Laying the Newspaper Gently Down to Die
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PressThink: Laying the Newspaper Gently
Down to Die
PressThink: Laying the Newspaper Gently
Down to Die
03/30/2005 07:37 AMLaying the Newspaper Gently Down to Die .. Rosen
arguing
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The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest
selling newspaper
The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest
selling newspaper
03/14/2003 12:58 PMFrench President Jacques Chirac stood accused last night of being a
blood brother of Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein .. Chiraq, Note to self:
Try not to piss off the British Tabloids .. London Sun .. Le Worm
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"The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest
selling newspaper"
"The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest
selling newspaper"
05/18/2004 11:43 AMGently pump it's little stomach
Gently pump it's little stomach
05/24/2004 12:25 PM
Trout Stomach Pump : Summer's almost here, so
you'd best start
looking for clues.
" Finally I observe what the fish
are actually feeding on. To do this I have to catch a fish. This is
frequently the hardest part, but I can usually scam one up somehow. I then
pump it's stomach.....while securely holding the fish I gently
insert the tube down the fishís throat as far as I can. I take
particular care not to injure the fish during this process.....The
suction created by the pump extracts the stomach contents. I
carefully release the fish unharmed into the water (I have never lost
a fish in this process). Then I squeeze the bulb and deposit the
fish's stomach contents into my hand. It is then a simple
process to match the stomach contents to the contents of my fly
box" While my copy of Garageband gently weeps
While my copy of Garageband gently weeps
03/08/2004 11:07 PMThe Jay-Z Construction Set
is a blast to play with. I grabbed some of the purposely
remix-friendly acapella tracks and laid it on top of a certain
classic.
After hearing the Grey Album remix, the Black on Black remix, and
the Black and Tan remix, I figured there should be a Black and White
remix. When I thought of the whitest sounds possible two names jumped
to mind: Michael Bolton and Kenny G. Seeing how Kenny G does
instrumentals and I have an acapella track, it was an easy mash.
Let me preface this by saying I don't really know what I'm doing
audio software-wise, so I just simply laid Jay Z's Encore over Kenny
G's Songbird, and grabbed a chunk that has its moments. I'm sure a
real DJ could whip up a better version of this abomination fairly
easily, but I was just farting around in audio software and figured I
might as well upload it.
Here's a taste of
Kenny Z's Encore (1Mb mp3, 60 second snippet)
Laying Down the Virtual Law
Laying Down the Virtual Law
11/13/2003 06:31 AMAs computer games and virtual spaces become more pervasive, the line
between real and imagined becomes blurrier. When do real-world laws
start to apply? Experts hit New York to discuss the growing impact of
games. By Daniel Terdiman.
Laying down the copyright law -- to
children
Laying down the copyright law -- to
children
04/25/2004 04:13 AMBoston Globe Apr 25 2004 8:04AM GMT
Laying Down the Law to Cabbies (Reuters)
Laying Down the Law to Cabbies (Reuters)
07/29/2004 11:36 AMReuters - Olympic organizers have laid down the
law to Athens' unruly cabbies ahead of August's Olympic Games,
demanding they clean up their act or stay away from venues.
Got an junk PC laying around? Recycle it
for FREE
Got an junk PC laying around? Recycle it
for FREE
07/14/2004 02:59 AMMicrosoft laying off 76, cuts production
of own Xbox games
Microsoft laying off 76, cuts production
of own Xbox games
08/20/2004 11:42 PMSeattletimes.nwsource.com - Fri Aug 20, 11:29 am GMT
Boston.com / Business / Technology /
Laying down the copyright law -- to
children
Boston.com / Business / Technology /
Laying down the copyright law -- to
children
04/26/2004 06:49 PMMPAA-funded copyright indoctrination program in American schools ..
Laying down the copyright law — to children .. According to the
Boston Globe .. this boston.com
article
boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/04/25/laying_do
wn_the_copyright_law____to_children?pg=full
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Variety.com - Inside Move: Fanatics
laying it on the line
Variety.com - Inside Move: Fanatics
laying it on the line
04/07/2005 03:27 AMCelestica laying off 800 workers in
Colorado as part of consolidation plan
Celestica laying off 800 workers in
Colorado as part of consolidation plan
04/02/2005 06:32 PMCanadian Press Apr 2 2005 11:28PM GMT
Virtually every religious faction is
laying claim to the Bill Murray classic
as a relevant religious allegory
Virtually every religious faction is
laying claim to the Bill Murray classic
as a relevant religious allegory
12/08/2003 09:16 AMOne film unites all religions .. Groundhog Almighty .. New York
Times
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More Than a Newspaper
More Than a Newspaper
04/15/2004 10:17 AMThe Washington Post Co. offers a lot to investors.
Iran Newspaper
Iran Newspaper
06/06/2004 05:30 PM
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Distributing MP3 Via Newspaper
Distributing MP3 Via Newspaper
04/15/2004 09:05 AMStoring on
paper: This seems pretty useless, but very cool nonetheless. So a
lot like Ashton Kutcher, really.
Tokyo's Yomiuri Shimbun, Japans leading newspaper, has
been printing on the corner of a page a series of black dots, which
are not Japenese characters. These black dots are in a tight, uneven
pattern. From a distance it looks like a woven fabric, and closely it
looks like a snowy TV screen. When this page is fed through a scanner,
the true nature of the image is revealed: its software — a
computer data. In this way, the newspaper is sending music files,
video games software, etc., to its 10 million customers.
Here's the Web site of the
company that makes the technology. Some interesting reading
there.
I found this via a neat new blog called hypulp which I found via Metafilter.
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Love thy newspaper
Love thy newspaper
09/22/2004 02:02 AM'[T]hese partisans also will seize the exception and call it the rule'
.. Righties will use Rather flap as excuse to boycott big media ..
writes
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/21/EDGN58R2L51.
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Citizen Journalism: A Newspaper Goes for
It
Citizen Journalism: A Newspaper Goes for
It
12/19/2004 03:18 PMAs Jay Rosen explains in his latest
PressThink article, the local paper in Greensboro,
N.C., is turning its online self into a community square. Bravo. This
is a big deal.
And as Ed Cone
observes
-- Ed is a blogger of note and columnist for the paper -- this isn't
exactly rocket science. Anyone can do it. Almost every newspaper
should try.
Back to newspaper B.C. (before
computers)
Back to newspaper B.C. (before
computers)
03/27/2005 12:35 PMAP via Newsday Mar 27 2005 4:50PM GMT
New FeedDemon Newspaper Styles
New FeedDemon Newspaper Styles
05/24/2004 12:18 PMOver the weekend I created a number of newspape
r styles which I plan to include in the final release of FeedDemon
1.10. If you'd like to give them a try, just browse this page in
FeedDemon and click the links below:
"NY Times is a liberal newspaper"
"NY Times is a liberal newspaper"
07/26/2004 08:59 PMNewspaper Writers on the Election
Newspaper Writers on the Election
02/01/2005 08:32 PMIn a small room in Stanford’s history building, a small panel
discusses media coverage of the 2004 election. The guests…
A Final Newspaper Column, and My Thanks
A Final Newspaper Column, and My Thanks
01/02/2005 02:09 PM(This is also my final Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury News.)
Wow, what a ride.
I moved to Silicon Valley a little over 10 years ago. I've been
constantly amazed by what has happened here since then -- a furious
rush of innovation and change.
I'm not smart or wise enough to predict in any detail what will happen
in the next decade. But I'm certain that, as always, it'll be
interesting, because innovation and change are still the coins of this
realm.
It didn't take long to learn what made Silicon Valley so special. The
combination of attributes was unequaled: the great research
universities, an astonishing collection of talent, a pool of investors
with enormous sums at their disposal and an ingrained culture of
risk-taking. (The weather's nice, too.)
The willingness -- no, eagerness -- to take risks has always been the
valley's most special quality. In most places, business failure leaves
an indelible career stain. Here, failure is often seen as an
education, provided one fails the right way, which is to say not
stupidly or sleazily.
The rise and fall of Apple's fascinating but flawed Newton handheld
computer, for example, helped spark the Palm Pilot, the true
breakthrough in the genre. I won't forget the shiver of excitement I
and others in a crowd of tech executives and journalists felt when we
saw the first Palm on the 1996 Demo conference stage.
We don't think of the Apple iPod or today's ever-smarter mobile phones
as more modern handheld computers, but they are. They're also a result
of the valley's relentless progress.
The chips powering not just PCs but all kinds of everyday objects are
making everything more intelligent. Even faster advances in storage
mean that all these intelligent things are gaining memory. And the
advent of faster data networks -- still retarded by cable and phone
companies, unfortunately -- means that we're connecting it all.
Those intelligent connections are bringing vast capabilities to the
people at the edges of networks. The long-range importance of early
Internet file-sharing was not the potential for copyright
infringement. It was the heightened ability of everyday people to
inform and help each other.
Along the way, we went through the bubble years, a time when greed
totally superseded all other principles and values. The prevailing
Wall Street attitude, which also pervaded the valley, was sickening.
When what's acceptable is what you can get away with, society has
turned rancid.
The bubble's deflation was hellish for those who became collateral
damage. But it was useful in reminding us that even in such a
fast-changing world, a few tried-and-true principles, economic and
otherwise, still applied.
In the past several years the valley has returned, in part, to useful
roots. Innovation and building great companies matter as much to
entrepreneurs as scoring big financially. And everywhere I look, I see
innovation.
But I also see competition where it didn't exist before. The rest of
the world has learned some of the valley's lessons and can provide
much of what we do here at a lower cost. This is the harsh dynamism of
the modern world at work. The fact that other regions are rising
economically is positive overall, even if it's not the best news
locally.
As noted, I'm not smart enough to tell you what's coming in any
specific way. But we can look together at the trends and imagine some
of what might be, if all goes well.
We will see breathtaking leaps in medicine, environmental protection,
and a variety of materials sciences and manufacturing processes. We
can thank advances in biotechnology and the emerging field of
nanotechnology. Information technology is at the heart of both as a
tool, and it will remain so.
The Internet and its progeny are still early in their development,
meanwhile. The Net is nowhere near as universal as it will be when we
enter an age of what some call ubiquitous computing, but the outlines
of its value are obvious today. For example, all media will eventually
move around the world in little digital packages, called packets, that
are the basic units of tomorrow's communications. The importance of
this -- in decimating old businesses while improving most people's
lives -- has not been sufficiently appreciated.
The risks are growing, too. When the ability to do great things
spreads away from the center, so does the ability to do massively
dangerous things. The power of one fanatic or small group to create
incalculable damage -- assuming we don't do it simply by mistake --
should worry everyone. But we should not allow that concern to stifle
progress.
And, as always, the people and institutions currently holding the
clout don't cede it willingly. Governments are clamping down on us in
all kinds of ways. Incumbent business powerhouses are trying to hold
back the tide as well, not just to keep their positions but also to
thwart new innovation that might threaten them.
These reactionary encroachments and retrenchments are not surprising.
They always occur in times of swift change and challenge. In the end,
they are almost always unsuccessful, because progress ultimately finds
a way around barriers, and because people challenge the reactionaries.
But we need to keep the pressure up, as citizens and people who want
the freedom to use these new tools and live in liberty. The stakes are
high, and liberty takes work.
This is my last column for the Mercury News. Starting tomorrow, I'll
embark on a new adventure, a project to help bring online grass-roots
journalism to more people and communities.
I leave a job that has been a constant challenge in the best sense,
often an outright joy. I leave colleagues whom I like and admire. But
this opportunity, to help create something truly new and valuable, is
too exciting not to try.
During these past 10 years I've enjoyed a privileged, front-row seat
-- not on a roller coaster, even if it occasionally seemed that way,
but a vehicle of exploration. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have
taken this fantastic ride.
Mostly, though, I'm grateful to you. This has always been about you,
the people who read what I write. I've tried to be on your side.
Even when you've disagreed with me, you've been on my side in a vital
way. You've challenged me to think deeply about technology and the
larger issues we must all ponder and deal with in this complex era.
You've always known more than I do, and I'm fortunate that you haven't
been shy about telling me.
Our conversation -- which I hope we'll continue as my new project gets under way
-- has been a constant source of inspiration. If it's meant something
to you, that pleases me more than I can say. Thank you all.
Newspaper Calls Gambling What It Is
Newspaper Calls Gambling What It Is
04/24/2004 09:08 PMNot once in this LA Times story (reg req) about
Native American casinos' gambling revenues -- and whether the casinos
should pay more to the state -- do you find the word "gaming," I'm
happy to note.
The gambling industry has tried to sanitize what it does by renaming
the activity into something that sounds totally benign. And the media
usually plays along. Not this time. A tip of the hat to whoever made
that decision.
Newspaper xhtml redesign
Newspaper xhtml redesign
08/02/2004 01:35 PM
When
Wired
News redesigned as nearly standards compliant xhtml in fall of
2002, it was cause for a great deal of celebration. Since then other
prominent sites like
ESPN and
PGA have jumped on the standards
bandwagon, as have countless personal sites.
Today the SF Examiner launched a new
site design which does
validate as xhtml. More interesting to me are their
category archives and
date
archives, which mimic a weblog's simple and useful layout. Heck, I
even love
the
story pages which feature large leaded text (space between lines -
the amount of "double spaceness") which is also blog-like,
and makes for comfortable reading. As far as I know, SF Examiner is
the first, but will this start a new wave of bandwidth-saving,
well-designed newspaper redesigns? [via
veen]
local Phuket newspaper
local Phuket newspaper
12/30/2004 08:41 AMde Phuket Gazette
phuketgazette.net
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Your town. Your Neighbors. Your
Newspaper.
Your town. Your Neighbors. Your
Newspaper.
01/18/2004 08:17 PMInstead of buying ad space on Amazon.com or Google, which many
companies think is the only way to advertise their product, go to
where the market is and sell ...
just a geek's first newspaper review!
just a geek's first newspaper review!
12/19/2004 03:48 PMOkay, I'll admit it. I have a "Wil Wheaton" as a Google News Alert. I'd say it's an ego
thing . . . but it gets triggered so rarely, that's sort of
counterintuitive. It's actually a business thing, so I can be aware
press and stuff, but I'll be honest: I do get a little thrill when one
hits my inbox.
So about a week ago, I got a news alert because I was very kindly
mentioned in a brief bit about Sean Astin in the
Oregonian:
You loved him as loyal hobbit Sam Gamgee in the "Lord of the Rings"
films. You adored him in "Rudy." But to you, Astin will always be the
kid from "The Goonies," a film that is widely considered The Best
Movie Ever Filmed In Oregon. Hold onto your mithril, kids: Astin is
coming to Portland. Naturally, you will want to show him a good
time.
A Sean Astin autobiography? Well, sure. (Like you didn't
positively inhale the latest Wil Wheaton book.) Astin's opus,
"There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale," spills the candid scoop on
backstage antics during the filming of "The Lord of the Rings" and the
challenges of living the Hollywood way.
(dorky bolding is mine)
I was so excited, I sent a note to the reporter that said:
I just finished reading your OregonLive piece about Sean
Astin's impending visit to Portland ("Let's go!," by Chelsea Cain,
A&E, Dec. 3), and I wanted to thank you for kindly mentioning my book,
"Just a Geek." I've got strong connections to Oregon (I filmed "Stand
by Me" in Eugene, and my wife is from Portland), so even though I'm
from Los Angeles, I felt like I saw my name in my hometown paper.
Thanks for that! :)
See ya, Wil Wheaton Los Angeles
She wrote me back and thanked me for e-mailing, I wrote her back
again, (it's sort of like passing notes in class, without the possible
thrill of getting caught) one thing led to another . . . and she wrote
a story about me that is in today's
Oregonian! My three favorite bits:
- Since the success of his blog, Wheaton has published two
laugh-out-loud books and established himself as a fresh, funny and
self-deprecating writer. Much of his material comes out of his life as
a geek (he also pens a column for Dungeon Magazine, the must-read for
D&D players).
The Oregonian recently caught up with the ensign-turned-author for
a Very Serious Interview.
- Have you ever read any "Star Trek" fan fiction?
Just one . . . and in it, Lt. Worf traded my character, Wesley, to
a Romulan for a Romulan Ale and two packs of smokes. I haven't read
fan fiction since.
[I originally said that Wesley was Worf's Prision Bitch, but that
was ruled unacceptable for a family publication . . . which I guess
I've just determined WWdN is not.]
- Whose work do you read to get inspired?
David Sedaris and Stephen King are the two most influential authors
in my life. They both tell stories in ways that are engaging and easy
to read. David Sedaris' "Me Talk Pretty One Day" made me want to tell
stories about my life, and Stephen King's "On Writing" taught me how
to do it.
Accompanying the story is the
very first mainstream media review of
Just A Geek! It's phenomenal, and includes the
following observation, which made me so happy, I peed a little:
"Just a Geek" is not a celebrity memoir. It is more a collection of
humorous commentaries with one essential theme: How does a grown-up
geek with two step-kids, a wife, and few job prospects make a go of
it?
[Wheaton's] sarcasm, honesty, heart and ferocious gift for dialogue
are a delight.
So far, I haven't been able to effectively communicate to people who
haven't read my book that it's
not limited to a Star Trek or
celebrity memoir-reading audience, and people outside that audience
may want to give
Just A Geek a chance. It has been the most
frustrating thing in the world, and it's severely limited the audience
that I can reach. To date, I haven't gotten any support to reach
beyond . . . well, you guys who read WWdN, so I've had to do it on my
own. I've felt pretty down about the whole thing recently (it's about
90% of the not sleeping well thing), because things are not going the
way I expected they would with
Just A Geek, but this fantastic
review is going to be a big help, and will hopefully open a lot of
doors for me.
making money with newspaper bl0gs
making money with newspaper bl0gs
07/23/2004 01:18 PMdetails on how the Spokesman-Review is starting to put ads around
their blogs
Lennon accepts newspaper apology
Lennon accepts newspaper apology
08/06/2004 06:30 AMCeltic footballer Neil Lennon accepts a public apology and damages in
his case against the Daily Record.
Newspaper Giants Buy Web News Monitor
Newspaper Giants Buy Web News Monitor
03/23/2005 12:11 AMThe Gannett Company, Knight-Ridder Inc. and the Tribune Company are
joining forces to buy three-fourths of Topix.net, a Web site that
monitors online news sources.
"Is The New York Times a Liberal
Newspaper?"
"Is The New York Times a Liberal
Newspaper?"
07/25/2004 08:59 PMNeb. Newspaper Prints Edition Backward
(AP)
Neb. Newspaper Prints Edition Backward
(AP)
08/16/2004 08:41 AMAP - Custer County Chief publisher Deb McCaslin admits her newspaper,
at least for a week, was leftist. But not in the way most media
critics would presume.
Iraqi PM Reopens Controversial Newspaper
(AP)
Iraqi PM Reopens Controversial Newspaper
(AP)
07/18/2004 10:29 AMAP - Iraq's interim prime minister issued a decree allowing a
controversial newspaper to reopen after it had been closed by U.S.
officials in March, setting off months of fighting between U.S. forces
and militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
N.C. Newspaper Uses Blogs to Reach
Readers (AP)
N.C. Newspaper Uses Blogs to Reach
Readers (AP)
03/27/2005 01:11 PMAP - It's a journalist's job to ask questions, but they're usually
aimed at outsiders. At the News & Record, a 93,000-daily
circulation newspaper in Greensboro, reporters and editors are asking
tough questions about the paper itself. The biggest questions: If the
paper needs to change to survive, what changes should be made? What
can it do, especially online, to make itself the electronic equivalent
of a town square?
Lay Tells Newspaper Others Destroyed
Enron (AP)
Lay Tells Newspaper Others Destroyed
Enron (AP)
06/26/2004 07:17 PMAP - Former Enron Corp. chairman Kenneth Lay took responsibility for
the company's spectacular demise but blamed any criminal acts on
underlings in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times.
N.C. newspaper uses bl0gs to reach
readers
N.C. newspaper uses bl0gs to reach
readers
03/27/2005 03:48 PMSan Jose Mercury News Mar 27 2005 6:53PM GMT
"Is the New York Times a liberal
newspaper? Of course it is."
"Is the New York Times a liberal
newspaper? Of course it is."
07/25/2004 03:44 PMDaniel
Okrent
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