Punk rock in the holy land
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Quincy punk-rock clips
Quincy punk-rock clips
05/24/2004 02:56 AMHere's a collection of video-clips from the notorious Quiny "punk
rock" episode, where Quincy asks the musical question: "Can punk rock
kill?" (Personally, I prefer the CHiPS
punk
episode -- "I diiig paaaaain!")
Link
(
Thanks, roboto!)
"I am of Ireland, and the Holy Land of
Ireland..."
"I am of Ireland, and the Holy Land of
Ireland..."
04/11/2004 07:39 PM
CELT, the Corpus of
Electronic Texts, "brings the wealth of Irish literary
and historical culture to the Internet, for the use and benefit of
everyone worldwide. It has a searchable online database consisting of
contemporary and historical texts from many areas, including
literature and the other arts." It has texts in
Irish,
Latin,
Anglo-Norman French, and
English, ranging
from the
annals
of the fifth century to the
Agreeme
nt reached in the Multi-Party Negotiations in Northern Ireland of
1998. "
Great
my glory/ I that bore Cuchulainn the valiant..."
Holy Vandals, Holy Grail
Holy Vandals, Holy Grail
05/21/2004 11:17 AMAn historic monument in central England that may hold the key to the
location of the Holy Grail was damaged by vandals on Tuesday. The BBC
reports that "a gang of youths climbed on top of The Shepherd's
Monument at Shugborough Hall" and started smashing away.
"The Shepherd's Monument is of international importance,
both as a work of art and because of the legend that a baffling
inscription on the monument provides clues to the true location of the
Holy Grail," said the home's general manager Richard Kemp.
Interestingly, the vandalism came on the heels of a visit by former
code-breakers from War II intent on cracking the 10-letter puzzle. The
Shepherd's Monument is discussed in depth in the book
Holy
Blood, Holy Grail, inspiration for The Da Vinci Code.
Link
to a National Public Radio piece about the code-breakers.
Li
nk to the BBC story on the vandalism.
(Thanks, Kev!)Holy Bestseller, Holy Sequel
Holy Bestseller, Holy Sequel
05/20/2004 11:37 AMThe Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown says he considered including
another theory in the book that would have inflamed Christians even
more than the notion that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and made
babies. What if Jesus
survived the crucifixion? According to this AP Article,
"Brown said the theory is backed by a number of 'very credible
sources,' but that he ultimately decided it was too flimsy." I'm
burned out on the whole
Holy
Blood, Holy Grail trip though. Brown's next book, set in
Washington, revolves around the Masons! Apparently, the dust jacket of
The Da Vinci Code contains a clue about the sequel.
Link
EFF suing on JibJab's behalf for "This
Land is Your Land" parody
EFF suing on JibJab's behalf for "This
Land is Your Land" parody
08/02/2004 03:02 AMEFF has taken things one step further with JibJab and their endangered
political parody of This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie's copyright
holder has threatened to sue them for their work).
We're bringing the fight to Guthrie's rightsholders, and suing on
JibJab's behalf, "to defend JibJab's fair use and free speech rights."
Check out Donna's excellent and heavily linked post for more.
Link
EFF defending creators of This Land is
Your Land parody
EFF defending creators of This Land is
Your Land parody
07/29/2004 06:53 AMI'm proud to relate that EFF is representing Jib Jab, the creators of
the wonderful "This Land is Your Land"
Flash parody that aroused
the ire of the holder of Woody Guthrie's copyrights and resulted in a
threatened
lawuit. Here's a little bit of my cow-orker Fred von Lohmann's
letter to the copyright-holder's lawyers.
In your July 23 letter, you contend that "This Land" offers no
"satirical comment" on the Guthrie original. You are mistaken.
While your view of Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" as being
predominantly about "the beauty of the American landscape" and "the
disenfranchisement of the underclass" is interesting, most Americans
think of the song as an iconic expression of the ideal of national
unity. Jib Jab's parody addresses, among other things, the lack of
national unity that characterizes our current political climate
(ending with the optimistic hope that unity might be rediscovered). In
short, "This Land" explores exactly the same themes as the Guthrie
original, using the parodic device of contrast and juxtaposition to
comment on the original. See Abilene Music v. Sony Music
Entertainment, 320 F .Supp.2d 84, 90-91 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) (emphasizing
the role of contrast and juxtaposition as parodic devices). The
parodic comment takes on an additional dimension of irony when viewed
in light of the often omitted closing stanzas of Guthrie's original.
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LinkK-Rock 92.3 FM In New York Launches
K-Rock 2 Exclusively On The Internet
Expanding Music Offerings To Listener
K-Rock 92.3 FM In New York Launches
K-Rock 2 Exclusively On The Internet
Expanding Music Offerings To Listener
04/08/2005 04:55 AMMusic Industry News Network Apr 8 2005 8:16AM GMT
Baby punk tee
Baby punk tee
06/05/2005 11:42 PMCory Doctorow:
This baby punk tee sports age-appropriate nihilistic slogans such as
ANTI-CRIB and BEDTIME SUCKS.
Link
(
via Preshrunk)
GOP: Grand Old Punk
GOP: Grand Old Punk
03/06/2004 02:03 AMNothing is more true to the anti-establishment spirit of punk rock
than Rush Limbaugh, Donald Rumsfeld, and a regulatory climate that is
sensitive to the needs of business, according to ConservativePunk.Com.
(02-26)
This Land Is St. Joe's Land
This Land Is St. Joe's Land
04/14/2005 03:32 PMReal estate will always be worth something. So, too, should the St.
Joe Company.
Punk at a Moment's Notice
Punk at a Moment's Notice
08/04/2004 04:43 AMBorrowing from the flash mob trend, punk rock bands lean on the Web,
cell phones and instant messaging to organize impromptu gigs. Robert
Andrews reports from Cardiff, Wales.
Damn punk kids
Damn punk kids
10/28/2003 11:08 PMElectronic Gaming Monthly rounded up a bunch of kids, and had them
play classic video games. It's one of the...
openbsd punk 0.1 (Wallpaper)
openbsd punk 0.1 (Wallpaper)
01/26/2004 07:42 PMWallpaper based on the OpenBSD logo.
I only carry $100's, punk.
I only carry $100's, punk.
01/04/2005 07:50 PM
What will you put in
your money wallet? Larry Clark: Punk Picasso
Larry Clark: Punk Picasso
03/31/2005 09:34 AM
The
Cheerful Transgressive Ever since 1971, when
Larry Clark published
Tulsa, an austere series
chronicling his meth-shooting pals in sixties Oklahoma, Clark has made
it his mission to document teenagers at their most deviant, their most
vulnerable,
their most
sexually unhinged (possibly NSFW). And now “
Larry Clark” the first American retrospective of
Clark’s work, currently on display
at the
International Center of Photography, demonstrates the richness
with which he’s mined
this
single subject (NSFW). More inside.
MSNBC - High Priestess of Punk
MSNBC - High Priestess of Punk
04/02/2005 01:28 PMThe Most Influential Woman in Rock .. doesn’t belong to rich
people
msnbc.msn.com/id/7352508/site/newsweek
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Punk-rocking the Iowa vote
Punk-rocking the Iowa vote
01/16/2004 11:26 AMDaft Punk Video: "Technologic"
Daft Punk Video: "Technologic"
04/10/2005 02:51 AMXeni Jardin:
An anonymous Boing Boing reader says that "Technologic," the second
video for
Daft Punk's new album
"Human After All," can be found right here.
Link to torrent.
And you can buy some neat little
alien robot action figures on
the band's website
here.
Update: BB reader Tokumei sez:
The action figures on sale at the Daft Punk site are not
in fact robots at all! They're actually characters from the anime Interstella 5555: 5ecrets of
the 5tellar 5tar 5ystem, which uses the Daft Punk record
"Discovery" for the soundtrack. The first four chapters from the movie
were also released individually as music videos.
Police slap cuffs on Punk SMSer
Police slap cuffs on Punk SMSer
06/03/2004 03:41 AMClash lyrics intercepted, collar felt
Punk Band Moshes in the New Year in Iraq
(AP)
Punk Band Moshes in the New Year in Iraq
(AP)
12/31/2004 06:56 PMAP - While Saddam Hussein spent a second New Year's Eve in a jail
cell, a Southern California rock band known for such albums as "Hitler
Bad, Vandals Good" and "Look What I Almost Stepped In" played in the
heart of his former empire.
Punk Vaudeville show goes back on the
road
Punk Vaudeville show goes back on the
road
07/08/2004 08:55 AMMy pal Jim Munroe is taking his punk performance Vaudeville show back
on the road with a seven city US/Canada tour that includes Gavin
Grant, co-publisher of Small Beer press and all-round swell guy, sign
language poet Liisa Ladouceur and "off-kilter ranter" Geoffrey H.
Goodwin -- with a "movie shot on location in Antarctica shown between
the acts."
If you're in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, NYC, Cleveland, Cincinnati, or
Chicago be sure to catch 'em!
Link<
/a>
(Thanks, Gavin!)
Punk cover bands and Motorhead's
bluegrass makeover
Punk cover bands and Motorhead's
bluegrass makeover
02/07/2005 02:07 AM
Xeni Jardin:
Punk cover bands: here are two, but IMO that's enough to comprise a
genre. Any others out there?
Gay Black Flag cover band BLACK FAG Link
All-Jewish Skrewdriver cover band JEWDRIVER: Link
(Thanks, Sean Bonner!)
Update: Boing Boing reader Kim Cooper says, "How about
the Misfats, 'the fattest Misfits tribute band ever'?" Link.
Reader Shannon Stewart says, "Here are a few more bands... There are a
ton out there."
Black Velvet Flag - All-lounge punk covers: Link<
/a>
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - A punk supergroup that covers
everything from show tunes to '70s hits: Link
Richard Cheese -- Lounge covers of punk, pop and other types of
music: Link
Reader
Charles
sez, "Not strictly punk, but we have this band here in Seattle --
'Hells Belles,' an all-girl AC/DC cover band."
Link
Reader david says: "Another all-gIrl AC/DC tribute band. A really good
one, too!" Link to AC/D-SHE
Boing Boing pal Joey
"Accordion Guy" deVilla says, "I'll see your punk cover band genre
and raise you an alt-rock mash-up cover band. Smash-Up Derby are a
cover band, but their covers are in the form of live-mash-ups. Check
out the MP3s posted on their site, such as Smells Like Billie
Jean, where Nirvana and Michael Jackson collide -- they're quite
good!" Link
Tim Binder says, "This is for your Punk Cover Bands listing, which
seems to be rapidly expanding to list unusual cover bands of any sort.
The Beach Balls are a Philadelphia cover band that does 80s songs in
an operatic/folk style. The link is to a site that has two of their
cover songs, Back In Black (more AC/DC) and Girls on Film. When I
first saw them live, I was just stunned when I realized that the song
I was hearing at the time was The Car's My Best Friend's Girlfriend."
Link
Amardeep Singh
says,
My favorite punk cover band was Schlong. Their one full-length LP was
a drunk-punk version of "West Side Story" called "Punk Side Story,"
complete with fighting sound effects, snippets of dialogue, and
pictures of drunk-looking bay area punk rockers looking at the moon.
They match the soundtrack of "West Side Story" track for track. They
don't have a webpage, but you can find reference to them here
.
And Bruce Heersen says, "Here's yet another AC/DC cover band: Hayseed
Dixie (
link). On their
debut album
A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC, they do AC/DC
covers bluegrass-style. They have at least one more album that is
covers of other rock bands. I've seen these guys live, and they are
pretty unbelievable. Really entertaining."
Check out this awesome video for Hayseed Dixie's cover of Mötorhead's punk/metal anthem
"Ace of Spades," edited entirely on a PowerMac G4
laptop. Link
(screenshot shown at top of this post).
Lemmy's inbred cousins
would be proud.
To which BB reader Dario Manzoni sez:
About the bluegrass covers: there is Iron Horse's
"Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute To Metallica" (Link to samples). I
think they did a nice job capturing Metallica's peculiar sound. And
absolutely worth mentioning (but different kind) are Apocalyptica,
that once released "Plays Metallica by four cellos" (link to full album at low bitrate
for sampling purpose)
Swedish Gang Members Punk Nurses Via
Cameraphone
Swedish Gang Members Punk Nurses Via
Cameraphone
09/21/2004 03:02 PMThe gritty streets of Sweden are littered with the burnt
and twisted carcasses of their many gang members, toppled bun carts,
and half-expended tubs of peroxide paste - and now the violence is
spreading to the hospitals, or so they would have us believe. Word is
that youth who think they need prioritized health care are sending
cameraphone picture threats to medical staff. As if nearly-free health
care wasn't enough, now they've got to go and get all pissy because
they aren't first in line. They ought to come over here and get
stabbed - then we can see how much they like waiting in line, filling
out the forms to claim you're a one-legged Hasid lesbian.
Also, this particular internet person pictured may not actually be
a real Swede gang member, but that's not what Google thinks.
Read - Young people use camera phones to threaten caregivers
[Textually]
Police slap cuffs on Punk SMSer | The
Register
Police slap cuffs on Punk SMSer | The
Register
06/04/2004 11:33 PMPolice slap cuffs on Punk SMSer The Register .. go
astray
theregister.co.uk/2004/06/03/text_punk
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Afro-Punk offices burned, donations
sought
Afro-Punk offices burned, donations
sought
09/19/2004 02:08 PM
Xeni Jardin:
The makers of a groundbreaking documentary film exploring racial
identity within the punk scene --
Afro-Punk: the "rock n roll
nigger" experience -- were hit with an unexpected disaster last
week. Friends are reaching out to coordinate donations of space and
gear to help the filmmakers get back on track. From an e-mail sent to
friends and supporters:
On Monday Sept. 13th at around 2pm the
building that houses the afro-punk offices was set on fire.
Apparently, the first floor failing clothing store owner, in an act of
desperation, set a phone book on fire and took a little walk.
Meanwhile Afro-Punk's director James Spooner was two flights up
discussing his upcoming panel on music as a tool for black liberation
with a colleague. "We heard the bell ringing and a lot of screaming
and yelling" says James. The guilty store owner, alerted James and
his friend of the blaze below. Thinking quickly James ran back into
the office unplugged his Mac tower, which houses the documentary and
hobbled down the stairs through the smoke and flames . "Man, maybe it
was stupid, but this film has effected too many people for it to all
end here, let the rest burn, I had to save it!"
Luckily fire fighters acted quickly on the scene and were able to
stabilize the fire. Flames never reached our office but the NYFD
destroyed the place trying to make sure the fire wasn't in the walls
or ceiling.
After the smoke literally cleared they were allowed back up to access
the damage. All in all it could have been worse. The Afro-Punk
computers and camera are still working, the 200 hours of footage
afro-punk was cut from seems to be okay and the work for our next
film is safe. We did lose some furniture, a monitor and some vcrs from
our dubbing station, but most tragic, we lost our donated office
space.
Link to the Afro-Punk website,
link to
paypal donation site, and
e-mail the
group for a list of non-cash donations they're seeking --
including office space, office supplies, and electronic equipment
(VCRs, monitors, CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, and the like). (
via pho list and Bob Davis of Soul Patrol)
Barbara Bush spotted with all-gay punk
band Pansy Division
Barbara Bush spotted with all-gay punk
band Pansy Division
12/02/2003 04:13 AMGW's daughter havin' a gay old time .. 365gay's gossip page ..
Political Asshole ..
Link:
365gay.com/entertainment/news&gossip/MediaBlender.htm
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"Well, wouldn't you know it! All this
time, we've been saying that Henson
should put out Fraggle Rock DVD's, and
all this time, they've been acting like
putting out Fraggle Rock DVD's was just
the hardest thing in the world. Oh, we
couldn't possibly!..."
"Well, wouldn't you know it! All this
time, we've been saying that Henson
should put out Fraggle Rock DVD's, and
all this time, they've been acting like
putting out Fraggle Rock DVD's was just
the hardest thing in the world. Oh, we
couldn't possibly!..."
08/09/2004 09:42 AMPunk Rock's Warped Tour Wins Tech
Sponsors (Reuters)
Punk Rock's Warped Tour Wins Tech
Sponsors (Reuters)
07/25/2004 07:20 PMReuters - Last winter, Vans Warped tour
founder Kevin Lyman attended the Consumer Electronics Show to
learn more about setting up backstage wireless Internet
connections.
JOE STRUMMER, PUNK PROPHET :: RELEVANT
magazine :: GOD.LIFE.PROGRESSIVE
CULTURE.
JOE STRUMMER, PUNK PROPHET :: RELEVANT
magazine :: GOD.LIFE.PROGRESSIVE
CULTURE.
12/25/2003 04:22 AMRelevant on Joe Strummer of the Clash .. Andrew Careaga for
Relevant.com .. Joe Strummer, Punk
Prophet
relevantmagazine.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=a
rticle&sid=2368&mode=&order=0
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New York Daily News - Home - Rush &
Molloy: Punk the prez?
New York Daily News - Home - Rush &
Molloy: Punk the prez?
02/10/2004 10:36 AMWhen were you last on the Web, Moby? Don't you realize the favorite
hobby of most surfers is spreading conspiracy theories? .. Punk the
prez? Moby's anti-Bush tricks .. circulate rumors about Bush .. Liars
for Kerry
nydailynews.com/front/story/162659p-142554c.html
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Punk
guitarist Johnny Ramone dies
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Punk
guitarist Johnny Ramone dies
09/17/2004 08:32 PMGuardian Unlimited | Special reports |
'Terror' text contained punk lyrics
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports |
'Terror' text contained punk lyrics
06/04/2004 01:51 PMMember of Clash tribute band questioned by police for texting lyrics
to 'Tommy Gun' .. Make sure you send it to the right person .. From
the Guardian ..
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1230607,00.htm
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Prepare to be Monetized, Punk: Google
Plays Sherriff with
Commercially-Oriented Search Listings
Prepare to be Monetized, Punk: Google
Plays Sherriff with
Commercially-Oriented Search Listings
12/04/2003 07:19 AMSearch Engine Guide Dec 4 2003 6:51AM ET
William Shatner has recorded a new album
featuring a guest appearance by US punk
legend Henry Rollins
William Shatner has recorded a new album
featuring a guest appearance by US punk
legend Henry Rollins
12/24/2003 07:42 AMAnanova ..
album
ananova.com/news/story/sm_849530.html?menu=news.quirkies
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Holy DVD!
Holy DVD!
09/01/2004 09:48 AMThe Passion of the Christ is a hot DVD, even if the film
studios were cast as doubting Thomas' understudies.
Holy Day
Holy Day
04/12/2005 05:04 PM
Holy
Day Monsignor Moose informs all G-d fearing Americans that
Wednesday, April 13th is the most sacred day in the Republican moral
calendar.
Brothers and Sisters and all ye of faith, fall to your knees and
genuflect at the altar of the almighty dollar! This is a time for deep
and reflective prayer. For tomorrow, the Godly Republican Cardinals
will gather in the House to provide eternal life for the blessed
sacrament of the GOP - the permanent elimination of the estate tax for
the ultra-wealthy.
Holy cow!
Holy cow!
05/09/2004 06:26 PM
This
wonderful
life
Holy Drupal!
Holy Drupal!
12/29/2003 11:44 PMJust stop the bus and lemme off. If you care about small (and not so
small) CMSes, you owe it to yourself to take a hard look at Drupal
4.2. Yeah, it's a bitch to install without command line access --
though there are ways -- but Drupal's getting so many conceptual
things right that it can't be ignored.
Drupal looks very rich and very extensible. Because it's open-source
GNU/GPL licensed, I predict it'll pull ahead and stay ahead of all
competing products. The UI's not all it...
The right-wing holy war
The right-wing holy war
03/22/2005 09:14 PMThe ever-tasteful Family Research Council uses Osama bin Laden to
elucidate its position on Terri Schiavo.
Grok Description matches for Punk rock in the holy land
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Oval Office Space
Oval Office Space
05/14/2004 12:10 PM
Oval Office Space Office Space: the Sequel
Office Space: the Sequel
07/02/2004 10:08 AM
Too much time looking at staple? Simon Cox is trying to figure
out what the perfect angle for a staple between several sheets of
paper should be. Proof that there can be beauty in every little office
things.
Star Wars/Office Space mashup
Star Wars/Office Space mashup
06/25/2004 10:41 AM
Office Space Wars is one of the funniest amateur video projects I've
ever seen: it's a remake of Office Space, set in the Star Wars
Universe, with Vader as the bad boss, Jar Jar as the stapler guy, and
R2D2 as the bad printer.
30MB WMV Link
Update: Erin, who was hosting this file, has been
shut down by her lame-ass ISP (the ironically named tera-byte.com). If
you have a link to a more stable version of this movie (the filename
is OfficeSpaceWars.wmv) mail it to me and I'll
update the post
""Office Space": The movie that wouldn't
die – A cult classic five years later"
""Office Space": The movie that wouldn't
die – A cult classic five years later"
08/16/2004 09:56 PMApple Takes Regent Street Office Space
Apple Takes Regent Street Office Space
12/22/2004 01:13 AM By Macworld UK
Mobile Command Post Donated to the FDNY
Mobile Command Post Donated to the FDNY
07/20/2004 07:55 PMDirect and Related Links for
'Mobile Command Post Donated to the FDNY'
Denis Learys Firefighters Foundation thoughtfully donated a 15 ton
Mobile Command Post to the FDNY (Fire Department of New York). The
enormous rig comes with such neat features as wireless Internet
access, satellite transmitters, and high-tech radios that can mean
saving precious time in an emergency….
Equipment Donated to Convention Is
Passed to Schools
Equipment Donated to Convention Is
Passed to Schools
09/03/2004 12:40 AMTelephones and computers that were donated for use at the Republican
National Convention will now be used to improve security and enhance
New York City public schools.
Donated Intranet Service Helps Troops
Stay Connected
Donated Intranet Service Helps Troops
Stay Connected
12/24/2004 12:17 PMExtreme Tech Dec 24 2004 3:39PM GMT
A Gift Of Learning: Donated Computer
Helps JDHS Student
A Gift Of Learning: Donated Computer
Helps JDHS Student
12/10/2003 11:35 AMAshley Tomlinson's favorite class is choir. That's the only course in
which the 17-year-old alto doesn't have to take notes, an activity her
eye condition, aniridia, renders painful. She wants to go to college,
perhaps to become a music teacher, and that dream is more feasible now
thanks to a $1,400 Macintosh iBook computer the Juneau Moose Lodge
bought her. By Masha Herbst (Juneau Empire via MyAppleMenu)
IRS announces increased attention to
deductions for donated intellectual
property
IRS announces increased attention to
deductions for donated intellectual
property
12/22/2003 04:07 PMSan Francisco Chronicle Dec 22 2003 3:21PM ET
Boing Boing: Star Wars/Office Space
mashup
Boing Boing: Star Wars/Office Space
mashup
06/26/2004 01:35 AMBoing Boing: Star Wars/Office Space mashup .. points us
to
boingboing.net/2004/06/25/star_warsoffice_spac.html
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Microsoft Launches Fresh Start for
Donated Computers Initiative in Ethiopia
Microsoft Launches Fresh Start for
Donated Computers Initiative in Ethiopia
09/10/2004 07:10 AMAddis Tribune Sep 10 2004 11:42AM GMT
"TalkToAliens.com" Sponsors eBay Auction
to Benefit SETI Institute. 100% of
Proceeds to be Donated to World-Renowned
Organization.
"TalkToAliens.com" Sponsors eBay Auction
to Benefit SETI Institute. 100% of
Proceeds to be Donated to World-Renowned
Organization.
03/28/2005 03:27 AMWorldwide eBay auction to raise money for SETI Institute coordinated
by "TalkToAliens.com" -- the world's first "Intergalactic
Communication System." [PRWEB Mar 28, 2005]
The amount of office space that
corporations allocate to their libraries
has fallen by 8.36% over the past five
years, according to a new survey of
corporate libraries "Corporate Library
Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition" ISBN:
1-57440-069-X.
The amount of office space that
corporations allocate to their libraries
has fallen by 8.36% over the past five
years, according to a new survey of
corporate libraries "Corporate Library
Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition" ISBN:
1-57440-069-X.
09/03/2004 02:51 AMReports on results of a major survey of corporate and other business
libraries. Gives extensive data on management policies and practices
and details on spending trends for salaries, electronic and print
materials, and library services. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004]
MySQL Conference Orlando - See You
There!
MySQL Conference Orlando - See You
There!
04/13/2004 11:14 AMThe Web Freaks are going to the MySQL Conference. We'll see you there
if you are attending!
Who's Cool Today? Orlando Drops Wi-Fi
Who's Cool Today? Orlando Drops Wi-Fi
06/22/2005 02:16 AM
Orlando, Flor.,
drops downtown free hotspots: The city ran the free
hotzone for 17 months but found just 27 people a day used them. The
service cost $1,800 per month, which seems like a typo--something of
the scale described should cost just a few hundred a month to operate.
PhotoshopWorld heads to Orlando in
September
PhotoshopWorld heads to Orlando in
September
07/07/2004 09:41 AMThis year's east coast PhotoshopWorld Conference & Expo will take
place September 1-3, 2004 at the Orange County Convention Center in
Orlando, FL...
Orlando axes free muni Wi-Fi
Orlando axes free muni Wi-Fi
06/22/2005 02:47 AMNot enough bloggers
PhotoshopWorld Orlando registration
opens
PhotoshopWorld Orlando registration
opens
07/07/2004 11:03 AMThe National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) on
Wednesday announced that registration has opened for its
PhotoshopWorld Conference &
Expo event, coming to Orlando, Fla. from September 1 - 3, 2004.
The show is held on both East and West Coasts and was last held in San
Francisco, Calif. in March. The event features 60 classroom sessions
led by industry experts like Scott Kelby, Terry White, Deke McClelland
and many others. More than 60 exhibiting companies provide training
and information about their latest hardware, software, cameras,
printers, workstation, training materials and more. Admission costs
US$499 before July 30, 2004, $599 after. NAPP members can save $100 on
registration. More details are available online.
Orlando Wins NBA Lottery to Get Top Pick
(AP)
Orlando Wins NBA Lottery to Get Top Pick
(AP)
05/26/2004 09:12 PMAP - The Orlando Magic won the NBA Draft Lottery on Wednesday night,
giving hope to Tracy McGrady and company after a league-low 21 wins
last season.
Orlando Bloom is king of Google
Orlando Bloom is king of Google
12/26/2004 07:28 AMArticle.wn.com - Sun Dec 26, 02:45 am GMT
Made it to Orlando and Flying Updates
Made it to Orlando and Flying Updates
04/12/2004 11:13 PMAmerican made me miss my connection in Dallas, but got me on another
flight an hour later. I managed to find the car, find the hotel, find
the room, find dinner, find and pickup Derek, and find a little
grocery store. Oh, and I found the free WiFi too. It mostly works. The
weather for tomorrow looks ungood for a day of soaring Florida. :-(
Speaking of flying, I finally updated my neglected flying blog, so you
can see what...
Orlando Talent Competition Misleads
Would-Be Models
Orlando Talent Competition Misleads
Would-Be Models
05/19/2004 07:23 PMWFtv.com,FL-48 minutes ago ... The company runs ads for modeling jobs
on the Internet, many times on Google, which is also misleading.
Fashion Rock is not actually hiring anybody as models. ...
Blogging/Roller talk last night in
Orlando
Blogging/Roller talk last night in
Orlando
12/19/2004 03:30 PM I gave my blogging and Roller talk to
the combined Orlando and Gainesville Java User Groups last
night. I think the talk was pretty well received among the 30 or 40
Java users in attendance, but I've only given a half dozen
presentations so I felt a little wobbly. There were a couple of times
where I could not find quite the right words to complete a thought,
but overall I think I'm improving at public speaking (I just noticed
that Sun-U offers a course called "executive presentations" -- maybe I
should sign up for that).
The talk was really two talks in one, a blogging talk and a Roller
talk. I call the blogging talk "Blogging: What's the Big Deal." It
covers the basics of blogging and includes newsfeeds, newsfeed
readers, web services API, blogs at work, K-logs, Cluetrain in a
nutshell, and blogs for community building. In my opinion, the big
deal is simple: blogging technologies make it easy for people and
programs to read and write the web. That empowers writers of all
varieties and creates lots of opportunities for software developers.
The Roller talk is designed to give potential Roller users an
overview of Roller features, the status of the Roller project itself,
and Roller architecture/internals. I also include some lessons learned
about performance and scalability. The Roller talk is informative, but
much less thought provoking than the blogging talk and that was
reflected in the number of questions I recieved.
The questions were pretty interesting and almost all concerned
blogs at work. Here are the questions and answers I remember:
Q: What role does ownership play in blogs and wikis? Is it
really important that you put your name on your blog?. Ownership
and identity play an important role in blogs and wikis, but more so
blogs. Putting your name on your blog is how you get credit for your
writing and the cool links you are pointing out. That said, anonymous
bloggers play an important role too. Anonymous bloggers can safely
speak more freely than named bloggers and this can be very important
in some situations. Anonymous bloggers get credit too and can gain
trust and authority by writing well, being honest, gaining readers,
and earning links from other bloggers.
Q: Isn't there a risk that employees will be judged by the
quantity and quality of their blogs, and we will therefore
discriminate against introverts, people who'd rather work than write
about working, and folks who's blogs are just not that cool? I
guess there is some danger of this. As we do now, we'll have to trust
folks to understand that people are different. Some people are quiet
and private and prefer to work rather than to write and talk about
work. I think this is mitigated by the fact that some folks who are
introverts in a social setting might not be so introverted when online
or writing in their blogs.
Q: I can understand allowing your employees to blog publicly,
but was is the benefit of supporting them by providing them with
company servers and support to do so? This question came before I
got to my Cluetrain in a nutshell slide, so my answer was that
providing employees with public blogs is a way to encourage them to
blog and once I explain the Cluetrain you'll understand why I say that
is a good thing.
Q: Blogs are essentially UseNet newsgroups "minus minus" without
easy way to search all posts on a topic and without threading.
Usually, with a new communications medium we move forward, not
backwards. Are bloggers concerned about that? Yes, bloggers are
concerned with this and there are efforts to make it easier to search
blogs (e.g. Feedster) and to support
threading of blog-to-blog "conversations" (e.g. permalink based
threading in BlogLines and SharpReader). But blogs are a
different medium and they don't replace newsgroups and forums.
Subscribing to a blog is different that subscribing to a newsgroup.
With newsgroups, you subscribe to a topic but with blogs you typically
subscribe to a person or a group of people and topics can vary widely.
I think that is a good thing; people are more interesting than
topics.
Q: Is it possible for a blogger to sell subscriptions to his
blog content? I admit that I have not been following the blogging
for money discussions very closely, but after some mumbles I managed
to come up with a couple of answers.
- Offer a free newsfeed to alert subscribers of new content, but
require them to login to their non-free user account to view they full
content.
- Use a Podcast approach to automatically download newly available
content to user, but the downloaded content is in a password protected
format.
- Require login to access your newsfeeds, but users would need a
newsreader that can handle authentication.
But, newsfeeds are lossy aren't they. I mean, what happens if a
user is offline for a couple of days and the user's newsreader misses
some entries because they have already scrolled off the bottom of the
newsfeed? Users that are paying for a subscription are going to much
less forgiving about missing a couple of items.
That's all the questions I can remember. Slides should be available
soon in PDF form on the Orlando JUG site.
Stuck at Orlando Intl without Wireless
and My New Travel Rule
Stuck at Orlando Intl without Wireless
and My New Travel Rule
04/19/2004 01:41 AMWhen are airports gonna figure this out? If you have wireless Internet
service available in your terminals, people actually will pay for it.
How hard is that to figure out, really? Murphy has struck again. I
dropped off my rental car 2 hours before the scheduled departure of my
flight (as advised), got to the airport 7 minutes later, went through
security in 5, took the mini-train to my terminal, and found that my
flight is departing at 5:48pm instead...
NBA Wrap: McGrady Shines, Orlando
Overcomes Cleveland in OT
NBA Wrap: McGrady Shines, Orlando
Overcomes Cleveland in OT
12/26/2003 01:49 AMReuters via Wired News Dec 26 2003 0:37AM ET
Orlando Pulls Plug On Free Internet
Service
Orlando Pulls Plug On Free Internet
Service
06/22/2005 02:07 AMCfadvocate.com - Tue Jun 21, 12:42 pm GMT
"what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando"
"what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando"
08/17/2004 03:41 AM"Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney
Headquarters In Orlando"
"Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney
Headquarters In Orlando"
10/07/2004 04:14 PMwhat he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando
what he sees as an attempt to suppress
the black vote in Orlando
08/17/2004 09:01 AMnytimes piece ..
infuriating
nytimes.com/2004/08/16/opinion/16herbert.html?hp
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