Culture Clash: Those Li'l iPod Gods Are Smiling
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Culture Clash Response
Culture Clash Response
06/24/2005 09:42 PMI was gonna write a real response to the Culture Clash that Stefanie
Olsen wrote for CNet. But I was busy with travel and figured that I'd
just commented on one of her stories recently. Luckily, Justin is up
to the task. His response, Yahoo! Culture v. Google does a good job of
saying much of what I might have said. So go read that instead. :-)...
J.P. Morgan, Bank One merger may lead to
IT sourcing culture clash
J.P. Morgan, Bank One merger may lead to
IT sourcing culture clash
01/16/2004 10:59 AMThe planned $58 billion merger of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank One
Corp. pits differing philosophies on IT outsourcing and insourcing.
iPod designer leads culture list
iPod designer leads culture list
02/13/2004 11:48 AMiPod designer Jonathan Ive beats JK Rowling to be named most
influential person in British culture.
The G-Man Supports "iPod culture" and
Calls on Other Recording Artists to do
the Same
The G-Man Supports "iPod culture" and
Calls on Other Recording Artists to do
the Same
03/14/2005 05:55 PMCommercial producer and recording artist Scott G (The G-Man) strongly
supports the personal mixing seen in such clubs as the UK's Playlist
as a way to get new music to more listeners around the globe. [PRWEB
Feb 22, 2005]
Li'l Jon meets DVD Jon
Li'l Jon meets DVD Jon
08/23/2004 10:31 AMXeni Jardin: Step aside, Dave Chappelle:
dvd jon: Is that a Battle Royale DVD?
lil jon: YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
dvd jon: That's the Chinese flick with Go-go from Kill Bill?
lil jon: YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
dj: You can't watch that here.
lj: What?!
dj: You can't watch it.
lj: What?!?
dj: It's "region 3"?
lj: What?!
dj: It won't work in your player.
lj: What?
dj: Give it to me. I'll fix it.
lj: OKAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!
LinkPanic Releases Newest Li'l App
Panic Releases Newest Li'l App
04/29/2004 07:44 AMStattoo is the newest piece of software from Panic, designed to
unobtrusively display a variety of information on your desktop. By
MacNN (via MyAppleMenu)
The Fight Between Sharing Culture And
Owning Culture
The Fight Between Sharing Culture And
Owning Culture
06/22/2005 02:17 AMIt seems that museums are finally starting to realize that the digital
age represents a real opportunity for them to
reach many new people by digitizing their
offerings and sharing the culture they represent across a much wider
audience than a physical museum allows. It seems that many museums
are having trouble figuring out how to digitize their collections, and
would welcome help in doing so. However, another story points out how
that can cause problems when the people involved get stuck on
intellectual property issues. Apparently some people who created 3D
digital versions of Michelangelo's David are freaking out that if
they share the digitization without some form of copy protection
people might (gasp!)
share it without permission. Wait a second... isn't
that what they should
want? That would allow them to share the
cultural wonder with many, many more people, and allow them to
experience it in ways never possible before. That's a
good
thing, not something to be worried about. However, in an age
where people seem to think that every idea, concept, software or piece
of data needs to be "owned" and locked up, apparently it's the natural
response -- and that's unfortunate for every culture.
The War of Gods
The War of Gods
12/25/2003 03:05 PMProject Restarted
Gods at play
Gods at play
09/24/2004 12:06 PMUSA Today Sep 24 2004 2:55PM GMT
Secrets of the XML gods
Secrets of the XML gods
03/19/2003 10:26 PM
text, code, data
|
It's the season for confession. First Tim Bray
reveals
a dirty secret: "a lot of input data these days is XML...in most
cases, I use the perl regexp engine to read and process it." Then Sean
McGrath
fesses
up to his Python habit: "I know I should be invoking a WF
[well-formed] parser on the content.xml string but gee Ma, I've got
work to do."
...The Google Gods
The Google Gods
11/05/2002 02:13 PMSo powerful has Google become that many companies view it as the Web
itself: If you're not listed on its indexes, they say, you might as
well not exist.
"zeldman.mibud"
Broadband gods smile on Telewest
Broadband gods smile on Telewest
03/23/2005 12:46 PMWhatever
Twilight of the Sitcom Gods (Cue the
Strings)
Twilight of the Sitcom Gods (Cue the
Strings)
05/05/2004 09:12 PMViewers grieving over the end of "Friends" and "Frasier" are not just
bidding farewell to their favorite sitcoms, they are mourning the
genre itself.
What Are You Smiling At, Traveler?
(Reuters)
What Are You Smiling At, Traveler?
(Reuters)
08/06/2004 07:42 AMReuters - The fight against terrorism has wiped
the smile off the face of British passport holders.
Irish unemployed smiling
Irish unemployed smiling
05/19/2004 07:16 PMUSA Today May 19 2004 11:54PM GMT
Why Is This Guard Smiling? (Reuters)
Why Is This Guard Smiling? (Reuters)
05/26/2004 10:18 AMReuters - The head of Russia's border guards, fed
up with their dour image, has ordered them to start smiling at
visitors, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Smiling makes you happy
Smiling makes you happy
01/08/2004 08:09 PMAn interesting theory that facial expressions affect blood-flow to
the brain and are not just results of emotions. The assertion is that
these blood-flows affect our emotions. So SMILE! :-)
Zajonc, R. B., Emotion and Facial Efference: A Theory
Reclaimed, Scince, 1985, 288, 15-2
He also asserted that elation follows the smile, not the opposite.
The blood flow changes caused by contracting the facial muscles in the
smile alter cerebral blood flow and cause an emotional change. He
extends this reasoning to account for all kinds of other bizarre
facial habits associated with emotions -- wrinkled forheads, rubbing
one's eyes, hand on forehead, pulling earlobes, licking lips,
etc.
Via Jonas
The Google Gods (News.com Special
Report)
The Google Gods (News.com Special
Report)
10/31/2002 07:32 PMNews.com: The Google Gods: Does search engine's power threaten Web's
independence? Just in time for Halloween! Only a few years ago, when
traffic was more evenly distributed among search services, Web sites
clamored to get free listings from familiar names such as Lycos and
AltaVista. But the dot-com collapse led portals and search engines to
sell sponsored links and license editorial results from a third
party--a market that Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., has come
to dominate since its founding in 1998. [...] Google software engineer
Matt Cutts said that the search engine business is healthier and more
competitive than ever, with many niche providers and international
forces. "What we worry about is providing the best results to users;
we don't worry about market share," he said. "That will all work
itself out." Thanks, Konstantinos!...
If Jack Chick worked for the Elder Gods
If Jack Chick worked for the Elder Gods
12/07/2003 06:01 AM"Who Will Be Eaten First?" .. Cthulhu Chick
Tract
howardhallis.com/bis/cthulhuchick
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Browse a Pantheon of Over 1000 Gods with
Godchecker
Browse a Pantheon of Over 1000 Gods with
Godchecker
01/05/2004 08:37 AMMore fun with mythology: if you're interested in learning about
mythology and culture, you'll have a lot of fun with Godchecker. It's
very tongue-in-cheek but there's useful information here.
Godchecker's...
Ian McDonald's brilliant new novel,
River of Gods: Bollywoodpunk
Ian McDonald's brilliant new novel,
River of Gods: Bollywoodpunk
06/12/2004 05:23 PM
I just finished reading Ian McDonald's latest novel, "River of Gods,"
and my mind is whirling. River is the story of India's 100th birthday,
when the great nation has fractured into warring subnations on caste,
religious and cultural lines. Like McDonald's other great novels, the
story is beyond epic, with an enormous cast of richly realised
characters and a vivid, luminous vision of techno-Hinduism that
beggars the imagination. Take, for example,
Town and Country,
a soap-opera acted out by AIs (or "aeais") who lead double-lives --
each AI character has another role, as the
actor who plays the
character, in a "meta-soap" where their squabbling, indiscretions
and marriages are tabloid fodder for the soapi magazines that dote
upon them.
This is just one of dozens of conceits in a novel that combines the
best themes from books like Out
on Blue Six and Desolation Road, handles them with the masterful hand visible
in Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone and the Sturgeon-award-winning
Tendeleo's Story, and folds in all the contemporary themes in
sf like the Singularity and the cratering of cyberpunk memes and spits
out a 575-page epic that I couldn't put down until I'd finished it.
Ian McDonald has been one of my favourite writers for some 15 years
now, and the amazing thing is, he's getting even better.
Link
Shamans ask gods to smile on soccer
(Reuters)
Shamans ask gods to smile on soccer
(Reuters)
07/05/2004 03:59 PMReuters - Wearing a poncho and coloured beads, Peruvian shaman Juan
Osco takes a
swig from a bottle filled with unidentified herbs and sprays the
liquid over a soccer ball decorated with
flags.
High Tech Has Dentists Smiling
High Tech Has Dentists Smiling
05/18/2004 04:44 AMDentists in Silicon Valley are turning to technology to lure more
patients. Lasers and digital imaging are key to maintaining a smile --
and erasing pain. By Kristen Philipkoski.
Smiling Bubbles Game for PalmOS
Smiling Bubbles Game for PalmOS
05/14/2004 06:12 AMThose Irish eyes not smiling at Bush
Those Irish eyes not smiling at Bush
06/21/2004 06:40 PMPlayStation Portable has Sony smiling
PlayStation Portable has Sony smiling
04/08/2005 08:25 AMDailybulletin.com - Fri Apr 8, 07:17 am GMT
Smiling banned on passports (Reuters)
Smiling banned on passports (Reuters)
08/06/2004 07:42 AMReuters - The fight against terrorism has wiped
the smile off the face of British passport holders.
Putting A Smiling Face On The Database
That Knows Everything About You
Putting A Smiling Face On The Database
That Knows Everything About You
05/03/2004 06:03 PMThere are ways to argue that better management of information about
someone can lead to better privacy protection. However, I've read and
reread this article about how the CEO of ChoicePoint, a massive
database company best known for providing background checks on anyone,
is trying to openly discuss privacy
concerns with people, and about the only thing I can get out of it
is that he wants to convince us all that we should just trust him. He
wants a debate, but doesn't do much to explain how a service like his
actually protects our privacy. His only point is that the data should
remain in separate databases - until someone does a search. Of
course, this seems like semantics. If the search goes across multiple
databases, then it's effectively a single database. He's also working
to provide the backend of Stephen Brill's
"No,
I'm Not A Terrorist Card" that we discussed last year. The idea
is that non-terrorists (who, as the saying goes, "have nothing to
hide") reveal all sorts of info about themselves in exchange for a
card that says, basically, "the person holding this card isn't a
terrorist, don't bother making them stand in long security lines." As
we pointed out, as voluntary as this sounds, it certainly seems like
there would be an awful lot of guilt-by-no-association. "What, you
mean, you didn't pass the 'I'm not a terrorist' test? What did you
do?" But, thankfully, if we just trust this CEO (without
understanding why we should trust him - and even though the article
names some screwups the company has made in the past concerning
privacy) we should have nothing to worry about.
Explosive sink and toilet plunger is a
gift from the gods
Explosive sink and toilet plunger is a
gift from the gods
08/16/2004 08:18 PM
I went to Home
Depot over the weekend to buy two dollar's worth of hardware (pins for
door hinges) and walked out with over $100 worth of stuff, of course.
My prime pruchase was something called a KleerDrain instant drain
opener, which combines the fun of explosives with the satisfaction of
unclogging a sink.
I was a little wary of spending $30 on this gadget, which looks
like a cross-between a plunger and a pogo stick. But Home Depot had
one of those videos running next to the set-up, which showed clogged
sink after clogged sink giving up its precious bolus of greasy hair to
the explosive force of a CO2 cartridge unleashing its entire payload
at once. Watching the guy on the demo using the device, with its
rifle-like kickback and puff of condensed carbon dioxide gas,
mesmerized me. The next thing I knew, I was racing home with my new
KleerDrain.
I could hardly wait to use it on a slow-draining sink in the
bathroom. I duct taped the overflow drain on the sink, and inserted a
CO2 cartridge into the Kleer Drain. I screwed on the rubber cone and
then pressed it into the drain opening.
WHAM! A shower of gray grime flew out of somewhere and splashed
against the walls, mirror and ceiling. I wiped the junk off my face
and turned on the faucet. The water whooshed down the drain, ending
with a nice sucking sound, like it was wishing there were more water
it could dispose of.
I think I'm in love. Time to stock up on more CO2 cartridges. Link
[Thank G*d it's Friday!] UK Home Office
bans smiling
[Thank G*d it's Friday!] UK Home Office
bans smiling
08/06/2004 07:56 AMHeres a nice filler for a friday, made me chuckle anyway. Our fine
friends over at The Inquirer have spotted an interesting piece of
news that could threaten the reputation of Brits abroad everywhere
(myself included).
THE HOME OFFICE has ordered British people to stop smiling on their
passport photograph in a bid to save the country from a terror
attack.
It seems that the British stiff upper-lip is required so that photos
can be scanned by digital readers. The reader will compare the photo
with the person standing in front of it.
According to guidelines issued for all those who want a passport their
photos must be "looking straight at the camera, with a neutral
expression, with their mouth closed".
Apparently a cheesy grin will chuck the scanner, which has an allergy
to teeth, completely out of wack. Photo booth companies have been
forced to update all their machines to ensure that the pictures are
acceptable under the new rules. The Home Office said its requirements
were in line with new international standards for biometric
face-recognition schemes.
News source:
The
InquirerRead full story...Japanese IT businesses turn to Gods to
ward off viruses, hackers
Japanese IT businesses turn to Gods to
ward off viruses, hackers
01/07/2004 07:12 PMSeeking the Smiling Face of Nevada's
Nuclear Heyday (Los Angeles Times)
Seeking the Smiling Face of Nevada's
Nuclear Heyday (Los Angeles Times)
01/02/2005 07:20 AMLos Angeles Times - LAS VEGAS — Long before Britney Spears'
wedding made headlines here, another blond held Sin City in thrall.
Back in the U.S.S.R: White House Scrubs
Its Website When It Needs to Revise
History. Somewhere, Brezhnev is Smiling.
12/18
Back in the U.S.S.R: White House Scrubs
Its Website When It Needs to Revise
History. Somewhere, Brezhnev is Smiling.
12/18
12/18/2003 02:23 PMmanipulation, distrust and deceitfulness: .. Dana
Milbank
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9821-2003Dec17.html
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2ergo Group PLC in Premium Rate Phone
Scandal, Smile Telecom Still Smiling
with Unpaid Fines
2ergo Group PLC in Premium Rate Phone
Scandal, Smile Telecom Still Smiling
with Unpaid Fines
08/08/2004 02:05 AMICSTIS failure to STOP premium rate phone scams.... deal not in the
public interest. [PRWEB Aug 8, 2004]
Show me a culture that despises
virginity and I'll show you a culture
that despises childhood
Show me a culture that despises
virginity and I'll show you a culture
that despises childhood
06/16/2004 06:37 AM"Virginia Tells Men: No Sex with Young Girls" .. underage partners ..
what the fuck? .. don't go
there
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40804-2004Jun14.html
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"how-to record on your ipod (for free) -
ipod hacks - ipod.hackaday.com"
"how-to record on your ipod (for free) -
ipod hacks - ipod.hackaday.com"
12/31/2004 04:38 PM"An Islamic civil liberties group has
called for a Pentagon investigation into
an apparent gag photograph of a Marine
in Iraq taken during the last year. In
the photo, a smiling Lance Cpl. Ted J.
Boudreaux Jr. is standing next to two
Iraqi boys. All three ..."
"An Islamic civil liberties group has
called for a Pentagon investigation into
an apparent gag photograph of a Marine
in Iraq taken during the last year. In
the photo, a smiling Lance Cpl. Ted J.
Boudreaux Jr. is standing next to two
Iraqi boys. All three ..."
04/13/2004 03:29 AMBB-Shopping Is One of the Best Resources
for Mobile Phone Accessories, Ipod
Accessories (Ipod, Ipod Arm Band)and
Many More
BB-Shopping Is One of the Best Resources
for Mobile Phone Accessories, Ipod
Accessories (Ipod, Ipod Arm Band)and
Many More
02/01/2005 08:46 PMOne Place Resource for Ipod Accessories and other Consumer Electronic
Gadgets [PRWEB Jan 26, 2005]
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