January Vanity Fair

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Vanity Fair Cover

Vanity Fair Cover 01/06/2005 12:01 PM
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Vanity Fair Does It One Last Time

Vanity Fair Does It One Last Time 01/04/2005 08:27 PM
This month Vanity Fair will once again take readers to that galaxy far, far away with superb photos by Annie Leibovitz and an interview with George Lucas. This issue doesn't just touch on Episode III but rather all six films. For more information, please visit the official Star Wars website!

Vanity Fair Editor Got $100,000 for
Suggesting a Movie

Vanity Fair Editor Got $100,000 for
Suggesting a Movie 05/14/2004 10:36 AM
Graydon Carter received a $100,000 payment from Universal Studios in 2003 for suggesting that the book "A Beautiful Mind" be made into a film.

Washington Post on the Vanity Fair photo
spread of Valerie Plame, the outed CIA
agent

Washington Post on the Vanity Fair photo
spread of Valerie Plame, the outed CIA
agent 12/04/2003 09:33 AM
Howard Kurtz article .. BOGUS:

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FEAR, BETRAYAL, LIFE IN DANGER: CIA
Agent Valerie Plame Goes Undercover,
Poses In Vanity Fair

FEAR, BETRAYAL, LIFE IN DANGER: CIA
Agent Valerie Plame Goes Undercover,
Poses In Vanity Fair 12/04/2003 08:26 AM

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L.A. Times and N.Y. Times Investigating
Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter

L.A. Times and N.Y. Times Investigating
Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter 05/13/2004 05:05 AM
Graydon Carter enriching himself? PERISH THE THOUGHT! .. uses his close ties to Hollywood .. web-only scoop .. NIKKI FINKE .. an article

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This Week in Perl 6, January 03 -
January 11, 2005

This Week in Perl 6, January 03 -
January 11, 2005 02/01/2005 09:34 PM
Matt Fowles summarizes the Perl 6 mailing lists with bugfixes, multimensional data structures, and a new syntax engine.

"Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 04, 2004 - January 10,
2004 Archives"

"Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 04, 2004 - January 10,
2004 Archives" 01/07/2004 06:08 PM

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 02, 2005 - January 08,
2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 02, 2005 - January 08,
2005 Archives 01/03/2005 10:00 AM
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: January 02, 2005 - January 08, 2005 Archives .. pile of droppings

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 25, 2004 - January 31,
2004 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 25, 2004 - January 31,
2004 Archives 01/26/2004 04:12 PM
BREAKING: Kerry couldn't get laid at St. Paul's! .. Josh Marshall

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 18, 2004 - January 24,
2004 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 18, 2004 - January 24,
2004 Archives 01/22/2004 07:16 AM
talking points interviews george soros. also, josh is already up in new hamphire on his reader funded venture .. TPM has a good interview with George Soros .. interviews

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 11, 2004 - January 17,
2004 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: January 11, 2004 - January 17,
2004 Archives 01/16/2004 01:04 PM
Joshua Micah Marshall has published Clark’s testimony .. Transcript of Clark's testimony to congress on Iraq .. getting unfairly drudged .. invented quotes

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Vanity tinyURLing

Vanity tinyURLing 11/17/2003 09:17 AM
Erik Olsen writes,

So, we all started "tinyurling" our names

http://tinyurl.com/evo (my init) is rather odd.

http://tinyurl.com/erik leads to a dead link (sob!)

http://tinyurl.com/pnh is, well, Swedish. I think.

http://tinyurl.com/cory , however, May Well Lead To The Truth(tm).

Anyhow. Rules are simple, link is 1-4 chars after the tinyurl.com/

Link (Thanks, Erik!)

Vanity Font

Vanity Font 04/25/2004 10:10 PM

The Yale Typeface: Someday I'll be cool enough to have my own font.

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Mobile Vanity Numbers

Mobile Vanity Numbers 06/22/2004 09:26 AM

The BBC carries word of a Bahrain man, Abdullah al-Hammadi, who makes a living by selling unique phone and license plate numbers. His latest, "9111119" has been put on the market for $13,200. And he'll probably sell it, too -- a previous number sold for $7,000, and a "man once bought his son a license plate for $16,000," to "encourage him to work hard."
Read< /a> [BBC via AdMBlo g]

Vanity and Vulgarity at Enron

Vanity and Vulgarity at Enron 06/03/2004 10:20 AM
Transcripts of conversations between energy traders are stranger than fiction.

Vanity Plate Lookup

Vanity Plate Lookup 05/29/2004 06:12 PM

Department of Motor Vehicles/Vanity Plate: This is a great idea for a state Web site. However, getting "Gadgetopia" in readable form on a license plate is tricky.

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How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)

How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity) 12/27/2004 02:30 AM
FreeRepublic.com: How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity) .. improve Firefox's performance

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Manipulating Google For Vanity And For
Politics

Manipulating Google For Vanity And For
Politics 01/22/2004 06:28 AM
It seems some people just can't get over their obsession with Google results. The practice of "Google bombing" - getting a bunch of people to link to a specific page with a specific phrase, so that a search on that phrase returns the page, even if the phrase has nothing to do with the actual page - is turning into a political war as people on all sides of the political spectrum are trying to associate various negative words or phrases with politicians or policies they dislike. This was sort of amusing the first time it happened, but now it just seems really childish on all sides. It certainly doesn't do anything to impact anyone's political beliefs. To me, it seems like the online equivalent of a writing something bad about someone on a bathroom wall. Meanwhile, though, there's another interesting trend that is less annoying: buying ad keywords on your own name. The idea is not to influence the main Google search terms, but to have some say in pointing people to a specific site if they're searching on your name. It also lets you know how many people are searching for you, as that will show up in your Adwords statistics. It's becoming especially popular with freelancer or individual professionals (doctors and lawyers) where people are likely to search on their names. Apparently, it's become quite a trend. I have no idea when this started, but the first person I heard do this was Glenn Fleishman last July. Of course, there's a price involved - you have to pay each time someone clicks on your ad.

Connecticut Has Vanity Plate Lookup

Connecticut Has Vanity Plate Lookup 05/29/2004 01:51 PM
The state of Connecticut has put up a vanity plate lookup at http://www.dmvplate.state.ct.us/VanityPlate.asp. If there is no match to your lookup, you'll get a sample of what the plate would...

Mobile Vanity Numbers, Saudi Style

Mobile Vanity Numbers, Saudi Style 06/23/2004 07:40 AM

Reader Majid Almadi sends this interesting bit about mobile vanity numbers in Saudi Arabia:

In regards to your story about Mobile Numbers. The problem is way more prevalent here in Saudi Arabia.
- In newspapers, at least 40 percent of personal ads are about 'Special' Mobile numbers or license plates.
- People have been doing it for years. Recently, the Telecom Company and the traffic department caught on and started holding 'Auctions' for special numbers to get in on the action.
- The mobile number 055555555 was sold for SR 250,000 (US$ 67,000 Approx).
- Any requested mobile number starts at $250 for any request whatsoever (say 050xyzabc) and increases as similar numbers are grouped (for example 050xxyyyy).
- It is not uncommon to find listing for License plates these days that are sold for $US 5000-20000.
This is probably the only country in the world where there people who live off selling and buying numbers (License Brokers), and live quite well.
- Recently, due to the over expansion of the Telecom Industry, the Saudi Telecom Company (a long standing monopoly) added an extra digit to mobile numbers to accommodate the growth. The papers were flooded for weeks with complaints from people who owned 'Special numbers' saying that their status (for some) and investment (for others) were downscaled because the extra digit (a zero, now can be changed to a 5 for a $7 fee).

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Vanity License Plate Brings Tickets (AP)

Vanity License Plate Brings Tickets (AP) 07/22/2004 09:40 PM
AP - A vanity license tag chosen as a gag has left its owner holding the bag. Jim Cara thought the "NOTAG" plate he got for his Suzuki motorcycle would give people a laugh.

Motorola's i285 cellphone/vanity mirror

Motorola's i285 cellphone/vanity mirror 07/02/2004 11:35 AM
Engadget Jul 2 2004 2:18PM GMT

GOTMILF? Not anymore, for vanity plate
car owner

GOTMILF? Not anymore, for vanity plate
car owner 07/22/2004 06:40 PM
Michael Syravong thought he'd pulled a fast one on Washington's Department of Licensing when he got a license-plate that read "GOTMILF." He told the department that MILF stands for "Manual Inline Lift Fluctuator," But eventually, bluenoses who are somehow familiar with the true meaning of the acronym (Google it for the not-safe-for-work answer), complained to the department and Syravong lost his plates. Link (Thanks, Eric!)

"FreeRepublic.com: How To Speed Up
Firefox (Helpful Vanity)"

"FreeRepublic.com: How To Speed Up
Firefox (Helpful Vanity)" 12/27/2004 11:25 AM

Super Science Fair Projects: Complete
Guide to Science Fair Projects, Topics
and Experiments

Super Science Fair Projects: Complete
Guide to Science Fair Projects, Topics
and Experiments 05/24/2004 06:24 AM
Super Science Fair Projects: Complete Guide to Science Fair Projects, Topics and Experiments
http://www.super-sc ience-fair-projects.com/

Today your teacher announced that your school is going to have a science fair and students are responsible for exhibiting their projects. What do you feel? Enthusiastic? Despondent? Dreadful? Fearful? Excited?" This statement opens the Super Science Fair Projects site. Actually, whether student or parent, science fair projects, while great ways to get students actively involved in learning the scientific method and problem solving, can be tough assignments. This site may help you with one of the hardest parts: coming up with an idea. The site does a great job of walking the visitor through the steps needed to plan and implement a project, from Choosing a Topic, the Scientific Method, and writing the Project Report. There are even tips on displaying your project, rehearsing, winning over judges, and what to expect the day of the fair. This is definitely a great tool to tap into when planning a science fair project.[From The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/]

Apple: fair play or failure to play
fair?

Apple: fair play or failure to play
fair? 08/07/2004 01:18 AM
Is Apple playing fair or not? On the one hand, it's their device, their music store, and their software.

Local Dallas, TX Auto Dealer Receives
800 Phone Calls in One Day After
Featuring Vanity 800 Phone Number in
Radio and Television Jingles

Local Dallas, TX Auto Dealer Receives
800 Phone Calls in One Day After
Featuring Vanity 800 Phone Number in
Radio and Television Jingles 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
Empire Suzuki opened in the Dallas market in November 2004. In February 2005, Empire Suzuki launched their ad campaign featuring a vanity toll-free phone number, 1-800-NEW-RIDE in a jingle – written by Tom Georgalis, owner of Empire Suzuki. Within six weeks the dealership received over 5,500 calls, with an all time high of over 800 calls in a single day. Speak with Tom Georgalis, owner of Empire Suzuki, about his recent business success in Dallas. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

The Fair Tax

The Fair Tax 05/01/2004 09:06 AM
The FairTax is a consumption tax designed to replace the entire federal income tax system, including personal, payroll, corporate, self-employment, capital gains, gift, and inheritance taxes. [more!!]

Fair NAT 0.74

Fair NAT 0.74 05/11/2004 09:02 PM
A tool that distributes bandwidth in a fair manner among the clients in the LAN.

Fair use, or not fair?

Fair use, or not fair? 04/09/2004 04:09 PM
Last week we posted a story written by my colleague David Graham titled Proven: Windows is more secure than Linux. It was one of the better-read pieces on the site this week. Four days after the article was posted, David did a Google search and found more than half a dozen sites had linked to the piece -- flattering. But at least three sites posted all or a substantial portion of the piece on their own sites -- and that's a problem.

Fair NAT 0.68

Fair NAT 0.68 05/03/2004 10:45 AM
A tool that distributes bandwidth in a fair manner among the clients in the LAN.

Hey...not fair!

Hey...not fair! 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
"You look intimidating when you aren't smiling" - Jasmine Lam See...I'm not giving anyone dirty looks on purpose. And yes,...

Ah fair use, where would we be without
you?

Ah fair use, where would we be without
you? 06/24/2005 06:53 PM

Jason Kottke was just on G4's Attack of the Show, and thanks to my hacked TiVo, it's available as a 85Mb MPEG2 torrent.

Jason did great for live TV, which is just about the most stressful thing in the world. He seemed relaxed, though the host seemed a little manic. I assume a producer was screaming in the host's ear to keep Jason moving, which caused the host to cut Jason off whenever he started sounding reflective. My favorite parts were the host violating the Adsense terms of service by goading people into clicking his ad links and the graphic "Blogging for Bling" in the background (because clearly, Jason's only in it for the benjamins).

It’s Not Fair

It’s Not Fair 09/11/2004 12:31 PM
Back in May, I whined that Jeremy Hedley of Antipixel would get better pictures than me even if he was using a drugstore disposable. Well, OK, so it turned out to be a cellphone camera. Sigh. (Oh yes, and Simon Phipps has a little masterpiece today, too).

It's a fair CoP

It's a fair CoP 03/24/2005 08:31 PM
vnunet.com Mar 25 2005 12:10AM GMT

Fair Use Elaborated

Fair Use Elaborated 08/27/2004 01:58 PM
I've received some interesting comments on my last posting. One of the commenters asked me to explain the fair use doctrine; here goes. The doctrine, which has close counterparts in patent and trademark law, permits a degree of unauthorized copying of copyrighted works. Shocking! If a teenager takes a joyride...

Fair Use with DVDs

Fair Use with DVDs 07/08/2004 08:25 PM

NY Times: Whose DVD? A Debate Over Copies. The free copying tools are available through Internet sites that are not directly subject to American law, often because the nations that those sites call home permit individuals to copy material for their own use. People seeking such tools need only pose the question in an Internet search engine to find dozens of sites devoted to the subject, including the Afonic DVD Guides site (www .dvd-guides.com), run by Joseph Chatzimichail, a 20-year-old electrical and computer engineering student in Salonika, Greece.

Fair and Balanced?

Fair and Balanced? 10/28/2003 11:07 PM

Bill Gates recently got together with Steve Mills from IBM and demonstrated some web services interoperability between our two companies' products.  It has taken awhile to get to this point, from the initial hype to the point where some of these key scenarios work without smoke and mirrors; so it is nice to see a "status report" like this.

The first response I saw came in the form of this shrill attack piece run on CNET.  The author seems stuck in the last century, when people still bought the big lie about "write once run anywhere".  He fails to explain how "runs only on Java" is significantly different from "runs only on Windows", and completely misses the point that most enterprises have to support both types of systems (and many more) and therefore place a high priority on interop.

The attack piece brought back fond memories of the days when Bob Metcalfe and Jai Singh (now managing editor at CNET) were together at the helm of Infoworld.  Then I saw another analysis in CNET, covering the same interop event, but surprisingly balanced, at least in comparison to the first piece.  Finally, I found yet another analysis on CNET, again covering the same event; and this one is positively glowingly accurate!

What to make of it?  A single presentation by Bill Gates inspires three different pieces in CNET which cover the whole spectrum of opinion.  Can't complain about that.

~

Tragically, politics shuts down John Poindexter's data mining program.  It seems that only Safeway is allowed to collect that sort of information about U.S. citizens.

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