The Mischievous Art of Jim Flora -- upcoming book

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Upcoming Comic Book News

Upcoming Comic Book News 01/23/2004 02:23 PM
Dark Horse reveals more details of upcoming issues of Star Wars: Republic, detailing more battles in the Clone Wars. Obi-Wan Kenobi is presumed dead, but is actually locked away with Alpha in Asaj Ventress' hidden base. In the meantime, Anakin gets a new master, Quinlan vos descends further into the dark side, and more teasers for Clone Wars Adventures and Jedi: Yoda are promised. And in a follow-up to last week's report, it looks as if the Star Wars: Countdown series has been canceled, although elements of the story may find their way into the Republic series. Thanks to Rebelscum reader Brian Gates for the update.

Jim Flora in the New York Times

Jim Flora in the New York Times 12/30/2004 12:22 AM
Mark Frauenfelder: I've written about my favorite illustrator, the late Jim Flora, several times on Boing Boing. I'm happy to see that the New York Times has an article him, and his influence on today's artists.

"I came across his work in 1993," said Michael Bartalos, a San Francisco-based illustrator who was among the first to locate Flora. "Our styles were very similar - strangely similar, actually - but after I met him I was even more influenced." Among the other prominent artists and illustrators today who are strongly influenced by Flora's art are Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, J. D. King and Melinda Beck, who all wrote appreciations for Mr. Chusid's book, each praising his effortlessly jazzy spirit. Gene Deitch, a contemporary of Flora's, admits that through the 40's and 50's he was "brazenly imitating his style."

Link (Thanks, Erin!)

Hitachi FLORA-ie MX1: Pocket PC
Powerhouse

Hitachi FLORA-ie MX1: Pocket PC
Powerhouse 02/01/2005 09:08 PM

Hitachi has announced a new Japanese PDA called the FLORA-ie MX1, a 400MHz Pocket PC running Windows Mobile 2003SE. The most stand-out feature of the MX1 is definitely the Zaurus-like slide-out keyboard which is certain to make it lusted after by many Western Pocket PC fans, who have been privy to integrated keyboards before, but nothing quite the same. As a big fan of the Zaurus form factor (and less so the Linux environment it runs) I'd say it's a pretty appealing design. I hope Hitachi considers bringing it to the US.

It's beefy, too, with a 4-inch VGA screen, built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and SD and CF slots—everything a Windows pocket-sagger should be.

Prod uct Page (Japanese) [Hitachii via SorobanGeeks (Congrats on 2 years!)]

'Bluejacking' gets mischievous

'Bluejacking' gets mischievous 11/12/2003 10:16 PM
globetechnology.com Nov 12 2003 9:50PM ET

Cell phone messaging turns mischievous

Cell phone messaging turns mischievous 11/13/2003 01:46 AM
Boston Globe Nov 13 2003 1:06AM ET

Cell Phone Messaging Turns Mischievous

Cell Phone Messaging Turns Mischievous 11/12/2003 06:52 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Nov 12 2003 6:24PM ET

Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature

Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature 10/31/2003 06:21 PM
InternetRetailer.com Oct 31 2003 4:44PM ET

Book Review: Windows Admin Scripting
Little Black Book, Second Edition

Book Review: Windows Admin Scripting
Little Black Book, Second Edition 06/12/2004 12:32 PM

Book Release: Mad Cow and Cattle
Mutilations Meet the War on Terror in
Brad Steel's New Book Mute

Book Release: Mad Cow and Cattle
Mutilations Meet the War on Terror in
Brad Steel's New Book Mute 03/19/2005 02:43 AM
In MUTE, author Brad Steel has created a gripping and eerily believable scenario in which the leaders of Western nations band together to do the unthinkable—convinced it is necessary, however radical. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

Book Publishers Selling Direct - Pissing
Off Book Retailers

Book Publishers Selling Direct - Pissing
Off Book Retailers 02/13/2004 05:52 AM
One of the struggles that companies have as distribution and sales mechanisms change is handling legacy channel conflict issues. Dell became huge by selling direct to customers, but when rival Compaq started to move in that direction, their retail partners freaked out - and Compaq had to scale back their plans. It appears that book publishers are now going through the same process. They've realized that if someone is looking for info about certain books on their site, it makes sense to also offer them a chance to buy it. However, it's pissing off retailers, who don't want to hear that their suppliers are competing with them. Retailers say a reasonable compromise would be having the publishers point to the retailers, which was my first response as well. However, then it becomes a political situation of who do you link to and why? There's also the fact that this makes for a less enjoyable consumer experience. I know that, more than once, I've been annoyed at online sites where I go for info on buying a product, but when I try to buy am given a big list of retailers instead of a way to buy right away.

Book review - Book lowers fear of
threats

Book review - Book lowers fear of
threats 12/15/2003 08:15 AM
vnunet.com Dec 15 2003 7:11AM ET

Upcoming.org gets an API

Upcoming.org gets an API 03/29/2005 03:07 PM
Cory Doctorow: Waxy sez, "Upcoming.org, the social calendaring site I created in my spare time, now offers a ton of spanking new features. Among the big changes: a complete API for doing your own development, and support for tagging, e-mail/SMS reminders, and personal events. Why the sudden flood of activity? Blame Jon Udell, who posted this column inspiring me to do a week of nonstop coding." Link (Thanks, Waxy!)

Upcoming

Upcoming 11/06/2003 01:26 PM
Chicago Tribune Nov 6 2003 12:54PM ET

Upcoming Gig: May in Chiba

Upcoming Gig: May in Chiba 03/22/2005 03:19 PM
On May 13th, I’ll be in Chiba, Japan participating in a panel entitled Web Services Considered Harmful? with Jeff Barr of Amazon, prominent RESTafarian Mark Baker, Adam Bosworth of Google, and Jeffrey McManus of EBay, at the 14th International World Wide Web Conference. Should be fun.

WWW-Service-Upcoming-API

WWW-Service-Upcoming-API 04/18/2005 03:13 PM

Upcoming W3C Talks

Upcoming W3C Talks 06/03/2004 06:42 PM
2004-06-03: Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as an RSS channel. (News archive)

New and Upcoming Titles

New and Upcoming Titles 11/18/2003 11:17 PM
-Web Application Security Assessment 04/28/2004 -Threat Modeling 03/31/2004 -Extreme Programming Adventures in C# 02/04/2004 -Test-Driven Development in Microsoft® .NET 02/04/2004 -Object Thinking 02/04/2004 -Agile Project Management with Scrum 02/04/2004

Upcoming Reviews

Upcoming Reviews 03/14/2005 05:46 PM
We have a number of upcoming big hardware reviews on the site over the next week or so, here are just a few of them:

Hardware:
Maxtor OneTouch II 250GB USB/FireWire External Harddisk - 7200RPM
Viewsonic VX912 19" 12ms 500:1 (DVI-D) LCD Monitor
Orange SPV M2000 Pocket PC Phone Edition
Samsung YH-999 Portable Media Center
and finally another Media Center PC based review of the Evesham eMedia Micro Tower.

E:M | My upcoming projects

E:M | My upcoming projects 08/21/2004 02:57 PM
E:M | My upcoming projects (from the guy responsible for the popularity of blogs in Iran: "The enormous power of Wikis could be exploited in providing some independently and collectively produced textbooks for high school students in Iran. Those books can later be printed and used by parents, who do ...

Upcoming on ActiveWin

Upcoming on ActiveWin 08/27/2004 02:05 PM
We have a number of new bits and pieces on the way in the next month. Firstly we have a new section opening all about Windows Mobile, this will include new reviews of the brand new smartphone from Orange, the SPV C500. The section will also have editorials, FAQ's and more.

Early in September we are returning to some of the bigger style reviews that we used to post, first up is a review of the AMD 3800+ CPU. Next we have a review of the ATI X800 Pro Graphics card on the way too.

Upcoming Gig: May in New York

Upcoming Gig: May in New York 03/22/2005 03:19 PM
On May 18th, Jon Udell and I (and a player to be named later, they say) are talking generalities at the IDG Syndicate Conference, which is interesting as it’s the first attempt (that I know of) by an old-line analyst/publishing company to do a traditional old-line conference around this whole blogging/syndication thing. The idea itself is controversial, we’ll see how it goes.

Upcoming DK Books

Upcoming DK Books 06/17/2005 03:30 PM
Fans of the DK line of books will have two new reasons to visit a bookstore in October.

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events 05/16/2004 01:45 PM
Some great events coming up, mostly this week: Red Herring Spring -- May 18-20th, Monterey, where they introduce the Red Herring 100 Top Private Companies. Facilitating an Eventspace. Much more on this later. Institute for the Future: A New Literacy...

WebService-Upcoming-0.04

WebService-Upcoming-0.04 06/17/2005 07:15 PM

Upcoming Blogging and RSS Presentations

Upcoming Blogging and RSS Presentations 01/07/2004 04:55 PM

If you're in the Chicagoland area, here are two events at which I'll be speaking during the next two months. If you've heard me talk about blogging and/or RSS, there won't be much new here, but if you want to make a New Year's resolution for your library or for yourself (as in, find out why news aggregators are so great), come on by because they're both free!

1. A Blogging Overview with Jenny Levine
   A Reference Librarian (RLA) Program
   Tuesday, January 20
   9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

   "Exactly what is a blog? Why are blogs rapidly growing? How can blogs be used to promote library communications and services?

   Come hear Jenny Levine, Internet Development Specialist at the Suburban Library System and creator of the very popular Shifted Librarian blog www.theshiftedlibrarian.com give a comprehensive overview and update on blogs. Information maven and innovator Levine will talk about the advantages and practical applications of blogs in the library."

2. How to Use RSS to Know More and Do Less
   SLS Tech Summit
   Thursday, February 19
   1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

   "RSS, also known as Rich Site Summary, is an XML format that allows syndication of Web content. But what does that really mean? Learn how to use a news aggregator to read multiple sites to keep current while reducing the strain of your workload. Learn how news aggregators help you beat information overload and keep you more informed at the same time! In addition, you can start providing RSS syndication of your own news for your library's patrons."

Upcoming events in Keene, NH

Upcoming events in Keene, NH 03/22/2005 05:12 PM
In the fall of 2003, the Many-to-Many blog announced Andy Baio's upcoming.org, a collaborative event calendar. Ray Ozzie noticed, and asked a bunch of questions about calendar formats and mechanisms for syndicating and aggregating events. I weighed in with some examples of the XHTML microcontent techniques that I was (and still am) exploring. But eighteen months later it's clear that we were just philosophers debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. None of our arcane technical discussions really mattered because upcoming.org hasn't gone viral the way del.icio.us did. This isn't just my own observation. Recently someone in Edinburgh asked: "Why is upcoming.org not more popular?" ...

Upcoming Gig: April in San Fran

Upcoming Gig: April in San Fran 03/22/2005 03:19 PM
On April 11th I’ll be doing a “Keynote Debate” with Jean Paoli and Jon Udell at the Gilbane Content Management Technologies conference (what a long name). Some of the press coverage is trying to spin this as a “My office XML is better than yours” debate, which seems lame to me, there’s plenty to debate about the right way to put markup to work without getting into boring product specifics.

Upcoming events of note

Upcoming events of note 06/03/2004 09:56 PM
June is always a time that's slightly crazed for me (in a good way): it's the month when I celebrate both my birthday and my wedding anniversary; plus it's solstice time, when the days are longest and (for light-seeking souls like me) spirits highest. It's also the period, in the trough between Memorial Day and the start of high vacation season, when lots of events get planned. Here's some that are on my horizon: This Sunday I'm heading off to the Wall Street Journal's "D" Conference, run by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg -- featuring, among others, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Last year, I understand they shared a stage (I wasn't there to confirm the executive convergence). We'll see if that tradition continues.

Next Friday, the same Long Now Foundation series that hosted Brian Eno's amazing talk last fall will present Bruce Sterling, at Fort Mason in San Francisco. If you've ever heard Sterling's seemingly free-associational -- but really, I'm convinced, carefully choreographed -- riffing, you know it's a treat. The topic? "The Singularity: Your Future as a Black Hole."

Last year, the Digital Storytelling Festival in Sedona was a blast. I can't make it to this year's event -- June 10-12, in Sedona once more -- but it promises to be even better, with J.D. Lasica talking about his "DarkNet" project and lots of other folks presenting their work.

Finally, Supernova returns to the Bay Area June 24-25. A year and a half ago, Kevin Werbach's first conference served as a great intro to the issues around Wi-Fi, Web services, and other grassroots-driven, geek-centered technologies whose adoption has begun to fuel a new wave of Silicon Valley buzz. It'll be interesting to see where Werbach takes these subjects now that it has begun to move from the edge to the mainstream.

On RSS feeds and upcoming redesigns...

On RSS feeds and upcoming redesigns... 04/12/2005 06:26 AM

This is more of an update than a post and won't be of enormous interest to an awful lot of you, I'm sure. Basically for those of you reading this site via an RSS newsreader, I've decided to remove the splicing of photographs from my Flickr photostream. This is for a number of reasons, but mainly because I've started to feel a bit uncomfortable about the enormous shifts in tone between the two feeds and how they inter-relate to one another. If you enjoy seeing pictures from my photostream however, you can still subscribe to a dedicated feed.

For those of you who are not familiar with the plasticbag.org feed, or with newsreaders in general, then I can recommend the Wikipedia article on RSS and newsreaders and if you're using a Mac, then NetNewsWire remains the client of choice.

This little job is just the first of a large number of changes that you should be seeing around the site over the next few weeks as I work to redesign the place from the ground-up. I can warn you now that many of you are not going to like what I'm going to do with the place. I'm taking it very stark and simple. But I'm finding it quite exciting. If you're of the speculative sort, then why not have a look at my page on a design history of plasticbag.org and see if you can spot the trends.

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Upcoming UK Robot Events

Upcoming UK Robot Events 03/14/2005 06:03 PM
Lorraine Breen of the IEE writes, "I am organising a robotics lecture, presented by Ian Watts from Robot Wars, in Birmingham, UK on Thursday 10 March 2005." The lecture is titled, "Robots in Action" and deals primarily with the control systems and power source of the radio controlled vehicles used on the Robot Wars and Battlebots TV shows. There may also be a guest appearance by a Dalek. Meanwhile, Malika Andress of The National Space Centre in Leicester writes, "The National Space Centre is looking to host a Robot Month in May. We are looking for people to participate and showcase their robots in action. If anybody has any ideas of how to make the weekend really exciting and interactive please get in touch".

Upcoming ActiveWin Reviews

Upcoming ActiveWin Reviews 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
We have quite a few large reviews coming up on the website this month that we thought you would like to know about. Firstly we have our first ever full PC reviews. The first comes from Sony and is the VGC-V2M 17" Media PC the next is the Elonex eXentia Windows Media Center PC. Finally we have the Samsung YH-999 Portable Media Center that we have been toying with over the past few weeks.

Upcoming software wants to be your NBOR

Upcoming software wants to be your NBOR 02/19/2004 02:16 PM
A Mac OS X version of the just-announced NBOR (No Boundaries or Rules) player is slated for release before the end of the year...

The Platform. The People. The Possibilities...
Connect at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference
June 28 - July 2, San Francisco

Upcoming US Phones Roundup

Upcoming US Phones Roundup 08/02/2004 10:25 AM

If you have a hard time keeping track of which phones have been released, which ones you should be keeping an eye out for, and which ones you really don't care about (and Lord knows, it's hard), MobileTracker has a wide (if shallow) round-up of some of North America's upcoming phones, including old favorites like the MPx and some just-released (if not widely) units like the Motorola A630. Not a bad place to catch up if you've been out of the scene for a little while (or, you know, tried to be in the scene, then gotten all flummoxed. It happens, booboo.)

Read - Upcoming US phones [MobileTracker]

Upcoming Gig: NetBeans Day at JavaOne

Upcoming Gig: NetBeans Day at JavaOne 04/01/2005 02:04 PM
This one looks like real fun: an all-day NetBeans bash in connection with JavaOne. They want me to cover Coyote, but there’s lots of other stuff to talk about too.

On my upcoming trip to San Francisco...

On my upcoming trip to San Francisco... 06/17/2005 03:22 PM

So here's the plan - I'm flying to San Francisco on Saturday and I'll be hanging around until the 26th with all my geek hipster friends. But don't take that to mean that I'm busy all the time - I'm keen as ever to see (and meet) as many neat people as possible. When I go to San Francisco, I normally try and set up some kind of drunken evening at the Tonga Room - because the rain and the thunder and the tiki stylings and the lounge act are all so cool. But I am also aware that the cocktails are terrible and that maybe I've milked the experience as much as I can. So, guys, does anyone have any better ideas?

While I'm at it, I might as well put out another call - are there any glorious geek events, any particularly cool exhibitions or bars that I'd regret not going to? It's not every day I get a full week in my spiritual homeland to reconnect with the mothership. So what should I be doing?

Of course, no trip comes without its inconveniences, and this one is particularly poignant - while I'm on the flight to SFO I'll be missing the big reveal in the final episode of Doctor Who. This is doubly galling since I'm currently enduring hundreds of lunatic comments on my Doctor Who and Bad Wolf post. Regular visitors to the site may be getting bored of hearing about this, but things are way out of control - the post has received seven hundred comments as of now, and sometimes they come in at the rate of one or two a minute. The whole thing's starting to remind me of Kottke's famous Matrix meltdown. All of which is a roundabout way of saying don't spoil it for me until I've got my hands on a copy.

Anyway, as of this evening, I'm either in pre-flight limbo or stuck in some terminal interzone, and I'm hoping to take the opportunity to catch up with all the notes and writing I've been doing recently but haven't had a chance to post to my site. So more later...

Upcoming macosxhints' events...

Upcoming macosxhints' events... 05/27/2004 03:40 PM
Despite my best efforts :), I've somehow been talked into into making a few public appearances over the next couple of months in various places. I'll be discussing some of my favorite OS X hints and apps, and perhaps providi...

On the upcoming release of OS X 10.4
[Tiger]

On the upcoming release of OS X 10.4
[Tiger] 03/22/2005 06:23 PM
As everyone is probably aware, the release of OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is rapidly approaching -- some time between now and June 30th. The last time we had a major release, yours truly didn't plan to0 well, and I ended up hand-coding...

ProNet: Upcoming revamps

ProNet: Upcoming revamps 03/28/2005 06:59 PM
Upcoming.org is a popular web-based events-tracking service, and Andy Baio, the site's creator, has just announced a number of significant new features. In addition to expanding the types of events that can be entered, Upcoming now supports tags, a powerful...

Upcoming.org: News: Huge Changes!

Upcoming.org: News: Huge Changes! 03/29/2005 04:27 AM
Andy made some significant changes to Upcoming, his collaborative calendaring site .. Big changes over at Upcoming.org

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