Reality TV Gilligan's Island

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SHAME OF THE CITY / HOMELESS ISLAND /
They live - and die - on a traffic
island in the middle of a busy downtown
street, surviving by panhandling drivers
or turning tricks.

SHAME OF THE CITY / HOMELESS ISLAND /
They live - and die - on a traffic
island in the middle of a busy downtown
street, surviving by panhandling drivers
or turning tricks. 12/02/2003 12:28 AM

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
www.reality-porn.ws

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No Search Is an Island

No Search Is an Island 06/24/2005 03:05 PM

Usability Is An Island

Usability Is An Island 12/29/2004 08:52 PM

The Island of Balta

The Island of Balta 07/30/2004 08:20 AM
"Take a Prozac." .. Prozac

balta.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_balta_archive.html#109112964138 040505
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"Lockdown on Sea Island"

"Lockdown on Sea Island" 06/11/2004 12:09 AM

Terminal Island

Terminal Island 06/30/2004 02:51 AM
Command-line blog on the www (see it to believe it) .. weblog via fake shell script .. Terminal Island

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Pitcairn Island

Pitcairn Island 05/15/2004 04:09 PM
Fascinating article about the history of tiny, remote Pitcairn Island. [More inside]

Oak Island Mystery

Oak Island Mystery 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
Oak Island is one of the greatest treasur e hunting mysteries of the last 400 years. The Money Pit as it is called, has stirred up a bevy of questions including how this simple pit has alluded treasure hunters and scientists to this day. Some believe that it might be the location of the Holy Grail, stashed by the Templar Knights. Other's believe that it might be the resting place of Sir Francis Bacon's original plays acreditted to William Shakespear. The most common belief is that The pirate Captain Kidd hid his huge stash of gold deep within the pit which accounts for all of the unusual traps. Regardless of the wild speculation there has been evidence to suggest that there is deffinately something in the pit. But not all agree....

Welcome To Big Brother Island

Welcome To Big Brother Island 05/04/2004 01:40 PM
Wired News is talking about a tourist island in Maine that is being blankete d with security cameras, motion detectors and sensors all tied back into a computer with some artificial intelligence to keep out the "bad people." Yes, it sounds like the pitch for a bad movie combining sci-fi with reality television ("Dave. You've been electronically voted off the island. Dave."). The folks behind the project, however, claim that privacy is a "two way street," suggesting that sure, you're being monitored by a computer, but at least it means you'll feel safe that you're not being stalked by a rapist. The system is designed to recognize regular "good" visitors to the island and let them on without any problems. However, the "bad" people who dare to sneak up via kayak will be shot on sight (well, maybe not that drastic...). Still, as a last ditch effort to ward off complaints, the folks behind the project say that, if anything, they're helping to bring up discussion issues around surveillance and privacy rights.

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.

An Island to Oneself

An Island to Oneself 04/20/2004 06:06 PM
An Island to Oneself: The Story of Six years on a Desert Island - Tom Neale

Desert Island Internet

Desert Island Internet 09/23/2004 03:01 PM
It's one of those slow news days, so here's a post that goes well with the story the other day about survi ving two weeks without the internet. A "desert-island" style survey that asked people what two media types they would want if they could only have two, showed that 77% of people would take the internet as either one of their first or second choices. In part, of course, this is because the internet can be used as a replacement for many of the functions served by other media types. Still, this type of thinking tends to get people confused that business models for those other media will easily shift online, when clearly, that hasn't been the case. Just because it's a replacement, doesn't mean people will pay for it the same way. Being online changes the business models as well by changing the nature of the material.

GPS to Aid 911 Operators in Rhode Island
(AP)

GPS to Aid 911 Operators in Rhode Island
(AP) 04/27/2004 09:03 AM
AP - Global Positioning System technology will be in use by this fall to help 911 operators pinpoint emergency calls to within feet in Providence and several surrounding cities.

On the island soup front

On the island soup front 09/11/2004 02:53 PM
Exciting news! "Soups are back" at the Fog Island Cafe, or so claim the signs posted in their windows, enticing customers with an exclamation point and "thumbs-up" graphic. Ah fall on Nantucket...

On the island running front

On the island running front 09/11/2004 02:53 PM
I've been building up my distance lately as marathon day (or M-day) draws closer. Last Sunday I had a beautiful 10 miler out to the ocean and back, which you can see here on my map of my running route. I'll keep adding to this as my weekend runs lengthen. For my 20 miler, I'm thinking about going out to Siasconset, around to Polpis and back home. And maybe if I go totally insane, I'll run out to Great Point and back. But that seems unlikely.

Island of the cannibal Republicans

Island of the cannibal Republicans 08/30/2004 10:32 AM
One New York writer welcomes GOP delegates with a hot dog and a self-published Swiftian satire -- recipes included!

Big Brother to Watch Over Island

Big Brother to Watch Over Island 05/04/2004 05:05 AM
The developer of Ayers Island in Maine -- where the public can soon explore nature trails and art festivals -- will place every visitor under surveillance by cameras, sensors and computers. Why? To keep out 'suspicious' people, of course. By Mark Baard.

King of a virtual island

King of a virtual island 12/25/2004 08:43 PM
iafrica.com Dec 26 2004 12:30AM GMT

Mauritius Island To Go Wireless

Mauritius Island To Go Wireless 02/05/2005 09:59 PM
TechWeb Feb 6 2005 1:31AM GMT

GPS to Aid 911 Operators in Rhode Island

GPS to Aid 911 Operators in Rhode Island 04/27/2004 01:15 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 27 2004 5:19PM GMT

Return to Mysterious Island

Return to Mysterious Island 04/15/2005 12:38 AM
vnunet.com Apr 15 2005 4:57AM GMT

Indoor Tropical Island

Indoor Tropical Island 01/03/2005 12:11 PM

Bad grammar (and spelling) at Coney
Island

Bad grammar (and spelling) at Coney
Island 06/17/2005 03:34 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Mark Hurst points us to this "crime spree" of bad grammar on the signs at Coney Island.
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Reader comment: "Don't forget fun for the 'hole' family."
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Rhode Island Cat Turns Up in Seattle
(AP)

Rhode Island Cat Turns Up in Seattle
(AP) 12/29/2003 11:38 PM
AP - The O'Connor family has its own Christmas miracle: Its cat that had been missing for two months was found clear across the country.

Island travelogue: Caribbean Panama

Island travelogue: Caribbean Panama 07/26/2004 01:52 PM
Erik Gauger sez: "This is one of my latest travelogue notes. It is about a semi-autonomous people that live on very tiny islands off the coast of Panama, are the smallest people in the western hemisphere, and get wildly drunk in the morning when a girl hits puberty." Link

Woman disappears on Spanish island

Woman disappears on Spanish island 07/23/2004 02:33 PM
A woman disappears from her apartment while on holiday on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.

A campaign to promote Silicon Island

A campaign to promote Silicon Island 04/27/2004 12:21 AM
Newsday Apr 27 2004 4:39AM GMT

Earthquake Reported Off Indonesia Island
(AP)

Earthquake Reported Off Indonesia Island
(AP) 03/30/2005 09:07 PM
AP - Firefighters freed a man trapped in a crumpled house on remote Nias island on Wednesday, 36 hours after he was buried in rubble. As the first foreign military help arrived, officials said an estimated 1,000 people had died in the region's latest large earthquake.

Quake-hit island faces shortages

Quake-hit island faces shortages 03/31/2005 03:11 AM
A lack of water, shelter and medicine is worsening conditions on Indonesia's quake-hit island of Nias.

Traffic Island Disks Homepage

Traffic Island Disks Homepage 02/18/2004 09:22 PM
They wanted the music that was playing in my walkman .. Traffic Island Discs Homepage

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Canada Island May Boot GMO Crops

Canada Island May Boot GMO Crops 03/06/2004 01:52 AM
The leaders on a tiny island in Canada consider a ban on genetically modified crops. Not everyone thinks it's a good idea. Charles Mandel reports from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows, Part
4

A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows, Part
4 03/22/2005 04:22 PM
Wrapping up the series with a look at some cool features of Linux you can add to your work desktop.

Artist arrested on Easter Island

Artist arrested on Easter Island 04/19/2005 11:05 AM
David Pescovitz: Canadian sculptor Bill Vazan, 71, is accused by Easter Island authorities of moving small rocks from archaeologically-significant sites to construct land artworks. The island's head of criminal investigations, Carlos Soto, says that Vazan is not under arrest but must stay put while under investigation. He could be penalized $520 or up to three years in jail. From Reuters:

Soto said Vazan had volunteered to pay $1,000 for the damage. The sculptor paid 20-year-old Genaro Gatica, an Easter Island resident, $25 a day to help carry stones.

Vazan, in interviews with local media, said that Gatica was supposed to help him identify sacred stones so he could avoid using them.

"He went in front of me saying this rock yes, these others no. ... Now it appears that two of the rocks I used had value, but it was never my intention to cause harm," he told La Tercera newspaper.

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Island Chronicles: Hiking up the Volcano

Island Chronicles: Hiking up the Volcano 11/16/2003 08:27 PM
Here's our latest Island Chronicles dispatch. Link

Cow Stranded on Island Lifted to Safety
(AP)

Cow Stranded on Island Lifted to Safety
(AP) 12/19/2004 03:22 PM
AP - A year-old cow was tranquilized into contentment and then airlifted to safety Friday from a tiny island where she had been stranded for weeks by rising water.

Migrants swamp Italian island

Migrants swamp Italian island 09/12/2004 11:03 AM
Over 650 illegal immigrants, most thought to be African, arrive on tiny Lampedusa in a single weekend.

Here's One Place G.O.P. Curled Up: Our
Fair Island

Here's One Place G.O.P. Curled Up: Our
Fair Island 09/15/2004 07:32 PM
Mr. Rather said he went to officials at the White House .. just who's in control of rebuilding ground zero .. no longer a single Republican legislator .. New York Observer interview .. the editors let loose .. runs SUV into crowd .. King Calm Keller .. interview .. scores

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Reality TV Gilligan's Island

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