SHAME OF THE CITY / HOMELESS ISLAND / They live - and die - on a traffic island in the middle of a busy downtown street, surviving by panhandling drivers or turning tricks.

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SF Chronicle: Shame of the City --
Homeless Island

SF Chronicle: Shame of the City --
Homeless Island 12/02/2003 01:06 AM
Compelling article on homelessness in San Francisco (part one in a series). <via nelson>

Traffic Island Disks Homepage

Traffic Island Disks Homepage 02/18/2004 09:22 PM
They wanted the music that was playing in my walkman .. Traffic Island Discs Homepage

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Newsday.com - Business: Long Island and
New York City

Newsday.com - Business: Long Island and
New York City 01/06/2005 02:39 PM
"Caa ao vdeo da desgraa" .. TV news .. sources

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Pitcairn Island

Pitcairn Island 05/15/2004 04:09 PM
Fascinating article about the history of tiny, remote Pitcairn Island. [More inside]

"Lockdown on Sea Island"

"Lockdown on Sea Island" 06/11/2004 12:09 AM

Usability Is An Island

Usability Is An Island 12/29/2004 08:52 PM

Terminal Island

Terminal Island 06/30/2004 02:51 AM
Command-line blog on the www (see it to believe it) .. weblog via fake shell script .. Terminal Island

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Every nation an island

Every nation an island 06/17/2005 04:28 PM

« The boat quay on Koivusaari in late spring. The round disk just to the left of the point light is illuminated in the darker months with what I think is the phase of the moon since it often corresponds to the moon when it isn't too cloudy to compare them. [In fact, if anyone from the boat club knows about the lunar light and can confirm or deny my supposition, send me an email as I've been wondering what its story is for quite some time.] »

A long quiet weekend of laundry, cleaning, reading, scanning the backlog of photos, baking coffeecake and watching Jarkko play WoW. I was very amused when he wondered if the player with the nick 'Koskenkorva' might be Finnish. Uh...yeah, very probably. :)

I was also pretty amused by a Dubai land development called The World" which features a few hundred island nations for sale to those who have always wanted to, say, own Finland. A thinking person probably wouldn't blow a few dozen million bucks on a sandbar with services in the Arabian Gulf after seeing what is happening to Tuvalu and other similar islands. I suppose there will be at least a symbolic swallowing of 'The World' by the sea when the time comes which will be fun to watch on CNN.

John Cleese explains Backup Trauma in a hilarious satire that almost makes me want to cry at the end. For every twat in the technorati who likes to prattle on about 'innovation' and 'emerging technologies' I'd like to make them be tape monkeys for a week or two. I get pretty irate when recycling old ideas with different software passes as innovation while we're still dealing with the same damn hardware that we've been dealing with for about 20 years. The only difference is that it's smaller and faster and holds a lot more data. It's like saying the cup holder in your car is an innovation for automobiles. Mostly, it's just a frilly distraction from the fact that it's still just a combustion engine that works very much like the one your grandparents drove. I'd pay good money to see Charles Platt scream "Where's the innovation?!" in tech conferences these days.

The news usually provides daily affirmations as to why I left the US, but the article Soldiers of Christ I might tide me over for a few months.

Welcome To Big Brother Island

Welcome To Big Brother Island 05/04/2004 01:40 PM
Wired News is talking about a tourist island in Maine that is being blankete d with security cameras, motion detectors and sensors all tied back into a computer with some artificial intelligence to keep out the "bad people." Yes, it sounds like the pitch for a bad movie combining sci-fi with reality television ("Dave. You've been electronically voted off the island. Dave."). The folks behind the project, however, claim that privacy is a "two way street," suggesting that sure, you're being monitored by a computer, but at least it means you'll feel safe that you're not being stalked by a rapist. The system is designed to recognize regular "good" visitors to the island and let them on without any problems. However, the "bad" people who dare to sneak up via kayak will be shot on sight (well, maybe not that drastic...). Still, as a last ditch effort to ward off complaints, the folks behind the project say that, if anything, they're helping to bring up discussion issues around surveillance and privacy rights.

No Search Is an Island

No Search Is an Island 06/24/2005 03:05 PM

Oak Island Mystery

Oak Island Mystery 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
Oak Island is one of the greatest treasur e hunting mysteries of the last 400 years. The Money Pit as it is called, has stirred up a bevy of questions including how this simple pit has alluded treasure hunters and scientists to this day. Some believe that it might be the location of the Holy Grail, stashed by the Templar Knights. Other's believe that it might be the resting place of Sir Francis Bacon's original plays acreditted to William Shakespear. The most common belief is that The pirate Captain Kidd hid his huge stash of gold deep within the pit which accounts for all of the unusual traps. Regardless of the wild speculation there has been evidence to suggest that there is deffinately something in the pit. But not all agree....

An Island to Oneself

An Island to Oneself 04/20/2004 06:06 PM
An Island to Oneself: The Story of Six years on a Desert Island - Tom Neale

The Island of Balta

The Island of Balta 07/30/2004 08:20 AM
"Take a Prozac." .. Prozac

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Return to Mysterious Island

Return to Mysterious Island 04/15/2005 12:38 AM
vnunet.com Apr 15 2005 4:57AM GMT

GPS to Aid 911 Operators in Rhode Island
(AP)

GPS to Aid 911 Operators in Rhode Island
(AP) 04/27/2004 09:03 AM
AP - Global Positioning System technology will be in use by this fall to help 911 operators pinpoint emergency calls to within feet in Providence and several surrounding cities.

Reality TV Gilligan's Island

Reality TV Gilligan's Island 06/25/2004 12:17 PM
Boing Boing reader Zed says, "Someone's making a 'The Real Gilligan's Island,' a Gilligan's Island Reality TV show, promising 'situations drawn from the original series.'" Link

Big Brother to Watch Over Island

Big Brother to Watch Over Island 05/04/2004 05:05 AM
The developer of Ayers Island in Maine -- where the public can soon explore nature trails and art festivals -- will place every visitor under surveillance by cameras, sensors and computers. Why? To keep out 'suspicious' people, of course. By Mark Baard.

On the island soup front

On the island soup front 09/11/2004 02:53 PM
Exciting news! "Soups are back" at the Fog Island Cafe, or so claim the signs posted in their windows, enticing customers with an exclamation point and "thumbs-up" graphic. Ah fall on Nantucket...

GPS to Aid 911 Operators in Rhode Island

GPS to Aid 911 Operators in Rhode Island 04/27/2004 01:15 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 27 2004 5:19PM GMT

Desert Island Internet

Desert Island Internet 09/23/2004 03:01 PM
It's one of those slow news days, so here's a post that goes well with the story the other day about survi ving two weeks without the internet. A "desert-island" style survey that asked people what two media types they would want if they could only have two, showed that 77% of people would take the internet as either one of their first or second choices. In part, of course, this is because the internet can be used as a replacement for many of the functions served by other media types. Still, this type of thinking tends to get people confused that business models for those other media will easily shift online, when clearly, that hasn't been the case. Just because it's a replacement, doesn't mean people will pay for it the same way. Being online changes the business models as well by changing the nature of the material.

Indoor Tropical Island

Indoor Tropical Island 01/03/2005 12:11 PM

Mauritius Island To Go Wireless

Mauritius Island To Go Wireless 02/05/2005 09:59 PM
TechWeb Feb 6 2005 1:31AM GMT

On the island running front

On the island running front 09/11/2004 02:53 PM
I've been building up my distance lately as marathon day (or M-day) draws closer. Last Sunday I had a beautiful 10 miler out to the ocean and back, which you can see here on my map of my running route. I'll keep adding to this as my weekend runs lengthen. For my 20 miler, I'm thinking about going out to Siasconset, around to Polpis and back home. And maybe if I go totally insane, I'll run out to Great Point and back. But that seems unlikely.

King of a virtual island

King of a virtual island 12/25/2004 08:43 PM
iafrica.com Dec 26 2004 12:30AM GMT

Island of the cannibal Republicans

Island of the cannibal Republicans 08/30/2004 10:32 AM
One New York writer welcomes GOP delegates with a hot dog and a self-published Swiftian satire -- recipes included!

Island body is missing tourist

Island body is missing tourist 09/14/2004 08:48 PM
A body found on a Spanish holiday island is that of missing tourist Eileen Owen, the Foreign Office says.

Canada Island May Boot GMO Crops

Canada Island May Boot GMO Crops 03/06/2004 01:52 AM
The leaders on a tiny island in Canada consider a ban on genetically modified crops. Not everyone thinks it's a good idea. Charles Mandel reports from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

A campaign to promote Silicon Island

A campaign to promote Silicon Island 04/27/2004 12:21 AM
Newsday Apr 27 2004 4:39AM GMT

Myst island birthday cake

Myst island birthday cake 03/22/2005 05:00 PM
Xeni Jardin: Boing Boing reader Ned Batchelder says,

My 13-year-old son is obsessed with the whole Myst series of games: Myst, Riven, Exile, Revelation, and Uru. We have a tradition in our family of making themed birthday cakes of the child's choosing, and this year our Myst-ophile wanted a cake in the form of the Myst island from the original game. We made it and it came out great. Take a look! As our son puts it, "tis the roxor!"

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A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows, Part
1

A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows, Part
1 02/05/2005 10:13 PM
A new series on setting up a Linux VM on your workplace desktop to help make the switch to a pure Linux desktop.

Quake-hit island faces shortages

Quake-hit island faces shortages 03/31/2005 03:11 AM
A lack of water, shelter and medicine is worsening conditions on Indonesia's quake-hit island of Nias.

Artist arrested on Easter Island

Artist arrested on Easter Island 04/19/2005 11:05 AM
David Pescovitz: Canadian sculptor Bill Vazan, 71, is accused by Easter Island authorities of moving small rocks from archaeologically-significant sites to construct land artworks. The island's head of criminal investigations, Carlos Soto, says that Vazan is not under arrest but must stay put while under investigation. He could be penalized $520 or up to three years in jail. From Reuters:

Soto said Vazan had volunteered to pay $1,000 for the damage. The sculptor paid 20-year-old Genaro Gatica, an Easter Island resident, $25 a day to help carry stones.

Vazan, in interviews with local media, said that Gatica was supposed to help him identify sacred stones so he could avoid using them.

"He went in front of me saying this rock yes, these others no. ... Now it appears that two of the rocks I used had value, but it was never my intention to cause harm," he told La Tercera newspaper.

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Rhode Island Cat Turns Up in Seattle
(AP)

Rhode Island Cat Turns Up in Seattle
(AP) 12/29/2003 11:38 PM
AP - The O'Connor family has its own Christmas miracle: Its cat that had been missing for two months was found clear across the country.

A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows, Part
4

A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows, Part
4 03/22/2005 04:22 PM
Wrapping up the series with a look at some cool features of Linux you can add to your work desktop.

Here's One Place G.O.P. Curled Up: Our
Fair Island

Here's One Place G.O.P. Curled Up: Our
Fair Island 09/15/2004 07:32 PM
Mr. Rather said he went to officials at the White House .. just who's in control of rebuilding ground zero .. no longer a single Republican legislator .. New York Observer interview .. the editors let loose .. runs SUV into crowd .. King Calm Keller .. interview .. scores

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Migrants swamp Italian island

Migrants swamp Italian island 09/12/2004 11:03 AM
Over 650 illegal immigrants, most thought to be African, arrive on tiny Lampedusa in a single weekend.

I am Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to
Fantasy Island!

I am Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to
Fantasy Island! 12/17/2004 06:41 PM
I am Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to Fantasy Island! The virtual economy gets more interesting. (More inside)

Woman disappears on Spanish island

Woman disappears on Spanish island 07/23/2004 02:33 PM
A woman disappears from her apartment while on holiday on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.

Bid to save Brando's island home

Bid to save Brando's island home 08/03/2004 07:35 AM
A Tahitian atoll owned by Marlon Brando could become classified to protect it from investors, officials say.
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