""I’m not the kind of artist who feels that I have a mission of any kind whatsoever. The 19th century was about that. What right do I have? In many ways it robs people of a lot of things. I’m an average enough person to point to the things that I’ve..."

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George Will takes one last desperate
grasp at being some kind of person of
some kind of respect

George Will takes one last desperate
grasp at being some kind of person of
some kind of respect 12/27/2003 04:08 PM
Twenty years of declining standards .. Joe Conason's Journal .. lying hypocrite

salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/12/23/tuesday/index.html
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"See, this is the kind of person whose
opinion you have to pay attention to
when you're deciding on the issues of
the day."

"See, this is the kind of person whose
opinion you have to pay attention to
when you're deciding on the issues of
the day." 06/02/2004 11:21 PM

What kind of people are companies?

What kind of people are companies? 01/26/2004 11:29 AM
Here's a good Kottke post about The Corporation, a Sundance-winning flick (with accompanying book) that considers the implications of treating companies as legal persons.

...the feature documentary employes a checklist, based on actual diagnostic criteria of the World Health Organization and DSM IV, the standard tool of psychiatrists and psychologists. What emerges is a disturbing diagnosis.

Self-interested, amoral, callous and deceitful, a corporation's operational principles make it anti-social. It breaches social and legal standards to get its way even while it mimics the human qualities of empathy, caring and altruism. It suffers no guilt. Diagnosis: the institutional embodiment of laissez-faire capitalism fully meets the diagnostic criteria of a psychopath.

Link

The American people don't approve of
that kind of stuff and will respond
accordingly

The American people don't approve of
that kind of stuff and will respond
accordingly 01/28/2004 07:02 AM
The Washington Post .. on

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50657-2004Jan26.html?nav=hpto p_tb
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TIME Person of the Year 2004: 10 Things
We Learned About Blogs

TIME Person of the Year 2004: 10 Things
We Learned About Blogs 12/22/2004 01:05 AM
Just blog, link and repeat. It worked for conservative bloggers like Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit .. Time Magazine: 10 Things We Learned About Blogs

time.com/time/personoftheyear/2004/poymoments.html
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Discussing All Things DRM, Except The
Point

Discussing All Things DRM, Except The
Point 04/12/2004 12:52 PM
There's a conference this week about DRM copy protection technology that seems to be entirely focused on why DRM is good without taking any time to look at the other side of DRM technology. While the conference claims they will look at the "economics of DRM," they quickly point out that that's only "who will pay for it," and not how will DRM impact the economics of information. Reading the article linked here suggests that folks in the DRM industry have a complete blindspot for the idea that DRM may actually cause more trouble than it solves by giving less to consumers. The conference chair person even is quoted suggesting how awful a world it is when DRM isn't used because your content is free. Of course, as we've pointed out plenty of times before, sometimes free is good - as it opens up plenty of other opportunities. There are some areas where DRM technology may make sense, but before everyone assumes that DRM is great, shouldn't there be more of an investigation into how DRM technology may cause harm to the content industry?

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can
Make a Big Difference

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can
Make a Big Difference 03/30/2005 05:47 PM

Missing the Point of Social
Networks...and other things

Missing the Point of Social
Networks...and other things 01/04/2004 12:18 AM
Jeremy Zawodny: "If you really think that Friendster, Tribe, LinkedIn, or any of those other sites are going to survive doing what they're doing today, you're really smoking something. However, if you think that also means the technology isn't worthwhile--that the notion of modeling social networks in software is a pointless exercise, well then you're really smoking something good. You couldn't be more wrong."

True. This reminds me of a tendency I notice constantly and have been meaning to articulate: The inability to see others evolving (companies, products, people), even though one's own vision is all about oneself (or company, or product) evolving.

Come to think of it, this is a corollary to one of my favoriate truisms: We judge ourselves by our intensions and others by their actions.

When Things On Your Mac Do Cool Things
You Didn't Expect Them To... Or
Adventures In Mac-Based Audio

When Things On Your Mac Do Cool Things
You Didn't Expect Them To... Or
Adventures In Mac-Based Audio 01/03/2004 12:11 AM
If you play an instrument, write songs, sing, or wish you could do any or all of the above, take a look at DigiDesign's amazing little Mbox, a complete audio production system with many uses. By Bob LeVitus (Mac Observer via MyAppleMenu)

There are only four things that people
do on the web

There are only four things that people
do on the web 12/08/2003 04:32 AM

People and Things that Really Bug Me
Recently

People and Things that Really Bug Me
Recently 02/19/2004 12:09 AM
For whatever reason, a bunch of things have happened very recently that either bug me or are just the latest in a series of things that have been bugging me. Since this is a blog, I waste your time by pointing them out. Howard Dean dropping out of the race. Thank god. I was so sick of reading about how great this guy was on every third blog I stumbled across. Get a life people! Bloggers don't win elections, politics...

"Things Other People Accomplished When
They Were Your Age"

"Things Other People Accomplished When
They Were Your Age" 11/10/2003 11:14 PM

Things Other People Accomplished When
They Were Your Age

Things Other People Accomplished When
They Were Your Age 11/10/2003 11:35 PM
Things other people accomplished when they were your age .. artists and others continued creating .. accomplished

museumofconceptualart.com/accomplished
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Little people doing huge things

Little people doing huge things 12/11/2003 10:55 AM
Austrailian pilot stuck in Antarctica That story is interesting enough, but the background on the pilot (just your typical nurse-midwife homebuilt avionics adventurer) available here is fascinating. I love reading these stories about common folk following their dreams and accomplishing huge things. Dare I say inspiring? Lifted from SlashDot

Why Smart People Believe Weird Things

Why Smart People Believe Weird Things 06/21/2004 08:54 AM
On Cognitive Dissonance
"As a behavioral psychologist, I have studied people's reactions to contradiction and inconsistency. We are capable of convincing ourselves of something, and the more evidence that builds up to contradict us the more we believe it.

For more than 40 years, social psychologists have studied the phenomenon of "cognitive dissonance" - what happens when people have pieces of information on the same subject that are inconsistent. The presence of contradictions is psychologically unpleasant, and people do whatever it takes to resolve the inconsistency."

Many in the field posit that tension between contradictory thoughts and feelings are what constitutes consciousness. It doesn't seem to me this qualifies as it appears to be highly dysfunctional and not a natural and normal tension. What say you who are more qualified?

Meet the People Who Make Things Happen -
Videos

Meet the People Who Make Things Happen -
Videos 11/19/2003 11:35 PM
"At Microsoft, when we talk about recruiting the best and the brightest, we're talking about people who thrive on the excitement of collaboration and the discovery of new opportunities. They like setting their own goals and working hard to achieve them in their own style. They apply their talents in myriad positions, from sales and marketing to technical design and programming to product support and consulting. Why are they here? To create something that matters – to themselves, and to millions of people around the world. Hear what our employees have to say What do they like best about their jobs and working at Microsoft? Let them tell you in their own words by selecting an employee below, or by viewing the video. They'll give you an idea of just how far a little hard work and a lot of passion can take you. "

Will Someone Please Find John Kerry and
Tell Him There are Valiant Members of
the Black Caucus Trying to Restore
Democracy and One-Person, One-Vote, and
His Help His Needed. Oh, Forget About
It. He Has More Important Things to Do.
Like Save Face. 1/6

Will Someone Please Find John Kerry and
Tell Him There are Valiant Members of
the Black Caucus Trying to Restore
Democracy and One-Person, One-Vote, and
His Help His Needed. Oh, Forget About
It. He Has More Important Things to Do.
Like Save Face. 1/6 01/06/2005 07:50 PM

nytimes.com/2005/01/06/politics/06elect.html
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Things Unmentioned in the ‘Art of
the Parlay’ Article, but of Which
You Must Take My Word Were Left Out
Because They Were Beside the Main Point,
and Not Because I Was Unaware of Them

Things Unmentioned in the ‘Art of
the Parlay’ Article, but of Which
You Must Take My Word Were Left Out
Because They Were Beside the Main Point,
and Not Because I Was Unaware of Them 08/11/2004 11:42 AM

Things Slashdot readers can stop emailing me about.

Contingency Design: Maximizing Online
Profitability By Helping People When
Things Go Wrong

Contingency Design: Maximizing Online
Profitability By Helping People When
Things Go Wrong 09/16/2002 10:43 AM

43 Things Web Service API on 43 Things

43 Things Web Service API on 43 Things 04/17/2005 10:05 PM
43 Things Web Service API on 43 Things .. 43things adds web services API

43things.com/about/view/web_service_api
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Good things, bad things

Good things, bad things 03/06/2004 02:03 AM
Good thing: to have surge protection on your computer array.
Bad thing: kick accidentally the surge protection thingy so that the wall socket becomes loose, and have a big, catastrophic power failure.

Good thing: to be able to read your blogs while eating breakfast
Bad thing: to drop a bun in your cereal, and have milk splashed all across your laptop

Good thing: iTunes for Windows
Bad thing: Windows

Good thing: actually having sunlight in the mornings.
Bad thing: the mornings.

Good thing: upcoming go -tournament (http://takapotku.suomigo.net - feel free to come by and say hi!) next weekend.
Bad thing: not sleeping enough before the weekend.

Lord of the 19th Century

Lord of the 19th Century 06/10/2004 06:35 AM
Coding starts

Keeping Found Things Found: Web Tools
Don't Always Mesh With How People Work

Keeping Found Things Found: Web Tools
Don't Always Mesh With How People Work 12/18/2003 06:55 AM
Keeping Found Things Found: Web Tools Don't Always Mesh With How People Work
http://www.nsf .gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?pr03146

Of all the personal computers to be unwrapped during the holiday season, more than 80 percent will be used to go online and search the Web's more than 92 million gigabytes of data (comparable to a 2 billion-volume encyclopedia). Getting online is the easy part, finding a useful Web page is a bit harder—keeping track of a useful Web page is another issue altogether.

People have devised many tricks—such as sending e-mails to themselves or jotting on sticky notes—for keeping track of Web pages, but William Jones and Harry Bruce at the University of Washington's Information School and Susan Dumais of Microsoft Research have found that often people don't use any of them when it comes time to revisit a Web page. Instead, they rely on their ability to find the Web page all over again.

Albinism photos of the 19th century

Albinism photos of the 19th century 07/30/2004 05:11 PM
Gallery of olde tyme photos of 19th century albinism. Link (Via Sensible Erection)

DIY 19th century Bluetooth handset

DIY 19th century Bluetooth handset 09/14/2004 03:12 PM
Engadget Sep 14 2004 6:11PM GMT

19th Century news going online

19th Century news going online 06/11/2004 03:39 AM
The British Library is to make part of its archive of 19th Century newspapers available online.

Jack Valenti says stupid things --
really, really stupid things

Jack Valenti says stupid things --
really, really stupid things 08/03/2004 07:46 PM
Tim Wu has rounded up some of the dumbest things that Jack Valenti said -- and he's found some real howlers, things that make Jack's infamous condemnation of the VCR ("the Boston Stranger of the American film industry") look like a walk in the park.

On the nascent cable industry, in 1974
"[Cable will become] a huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do not like it because we think it wrong and unfair."

On the dangers on media concentration, 1984 Op-Ed
"Will a democratic society allow just three corporate entities to wield unprecedented dominion over television, the most decisive voice in the land? There are now only three national networks .... There will never be more than three national networks."

On the public domain, 1995
"A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time certain when it becomes soiled and haggard, barren of its previous virtues. How does the consumer benefit from the steady decline of a film's quality?"

Link (Thanks, Patricio!)

19th Century News Coming Online

19th Century News Coming Online 06/12/2004 02:03 PM

19th century Parisian Avant Garde

19th century Parisian Avant Garde 05/12/2004 08:06 PM
“Count er Culture: Parisian Cabarets and the Avant Garde, 1875-1905. Underdiscussed art movements from the 19th century, such as the Hydropathes and the Incohérents, that intellectually resembled Dada and prefigured it by a considerable amount of time. [Via 2 Blowhards]

Whiskey Bar: Building a Bridge to the
19th Century

Whiskey Bar: Building a Bridge to the
19th Century 07/23/2004 08:00 PM
Building a Bridge to the 19th Century .. about what might happen .. economic story de jour .. billmon

billmon.org/archives/001604.html
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Fan-magazine picks a different average
person for every ish

Fan-magazine picks a different average
person for every ish 12/27/2004 10:38 AM
Cory Doctorow: Each issue of Re-Magazine pocks a random, average person and uses her or him as the basis for an entire magazine's worth of articles and photo-spreads -- pictured here is Marcel,a 44-year-old sales rep from Wavrin, France. Link (via Salad With Steve)

A late 19th century chastity belt for a
Welsh goat?

A late 19th century chastity belt for a
Welsh goat? 06/27/2004 03:20 AM
What is that thing?

Meg talks about how times change, people
change, webl0gs change but some things
endure

Meg talks about how times change, people
change, webl0gs change but some things
endure 06/05/2005 11:30 PM
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be

meish.org/014253.php
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One Of A Kind

One Of A Kind 06/22/2005 03:03 AM
Yesterday I joined a short list of people with a very exclusive kind of artwork.

What Kind of Car Do You Need?

What Kind of Car Do You Need? 08/20/2004 08:39 AM

New kind of web ads

New kind of web ads 01/17/2004 11:21 PM

Web ad sales to hit $6.9 billion [CNET News.com - The Net]

I sat in a meeting today discussing new kinds of ad sales.  There are people out there who will pay real money (apparently as much as $6.9B this year) to put pixels in front of your face that have hot zones to click on.  These pixels, usually form the pattern of text or images that represent products, services or brands.

So how can we take all the pent up energy, potential and creativity of teh past 15 years - and do somethign creative with this potential - besides swinging Spiderman interstitials?

:-)

What I'm doing is incredibly fun!  I can't believe i get paid for doing what I love to do more than anything else (except make babies!)  But I AM making a baby - a new kind of.....

OOOoppps.  Sorry I can't tell you or else I'd have to kill you.  Needless to say what we're doing includes new kinds of 'Web Ads'.

Art of Another Kind

Art of Another Kind 05/11/2004 10:18 PM

I think Halle Berry is sexy, particularly her face, voice, and, er, you know what.  But I didn't think her nose was that particularly good looking until I saw her Catwoman photos like the one above.  Isn't it amazing how hiding the nose under the mask changes her overall look?  She doesn't look like Halle Berry at all.  Even her you know what looks less attractive.  Weird.

I filed this post under Technical category for obvious reasons.

A different kind of May day

A different kind of May day 05/01/2004 12:38 AM
First of May is always a big celebration in Finland, especially among students. Traditions go rampant, all who are able to get out to party (except for the most hardened cynics), alcohol is consumed in alarmingly large quantities, and the entire city of Helsinki becomes one giant outdoor toilet. It is the celebration of life and the end of winter.

This morning, 50,000 people gather in the Helsinki Kaisaniemi park to eat breakfast, drink champagne, and enjoy the sun.

Me?

I'm watching Teletubbies with my niece. And chatting with one-syllable words.

And can't really say that it's a bad thing either.

Bug of another kind

Bug of another kind 07/27/2004 12:32 PM
USA Today Jul 27 2004 5:05PM GMT
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