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Shark Tank: This time it's all trick and
no treat

Shark Tank: This time it's all trick and
no treat 11/01/2003 12:52 AM
As part of its new disaster recovery plan, this Australian company takes out a lease on a secondary site about an hour outside of town from its headquarters -- and it looks perfect.

A one-trick pony that does the trick
well

A one-trick pony that does the trick
well 06/02/2004 03:44 AM
Convergence is something we talk about in this space from time to time and today is one of those times. But it's not convergence of protocols and standards that I want to mention today. Instead, it's a convergence of two of the concepts that intrigue me as they offer a very good ration of reward to risk when combined.

Treat Me Like a Fool

Treat Me Like a Fool 04/04/2005 01:29 PM
Robert MacMillan of washingtonpost.com writes this story about April Fool jokes: “Google appears to be dodging and feinting with its April Fools’ Day lineup. Users of its Gmail e-mail program encountered a bar graph and a short note explaining the company’s new project, Infinity + 1. The news seems suspect enough, but if so, the Associated Press and News.com bought it. But more on that in a moment. Google’s obvious joke shows up on a…

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How Not To Treat a New Customer

How Not To Treat a New Customer 07/09/2004 08:29 PM
I just switched to Vodafone from T-Mobile. I didn't really want to switch that badly, as T-Mobile's service had been...

Smell You Later

Smell You Later 07/21/2004 09:25 AM
Telling someone you have anosmia makes you wish for hearing loss instead: "People ... come up with some of the most perverse scenarios where not being able to smell would pay off."

What's that smell?

What's that smell? 07/07/2004 07:54 PM
Follow the blooming of the Corpseflower. The Titan opened about halfway during the course of the morning and afternoon yesterday, giving off stronger waves of odor as the day progressed. The peak odor and opening was in the early evening and by 10PM the pulses of odor became less strong. The daily progress of the Amorphophallus Titanum.

tell, tell, you smell....

tell, tell, you smell.... 07/01/2004 02:17 PM
Stasi, meet Highway Watch: The Department of Homeland Security this year gave $19.3 million to the American Trucking Associations, which is based So far, 10,000 truckers have signed on to become amateur sleuths. Over the next year, the goal is to add tollbooth workers, rest-stop employees and construction crews, creating a corps of 400,000 people drawn from every state. A child of Operation TIPS, of course.

Philips, a Dutch Treat?

Philips, a Dutch Treat? 04/14/2004 11:52 AM
Contradictory remarks from the boardroom stink up the firm's decent first-quarter earnings.

How to treat your customers like
children

How to treat your customers like
children 07/20/2004 01:17 AM

Every few weeks I get email from folks blocked from viewing metafilter at work, asking for my help. I'd never experienced it, so I usually tell folks that if they don't know the right IT person to ask, maybe they shouldn't browse the internet on the job.

I'm staying in a hotel in San Francisco right now and they offer free hotel wireless, which is nice. What isn't nice is that they've got a proxy server set up, just like a lot of large workplaces. You can probably guess where this is going.

Here's what I get when I go to any site that ends in .metafilter.com

And just to show you how lame the system is, it thinks Glassdog is mature. A quick scan of the average day's posts there shows you just how catty and immature Glassdog can be.

There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason. BoingBoing works fine, but Waxy.org doesn't. Why on earth should a hotel wireless network care if you want to visit "chat" sites? Why insult your own guests?

Google's Ticker Treat

Google's Ticker Treat 10/31/2003 08:20 AM
Motley Fool Oct 31 2003 7:46AM ET

I smell a crook

I smell a crook 07/21/2004 04:40 PM
Dirty Dirty men..... America, Mark Twain once said, "is a nation without a distinct criminal class with the possible exception of Congress."

Why does my dog smell like chocolate?

Why does my dog smell like chocolate? 05/06/2004 11:21 PM
letting the online community explain the eternal questions.

The Smell of Christmas

The Smell of Christmas 12/06/2003 09:02 PM
Smells a lot like burning flesh, really it does. Take a little bit of Santa home for the holidays, he'll keep you...

The smell of grass

The smell of grass 02/10/2004 01:34 PM

The most amazing thing about San Diego so far: the smell of grass. My nose had grown so accustomed to the scents of winter, that cold lifeless bitter slightly salty smell that's permeated New York City for the past three+ months. And then this morning, I stepped out of the hotel, ran down to a jogging path, and my nose was assaulted. Everywhere was the lushest, greenest grass, its scent permeating the air. A smell I take for granted in the summer suddenly seemed like a wondrous treat. Grass! Thick green grass! Who knew it could smell so beautiful?

Do You Smell Like Jesus?

Do You Smell Like Jesus? 11/11/2003 09:22 AM
A Boy and His Computer spends a lot of time looking for signs from God such as the one in front of the Cottage Lake Assembly of God in Woodinville, Wash.: "You know you want them: Tax exempt fireworks." (11-10)

How to smell like a laundromat

How to smell like a laundromat 12/02/2003 01:46 AM
Among the featured designs at the National Design Triennial was the Demeter Fragrance Library. The company, run by Christophers Brosius and Gable, puts out perfumes,...

The smell of burning

The smell of burning 02/17/2004 10:19 AM

Apparently after I last posted, the fan on the web server that hosts this site shuffled off its mortal coil, and headed for a higher fanly plane. And because of the timing of things, it took a long time for the replacement to settle into its new home. But now it's here, and I've certainly forgotten everything I intended to write. The more I think, "I need to write more posts!" the less I ever write. Perhaps now with the new humming fan, things will get back on track. Oh yeah, and A-Rod to the Yankees?! Argh!

Treat yourself to a big plate of Java
servlets

Treat yourself to a big plate of Java
servlets 08/03/2004 07:28 AM
Register Training Comprehensive new course

Vegetable Orchestra goes down a treat
(Reuters)

Vegetable Orchestra goes down a treat
(Reuters) 05/24/2004 12:27 PM
Reuters - The sounds of 40 kilos of finely tuned cucumbers, leeks, potatoes, radishes, peppers, aubergines and marrows entertained a German audience at the weekend in a concert by the first Viennese Vegetable Orchestra.

Wastewater can produce enough power to
treat itself!

Wastewater can produce enough power to
treat itself! 09/21/2004 03:05 PM
123Bharath.com Sep 21 2004 6:25PM GMT

Exercise to treat depression call

Exercise to treat depression call 03/28/2005 09:39 PM
Mental health campaigners call for GPs to offer exercise on prescription to depressed patients.

A school that uses PCs to treat special
kids

A school that uses PCs to treat special
kids 05/06/2004 01:37 AM
Webindia123 May 6 2004 5:21AM GMT

Virtual 3D heart to treat babies

Virtual 3D heart to treat babies 08/18/2004 02:49 AM
Virtual reality techniques are helping Danish doctors diagnose heart defects in newborn babies.

"HubLog: Smell the satire"

"HubLog: Smell the satire" 04/09/2004 09:09 PM

Ever Smell T-Rex's Breath?

Ever Smell T-Rex's Breath? 06/29/2004 08:42 AM

The Sweet Success of Smell

The Sweet Success of Smell 04/18/2005 08:41 AM
Business Week Apr 18 2005 12:30PM GMT

E-mail tries out a sense of smell

E-mail tries out a sense of smell 02/19/2004 07:58 AM
UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people to send scented e-mails.

Treat British Airways as damage and
route around them

Treat British Airways as damage and
route around them 08/29/2004 12:41 PM
Cory Doctorow: I was trying to buy a one-way ticket from Brussels to London in September, and I ran into the weirdest, dumbest thing: British Airways won't sell you a ticket over the Web if your credit-card isn't billed in the same country the flight originates in (Er, hello? You're an airline -- that means you deal with people who are traveling, sometimes to countries other than the one that they reside in).

So I called BA and was told that the same ticket would cost 400 percent more if bought over the phone. So I went to a BA counter in Boston and was quoted a fare that was 200 percent more than the Web-fare.

I tried booking through Expedia, but they wanted to mail me a paper ticket. Since I rarely touch down in any city for more than a couple days, intersecting with a postal-delivery system for time-sensitive materials is pretty tricky.

Then I gave up on the Web and went to SN Brussels Air, a little carrier whose website has never ever worked for me. I called the London reservations desk and booked a ticket for exactly what BA charges via its website.

That's no surprise: as it turns out, the flight is operated by British Airways. It's the same goddamned plane.

So that's the point of this post: if ever you want to book a ticket on BA from Brussels to London, book it through SN Brussels Air (by phone -- the website will probably remain busted for all eternity), and you can circumvent BA's dumbass ecommerce policies and extorionate phone/counter prices. Link

Aloe vera may treat battle wounds

Aloe vera may treat battle wounds 08/02/2004 03:17 AM
The aloe vera plant could one day keep trauma victims alive until they can get a blood transfusion, research finds.

Bill Miller to Verizon: Treat us equal!

Bill Miller to Verizon: Treat us equal! 04/11/2005 11:28 AM
CNN Money Apr 11 2005 3:33PM GMT

Scientists hope cells will help treat
the ill (USATODAY.com)

Scientists hope cells will help treat
the ill (USATODAY.com) 02/13/2004 07:17 AM
USATODAY.com - Q: What is the difference between ordinary stem cells and cloned embryonic stem cells?

The Claim: You Can Treat a Snakebit by
Sucking Out the Venom

The Claim: You Can Treat a Snakebit by
Sucking Out the Venom 07/13/2004 02:04 AM
The bottom line: Venomous snakebites require emergency medical care.

A Debate on How to Treat Precancerous
Breast Disease

A Debate on How to Treat Precancerous
Breast Disease 06/21/2004 08:23 PM
There is a mounting debate among experts over how aggressively to treat ductal carcinoma in situ, which has a 10-year mortality rate hovering around 1 percent.

Kaori Web: Internet Smell-O-Vision

Kaori Web: Internet Smell-O-Vision 07/30/2004 06:47 PM

Japanese firm K Opticom is paving the way for a relatively untouched sense in today's gadget world - smell. Trial units of the "Kaori Web" system will be placed at K Opticom's internet cafes in Japan until the end of September. But what is the "Kaori Web," you ask? See a picture of a flower, smell a flower. See a picture of waffles, smell waffles. The "Kaori Web" helps some realize their dream of having computers produce scents, to immerse them into a new environment finally covering all five senses. Or hackers will just use it to make some websites smell like a dog exploded.

Read - Article (Japanese) [BCN ]

Wake Up And Smell The News At Macworld

Wake Up And Smell The News At Macworld 01/10/2004 01:33 AM
I don't think [CNET] quite "got" the impact of this Macworld Expo. By AJ Kandy (CNET News.com via MyAppleMenu)

"OH oh, I smell...RECORDGATE!!!!! (Roll
the eyes.)"

"OH oh, I smell...RECORDGATE!!!!! (Roll
the eyes.)" 07/09/2004 08:21 AM

Ex-IBM worker says he lost his sense of
smell

Ex-IBM worker says he lost his sense of
smell 11/13/2003 09:54 PM
USA Today Nov 13 2003 8:43PM ET

You Gotta Stop, Smell the Roses

You Gotta Stop, Smell the Roses 11/14/2003 05:46 AM
It's midpoint on the Great Route 1 Road Trip. The main lesson learned so far is that slow is the way to go -- but that's easier said than done. Michelle Delio reports from charming rural North Carolina.

Mmmmm... baby, you smell like Hummer.

Mmmmm... baby, you smell like Hummer. 08/20/2004 11:22 PM
Xeni Jardin: What is the scent of a Hummer? Gasoline? Freshly detonated bombs plopped on an oil-rich country on the other side of the world? You'll find out soon -- the maker of supersized combat-cum-luxury vehicles is licensing the Hummer name to a line of mens' fragrances. Body wash, aftershave, and deodorant. Link (Thanks, Steve)
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Sounds good?

Sounds good? 05/14/2004 01:26 PM
My goal here is to teach you how to create the best MP3s possible

Sounds of silence

Sounds of silence 07/02/2004 04:29 PM
Sounds of silence You may not support the Bush plan to invade Iraq, but here is how he has helpeed bring democractic values to a country run by a tyrant.

Cellular sounds

Cellular sounds 04/15/2004 01:10 PM
What do cells sound like? Nanotech pioneer Jim Gimzewski and grad student Andrew Pelling are using the tiny tip of an atomic force microscope like the needle of a record player to pick up a cell's sound-generating vibrations. Gimzewski has named the fieled "sonocytology." From a Smithsonian Magazine article about the research:

"The distance the cell wall moves determines the amplitude, or volume, of the sound wave, and the speed of the up-and-down movement is its frequency, or pitch. Though the volume of the yeast cell sound was far too low to be heard, Gimzewski says its frequency was theoretically within the range of human hearing. 'So all we're doing is turning up the volume,' he adds."

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Sounds to Brand By

Sounds to Brand By 01/07/2004 01:57 PM
Your company sure sounds like a great place -- but what does it really sound like?

"Sounds of silence"

"Sounds of silence" 07/04/2004 02:41 AM

How It Sounds Is All in Your Head

How It Sounds Is All in Your Head 04/26/2004 04:53 AM
Choosing a favorite pair of in-ear canal phones for my yuppy iPod mini is no easy task. A head-to-head headphone review by Leander Kahney.

Sounds brilliant

Sounds brilliant 04/29/2004 03:11 AM
USA Today Apr 29 2004 7:24AM GMT

Sounds that go bump

Sounds that go bump 07/15/2004 10:41 AM

We're sorry to inform the passengers of Flight 905 that the situation is FUBAR

So our plane's wing hit the wing of another plane on the ground, so we never left. I won't be back until late tomorrow, and I won't make my panel, or anything, at AlwaysOn. Regrets and apologies, folks. Major bummer.
And I don't have much more time than to thank Euan for the bluetooth/cellphone bridge that's making this post possible. And the fine company for one sleepy, grumpy passenger.

[Doc Searls]

Ouch - I hate it when my plane gets into an accident. I slept late today - so I'm gonna miss Rob Glaser's keybote. I'm sure he won't mind.

But then I'll get there in time to ask him about new business models in media. Oh boy.

Maybe we can talk about the time when Rob was still at Microsoft and he licensed the Director player - and then..... discovered our real strategy (cross-platform functionality) and never shipped the player with Windows 3.1.

It was supposed to be called .mmm.

The whole world would have had the Director player from Windows 3.1 on, but instead.... it never happened.

Sounds Like XP SP2 Finally Is Done

Sounds Like XP SP2 Finally Is Done 08/04/2004 01:11 PM
All signs are pointing to the long-awaited XP Service Pack 2 going gold in the next 24 hours.

I'll tell you who sounds a little
desperado

I'll tell you who sounds a little
desperado 05/02/2004 08:25 AM
www.apsv04.dsl.pipex.com/desperado.swf .. Johnny Cash Monkey .. a Flash video .. desperado

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All the Bells and Whistles? It Just
Sounds Like It

All the Bells and Whistles? It Just
Sounds Like It 12/24/2004 12:15 PM
Your PC's noise is easy to ignore, but tuning it out still takes mental energy. What are the options for those who want the sound of silence?

This is What it Sounds Like When Siemens
Dies

This is What it Sounds Like When Siemens
Dies 06/17/2005 06:12 PM

This is a story about the unintended consequences of a business decision. Siemens handed their phone division over to BenQ, and now folks like Lite-On—who make just about every optical drive in the entire world—and Quanta Computer are stuck with dead orders, scrambling to make ends meet. It's a trickle-down economy out there, folks.

Some of the smaller companies are even merging with each other just to stay afloat. I'm wondering what happened when IBM sold out to Lenovo. I'll bet an entire Pacific Rim island sank.

BenQ-Siemens merger prompts chain reaction [TaipeiTimes]

WISL (What the Internet Sounds Like)

WISL (What the Internet Sounds Like) 06/04/2004 02:06 PM
WISL 0.3 released

Kerry sounds viable

Kerry sounds viable 03/06/2004 01:59 AM
I listened to Kerry's victory speech last night and was impressed. Perhaps because he's an opportunist (yeah, this is going to be a left-handed compliment at best), he has absorbed the best messages from the other candidates. I thought his rhetoric and the set of issues he propounded were right on. (I wish the Internet and innovation were on his radar screen, but that's my own little "special interest.") I just hope that he hasn't peaked. All three Boston Globe columnists today worry that his shallowness will be exposed over the long term. Why is he running, other than to...

All This Buzz Certainly Sounds Familiar

All This Buzz Certainly Sounds Familiar 04/09/2004 04:04 PM
People are beginning to notice. There have been lots of little signs creeping up on everyone, and suddenly you look around and it feels like Silicon Valley is booming again. Companies are doing well. There's lots of hype - and where there's hype, there's venture capital cash. Of course, this time around everyone claims they've learned their lessons from 1999, but just wait and see what a few hot IPOs will do to selectively erase some memories.

Playing With Sounds in Your Head

Playing With Sounds in Your Head 05/01/2004 04:46 AM
A sound-design firm claims it can evoke particular responses in people by playing specific sounds. The technology, based on neurosensory algorithms, could be used in movies or video games. But at least one expert says more research has to be done. By Katie Dean.

"Sounds from the dentist's surgery"

"Sounds from the dentist's surgery" 05/20/2004 02:30 AM

Keep the Sounds to Yourself With Game
Boy Headphones

Keep the Sounds to Yourself With Game
Boy Headphones 04/22/2004 01:13 AM
Now there are headphones available for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance SP, the popular hand-held game console that looks like a laptop for Tom Thumb. Millions of the portable game players, which were introduced in North America in January 2003, have been sold. Until now, anyone using one in public had to pay for an adapter to plug standard headphones into the little $100 boxes, or impose their noises and tunes on everyone within earshot.

Shark Tank: Sounds right

Shark Tank: Sounds right 02/01/2005 09:06 PM
This contractor pilot fish works on information assurance at the Pentagon. One of his responsibilities: showing bigwigs the threats against unprotected computer systems with a hacker demo.

Mobile sounds of the underground

Mobile sounds of the underground 02/17/2004 09:57 AM
People travelling on the Tyne and Wear Metro system will be able to use their mobile phones deep underground.

"how absurd the chant sounds:"

"how absurd the chant sounds:" 12/21/2003 03:32 PM

how absurd the chant sounds:

how absurd the chant sounds: 12/21/2003 06:14 AM
New York Times admits .. "BUSH WAS RIGHT!" .. editorializes .. on

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The sounds of "South Park"

The sounds of "South Park" 04/05/2005 02:06 PM
Wing, the Chinese singer featured on a recent episode of "South Park," is all too real.

Sounds from the electronica underground

Sounds from the electronica underground 06/09/2004 10:43 AM
D-I-R-T-Y is a very cool experimental music soundsystem/clearinghouse whose Web site features dozens of Real Audio DJ sets and live performances from electronica artists including Cinematic Orchestra, Minotaur Shock, Jazzanova, Kid Koala, and many others. Air's "selection of great western songs" is quite a treat. You can also listen to D-I-R-T-Y's Radio Colette, direct from the hippest design/lifestyle shop in Paris. Link

Linux: It Sounds Good to Me

Linux: It Sounds Good to Me 12/03/2003 06:27 AM
The first installment of a new monthly column on the state of Linux audio.

Microsoft Sounds A Profits Warning

Microsoft Sounds A Profits Warning 07/23/2004 02:35 AM
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Italy sounds alarm over migrants

Italy sounds alarm over migrants 07/22/2004 04:21 AM
Huge numbers of would-be illegal immigrants are in Libya waiting to cross to Europe by sea, Italy says.

Yahoo! News - Sounds of silence

Yahoo! News - Sounds of silence 07/06/2004 01:45 AM
Saddam's trial was censored by the Department of Defense .. Variety

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The hills are alive with the sounds of
screaming

The hills are alive with the sounds of
screaming 05/24/2004 12:16 AM

The Happiness of the Katakuris is one of the wackiest movies I've seen. It's musical-horror-comedy, with karaoke, zombies, and claymation. There's nothing else like it.

I just caught it on the Sundance channel, which is replaying it on May 30th, but I hear Netflix has it too.

A Talking Robot that Sounds Human

A Talking Robot that Sounds Human 04/13/2005 11:17 AM
Roland Piquepaille writes, "The Takanishi Laboratory, at Waseda University, Japan, is home for many robotic projects, including a flutist robot. Today, let's look at a talking robot, the Waseda Talker No. 4, or WT-4. This anthropomorphic talking robot was built to better understand how the human vocal mechanism creates speech. The WT-4 has 19 degrees of freedom (DOF) for lungs, vocal cords, tongue, lips, teeth, nasal cavity and soft palate. With its vocal cords, it can produce Japanese vowels that sound similar to human ones. The next version, the WT-5, will have even more sophisticated vocal cords." For more on the WT-4 and WT-5 robots see Roland's latest blog entry.

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet....

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