08/2004 11:43 AM

Sidney Blumenthal: Thi s is the new gulag. President Bush, Condoleezza Rice and other officials, unable to contain the controversy any longer, engaged in profuse apologies and scheduled appearances on Arab television. There were still no firings. One of their chief talking points was that the "abuse" was an aberration. But Abu Ghraib was a predictable consequence of the Bush administration imperatives and policies.

There was a saying in Vietnam that summed up much of America's operations there: "We had to destroy the village to save it." We are going to destroy America to save it if we keep on the current path. The nation I love is risking its very soul, operating as if law and morality are irrelevant because, after all, "We're in a war, don't you see?" We're in a war with ourselves, too. We are risking the part of being American that has so attractive here and around the world: the sense that we paid attention to human rights and meant it. We are still better than most. We are investigating the abuses. We are not Saddam-like butchers and madmen. But we are not going in the right direction. It seems that Rumsfeld and Bush apologized for horrific abuse mostly because there are pictures of it. They're warning us of even worse to come, because there are also pictures of that. But such abuse is not new. There were re peated warnings (Washington Post) from the Red Cross and human rights organizations. For that matter, prisoners are widely abused in America's domestic prisons (NYT) -- and guess what, some of the worst conditions are in Texas. We are a revenge-loving society to begin with: Throw away the key or hang 'em high, and if the state kills a few innocents in our names, well, sorry about that. And we decided after Sept. 11 that we would fight a dirty war, here and abroad, thumbing our nose at international law and the Constitution because that would get the job done. Anyone in authority claiming surprise at the reality of the prison abuse is surely lying, because the reality of our new way of making war has been no secret. (See, for example, Mark Bowden's Atlantic Monthly piece, "The Dark Side of Interrogation," which was published in October 2003.) The polls suggest that Americans are comfortable with the idea that it's okay to shred the Constitution at home and ignore all human rights abroad in the amorphous "war on terrorism," which has now been expanded to include anything the Bush administration says it is. Shame on our government. Shame on us. How deep in to the anything-goes depravity have we sunk? I hope it's not too far to come back out. And I pray that Americans as a people will wake up to what is being done in our names, and then put a stop to it. No one is suggesting we give in to terrorists. We went to Afghanistan for good reasons, though we then pulled vital resources from that battle to take out Saddam and his nonexistent weapons of mass destruction, and then make a terrifying muddle of the reconstruction. (We must see it through in Iraq. I don't know how we can do it at this point, but we must.) Now Afghanistan is a mess again, and the entire world is coming to loathe us in unprecedented ways. The soldiers and mercenaries in one Iraqi prision are the tip of a foul iceberg. At stake here is the very meaning of America. These are frightening times.

Korea, A Nation of Spoons

Korea, A Nation of Spoons 06/11/2004 03:34 AM

I think Korean food is wonderful.  After all, I have eaten it all my life and I still eat it three meals a day (thanks to my wonderful wife).  But what I haven't noticed until recently is how Korean cuisine is uniquely 'spoon-centric'.  Other countries use spoons as well, but they are usually brought out only when there is a need (i.e. soup).  In Korea, spoon is the primary utensil.

As long as I could remember, I had a spoon and chopstick with my name on them.  By that, I don't mean my name was inscribed on them, but I could recognize my utensils by the shape, color, feel, and sometimes smell (well, I was a little paranoid when I was little).  With every Korean meal, my spoon and chopsticks were laid side-by-side like a couple married for life.  Which is the male?  The spoon, of course.  It's masculine and uncompromising where chopsticks are feminine and versatile.

Why is Korean cuisine so spoon-centric?  Because a proper Korean meal comes with a bowl of rice and a bowl of soup for each person.  The spoon is used for both the rice and the soup.  The chopstick is used mainly for the side-dishes where, in China or Japan, chopstick is used for practically everything.  Also, there is usually a shared soup in the center for which spoons come in handy.  These center-soup is usually served piping hot and has a name that ends with either Tang or Jhigae (i.e. Maewoon-Tang or Kimchi-Jhigae).

Hmm.  This post made me hungry.

"black metal nation"

"black metal nation" 02/10/2004 09:26 PM

US no longer top IT nation: Survey

US no longer top IT nation: Survey 02/19/2003 02:58 PM
Google snaps up blog startup: Internet search leader Google has bought a startup that helped popularise online journals, giving a boost to the steadily ...

You take care of your body, don't you?

You take care of your body, don't you? 12/17/2004 06:42 PM
Evang elical enviromentalists. "Any kind of pollution that hurts the unborn, children, families and the poor—this is contrary to loving your neighbor, which is at the center of ethical teaching." Maybe there's hope for this world after all.

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It
Is? Or Really Care?

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It
Is? Or Really Care? 01/29/2004 01:47 AM
One of childhood's milestones was learning how to tell time by deciphering the relationship between the clock's big hand and its little hand.

Why don't we care about the Sudan?

Why don't we care about the Sudan? 08/11/2004 05:14 PM
According to an interview with International Crisis Group's John Prendergast, via EthanZ's blog, we will care. Just not in time: In Somalia, there were stick-thin figures on our nightly television when former President Bush decided to send in American troops [in December 1992]. In Darfur, the pictures aren't as graphic yet... What's going to start killing them in large numbers, which will then create the dramatic graphics that will - three months from now - instill the kind of emotion necessary for sufficiently robust action, are the diseases that are going to rip through these camps. I think that...
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