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NYT's Safire Predicts 'Major Terror
Attack In United States' By Election...
Safire: Howard Dean will lose to
Gephardt in Iowa, do worse than expected
in New Hampshire, leading to long race

NYT's Safire Predicts 'Major Terror
Attack In United States' By Election...
Safire: Howard Dean will lose to
Gephardt in Iowa, do worse than expected
in New Hampshire, leading to long race 12/31/2003 02:24 PM
thinks

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William Safire

William Safire 01/01/2004 06:49 AM
Office Pool .. published

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"William Safire"

"William Safire" 07/19/2004 08:24 PM

Safire Takes A Shot At Us

Safire Takes A Shot At Us 01/07/2004 02:11 PM
William Safire has managed, by his current lexicographical persona, to obscure the memory that he once sat on the right hand of Richard Nixon. He reminded me of that earlier, less avuncular, Safire this morning. He has an op-ed in today's New York Times that is astonishingly smug and nasty, even for him. In it, he gloats over his perception of a deepening division between the centrist, Clinton-esque wing of Democratic party and what he describes as "The Dean-Internet Party, its Bush-despising base so energized as to be frenetic, its leader happy to be the apostle of anger, its bandwidth bandwagon gaining momentum with each pulse of its cursing cursor." There's more to be said about the political depths of this remark, but it's Christmas eve, and I'm in a charitable mood. Besides, the television vs. Internet, Industrial vs. Virtual, corporate vs. individual nature of this election, is a subject that demands more thorough discussion than I have time for this morning. The most grimly entertaining part of his screed comes at its end. Safire proposes a scenario in which Dean will falter, and, after the Democratic party has been recaptured by the Republicrats, he will leave the party in a sulk, creating conditions for a Bush landslide. Safire worries that a huge Bush mandate, as opposed to his mere reelection, might be bad for the country. Right. We can't afford to lose this one, folks. If we do, we'll have to set our watches back 60 years. If they even let us have watches in the camps, that is....

Bill Safire leads the partisanship
brigade,

Bill Safire leads the partisanship
brigade, 12/23/2003 06:53 PM
points out .. on

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Bill Safire hits just the right note
today

Bill Safire hits just the right note
today 11/04/2003 08:44 AM
William Safire's latest op-ed .. into a column .. Gulf War III .. Safire

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"Engadget explains"

"Engadget explains" 03/08/2004 11:16 PM

Newsweek explains

Newsweek explains 01/26/2004 12:03 AM

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The Wi-Fi Alliance Explains It All

The Wi-Fi Alliance Explains It All 05/25/2004 07:25 PM
The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced a new Wi-Fi Certified logo and a new Interoperability Certificate as part of its certification program. The Alliance said the changes are ?designed to assist a broad range of consumers with their WLAN purchasing decisions? and ?designed to reduce the complexity in buying decisions and to allow for future technology enhancements?.

"Tim Jarrett explains"

"Tim Jarrett explains" 07/10/2004 03:20 AM

UnSanity Explains APE

UnSanity Explains APE 05/28/2004 12:37 AM

"The Times explains"

"The Times explains" 06/28/2004 03:22 AM

Clarissa Explains it All

Clarissa Explains it All 04/15/2005 04:39 AM
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AT&T Wireless explains itself

AT&T Wireless explains itself 12/15/2003 10:29 AM
As requested (read: ordered) by the FCC, AT&T Wireless has explained why they've had so many problems implenting number portability (many customers had to wait...

"Eric explains "

"Eric explains " 11/05/2003 09:27 PM

Ted explains how to plug in JRocket.

Ted explains how to plug in JRocket. 03/11/2003 09:43 AM

Ted explains how to plug JRocket into an existing JDK 1.4.1 JRE:

Ted Neward: First, I created a subdirectory in my standard JDK 1.4.1 install structure, j2sdk1.4.1/jre/bin/jrockit. Into this directory I copied the jvm.dll and Xusage.txt files that came from JRockit itself. Then, after adding a line "-jrockit KNOWN" into my JDK 1.4.1's jvm.cfg file (so that the launcher would recognize "-jrockit" as a viable command-line option), I fired up the standard Sun JDK java launcher with the command line "java -jrockit Hello". Sure enough, it worked.

MS explains mysterious Net attack

MS explains mysterious Net attack 06/28/2004 11:23 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jun 29 2004 2:59AM GMT

A non-expert explains Finnglish

A non-expert explains Finnglish 09/05/2004 09:19 AM

« "Tex" in a 10-gallon hat and cravat listens to the Peruvians performing in Three Smiths Square. I had to resist the urge to laugh since it seemed as incongruous as wearing a Lappish hat in downtown Dallas. »

The Morning News has an absolutely brilliant article this week, The Non-Expert: Accents, [alternate 125kb pdf] where advice is given on how to cultivate a fake accent when travelling abroad where 90% of the world hates Americans. Some of the descriptions are spot-on and hilarious, especially the Maine accent.

A bit of handy advice for those wishing to be cultural chameleons when leaving the land of 50 states is YOU DON'T NEED TO SHOUT. Four out of five cruise ship passengers visiting Helsinki this year were Americans and after a peaceful winter of not hearing any English out on the sidewalks I suddenly started hearing people like they were speaking through a megaphone. I mean, I never noticed that people talked so loudly when living in the US, but damn, I can hear Americans at least 3 blocks away and chart an evasive course. One of these days I'm even going to muster the cheek to yell "A LANGUAGE BARRIER IS NOT A HEARING IMPAIRMENT" when some Americans lean into me and ask me very loudly if I speak English. It's great sport messing with some of these people by using my Finnglish, especially when I can tell by their accent that they're from somewhere near where I grew up. :) Cheap entertainment.

I do go out of my way at times to make myself sound like I am anything but an American and it works reasonably well. It is very curious how much confusion an unusual accent will cause in people who are desperately trying to place you by your accent since you can see the wheels turning as they talk to you wondering where you could have gotten such a funky way of speaking. I thought I'd add a new accent to the list from the Morning News - Finnglish. :)

Accent: Finnglish

Scenario: You find yourself in Helsinki and realise that the Finnish phrasebook you bought on Amazon doesn't seem to work at all as the shopkeepers just give you this blank stare or say "Mitä?" You want to get some reindeer kitsch for the family back home but don't have any idea what in the hell these people are saying to you.

Tips & Tricks: First and foremost rule is; don't smile. It's a dead giveaway that you're an American tourist if you smile. Lower the volume of your voice as this puts you at a tactical disadvantage when you can be heard several blocks away. Speak English very slowly with a slight pause between words as though you are considering every word while you stress the first syllable of each word. Be sure to lower the tone of your voice an octave and cultivate a monotone speech pattern. Think of Star Trek's Chekov's "Nuclear Wessles" except do not try to sound Russian. If they give you an odd look, just say how much you love to practice your English around all the American tourists. Drop out any and all of the idioms that you normally fill a conversation with and replace it with something bare and slightly awkward; i.e. Boy, that gulleywasher last night was a real humdinger of a turdfloater!" becomes "The storm, he was not usual last night." [100kb mp3] Confuse he and she randomly in sentences and choose prepositions that are incorrect for the phrase. Don't 'turn on' your TV, 'open' your TV. If you get asked something on the sidewalk, a simple nod and "joo" or "ei" usually suffices. Costume is a consideration, too, as one should not wear cowboy hats, t-shirts with "BUSH! 4 more years" emblazoned on them, anything with the stars and stripes or any other such giveaways.

Response: Skip the tourist market and go to Iittala. Buy a bunch of Moomin mugs and Teema dinnerware and have them mailed home. You've already been busted so just say as little as possible, pay, and leave. :) There's a reason why Mainers and Finns seem a lot alike.

"Curious Stranger explains"

"Curious Stranger explains" 05/20/2004 04:11 PM

"explains why with a handy chart"

"explains why with a handy chart" 04/29/2004 04:27 PM

liz explains why she started bl0gging

liz explains why she started bl0gging 04/26/2004 01:14 PM
i'm fascinating by these explanations since i'm not sure i consciously chose to start blogging

Jim Macdonald explains writing

Jim Macdonald explains writing 02/19/2004 12:06 AM
Jim Macdonald, half of the Doyle-Macdonald writing team, has been presiding over a hundreds-posts-long running tutorial on how to write that is unbelievably good and sensible and right. If you want to write, go read this now.

Well, now, what to put in the opening?

We're going to stick with the chess game metaphor for a while here. In the opening you're trying to put yourself into a strong position for going into the midgame (where the exciting action and the exciting combinations occur), and you do this mostly by getting your pieces off the back rank as quickly as possible. The pieces are your major characters. Get them out there, and get them doing things.

Don't neglect your pawns -- your minor characters. You should cherish your minor characters. They'll save your life. If you have a selection of minor characters you can pull them out to solve problems later in the book.

Now, what to put in that first chapter? (Recall that if your readers don't finish the first chapter they'll never get to chapter two.)

To answer the question of what goes into chapter one, I'm going to grab the first stanzas from a bunch of Anglo-Scots folk ballads. These were the popular songs of earlier times, cooked by the folk process so that only the important and memorable parts remain, they're entertaining, and they tell stories.

Link (via Making Light)

Microsoft re-explains .Net strategy

Microsoft re-explains .Net strategy 11/20/2003 12:44 AM
Industry figures give the software giant a passing grade for embracing open standards.

ArsTechnica Explains O(1) Scheduler

ArsTechnica Explains O(1) Scheduler 12/25/2003 06:39 PM

David Brooks explains

David Brooks explains 03/23/2005 05:13 AM
too sleazy .. Wow

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"David Brooks explains"

"David Brooks explains" 03/23/2005 05:14 AM

Chisholm explains health reforms

Chisholm explains health reforms 09/14/2004 03:11 AM
The health minister is to appear before Scottish Labour MPs to explain controversial hospital reorganisation plans.

Microsoft explains cuts to benefits

Microsoft explains cuts to benefits 07/07/2004 04:29 AM
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Jenkins' QC explains trial tactic

Jenkins' QC explains trial tactic 07/02/2004 08:07 AM
The leading defence barrister in the Sion Jenkins murder trial speaks about his decision not to call Jenkins' daughters as witnesses.

explains why recent unemployment and
economic

explains why recent unemployment and
economic 12/02/2003 03:02 AM
About the Jobless "Recovery" 12/1 .. The Unemployment Myth .. some people .. argues

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Allchin explains Longhorn's haircut

Allchin explains Longhorn's haircut 08/27/2004 03:20 PM
A clear roadmap for Longhorn was more important than inclusion of an advanced file system, Jim Allchin tells CNET News.com.

Ah - this explains why Joey hasn't
finished up OUR deal yet

Ah - this explains why Joey hasn't
finished up OUR deal yet 12/17/2004 06:28 PM

I've never met Ross Rader - or Joey DeVilla - yet we've been 'negotiating' with them - for months on a deal - which may just happen soo enough. I love to hang with their boss Elliot Noss - but it's the workers in the trenches that matter most.

So NOW I understand why it's taking so long..... (and I get to see what Ross looks like.)

The "Boss Ross" wallpaper isn't available...yet!

The company where I work -- Tucows -- has launched a "Mobile Phone
Content Library". Simply put, it's a place where you can download
ringtones, wallpapers and games for your mobile phone.


 

 

Here's the text of the official press release:

 

TORONTO, CANADA, 15 December, 2004 -- Tucows Inc. (OTCBB:TCOW), today announced the launch of a new content library for mobile phones at www.mobile.tucows.com.  The company is working with Mediaplazza, part of the Jet Multimedia Group.  Mediaplazza provides a leading platform with mobile content, such as ring tones, cell phone games and wallpaper.

"We are very excited about the launch of our second new library this year," said Elliot Noss,
President and CEO Tucows Inc.  "Our download customers rely on
Tucows to be their best source of specialty and leading edge tools for
their computing and personal devices and this library will service the
exploding market for mobile content."

"Tucows is a great client to have. They have a unique relationship with
Internet Service Providers around the world.  This new agreement
will increase the availability of our tools to cell phone users
worldwide," commented Marc-Antoine Ross, Country Manager of MediaPlazza North America.

Tucows chose to work with Mediaplazza because they have developed
partnerships with large companies and their platform is connected to
more than 122 telecom operators.

"We are pleased to have Mediaplazza's mobile phone tools distributed
via the Tucows website. They have a powerful international web presence
and we at MediaPlazza like to consider ourselves citizens of the
world," said Eric Gautier, Owner of MediaPlazza, part of the Jet
Multimedia Group.

[Accordian Guy]

google explains its bl0g editing

google explains its bl0g editing 05/14/2004 07:24 PM
getting corporate communications right can be a tricky thing

Miguel de Icaza Explains How To "Get"
Mono

Miguel de Icaza Explains How To "Get"
Mono 03/23/2005 09:39 AM

Apple explains HIToolbox to developers

Apple explains HIToolbox to developers 06/22/2004 12:41 PM
A new feature posted to the Apple Developer Connection Web site entitled The Benefits of HIToolbox: The Evolving Widget Set explains in detail how developers can utilize Mac OS X's Human Interface Toolbox to more easily manage their interface controls. The article traces the history of HIToolbox and explains how it's utilized in Mac OS X, what's changed since Jaguar and Panther were released, and offers up some practical examples of how the technology works with Xcode.

IBM explains identity management
approach

IBM explains identity management
approach 05/05/2004 04:06 AM
Some time ago, in trying to get a better understanding of the differences between the IBM/Microsoft WS-Federation specification and the Liberty Alliance specification for federated identity, I read a white paper called "Federation of Identities in a Web Services World," written jointly by IBM and Microsoft (link below).

the Times explains who's got a piece of
Google

the Times explains who's got a piece of
Google 04/26/2004 01:14 PM
apparently, it's mostly larry and sergey. go figure.

ev explains google's evil conspiracy!

ev explains google's evil conspiracy! 04/22/2004 05:19 PM
it's like a bizarre hanlon's razor. stupid people explain everything as being malicious.

Motorola Explains Why there was no ROKR
at CeBIT

Motorola Explains Why there was no ROKR
at CeBIT 03/17/2005 03:48 AM
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