Who's Hot Today? Nashville; All U.S. Libraries

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Country singer Wynonna Judd was arrested
early today for drunk driving in
Nashville

Country singer Wynonna Judd was arrested
early today for drunk driving in
Nashville 11/14/2003 08:03 AM
Ashley Judd came from this gene pool .. without makeup .. (new window)

thesmokinggun.com/archive/wynonnajudd1.html
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Apple Store Coming To Nashville

Apple Store Coming To Nashville 12/22/2004 01:13 AM

Apple appears to be in the process of opening its first Nashville retail outlet, reportedly in Green Hills. Job openings for a Nashville location was posted last week. By Chris Lewis, Nashville City Paper

Nashville gets digital music download

Nashville gets digital music download 04/11/2005 07:37 PM
Blog: Executives from several big online music services, along with the EMI Group, gave Nashville songwriters, publishers, musicians...

Russ Long's Guide to Nashville Recording

Russ Long's Guide to Nashville Recording 04/04/2005 12:09 AM

Audioinstruction, LLC announces the first in a series of recording instructional videos:

Russ Long's Guide to Nashville Recording follows veteran engineer, Russ Long, as he records and mixes two complete songs from start to finish that include drums, guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals. The sessions were recorded on a Mac running Digidesign's Protools®

Russ records "Marianna" using some of the finest recording gear available including Chandler Limited®, Daking™, Royer®, Langevin® and Pendulum Audio™.

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 AM
Reports 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]

WSMV- Nashville Channel 4 News Senator
backing marriage amendment getting
divorce

WSMV- Nashville Channel 4 News Senator
backing marriage amendment getting
divorce 04/15/2005 03:11 PM
Marriage amendment proponent divorces .. wsmv of nashville .. oy:

wsmv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3211261&nav=1TcRYfpp&Call=Email&Form at=Text
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Nashville Selected to Host Town Hall on
Reproductive Genetic TestingResidents’
Views Sought as Part of National Effort
to Inform Public Policy

Nashville Selected to Host Town Hall on
Reproductive Genetic TestingResidents’
Views Sought as Part of National Effort
to Inform Public Policy 06/14/2004 02:01 AM
The Genetic Town Hall: Making Every Voice Count, Nashville, TN, August 4. Free, public, town hall forum hosted by Johns Hopkins Genetics & Public Policy Center to promote discussion of reproductive genetic testing issues within the general public and by community leaders to help generate public policy on the important issue. [PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]

Merge old iPhoto libraries on CD with
iPhoto 5 libraries

Merge old iPhoto libraries on CD with
iPhoto 5 libraries 03/19/2005 02:40 AM
I had several iPhoto libraries burned to CD backups from iPhoto 3 or 4 that I wanted to merge with my nearly complete iPhoto 5 library. However, because I burned the libraries directly to CD from the Finder or Toast, and not ...

Aspiring Screenwriters Battle it Out in
the First National Screenplay Showdown -
The Competition Gives the Best New
Screenwriters from Around the Country an
Opportunity to Work With A-List
Agencies, Management Companies and
Production Companies Presented by the
Nashville Screenwriters Conference

Aspiring Screenwriters Battle it Out in
the First National Screenplay Showdown -
The Competition Gives the Best New
Screenwriters from Around the Country an
Opportunity to Work With A-List
Agencies, Management Companies and
Production Companies Presented by the
Nashville Screenwriters Conference 06/09/2004 04:35 AM
Bridging the distance between the Hollywood film industry and the best new screenwriters across the country, the Nashville Screenwriters Conference announces its first National Screenplay Showdown. After six years of presenting the best writers and filmmakers in the entertainment industry at the Nashville Screenwriters Conference, the organization has teamed up with Ed Rugoff from the prestigious Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project to give aspiring screenwriters an opportunity to take their work west – all the way to Hollywood. The Showdown evaluates screenplays solely on the basis of story-telling ability, meaning that all genres have the same chance of winning. The winning screenplay writers will find themselves in front of the most prestigious literary agencies and management companies in consideration for representation. [PRWEB Jun 9, 2004]

Linux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of
Linux Today

Linux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of
Linux Today 06/04/2004 05:28 PM

2D Graphics Libraries

2D Graphics Libraries 05/05/2004 07:45 PM

While platforms these days have fairly good 2D graphics support like Quartz on OSX, GDI+ on XP, and , and Gnome Canvas, developers like me often have to use third-party libraries for whatever reasons.  On Win32, for example, GDI+ support is missing in legacy platforms which means either giving up on fancy graphics, redistributing GDI+ binaries, use a third party library, or writing one yourself.  Writing one yourself is fun (I have done it a couple of times over 20 years) but, unless it offers some unique features, you'll always end up migrating to a third party library.

BTW, Flash has an excellent 2D graphics engine but it's lacks an API so it's like a sports car without a driving wheel.  Yes, you can embed the Flash ActiveX and generate SWF on-the-fly but it's unwieldy for dynamic interaction and even handling gets tricky.  Embedding Adobe SVG ActiveX is just as unwieldy if not more.

While there are proprietary 2D engines out there, typically written by a few guys at a small company, they tend to disappear within a couple of years, either bought by companies (i.e. Apple, Adobe, Macromind, and Microsoft), or abandoned out of lack of interest or workable revenue model.  Besides, they charge fairly steep fees so I tend to avoid them.

Out of all the freely available 2D libraries out there, Libart stands out in features and quality. It offers fast anti-aliased rendering and it's use in Gnome Canvas over the years means most of the bugs have already been stepped on.  Libart is also used to drive librsvg, a SVG engine, and Java 2D, Java's graphics API, although Sun made extensive changes to tap hardware acceleration.  While Libart can and has been used cross-platform, it's not exactly cakewalk to use in non-Linix platofrms.  Cairo has some interesting features and rising interest could mean it will replace Libart someday, but it's still in development.

Third-party 2D graphics library I really like these days is Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) which, although dormant for the last two years, has been rejuvenated with the released of version 2.1.  AGG is written in C++ and uses templates extensively like ATL does.  AGG is lightweight, very fast, flexible, and full of features.  It even comes with a partial implementation of SVG viewer as an example.  AGG supports Win32, X11, and SDL as is.  It doesn't yet support features variable stroke effects like Creature House's Expression 3 engine and Fractal Design's Painter support but then it's just me being unreasonable. :-)

I should note that subpixel graphics was first done 20 years ago in Word Handler to display 70 columns of hi-res text on Apple II.Silicon Valley Systems, the company that published Word Handler, was based just 5 minutes from where I live now and I enjoy fond memories of working there every time I pass by the old office on El Camino.  I guess everybody remembers their first job.  LCD screens were just starting to replace LED on calculators at the time, so Steve Gibson and Microsoft ClearType can claim to be the first to use subpixel graphics on LCD screen.  Lenny Elekman, where are you now?

'UK libraries out of use by 2020'

'UK libraries out of use by 2020' 04/26/2004 09:46 PM
The public will stop using libraries if visitor numbers and book loans continue to fall, according to a new report.

PlanetaMessenger.org Libraries

PlanetaMessenger.org Libraries 11/01/2003 10:43 AM
JMML 0.4 released

It’s the Libraries, Stupid

It’s the Libraries, Stupid 06/09/2004 11:39 PM
Via Jeff Dillon, some insightful words on programming in Java and in the C#/.NET/Mono ecosystem. I hadn’t thought about it that way.

"http://p2p.libraries.psu.edu/"

"http://p2p.libraries.psu.edu/" 11/18/2003 03:32 AM

slack-get 0.3 (Libraries)

slack-get 0.3 (Libraries) 05/26/2004 10:49 PM
A tool like 'apt-get' for Slackware.

New IM Record in Libraries

New IM Record in Libraries 03/14/2005 06:23 PM

I've been so short on time lately that I've been trying to avoid using what little blogging time I do have to simply repost what other library bloggers are already putting up. This one, however, was just too good to pass up.

when was the last time you had this kind of response to a new library service?

"Brian didn’t give me permission to publish a portion of his email, but I’m so excited about it I’m going to throw caution into the wind. He wrote [emphasis mine]:

'Rule number 1: Don’t send out IM reference fliers to every middle school and jr. high classroom on the same day!

Had to have been at least 100 IMs in the first 2 hours after the kiddies got home. For a while, I had about 20 IM windows up at once.' "

Someone recently observed that there are a lot of Eeyo res in the library community, but I think we can officially declare IM reference a Martha-Stewart-good-thing for (at least) public libraries and move it to Pooh status.

Cost of purchasing the AIM software: $0.
Cost of staff time to "man" the AIM service during those two hours: already paid for.
Satisfaction of having 100 kids respond positively and view the library in a new light: PRICELESS.

Merlin Libraries

Merlin Libraries 06/06/2004 05:02 AM
Merlin Libraries v0.1.103 (unstable) Released

Essential in Libraries?

Essential in Libraries? 04/27/2004 10:48 PM
SMS an Essential Communication Tool

"The Mobile Data Association (MDA) reports that 2.1 billion text messages were sent in March 2004 in the U.K which is a 25% rise on the total from the same month last year.At present, on average, around 69 million text messages are sent each day in the UK.This article from the BBC states.'It is evident that in the last five years texting has grown from a popular craze among teenagers to an essential communication tool.'
Text messaging reaches new high" [Smart Mobs]

slack-get 0.2 (Libraries)

slack-get 0.2 (Libraries) 05/04/2004 04:41 PM
A tool like 'apt-get' for Slackware.

YSL Coding Libraries

YSL Coding Libraries 12/11/2003 06:12 PM
Transfer of CVS repository in progress

Libraries and the Internet

Libraries and the Internet 12/19/2004 03:00 PM
Kudos to Google and its new university allies -- including my alma mater, the University of Michigan, as well as Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford -- for their exciting project to open the stacks (Wall Street Journal, via Paul Kedrosky). It's a great day for the dissemination of knowledge! Bloggers from these institutions are relaying the emails received from their administrators: ...

NB Parser Libraries

NB Parser Libraries 06/11/2004 09:55 AM
Project started

Salon in Libraries?

Salon in Libraries? 03/19/2003 10:45 PM

Last year I said I thought Salon should look into licensing content to libraries, and now they're finally doing something about it. Adrienne Crew, their Content Licensing Manager, sent me the following:

"Thought you'd like to know that Salon's Premium Institutional Subscription program for libraries is finally up and running.... Currently we are offering a one year subscription in the $300-400 range and feeds all access to the articles on the site via an IP authentication system or a single password."

More details as I get them.

Echidna Libraries

Echidna Libraries 07/15/2004 07:16 AM
Added 8Bit Targa Support

Libraries 8, Amazon 0

Libraries 8, Amazon 0 12/09/2003 12:13 PM

Have You Ever Wondered....

"Have you ever wondered if the library were like Amazon.com?" [The J-Walk Blog]

England Libraries May All Get Wi-Fi

England Libraries May All Get Wi-Fi 12/04/2003 01:07 PM
The majority of libraries in England already have broadband access but now the government is working on adding Wi-Fi: Most of the libraries in King County, outside of Seattle, have Wi-Fi. It's a great, low-cost way for libraries to offer Internet access without having to provide computers for everyone. My library always has a line of people waiting to get on its computers so perhaps with Wi-Fi some people could come in with their own computers to use the Internet. But I wonder how many of the people I see waiting in line there actually have laptops that they could bring with them instead....

CyberInfrastructure Needs Libraries and
Archives

CyberInfrastructure Needs Libraries and
Archives 07/12/2004 06:00 AM
CyberInfrastructure Needs Libraries and Archives
http://www.clir.org/pubs/issues/issues40.html#comm

A new American Council of Learned Societies initiative provides a unique opportunity for libraries and archives to collaborate with scholars in defining the requirements of the new digital infrastructure -- what the National Science Foundation calls the "cyberinfrastructure." Libraries and archives are asked to redefine their roles, responsibilities and funding strategies while focusing on the needs of scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Humanists, social scientists and engineers will define and build this infrastructure to meet the needs of researchers and scholars in all disciplines. The ACLS commission's areas of emphasis will be applications like Geographic Information Systems, three-dimensional modeling of built environments, and text mining -- ones that have already begun to change the ways in which scholars interrogate primary sources. Libraries and archives are encouraged to attend public information-gathering sessions, participate in discussions, and contribute to the commission's work. The commission is especially interested in these groups' understanding of the impact of current intellectual property and privacy rights on access to information; the value of standards for information markup and searching; the need for interoperable information technology systems; and the imperative of preservation in a world of scholarly inquiry founded on an uninterrupted record of research.

Shifted Libraries on WEB4LIB

Shifted Libraries on WEB4LIB 03/14/2005 06:23 PM

Over on the WEB4LIB mailing list, there's been a fascinating discussion evolving about marketing, ubiquity, and library web services. It kind of starts here in a comment about Gmail but you'll need to use the date index to follow where it goes.

You already know where I fall in the debate (I'm closely aligned with Kare n Schneider's and Alan e Wilson's responses), so I'll just encourage you to read through the whole thing (watch the subject lines - they morph into new ones) because it's one of the better discussions I've seen on the topic lately with lots of good points. Finally, we're seeing a more aggressive conversation!

One thread I do want to highlight (well, I hope it becomes a thread), is Stephen De Gabrielle's attempt to suggest a course of action. There were other suggestions, but this is a new one that could help long-term if we can get the vendors to agree to it.

"Why don't we have a common API for all ILS? - and demand these of our ILS vendors.(Libraries have always led the way in standards.)

I assume this list is as good a place as any to start the process.

What do list members think would be appropriate services for such and API?"

Maybe then we could focus all of our various programming efforts on the greater good instead of just our own local catalogs.

Digital Libraries Magazine

Digital Libraries Magazine 01/17/2004 10:48 PM
Digital Libraries Magazine
http://www.d lib.org/dlib/january04/01contents.html

The January, 2004 Issue of Digital Libraries Magazine is now Online.

Reuniting iPhoto Libraries

Reuniting iPhoto Libraries 01/17/2004 10:43 PM

Google to index libraries

Google to index libraries 12/17/2004 06:37 PM

In yeste rday's link dump, I inexplicitly buried a link to the big news about Google's plan to index the books at The Libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, and The New York Public Library. Wow!

In the meantime, Microsoft released a toolbar suite. Uhmmm, wow?

Note to Microsoft: I like your OS, but you're falling waaay yy behind.

Google Scans the Libraries

Google Scans the Libraries 12/17/2004 06:43 PM

Google to scan books from big libraries: Google is going to start scanning the books in libraries.

The New York library is allowing Google to include a small portion of its books no longer covered by copyright while Harvard is confining its participation to 40,000 volumes so it can gauge how well the process works. Oxford wants Google to scan all its books originally published before 1901.

Ham Radio Control Libraries

Ham Radio Control Libraries 02/16/2004 08:07 PM
Hamlib 1.2.0 released

SSTTR Java Libraries 1.0.1

SSTTR Java Libraries 1.0.1 12/14/2003 04:07 PM
Miscellaneous Java libraries for XML, crypto, and other things.

Libraries and the Coming Age of Video

Libraries and the Coming Age of Video 01/22/2004 03:24 AM

Our Everyday, Everywhere Exposure to Video

"Digital video is starting to have profound implications for the way humans absorb information, interact and communicate.

Are we entering a post-literate society? How does the presence of screens with moving images just about everywhere affect our behavior? Is Big Brother watching us, or does it just feel that way?...

Consider, however, Deja View's Camwear, to my mind the 'killer app' of CES this year. A tiny camera clips onto your glasses, hat or shirt pocket. It's attached by a thin cord (which you can run inside your shirt or top) to a camcorder that, because it uses flash storage and has no display, is about the size and weight of a deck of cards.

Here's the concept: Camwear records everything you do, but doesn't store it anywhere until you tell it to, and then only in 30-second clips (16 on an included 64 megabyte memory card, but it accepts up to a 512 MB card).

But the key is this: You get to decide after the fact if something's worth keeping — and then capture it — rather than recording everything and having to go back and view and edit hours of video.

For longer clips you can 'daisy-chain' 30-second segments (although you'll miss about 1.5 seconds of action in between). Battery life is around four hours. It uses state-of-the-art MPEG-4 formatting and works with a PC, Mac, TV and related display devices.

Beyond the obvious 'America's Funniest Home Videos' application, Camwear has a host of intriguing uses. Consider the ATM that doesn't give you your cash. Or the salesperson who changes the deal on you. Or playing back the earthquake or car crash to the insurance agent. It's your life as Reality TV....

Then there's our quality of life and self-concept as human beings. If the camera is always on us and our surroundings, what does that do to our sense of privacy, security and individuality?...." [Seattle Times, via JD's New Media Musings]

On the one hand, that's a pretty scary world to think about living in. On the other hand, I really-really-really want one of these things! Parents know how many times you wish you had a video recorder handy when the kids say something particularly funny or just work their kid-like charm.

I've mentioned here before that libraries need to start consider cameraphones in their policies, and this opens a whole new can of worms to the mix. It's not that cameraphones in and of themselves are so bad, and you certainly can't ban them. They're not terribly unique -- anyone could walk into your library with a 35mm camera tomorrow and start snapping pictures -- but their approaching ubiquity brings with them new issues.

However libraries have a myriad of policies governing appropriate behavior in these very public places, many of which are designed to maintain patron privacy. One of these days, someone is going to walk into a library and be obvious about taking pictures of people with their phone, even uploading them to the internet on the spot. It's better to be proactive and discuss how to handle this type of situation when it comes up, rather than have your surprised staff be reactive and make a bad situation worse.

And hey, it's better to talk about this stuff now, before everyone has a Deja View Camwear.

Wireless Not Evil in Libraries

Wireless Not Evil in Libraries 03/19/2003 10:45 PM

Another good post I missed while gone - Let's Hurry Up with the WiFi, Borders Is!

"Borders has hooked up with Intel® for this venture. Intel® is promoting their Intel® Centrino(TM) mobile technology not only in these outlets, but also Hilton hotels and resorts. [link goes to article and list of hotels] and McDonald's.

If libraries can't be on the cutting edge of this technology, we at least need to be ready and implement it before it gets totally mainstream. While I wish libraries could introduce this technology to everyone, it isn't happening that way. The news about Intel® promoting their product is heartening, though, becasue I'm ready to be connected all of the time.

See Wireless Librarian for articles and a list of libraries implementing wireless technology." [LISNews.com]

The comments on this post are more interesting than the article itself (we all know the outside world is going wireless with or without us). Someone tries to compare wireless apples to ebook oranges in the context of bad technologies. While it's important to go into these types of ventures with your eyes wide open to the pitfalls and disadvantages, I have yet to meet anyone who can make a convincing case that wireless, pervasive internet access won't be a major part of our lives in the near future (and I say that as a consumer, not a librarian). Near meaning the next 5-10 years, which means libraries need to start preparing now.

Remember - "preparing" doesn't have to mean "implementing." Yet. The good part is that there's time to start learning about wireless technologies and their various implementations.

Here's my favorite comment from the LISNews thread:

"Our libary steers away from untested technology like electric light. Because what happens if the power goes out? That is why we [rely] on fires built around the library. You can read the stone tablets by firelight just fine. We don't want to mess with that crazy 'paper' technology."

Adobe Source Libraries

Adobe Source Libraries 04/02/2005 02:34 AM
Version 1.0.2 Released

How NOT to Market WiFi in Libraries

How NOT to Market WiFi in Libraries 12/12/2003 10:21 AM

Marketing Wireless in Libraries

"Someone on Web4Lib asked about posting symbols or signage to identify wireless access in libraries. This is a slightly revised version of my reply on the list, sent after several folks referred the original poster to the wireless warchalking symbols popular among the digerati.

Essentially, this is basic library marketing 101. If you're planning to market wireless services not only to the folks who will seek it, but to folks who would either find a way to use it if they knew what it was or may never even use it but will mentally file this service under 'what a great library this is,' then integrate the fancy symbols with very plainspoken, large, plain-lettered wording. Go to a site that offers wireless for its customers and see how they peddle it. (Remember, that's what you're doing: selling a service.)

Make the language achingly clear. 'Wireless hotspot' comes to mind... but maybe something else makes more sense locally. Assuming you have a bookmark or brochure advertising this service, repeat the logo and the phrase throughout the materials. I know that libraries offer things for free anyway, but why not push that as well? Wireless--FREE!...

Or you could practice another kind of library marketing, and either put up one tiny, very obscure sign, or make it very large and then title it 'Bibligraphic WEP-enabled 802.11* Access.' And in your assessment of the service, observe that very few people use it. ;) " [Free Range Librarian]

I just had to blog Karen's response because it's so true it's tragically funny.

Grok Description matches for Who's Hot Today? Nashville; All U.S. Libraries
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Singer Whitney Houston Enters Rehab
Again (AP)

Singer Whitney Houston Enters Rehab
Again (AP) 03/23/2005 07:50 PM
AP - A year after her first reported stay in rehab, Whitney Houston has again checked into a rehabilitation facility. "Whitney Houston has re-entered a rehabilitation facility today," her publicist, Nancy Seltzer, told The Associated Press Wednesday. She declined to provide details.

"Specialist Wilfenstein's rendition of
the Star Spangled Banner"

"Specialist Wilfenstein's rendition of
the Star Spangled Banner" 06/07/2004 06:54 PM

Whitney Wants Its Art Back

Whitney Wants Its Art Back 04/29/2004 02:54 PM
Mafia parlour game goes mainstream in NY literary circles .. Cover Sheets for Reporters' TPS Reports .. sweeping New York's party circuit .. Jonathan Lethem plays Mafia .. this Ron Rosenbaum piece

observer.com/pages/frontpage7.asp
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The lovely Julia Whitney [Flickr]

The lovely Julia Whitney [Flickr] 12/17/2004 06:42 PM

In 1961, John Whitney Sr. created the

In 1961, John Whitney Sr. created the 09/18/2004 07:20 AM
TechTree Sep 18 2004 11:47AM GMT

J.C. Whitney updates order management
system

J.C. Whitney updates order management
system 12/22/2004 12:58 AM
A new retail system created jointly by IBM and CommercialWare has allowed automotive parts supplier J.C. Whitney to boost sales efficiency and offer better customer service.

Star Spangled Ice Cream

Star Spangled Ice Cream 03/19/2003 10:46 PM
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream .. the conservative answer to Ben & Jerry's .. taking the culture war into consumerland .. I-Hate-the-French Vanilla .. conservative .. He,he,he .. Mmmmmmmm .. company .. batshit

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Star-Spangled Ice Cream

Star-Spangled Ice Cream 03/19/2003 10:28 PM
I-Hate-the-French Vanilla -- at last, Star-Spangled Ice Cream offers a conservative alternative to Ben & Jerry's. Other flavors are Smaller Governmint, Iraqi Road and Nutty Environmentalist. And 10% of the profits go to charities that support the U.S. Armed Forces! (via)

"Star Spangled Ice Cream"

"Star Spangled Ice Cream" 03/19/2003 10:44 PM

Star Downloader Pro v1.50

Star Downloader Pro v1.50 12/25/2003 11:37 AM
Star Downloader is a download manager that accelerates your downloads by splitting the files into several parts and downloading them simultaneously. Download speeds are increased further by choosing the fastest mirror sites. You may automatically resume broken downloads if your connection is lost or if your computer accidentally shuts down. With the scheduler, you can download files at certain times of the day. [Shareware $19.95 30 Days 2.47 MB]

Star Downloader v1.43

Star Downloader v1.43 05/04/2004 04:56 PM
Star Downloader is a download accelerator that can increase download speeds by up to 400 percent. Unlike similar applications, it is completely free. It does not contain any banner ads or spy-ware. [Freeware 1.56 MB]

Mayor dispatches cops to bust
bl0gger-critic

Mayor dispatches cops to bust
bl0gger-critic 05/16/2004 01:58 AM
Loic sez,

Christophe does not like the way the city mayor manages the city, spends the public money and says it on his blog, every day. He has been very successful doing that, with hundreds of inhabitants of Puteaux reading and commenting his blog everyday and many national newspapers that talked about his blog.

Christophe criticizes the city management so much that they have tried to stop him for months, the city mayor has even sent him threats over the phone that he recorded and blogged, of course.

Today, he has been stopped in the street by the Police Municipale (the local French Police) who tried to arrest him for his blogging. Fortunately for Christophe, the National Police arrived immediately as they found what was happening weird, and let him go.

Link (Thanks, Loic!)

Ocala Star Banner

Ocala Star Banner 11/10/2003 11:35 PM
Rumsfeld is now trying to deny having made some of the statements he's on record as having said prior to the war .. Ol' Rummie, kicking it Ministry of Truth style: .. Rumsfeld retreats, disclaims earlier rhetoric .. lies about his lies .. Ocala Star-Banner

starbanner.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031109/NEWS/ 211090375/1003
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Hear the master?s voice (over IP)

Hear the master?s voice (over IP) 09/19/2004 01:30 PM
We have just converted our office phone lines to VoIP--we're actually using a local Canadian provider called Primus for the occasion. I must admit to a certain amount of trepidation over this move. Although I had heard of some excellent first-hand experience from several friends and colleagues, the news on the ...

Ex-Porn Star to Run for Mayor of Milan
(AP)

Ex-Porn Star to Run for Mayor of Milan
(AP) 08/06/2004 11:22 AM
AP - A former porn star and one-time Italian lawmaker said Friday that she plans to run for mayor of Milan, saying she would like to make the Italian financial capital more "exciting," perhaps by opening a casino.

Sql injection in jPortal version 2.3.1
(module banner)

Sql injection in jPortal version 2.3.1
(module banner) 04/11/2005 05:53 PM
Posted by Marcin \, Apr 11 2005

Star Wars IG-88 Mini-Bust

Star Wars IG-88 Mini-Bust 09/15/2004 11:08 AM
Gentle Giant Studios has presented several of the Star Wars bounty hunters, such as Bossk and of course Boba Fett. But their next release is just as feared, and perhaps even more heartless—the sentient droid hunter/killer known as IG-88. This motorized arsenal is cruel and cunning. Created in the Halowan Laboratories, IG-88 has been on a rampage since he downloaded a sentience program and assassinated his creators. A rival to Boba Fett for the bounty on Han Solo, he has tracked down and eliminated hundreds of victims as a prelude to the race for his most elusive target. Beware! Measuring 6 1/4" high, prepainted in deluxe full-color packaging. This bust will be limited to 5,000 pieces, prepainted in deluxe full-color packaging, retail for $45.00, and on sale February 16, 2005.

Star Wars Mini-Bust: C-3PO

Star Wars Mini-Bust: C-3PO 07/07/2004 02:30 PM
Gentle Giant Studios, recent winners of Diamond’s Gem Award for best mini-bust of 2003, have created an elaborately detailed and highly collectible new edition to their growing cast of Star Wars character sculptures. It’s so real you can practically smell it. Almost.

Exclusive Star Wars Comics/Bust-Ups

Exclusive Star Wars Comics/Bust-Ups 03/19/2005 03:20 AM
We've got the info on the mysterious new copper-tinted Chewbacca Bust-Up we reported on recently, and it turns out he's not alone! Check out the other Bust-Up/Trade Paperback combinations in our

Toyfare To Release Star Wars Bust Guide

Toyfare To Release Star Wars Bust Guide 07/12/2004 12:44 PM
ToyFare magazine kicks off the summer convention season with a brand-new visual price guide to what is sure to be one of the hot lines at the cons: Gentle Giant Studios' Star Wars busts!

More Details On Exclusive Star Wars
Comics/Bust-Ups

More Details On Exclusive Star Wars
Comics/Bust-Ups 03/24/2005 04:59 AM
I've got more details on the exclusive comic books and Bust-Ups series, including prices and availability. This comes straight from the Horse's mouth.

Google to run banner ads

Google to run banner ads 05/13/2004 04:57 AM
Silicon.com May 13 2004 8:25AM GMT

Google Banner ads

Google Banner ads 06/20/2004 05:17 AM

Google introduces Adsense banner ads.

Google has recently introduced banner ads for their adsense program, so perhaps all the talk about how text ads perform better is not true.

You could argue that banner ads are a different thing, that they are richer media and thus brand advertising. But the difference is that Google's image ads do not pay publishers on an impressions basis, but for clicks, just like current contextual text ads.

Adwords works. People click on text ads which are relevant to a search because they are actively looking for something. But perhaps when ads are served alongside static content, the conversion rate is lower, and perhaps people are starting to ignore them now that the novelty has worn off. So maybe in your face image ads are back, for good reason.

The problem for Google is that image ads are not only 'in your face', they are very much in the face of a website. With the renewed confidence that content publishers now have, my guess is that CPM impressions based advertising will be back. If publishers have leverage they will want the guaranteed revenue that being paid for traffic gives them.

Google got rid of all CPM advertising making a big bet on the best of both worlds CPC model that sits in between an advertiser and publishers needs. If CPM is back is that bad news for Google?

[David Galbraith]

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Google offers banner ads

Google offers banner ads 05/24/2004 09:51 PM
Journalism.co.uk May 25 2004 1:56AM GMT

Google to sell banner ads

Google to sell banner ads 05/12/2004 09:29 PM
The search engine giant plans for the first time to sell ads that include images, a surprise reversal for a company that has won regard for its pioneering use of text-only marketing pitches.

Google Bets the House on Banner Ads

Google Bets the House on Banner Ads 05/13/2004 08:11 PM
Washington Post May 13 2004 11:33PM GMT

Google introduces Adsense banner ads.

Google introduces Adsense banner ads. 06/18/2004 07:07 PM
Google has recently introduced banner ads for their adsense program, so perhaps all the talk about how text ads perform...

Google Jumps into Banner Advertising

Google Jumps into Banner Advertising 05/13/2004 06:37 PM
Google has decided to sell banner advertising on other companies' Web sites. It is a departure from the text-only advertising that it made famous -- not to mention, immensely profitable.

Google Jumps into Banner Advertising
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Google Jumps into Banner Advertising
(NewsFactor) 05/13/2004 03:39 PM
NewsFactor - Google has decided to sell banner advertising on other companies' Web sites. It is a departure from the text-only advertising that it made famous -- not to mention, immensely profitable.

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