'Vera Drake' Wins Top Honor in Venice (AP)

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Thriller 'Primer' Wins Sundance Honor
(AP)

Thriller 'Primer' Wins Sundance Honor
(AP) 01/24/2004 11:44 PM
AP - The high-tech thriller "Primer," about two get-rich-quick inventors whose time-travel device complicates their lives, won the top dramatic honor at the Sundance Film Festival.

Welcome to one-way Venice (Reuters)

Welcome to one-way Venice (Reuters) 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
Reuters - Venice may not have cars but it's no longer a pedestrian's paradise. The canal city has designated some narrow streets "one-way alleys" and plans to fine those who walk against the flow.

Just how gay is "Death in Venice"?

Just how gay is "Death in Venice"? 08/10/2004 08:41 AM
A homoerotic "master text" or a cryptic parable of art, arrogance and self-deception? A fresh translation helps pry Thomas Mann's classic from too-literal interpretation.

Merchant of Venice

Merchant of Venice 08/14/2004 04:53 AM
Venice 0.4 alpha released

Actors hit Venice despite protest

Actors hit Venice despite protest 09/05/2004 07:31 AM
Actors Al Pacino, Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp attend the Venice Film Festival despite protests.

Merchant of Venice, the movie

Merchant of Venice, the movie 03/17/2005 03:24 AM

Just back from seeing Merchant of Venice on the silver screen.  It is amazing how badly behaved nearly all of the characters are.  Shylock, mostly referred to as "the Jew" and addressed as "Jew,...", is bitter and unwilling to forgive all the times the Christians have spit on him.  Shylock's daughter is ungrateful for all of his loving care and trust and happy to run off and never see the old man again for the rest of her life.  The young Christian gentleman is typified by Bassanio, who squandered his fortune on high living and who decides to find a rich chick to marry so that he can pay his debts.  The rich chick Portia impersonates a judge so that she can help the rest of the Christians cheat Shylock out of the 3000 ducats he lent for the fortune-hunting expedition plus the rest of his wealth.  The only person in the entire play who behaves creditably is Antonio, the actual Merchant of Venice in the title.

It is tough to argue with a cast that includes Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons.  Teenage boys will also want to feign an interest in classic theater in order to get into this film, which covers a period in history where all women displayed either beautiful cleavage or entirely bare breasts.

[Those who complain that Shakespeare painted the Jews in a negative light should be reminded that Shakespeare almost certainly never met a Jew.  The Jews were expelled from England in 1290, with their property confiscated by the king.  Shakespeare finished Merchant of Venice in 1597.  Jews were re-admitted to England in 1655.]

Venice Carnival Wallpaper 1.0

Venice Carnival Wallpaper 1.0 12/25/2003 05:26 PM
12 images from the Venice Carnival.

Merchant of Venice 0.4 alpha

Merchant of Venice 0.4 alpha 08/14/2004 06:29 AM
A technical analysis and portfolio management system for stock market traders.

Spielberg film opens Venice

Spielberg film opens Venice 09/01/2004 10:52 PM
Tom Hanks opens the Venice Film Festival with a screening of Steven Spielberg's The Terminal.

Pacino's 'Merchant' Screens in Venice
(AP)

Pacino's 'Merchant' Screens in Venice
(AP) 09/04/2004 10:58 PM
AP - Al Pacino growls, grimaces and demands a "pound of flesh" as Jewish moneylender Shylock in a new version of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." But the actor argued Saturday that the film successfully addresses long-standing controversy over the work's anti-Semitism.

Merchant of Venice 0.51 alpha (Default
branch)

Merchant of Venice 0.51 alpha (Default
branch) 04/02/2005 12:41 AM
Merchant of Venice is a stock market trading programme that supports portfolio management, charting, technical analysis, paper trading, and experimental methods like genetic programming. It features a graphical user interface with online help and includes full documentation. It runs on UNIX, Mac OS X, and Windows.

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Changes:
A critical bug that could cause the program to fail during startup was fixed.

Shark Tale bares teeth at Venice

Shark Tale bares teeth at Venice 09/11/2004 06:59 AM
Stars turn out as St Mark's Square in Venice is transformed into a giant cinema for the premiere of the animated film Shark Tale.

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ CPU: E3 Processor
Core aka Venice @ X-Bitlabs

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ CPU: E3 Processor
Core aka Venice @ X-Bitlabs 04/04/2005 08:45 AM

Athlon 64 3200+ Venice Core Processor
Review

Athlon 64 3200+ Venice Core Processor
Review 04/09/2005 06:26 PM

AMD's New Venice Core Shows Overclocking
Potential

AMD's New Venice Core Shows Overclocking
Potential 04/07/2005 10:42 PM

A Class Struggle on Venice Boardwalk
(Los Angeles Times)

A Class Struggle on Venice Boardwalk
(Los Angeles Times) 07/12/2004 05:27 AM
Los Angeles Times - It started about the time a dog named Raku voted in Venice's neighborhood council election.

Vandal Smashes Saintly Venice Statues
with Hammer (Reuters)

Vandal Smashes Saintly Venice Statues
with Hammer (Reuters) 06/29/2004 10:48 AM
Reuters - A vandal smashed the arms and beard of a 15th century statue of Moses in St Mark's Square in Venice, and other religious statues in the city lost their hands in similar hammer attacks over the last four days.

Strengthen The Good: Strengthening The
Good: The Gulf Coast Community
Foundation Of Venice Hurricane Charley
Disaster Relief Fund

Strengthen The Good: Strengthening The
Good: The Gulf Coast Community
Foundation Of Venice Hurricane Charley
Disaster Relief Fund 08/23/2004 06:46 AM
Strengthen The Good: The Gulf Coast Community Foundation Of Venice Hurricane Charley Disaster Relief Fund

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What an honor!

What an honor! 12/03/2002 11:46 AM

I was going about my usual routine: check email, then NetNewsWire. ReadingEd.com comes up in the list, and bam, I show up on his list of "great sites, mostly web related, that I have found through my server logs." This is such an honor, and a surprise. I'm glad there are people out there that get something from reading my weblog. Thank you, I truly appreciate it!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and thanks for reading my weblog.

Honor Your Bug

Honor Your Bug 07/26/2004 07:38 PM
The Dead Bug Funeral Kit. "We are saddened by your loss. We hope The Dead Bug Funeral Kit will honor your bug." Includes The Buggy Book Of Eulogies!

An Honor

An Honor 12/19/2004 03:18 PM
I just had the honor of introducing some extraordinary people to a Silicon Valley audience. They were Jim Hake, CEO and founder of Spirit of America, which I wrote about last spring. His operation is bringing help from U.S. citizens to people who need it in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it's worth your time to look at it. The stars of the lunch program, however, were Omar and Mohammed Ali, two of three brothers who have been writing the Iraq the Modelblog for over a year. It's an on-the-ground look at conditions they're seeing in a nation that's seen so much horror. They're working on a citizen journalism project for coverage of the upcoming elections. I wish them well on that and hope I can help in some small way. They have a leg up on this project because there's a new Arabic-language blogging tool, funded by Spirit of America, which will host blogs -- free of charge -- for people in the Arabic-speaking Middle East. Nice work by all.

Bravery, Honor

Bravery, Honor 05/31/2004 03:34 PM

The Wall Street Journal last week ran this story about the heroism of an American soldier in Iraq. Memorial Day is about such people, and all the others who have died in service of their country. Rest in peace.

A signal honor

A signal honor 07/06/2004 01:54 AM
USA Today Jul 6 2004 6:05AM GMT

Standards of Honor

Standards of Honor 08/06/2004 11:37 AM

AP: McCain condemns anti-Kerry ads, calls on White House to follow suii. Republican Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, called an ad criticizing John Kerry's military service "dishonest and dishonorable" and urged the White House on Thursday to condemn it as well. The White House declined.

You expected anything different? Neither did I.

"Stolen Honor "

"Stolen Honor " 08/27/2004 01:45 PM

"Red Ninja: End of Honor"

"Red Ninja: End of Honor" 04/08/2005 04:54 AM

Honor Roll

Honor Roll 04/29/2004 01:19 PM
Tomorrow night's edition of "Nightline&quo t; on ABC will be a departure from the norm: the entire program will consist of Ted Koppel reading the names and showing the pictures of more than 700 US servicemembers killed in Iraq since March 19, 2003. Here's an interview with the Nightline executive producer whose idea it was. The idea is not without controversy: Lisa de Moraes of the WaPo decries it as "a cheap, content-free stunt designed to tug at our heartstrings and bag a big number on the second night of the May ratings race." (Is this really Nielsen-bait?) And the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns eight ABC affiliates, is refusing to air the broadcast, calling it "motivated by a political agenda designed to undermine the efforts of the United States in Iraq."

Scout's Honor

Scout's Honor 04/19/2005 06:50 AM
Recruiting expert Joseph McCool earns a merit badge for ideas on staying afloat in the global talent pool.

Rise to Honor

Rise to Honor 04/23/2004 08:09 AM
Sympatico Apr 23 2004 12:30PM GMT

'Assassins' Wins 3 Tonys; 'Wicked' Wins
2 (AP)

'Assassins' Wins 3 Tonys; 'Wicked' Wins
2 (AP) 06/06/2004 08:27 PM
AP - "Assassins," Stephen Sondheim's sardonic musical about presidential killers, picked up three Tonys Sunday, including one for Michael Cerveris, who portrays John Wilkes Booth in the show.

West Ham Footballer Matthew Etherington
Wins the CelebPoker.com Classic - No
Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Poker - Teddy
Sheringham Wins Free Roll Tournament

West Ham Footballer Matthew Etherington
Wins the CelebPoker.com Classic - No
Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Poker - Teddy
Sheringham Wins Free Roll Tournament 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
47 runners assembled at the Rendezvous Casino in Southend for the celebpoker.com Poker Classic Tournament. Celebrity poker players mingled with professional poker players and the poker-loving public to see who would win the inaugural CelebPoker Classic, including. Teddy Sheringham, Nick Leeson, John McCririck and former Eastender Michael Grecco. [PRWEB Dec 1, 2004]

Medal of Honor Pacific A

Medal of Honor Pacific A 08/07/2004 07:06 AM
Techzonez Aug 7 2004 11:14AM GMT

Medal Of Honor: Rising Sun

Medal Of Honor: Rising Sun 12/03/2003 05:17 AM
Popular Mechanics Dec 3 2003 4:44AM ET

"Honor, duty and sacrifice."

"Honor, duty and sacrifice." 05/19/2004 10:25 AM

"Honor, Dignity and Respect "

"Honor, Dignity and Respect " 06/11/2004 05:57 PM

Medal Of Honor: Breakthrough

Medal Of Honor: Breakthrough 06/14/2004 06:15 PM
Is this game worth it? I would have to say yes, but you might want to wait till they release a pack where they want you to get both expansion packs in the same box for like $40-$50.00 or something. By Dustin Smith, Inside Mac Games (via MyAppleMenu)

Medal of Honor: Breakthrough 1.0

Medal of Honor: Breakthrough 1.0 07/02/2004 09:39 PM
Race to capture Messina in Sicily, and finally repel the German army at the historic battle of Monte Battaglia.

Strength and Honor Demo

Strength and Honor Demo 05/23/2004 04:35 PM

Amazon Honor System

Amazon Honor System 12/30/2004 06:27 AM
Amazon’s Red Cross donation page .. American Red Cross disaster-relief

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JCache Open Source 1.0 beta 1

JCache Open Source 1.0 beta 1 07/07/2004 02:41 AM
An implementation of the JSR-107 JCache API.

JCache Open Source 1.0 alpha 6

JCache Open Source 1.0 alpha 6 05/13/2004 11:04 AM
An implementation of the JSR-107 JCache API.

JCache Open Source 1.0 beta 2

JCache Open Source 1.0 beta 2 09/12/2004 01:45 AM
An implementation of the JSR-107 JCache API.

Updated Guides for Mapping Types of
Information and Information Systems to
Security Categories

Updated Guides for Mapping Types of
Information and Information Systems to
Security Categories 12/30/2003 01:39 AM

Information Design Processes: Developing
Accessible and Understandable
Information

Information Design Processes: Developing
Accessible and Understandable
Information 09/16/2002 06:39 AM

The Necessity for Information Space
Mapping for Information Retrieval on the
Semantic Web

The Necessity for Information Space
Mapping for Information Retrieval on the
Semantic Web 08/13/2002 10:03 AM

Off to Beijing

Off to Beijing 09/08/2004 01:37 AM

It's been nice hanging out in Linz meeting all of the cool people here. I'm off to Beijing today via Frankfurt and Narita. I have a feeling this is going to suck. Anyway, maybe see you along the way if I can find some wifi.

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Information Technology: Trojan Horse of
Information Overload

Information Technology: Trojan Horse of
Information Overload 10/01/2002 09:17 AM

Beijing Manifesto

Beijing Manifesto 08/02/2004 04:36 AM
The Chinese love the monumental ambition. They hate the monumental price tag -- and the 'foreign' design. A portfolio of the grand ideas and grim realities behind the contentious new vision for China Central Television. By Rem Koolhaas from Wired magazine.

The Beijing Guide

The Beijing Guide 07/03/2004 06:18 PM
The Beijing Guide.

Beijing Opera

Beijing Opera 11/12/2003 01:32 PM

If you took one part circus clowns, one part chinese dance, one part rhythm gymnastics and mixed it with martial arts, you have Beijing Opera.

It's like classic theater mixed in with fight scenes straight out of The Matrix.

Information Technology Information
Library (ITIL)

Information Technology Information
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Architectural monstrosities in Beijing

Architectural monstrosities in Beijing 09/20/2004 02:37 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: raul gutierrez sez: "When hanging around Beijing, one can't help but be impressed by the staggering number of recently built architectural monstrosities. Now there's a site that collects them all in one place."

(I'd take the three kings building over a Gehry "crushed beer can" any day.) Link

Thought for the day:From Beijing to
Whitehall

Thought for the day:From Beijing to
Whitehall 09/13/2004 03:28 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 13 2004 8:09AM GMT

Other News: Beijing Mac Group

Other News: Beijing Mac Group 09/10/2004 10:39 AM
The Beijing Mac group has an assortment of 400 members.

Beijing Ann Frank Reviewed

Beijing Ann Frank Reviewed 11/04/2003 08:39 AM
From the mailing list of Beijing's only Jewish synagogue, Kehillat Beijing In this month's issue of That's Beijing there is an interesting article about a Bejing interpretation and staging of The Diary of Anne Frank. It is playing 1-16 November in a local theatre.We are considering a community trip, tentatively for Wednesday, Nov. 12th. If you are interested in reserving a ticket and joining with members of the community to see it together, please send an email with your contact details to .... About a Girl Ji Pei finds inspiration in The Diary of Anne Frank Gerald Mak Ji Pei...

Beijing stamps down on Net porn

Beijing stamps down on Net porn 07/19/2004 06:06 AM
'Rampant'

Beijing warns of war with Taiwan

Beijing warns of war with Taiwan 07/30/2004 01:50 AM
A senior official warns China may attack Taiwan if its President Chen Shui-bian pursues constitutional reform.

According to Beijing, Koreans are
Chinese

According to Beijing, Koreans are
Chinese 01/18/2004 10:23 PM

Looks like Japan is not alone in being creative with history.  Recent reports by Beijing historians, supposedly sponsored by the Chinese government, has Koreans hopping mad.  Here is an excerpt from a Taipei Times article by Christopher Lingle:

Showing an ability to pile outrage upon outrage, Beijing introduced inaccurate and distorted information about Korea's early history to further Chinese political hegemony. In particular, Chinese officials have offered a gross misrepresentation of descriptions of the Koguryo (Goguryeo) empire (37 BC to 668 AD) whose territory included part of a Chinese regional kingdom. This strong warrior state successively defeated invading armies of the Chinese empires.

In the Chinese version, Koguryo was incorporated into a Chinese historical timeline and included a claim that these people were of "han" Chinese descent. Beijing also interfered with an effort by Pyongyang to place Koguryo tombs on UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage list of historic sites.

Ethnic Koreans that had lived in the region previously known as Manchuria for many centuries formed the core of the empire. Eventually, their capital was moved to Pyongyang from Jian in Manchuria in the fourth century.

After Koreans and Manchurian tribes lived together for centuries, they were incorporated into Chinese territory with a treaty by Japan and the Qing dynasty in China in 1909. It is amusing to think that Marxist-Leninists insist that unequal treaties signed by imperial powers have any legitimate force. It was left to Korean learned societies to insist that Beijing place the Korean kingdom of Koguryo in its proper historical perspective.

For its part, Beijing insists that everyone else should exercise the highest standards of historical probity. For example, the media and diplomatic channels have been used to criticize the content of Japanese history textbooks. It is a blatant act of hypocrisy to be inconsistent in stating concerns over the correct retelling of past deeds and misdeeds.

It is likely that the incident is part of a well-orchestrated and purposeful attempt to increase its political influence in Northeast Asia. This probably reflects concern over the large numbers of ethnic Koreans living in the northeastern provinces of Laoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang that were granted considerable autonomy during the early 1950s.

Gee, so they built the Great Wall to keep fellow Hans out?  They should be thankful that Koreans are not asking for restoration of the Koguryo territory.  Here is a map of Koguryo:

Korean peninsula had its own version of the Three Kingdoms as you can tell by the presence of three other countries in the Korean peninsula.  Here is a map showing Koguryo's war with Dang Dynasty.  Note Koguryo's own version of the Great Wall.  Apparently, wall building was fashionable back then.

Those red dots along the wall are castles.  The redline crossing the sea means Dang couldn't get through by land so they attacked by sea, a daring move but I don't think too many of them went home.

BTW, the name Korea originates from Koryo (aka Goryeo), a nation that followed (I am grossly simplifying here) Koguryo (aka Goguryeo).  Koreans apparently likes to recycle old names.  Before Koguryo, there was Gochosun which occupied pretty much the same territory.  For 500 years prior to the Japanese occupation, the name of the much shrunken country was Chosun.  Maybe the next one should be just simply Ko.

Beijing blocks overseas websites

Beijing blocks overseas websites 07/26/2004 03:33 AM
iafrica.com Jul 26 2004 7:52AM GMT

Lula to woo Beijing on trade ties

Lula to woo Beijing on trade ties 05/23/2004 09:23 AM
Brazil's president starts a six-day visit to China to win trade and strengthen developing nations within the WTO.

Beijing High-tech expo

Beijing High-tech expo 05/23/2004 09:24 AM
Peoples Daily Online May 23 2004 12:46PM GMT

Beijing cuts the bullfighting (Reuters)

Beijing cuts the bullfighting (Reuters) 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - Beijing has bowed to the demands of animal rights activists and decided to cut the bullfighting.

Japan dismayed by Beijing rebuff

Japan dismayed by Beijing rebuff 04/18/2005 12:29 AM
Japan expresses disappointment at China's refusal to apologise over anti-Japanese protests.

Oracle opens Beijing R&D center

Oracle opens Beijing R&D center 10/29/2003 04:56 PM
The database software maker announces the official opening of its new Beijing research and development center, part of its ongoing expansion into China.

Beijing warns US on Taiwan arms

Beijing warns US on Taiwan arms 07/09/2004 01:37 PM
China's president tells US security chief Condoleezza Rice of his 'serious concern' over weapon sales.

NVIDIA Opens Beijing Operations

NVIDIA Opens Beijing Operations 06/22/2005 02:13 AM
ChinaTechNews.com Jun 22 2005 6:40AM GMT

Knife attack at Beijing nursery

Knife attack at Beijing nursery 08/04/2004 06:05 AM
A man has stabbed one child to death and injured 14 others in a Beijing kindergarten, state media reports.

Beijing to hire thousands more Web
police

Beijing to hire thousands more Web
police 06/17/2005 04:27 PM
IOL: Independent Online Jun 16 2005 5:36PM GMT

3G W-CDMA Field Trial in Beijing

3G W-CDMA Field Trial in Beijing 12/16/2003 06:38 AM
3G Dec 16 2003 5:38AM ET

'Vera Drake' Wins Top Honor in Venice (AP)

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