Neal Boortz: War stories

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Neal Boortz: Because she’s earned it

Neal Boortz: Because she’s earned it 03/24/2005 11:32 PM

boortz.com: Nealz NuzeToday's Nuze

boortz.com: Nealz NuzeToday's Nuze 07/27/2004 09:40 PM
observations and pictures up on his site .. From a convention blogger .. Neal Boortz

boortz.com/nuze/200407/07272004.html#convention
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The Neal Pollack Invasion

The Neal Pollack Invasion 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
The Neal Pollack covers the Condi testimony: .. And now we go to this live report .. Dr. Rice's Testimony .. Neil explains it all .. is blogging it .. astute summary .. What he said .. more

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"The Neal Pollack Invasion"

"The Neal Pollack Invasion" 04/09/2004 04:12 PM

Neal Stephenson on Star Wars in the NYT

Neal Stephenson on Star Wars in the NYT 06/17/2005 03:48 PM

The Salon Interview: Neal Stephenson

The Salon Interview: Neal Stephenson 04/21/2004 07:26 AM
The author of "Cryptonomicon" and the "Baroque Cycle" talks about the brighter side of Puritanism, the feud between Newton and Leibniz, and the literary world's grudge against science fiction.

Neal Stephenson Responds With Wit and
Humor

Neal Stephenson Responds With Wit and
Humor 12/19/2004 03:14 PM

Neal Stephenson's The Confusion Released

Neal Stephenson's The Confusion Released 04/13/2004 12:49 PM

Salon Interviews Neal Stephenson

Salon Interviews Neal Stephenson 04/21/2004 08:58 AM

Neal Stephenson: Why Star Wars doesn't
suck

Neal Stephenson: Why Star Wars doesn't
suck 06/17/2005 03:34 PM
Cory Doctorow: Neal Stephenson's NYTimes op-ed talks about how the Star Wars cycle -- in particular, the execrable first trilogy (Teresa Nielsen Hayden suggests getting the DVD, watching it in Italian and pretending it's opera, but that only works if you don't speak Italian, otherwise, you'll still have to suffer through the "dialog") -- is better than it seems, when taken as a whole with all the geeky supplementary material in the games, comics, TV shows, toons, and other sources.

The Internet, it seems, has made it possible to extract all the non-pablum elements from Hollywood blockbusters and stick them online, so that the movies are friendly to civilians, but geeks can enjoy them by logging in.

If you have watched these cartoons - or if you've enjoyed some of the half-dozen "Clone Wars" novels, flipped through the graphic novels, read the short stories or played the video game - you will know that the battle cruiser in question is owned by the New Droid Army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which is backed by the Trade Federation, a commercial guild that is peeved about taxation of trade routes.

And that is not the only aspect of "Episode III" that you will see in a different light. If you watch the movie without doing the prep work, General Grievous - who is supposed to be one of the most formidable bad guys in the entire "Star Wars" cycle - will seem like something that just fell out of a Happy Meal.

Likewise, many have been underwhelmed by the performance of Hayden Christensen, who plays Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Only if you've seen the "Clone Wars" cartoons will you understand that Anakin is a seriously damaged veteran, a poster child for post-traumatic stress disorder. But since none of that background is actually supplied by the Episode III script, Mr. Christensen has been given an impossible acting task. He's trying to swim in air.

Link (Thanks, Marc!)

If All Stories Were Written Like Science
Fiction Stories

If All Stories Were Written Like Science
Fiction Stories 09/26/2004 09:14 PM
If All Stories Were Written Like Science Fiction Stories. "Roger and Ann needed to meet Sergey in San Francisco. 'Should we take a train, or a steamship, or a plane?' asked Ann. 'Trains are too slow, and the trip by steamship around South America would take months,' replied Roger. 'We’ll take a plane.'"

Computerworld wins Neal award for
wireless LAN security coverage

Computerworld wins Neal award for
wireless LAN security coverage 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
The publication took a first-place Neal award today for its coverage in 2002 of wireless LAN security issues.

Reader-annotated edition of Neal
Stephenson's "Command Line"

Reader-annotated edition of Neal
Stephenson's "Command Line" 01/05/2005 10:26 PM
Xeni Jardin: Boing Boing reader Alex says,

With Neal Stephenson's permission, this guy has annotated In the Beginning was the Command line and posted it online for everyone to see. I think this is a great example of how works can evolve and be improved upon. Unfortunately, In the Command Line has not been 'set free', but it's great that the author was able and willing to give permission for this development.

Li nk

"Nevermind the Pollacks" author Neal
Pollack calls the bl0g quits

"Nevermind the Pollacks" author Neal
Pollack calls the bl0g quits 11/13/2003 03:59 PM
Writer Neal Pollack, who penned this scathing comeback to a less-than-flattering New York Times review earlier this week, has decided to shut down his popular weblog. Link (thanks, Invi sible Cowgirl)

Church & State, A lunatic Christian cult
has the run of the White House and the
ear of the president. What do they want?
The end of the world. Be afraid., by
Neal Pollack (06/10/04)

Church & State, A lunatic Christian cult
has the run of the White House and the
ear of the president. What do they want?
The end of the world. Be afraid., by
Neal Pollack (06/10/04) 06/18/2004 04:58 AM
Church & State, A lunatic Christian cult has the run of the White House and the ear of the president .. by Neal Pollack .. Reason

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Longmont Area Economic Council sponsors
"Company Success Stories" Forum
presented by the Colorado Software and
Internet Association; Executives from
Digital Globe, Time Warner Telecom and
Evolving Systems shared stories, advice,
lessons learned

Longmont Area Economic Council sponsors
"Company Success Stories" Forum
presented by the Colorado Software and
Internet Association; Executives from
Digital Globe, Time Warner Telecom and
Evolving Systems shared stories, advice,
lessons learned 08/30/2004 08:16 AM
The Longmont Area Economic Council (LAEC) sponsored a breakfast on August 26th hosted by the Colorado Software and Internet Association (CSIA) titled "Company Success Stories". The event was held at the Cable Center on the University of Denver campus. LAEC President and CEO John Cody moderated a panel discussion by representatives from Digital Globe, Time Warner Telecom and Evolving Systems. [PRWEB Aug 30, 2004]

Are you your stories?

Are you your stories? 12/31/2003 01:07 PM

Warning -- if you're the type of person who doesn't watch movie trailers and you haven't seen Big Fish, skip this section. On the other hand, I promise not to reveal anything about the movie that isn't in the trailer.

Tim Burton, the director and producer of Big Fish, is a master story-teller. Is there anything more to Tim Burton than his stories? Suppose I met him at a party and asked "Who are you really, I mean without the stories?" Could he give a meaningful answer? I suspect Burton is telling us, in Big Fish, no. Speaking through one of his characters he says "I can be who ever you want me to be."

My uncle, who died a few months ago, was a big story-teller. We used to joke when he'd start to tell a story that we'd heard dozens of times -- oh that's story number 278,291. In his stories, as with all our stories, he's the hero, he overcomes great odds to prevail, in a funny, lesson-learning way. Today my uncle is dead and guess what, there's nothing more to him now than his stories, and our stories about him. Do any of them have anything to do with who the true man was? See, that's really hard to say.

We seem to think there's more to a person, that you can sort of lift up the floorboard, and underneath the stories, find the soul, the essence of the person. But I'm beginning to wonder. Could it be that our purpose is to tell a story, and that the better lived a life is, the better the story that survives after you're gone?

The story behind this movie really gets you thinking. And that kind of story, for me, is the very best kind.

these stories are the best

these stories are the best 03/14/2005 05:51 PM
From a friend who is on the Harvard faculty:

i take a car service to the airport this morning. driver is an older irish boston type, very talkative; do i know the history of cambridge, the reason behind the establishment clause ("[another Harvard professor] didn't..."), etc. as we're hitting the airport, he hands me his self-published tract on the crisis in public education and how to solve it by canceling the Simpsons. "you should put it on the web," i say, which is what i usually say when handed a self-published tract by a cab driver. "i did," he said, "and it's under a creative commons license." (and, he adds disapprovingly, [the other prominent Harvard professor] hadn't even heard of creative commons.") i had to tell him to put it in a wiki just to retain my sense of being anywhere near the cutting edge.

Here's the book.

CC Stories

CC Stories 03/08/2004 11:26 PM

Just a quick note to say I just downloaded your MP3 from the harvard.edu site. It's good to know that my music was good enough to be included in your report. I enjoy fact that other people can appreciate it and use it freely in their own work.

Regards,

Laurie Laptop

My friend Benjamen Walker received this email the other day.

(Ben is the guy behind the award-winning and cult-fave Boston radio show Your Radio Nighlight and our own cartoons' sound design.)

Ben recently produced a short piece for Harvard's Berkman Center's great AudioBerkman project called "The Gadget Factor." The segment takes "a closer look a cool new class of high-tech toys -- the portable MP3 player -- to find out what effect these devices are having on the world of online music."

The piece features interviews with media analysts and lawyers -- including both EFF's Fred Von Lohmann and the RIAA's Cary Sherman. And like all Ben Walker radio pieces of late, it is built around loops of Creative Commons-licensed music.

For "Gadget," Ben used CC'd tunes by Wayne Marshall, Norel Pref. and Laurie Laptop -- who authored of the email above.

Another satisfying CC story.

Do you have a good one? Send it to us with "CC Story" in the subject box and we'll let everyone know.

Four Stories

Four Stories 09/11/2004 07:49 PM
"I follow a dog chasing some invisible bird." Four Stories: Some of the most breathtaking woodcuts I've seen a good while illustrating four sparse but moving stories. After a decade of metafiction and Raygun typography, this letterpressed book of mythic narrative is refreshing, and inspiring.

10 Stories

10 Stories 05/15/2004 02:39 AM
Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About.

Nine stories

Nine stories 12/17/2003 06:02 PM
The fabulous Jay Rosen is doing his bit to pry open the narrative bear trap clamped around the legs of journalists — nine ways you could cover the election campaign without once using the language of sports or show biz. What a concept(s)!...

Roundup: Odd Stories From the Web

Roundup: Odd Stories From the Web 12/29/2003 05:36 PM
Techfocus Dec 29 2003 3:44PM ET

Tale of Two Stories

Tale of Two Stories 02/07/2003 07:39 AM
What does coverage of Google's success tell us about what's really going on with Linux? Google has achieved maximum Linux irony ...

Forum Stories: SSM

Forum Stories: SSM 08/04/2004 07:46 AM

other peoples' stories

other peoples' stories 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
A collection of absurdly interesting stories. (Note to the gun-shy: not in Comic Sans.) via the always excellent JerryKindall.com

Lurid Toy Stories

Lurid Toy Stories 02/11/2004 08:33 PM
Deranged X-rated toy fanfic. Wayward Barbies doing bestiality threeways, bookshelf quickies, BDSM, homoerotic roleplaying, and other activities so hot they oughtta melt plastic.

"silver plastic molded Terminator Arnie and big-armed Last Action Hero Arnie get to know each other. Terminator is just two molded pieces of thin silver plastic, but Last Action Hero is a high quality articulated doll, with holes through his clenched hands which once clearly locked into something; a car, perhaps, or one of his enormous weapons."

Link (Thanks, Steffen!)

Missed stories

Missed stories 09/25/2004 03:23 AM

OK - so I now have a month of piled up - missed stories I should have blogged - but didn't.

So here's MY link list:

- "Honey, did you remember to call the DVD recorder?" - CNet article - pointed to by [Technology360] (Dennis L. Haarsager - Sept. 16th)

- "Thingster Event Posts" - by Peter Caputa - Aug. 28th - and Thingster in general.

- "MMOG Stats" - from Nelson's Weblog - Sept. 2. Lineage on the rise....

- "Flickr Wallpaper generator" - from Caterina fake on mikecpeck's work.

- I just love the idea of a 'Boun ty being Posted' - from Sam Ruby .

- "The Revolution will be blogged" - by Om Malik - quickly becoming my new homeboy.

10 Stories the world needs to know more
about

10 Stories the world needs to know more
about 05/17/2004 03:10 AM
Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About .. een speciale website .. Quote

un.org/events/tenstories
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Forum Stories: SMS ~ SUS FP

Forum Stories: SMS ~ SUS FP 08/11/2004 09:10 PM

Coffee Stories

Coffee Stories 03/25/2005 04:09 PM
Nicaragua and El Salvador, Tres Santos, Honduras, Peru , that Geoff Watts guy can write about coffee.

"10 Stories the world needs to know more
about"

"10 Stories the world needs to know more
about" 07/20/2004 09:40 AM

The top stories in 2004

The top stories in 2004 12/31/2004 02:04 AM
CNET Asia Dec 31 2004 5:43AM GMT

Forum Stories: No more

Forum Stories: No more 06/02/2004 08:26 AM

2003's top stories

2003's top stories 12/16/2003 08:54 PM
CNET Asia Dec 16 2003 8:13PM ET

2004's top stories

2004's top stories 12/30/2004 11:42 PM
CNET Asia Dec 31 2004 3:44AM GMT

Forum Stories: Web Console?

Forum Stories: Web Console? 01/05/2005 03:44 AM

Forum Stories: NAV Query

Forum Stories: NAV Query 06/22/2004 05:05 PM

Computer disaster Stories!

Computer disaster Stories! 02/05/2005 10:16 PM

Robert Scoble dropped his Tablet from about 4 feet up onto a concrete pad and it survived. He has called out for Computer disaster stories.

This reminds me of a little story. I was traveling with a bunch of co-workers and we all got stuck in this awful dormitory situation. Imagine 5 grown men in a small room with 2 bunk beds and a cot and one bathroom, no Internet and a TV that received 2 English channels. It was terrible but considering we could have been in a tent we kept our mouths shut.

One of the guys with us loved to sleep. I sleep about 4-5 hours a day maximum and needed to turn on the lites once in a while and never did out of respect that this guy get his beauty sleep. On non work days he was sleeping like 20 hours a day. I was getting pretty sick of it and one night as I had just got to sleep about 2am he gets up turns on all the lights and gets in the shower.

I went from mad to really mad and told my bunk mate who was sleeping on the bottom bunk to rip his sheets of his bed and we would take his mattress outside. So the co-worker jumps up and yanks the sheets of this guys bed. Little did we know his laptop was up by his pillow. And it came flying off at about Mach 2

Ever have one of those moments when things move real slow. Well this thing slammed into the floor and probably put about a 10g stress on this thing. I said a few choice comments and the guy comes out of the shower while we are standing there with our mouths wide open. I am thinking well I just bought a laptop.

In some sort of divine miracle it survived, the lid was jacked a little but it worked. No more stripping beds for us. But hey it's funny now. It was a Dell so I am not sure how it kept from blowing the screen or cracking something vital.. Bit it was fun to remember it spinning on the way down. Side note I would have paid for it and in the end it would have been worth it. Don't sleep to long around me. :) How about you do you have a computer disaster story. [Scobeliz er]

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