Interactive tech moments that broke the boredom

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If RSS ain't broke... | Tech News on
ZDNet

If RSS ain't broke... | Tech News on
ZDNet 09/27/2004 11:25 AM
If RSS Ain't Broke .. here's his latest .. Steve Gillmor

news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5383118.html
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Darknet: Story: The tech exec who broke
federal law (and why the law is broken)

Darknet: Story: The tech exec who broke
federal law (and why the law is broken) 06/22/2005 02:45 AM
Darknet: Story: The tech exec who broke federal law (and why the law is broken) .. violate the DMCA without knowing it

darknet.com/2005/06/story_the_tech_.html
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Tour de Tech: Product failures at
critical moments

Tour de Tech: Product failures at
critical moments 07/23/2004 03:07 AM

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“How about a report on the stuff that hasn’t work in the Tour? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of more riders being injured in crashes or having to stop from broken handlebars, stems and forks and other equipment-related mishaps.”…

tech.life@school | Teachable-moments
ideas about presidential election

tech.life@school | Teachable-moments
ideas about presidential election 04/15/2004 10:14 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 15 2004 1:50PM GMT

Innovation stems boredom

Innovation stems boredom 12/08/2003 01:06 PM
Steve Jobs loves to learn about new markets and technologies, and would "get bored" if Apple and Pixar weren't innovating, according to a Business 2.0 article reported on by Macworld UK. Jobs mentions video editing as a source of drive and innovation. "Five or six years ago, we didn't know anything about video editing, so we bought technology to learn how to do that." As a further indicator of Jobs' passion for innovation, John Lasseter of Pixar says: "Before he...

Indian Software Testing Moves from
Boredom to Boom

Indian Software Testing Moves from
Boredom to Boom 04/04/2005 01:30 PM
Bug hunters doing outsourced testing often earn as much as programmers as more focus is put on software quality.

Indian Software Testing Moves from
Boredom to Boom (Reuters)

Indian Software Testing Moves from
Boredom to Boom (Reuters) 03/31/2005 07:00 AM
Reuters - Testing software to ferret out bugs that drive consumers crazy was once seen as dull and dreary work to be shunned by brainy technology experts.

2ndNature, an Interactive studio,
Launches Several New Interactive
Projects for Corporate Clients in the
Northeast U.S.

2ndNature, an Interactive studio,
Launches Several New Interactive
Projects for Corporate Clients in the
Northeast U.S. 02/05/2005 09:49 PM
2ndNature, a Central New York-based website design and development studio has recently completed several interactive projects for clients that include VIYYA Technologies of New Jersey, ChaseDesign of Skaneateles, NY, Adirondack & St. Lawrence Railway of Utica NY, QPK Design of Syracuse, NY, Terakeet Corp., of Syracuse, NY, PPC/John Mezzalingua Associates of Syracuse, NY, Welch Allyn of Skaneateles, NY. [PRWEB Feb 4, 2005]

Focus on the Family and Digital Praise
Unveil Two New Interactive Computer
Games Based on Adventures in Odyssey;
One of America’s Most Popular Family
Radio Shows Comes to Life in Interactive
Computer Games

Focus on the Family and Digital Praise
Unveil Two New Interactive Computer
Games Based on Adventures in Odyssey;
One of America’s Most Popular Family
Radio Shows Comes to Life in Interactive
Computer Games 06/30/2004 03:04 AM
New game titles announced for ages 8 and up; Titles based on Adventures in Odyssey radio show. [PRWEB Jun 30, 2004]

If It Ain't Broke

If It Ain't Broke 04/23/2004 05:33 PM

All too often, troubleshooting problems on Mac OS X requires Unix-level nerdery.

If RSS ain't broke

If RSS ain't broke 09/26/2004 08:35 PM
ZDNet Sep 27 2004 0:22AM GMT

If it ain't broke, don't fix it?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it? 02/12/2004 06:08 PM
Paul DePodesta is the assistant GM for the Oakland A's, a team whose winning ways have been documented in Michael Lewis's excellent Moneyball (my review). DePodesta took part in CSFB's 2003 Thought Leader Forum, presenting his ideas on The Genesis, Implementation, and Management of New Systems. He starts off talking about the situation in Cleveland, where he worked before going to the A's: Despite this situation, I was grappling with... (with comments)

NEC Going for 3G Broke in China

NEC Going for 3G Broke in China 06/03/2004 04:57 PM
Wireless Watch Japan Jun 3 2004 8:03PM GMT

the Times says MJ is broke

the Times says MJ is broke 02/12/2004 06:15 PM
the most credible evidence yet that he's insolvent

Oh, look, emacs broke again!

Oh, look, emacs broke again! 06/05/2005 11:55 PM
Who'dve thunk it? Yeah, the OS X 10.4.1 upgrade broke emacs. Or, rather, to put the blame in the right place, the 'clever' tricks that emacs plays to get itself going break with depressing regularity when anything inside the OS shifts around. (Part of the build process actually core-dumps a running emacs and then fixes up the core file to be an executable, which is clever but somewhat fragile on some OSes, including OS X) It's a pity I can't stand the vi-alikes. This has gotten kinda old....

Will Republicans go for broke?

Will Republicans go for broke? 04/13/2005 05:44 PM
A congressional staffer tells War Room that at least one Republican is having last-minute doubts about the hard-line bankruptcy bill.

I broke my bl0gware.

I broke my bl0gware. 01/10/2003 01:44 AM
Well, while taking a break I decided to catch up on some blog reading. It seems that AmephetaDesk has freaked out. It uses hundreds of megabytes of RAM. So I fired up the latest version of NetNewsWire Lite to import...

SEC to Siebel: You Broke Law Again!
(Reuters)

SEC to Siebel: You Broke Law Again!
(Reuters) 06/29/2004 01:52 PM
Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Siebel Systems Inc. (SEBL.O) on Tuesday with violating for a second time a rule aimed at disseminating market-moving news equally to all investors.

AT&T Says AT&T Wireless Broke Their
Brand

AT&T Says AT&T Wireless Broke Their
Brand 08/06/2004 06:45 PM
It never really made sense when AT&T spun out AT&T Wireless that they let the mobile company keep the name. It was clearly very confusing to customers who still think they're the same company and it was a clear risk to AT&T's brand -- as well as their ability to offer their own wireless service at another point in the future. While it was clear that AT&T was just trying to cash in on the hype around wireless, the fact that they didn't realize that wireless had to be a part of their future was a bit scary. Of course, among the many things that did happen was that AT&T Wireless faltered and did, indeed, harm the overall AT&T brand name. So, while they're in the process of (maybe) selling out to Cingular, and AT&T wants the name back, many are questioning whether that's a good idea. AT&T Wireless has such a weak reputation right now that starting a new mobile phone service under that brand may be an uphill battle. AT&T is now suggesting that AT&T Wireless broke their agreement by screwing up the brand and being so poor at customer service. Right now, honestly, this looks more like a negotiating ploy concerning the return of the name, because if the Cingular deal does go through, then it shouldn't much matter any more if the old AT&T Wireless can't use the name any more.

Woman Who Won the Va. Lottery Is Broke
(AP)

Woman Who Won the Va. Lottery Is Broke
(AP) 05/03/2004 10:55 AM
AP - A woman who won millions in the Virginia lottery 11 years ago is now deep in debt to a Florida company that lent her money using the winnings as collateral.

Shark Tank: Really, REALLY broke

Shark Tank: Really, REALLY broke 10/29/2003 01:13 AM
The environment at this steel maker's mills is harsh to the extreme -- heat, cold, dust, dirt, even acid in the air. But the help desk isn't sure what's wrong when a user will only say, "My computer is broke."

E-voting is fixing what ain't broke

E-voting is fixing what ain't broke 12/12/2003 03:05 PM

"The 25 Best Futurama Moments Ever"

"The 25 Best Futurama Moments Ever" 09/14/2004 08:27 PM

Awkward moments

Awkward moments 07/09/2004 08:34 AM
We are both married men and good friends, but I think he wants to kiss me.

Moments of transition

Moments of transition 07/19/2004 04:56 PM
Had my last riding lesson today. I'm going to Iceland in three weeks, so I'm taking a short break before that. Darn, one gets really attached to those horses. Even though I only was there for six weeks, I strangely enough already miss them . Especially these two. *sigh*

The syrupy moment of the day: When Outi was last week, a friend of mine brought us lollipops - heart-shaped, of course - but they were forgotten in the bags. So, today, we chatted on IRC and enjoyed those lollipops, knowing that the other person was doing the same thing far away.

I'm degenerating rapidly, and decomposing into sugar and honey. Whee :)

Videobl0gging "Moments"

Videobl0gging "Moments" 05/03/2004 09:39 AM

Jay is videoblogging what he calls "moments": very short videos, empathically not telling a story but showing a moment. Jay used to work for CNN, then quit and went to public access TV, and now is starting this videoblogging thing. One to look out for if you're interested in the evolving language of videoblogging.

Momentshowing: Meet Mason

(Note: please stop making yourselve look silly by calling this vblogging or vidblogging or something like that. Videoblogging is good enough.)

Helsinki Moments

Helsinki Moments 08/18/2004 07:02 PM

« A cute kid at Linnanmäki who wasn't so thrilled to watch the Olympic Torch being carried past him. Perhaps if the torch were made of ice cream.... »

Last year there was a story about Eeva and Simo Rista, a couple of amateur photographers, who gave a lifetime of photographs to be digitized and shared with the public. The other day we were walking past Lasipalatsi where I noticed a few random pictures in the window and it turns out that Lasipalatsi has started to accept pictures from other people who wish to submit their photos for the collection/archive. The show, Mo ments in Helsinki is free and open from 12-6p Tuesday through Sunday through the month of August. There are some really great photos and, aside from the Rista's photos, I particularly like the photos of Tapio Mäkiö as his 300 pictures tell a story and he has a good eye. The photo Life returns to normal after the chaos of moving taken in February 1966 is a lovely vignette. There are 10,000 or so more to browse through online (only a tiny fraction of which have been printed for the gallery) which is a really interesting view into life in Finland in photographs taken not by photojournalists but everyday people.

And, note to self...when heading out into the bush in Finland to photograph things that glow in the dark during the warmer months, remember to take a giant stick of bug-off, a can of raid spray, a mosquito net, a citronella candle (or 5), and an extra pint of blood. Damn, I can't wait for the -20C weather with dry wind and snow since at least with frostbite there are no bloodsucking evil vampires on gossamer wings involved. Of course, when it took nearly 2 hours for me to get all the feeling in my fingers back after photographings the Kide in -20C weather I was thinking how wonderful summertime would be. :)

Those Eureka Moments

Those Eureka Moments 04/13/2004 08:49 AM

We Laughed at Danger (and Broke All the
Rules)

We Laughed at Danger (and Broke All the
Rules) 01/09/2004 10:13 PM
What’s an affinity group?”. “I don’t know,” Sawblade replied. “Why don’t you look it up on Google?”. “Yeah, www.google ...

Computer Viruses Broke 100,000 In 2004

Computer Viruses Broke 100,000 In 2004 12/29/2004 02:01 PM

Expert: Scott Peterson Was Going Broke
(AP)

Expert: Scott Peterson Was Going Broke
(AP) 08/02/2004 03:51 PM
AP - A witness in Scott Peterson's murder trial presented evidence Monday that might support a motive — he was going broke and getting deeper into debt in the months before his wife was killed.

'Neighbour from hell' broke order

'Neighbour from hell' broke order 05/25/2004 01:14 PM
A judge tells a 78-year-old woman she was a "malicious and evil-minded old woman" who made her neighbours' lives a misery.

She Broke Into the Hotel in
Self-Defense? (Reuters)

She Broke Into the Hotel in
Self-Defense? (Reuters) 06/02/2004 08:50 AM
Reuters - A member of Greenland's local parliament charged with breaking into a hotel and stealing liquor will plead "self-defense" because it was cold outside, national KNR radio reported on Friday.

He Broke Into the Hotel in Self-Defense?
(Reuters)

He Broke Into the Hotel in Self-Defense?
(Reuters) 05/28/2004 09:37 AM
Reuters - A member of Greenland's local parliament charged with breaking into a hotel and stealing liquor will plead "self-defense" because it was cold outside, national KNR radio reported on Friday.

The Video Game That Broke Apart China

The Video Game That Broke Apart China 05/28/2004 03:20 PM
Who said video games can't change the world? That seems to be the fear of the Chinese government, who has banned the video game "Hearts of Iron" for (they claim) "distorting history and damaging China's sovereignty and territorial integrity." To be honest, I don't know enough about the video game in question or the specific complaints concerning Chinese history to understand what their specific problems are (and the article is somewhat vague), but, honestly, who could possibly feel threatened that the events in a historical video game could damage a nation's sovereignty? If one little video game can damage both the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a nation, you have to wonder how strong those things are in the first place.

Social Security Said to Go Broke in 2041
(AP)

Social Security Said to Go Broke in 2041
(AP) 03/23/2005 07:50 PM
AP - Social Security will begin paying out more in benefits than it receives in taxes in 2017, twelve years from now and a year earlier than previously estimated, trustees said Wednesday in a forecast adding fuel to the debate over changes President Bush wants.

Broke telcos doing everything they can -
Qwest exec

Broke telcos doing everything they can -
Qwest exec 04/24/2004 11:34 AM
Wringing bits

Amazon went and broke their wishlist
links

Amazon went and broke their wishlist
links 12/04/2003 04:59 AM
Change your wishlist link .. the solution .. Paul Bausch

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moments of kungfu goodness

moments of kungfu goodness 06/10/2004 11:18 AM
I've danced in latin clubs taken tours of orange groves drank absenthe with the finest touched magic on mirrors while...
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Pro Tech introduces the anticipated
release of CrimeTrax

Pro Tech introduces the anticipated
release of CrimeTrax 07/29/2004 02:59 AM
Pro Tech releases it long anticipated CrimeTrax, crime scene correlation software. Pro Tech has also expanded it's national sales team. [PRWEB Jul 29, 2004]

When Things On Your Mac Do Cool Things
You Didn't Expect Them To... Or
Adventures In Mac-Based Audio

When Things On Your Mac Do Cool Things
You Didn't Expect Them To... Or
Adventures In Mac-Based Audio 01/03/2004 12:11 AM
If you play an instrument, write songs, sing, or wish you could do any or all of the above, take a look at DigiDesign's amazing little Mbox, a complete audio production system with many uses. By Bob LeVitus (Mac Observer via MyAppleMenu)

""I’m not the kind of artist who feels
that I have a mission of any kind
whatsoever. The 19th century was about
that. What right do I have? In many ways
it robs people of a lot of things. I’m
an average enough person to point to the
things that I’ve..."

""I’m not the kind of artist who feels
that I have a mission of any kind
whatsoever. The 19th century was about
that. What right do I have? In many ways
it robs people of a lot of things. I’m
an average enough person to point to the
things that I’ve..." 07/13/2004 03:21 AM

Good things, bad things

Good things, bad things 03/06/2004 02:03 AM
Good thing: to have surge protection on your computer array.
Bad thing: kick accidentally the surge protection thingy so that the wall socket becomes loose, and have a big, catastrophic power failure.

Good thing: to be able to read your blogs while eating breakfast
Bad thing: to drop a bun in your cereal, and have milk splashed all across your laptop

Good thing: iTunes for Windows
Bad thing: Windows

Good thing: actually having sunlight in the mornings.
Bad thing: the mornings.

Good thing: upcoming go -tournament (http://takapotku.suomigo.net - feel free to come by and say hi!) next weekend.
Bad thing: not sleeping enough before the weekend.

43 Things Web Service API on 43 Things

43 Things Web Service API on 43 Things 04/17/2005 10:05 PM
43 Things Web Service API on 43 Things .. 43things adds web services API

43things.com/about/view/web_service_api
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Jack Valenti says stupid things --
really, really stupid things

Jack Valenti says stupid things --
really, really stupid things 08/03/2004 07:46 PM
Tim Wu has rounded up some of the dumbest things that Jack Valenti said -- and he's found some real howlers, things that make Jack's infamous condemnation of the VCR ("the Boston Stranger of the American film industry") look like a walk in the park.

On the nascent cable industry, in 1974
"[Cable will become] a huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do not like it because we think it wrong and unfair."

On the dangers on media concentration, 1984 Op-Ed
"Will a democratic society allow just three corporate entities to wield unprecedented dominion over television, the most decisive voice in the land? There are now only three national networks .... There will never be more than three national networks."

On the public domain, 1995
"A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time certain when it becomes soiled and haggard, barren of its previous virtues. How does the consumer benefit from the steady decline of a film's quality?"

Link (Thanks, Patricio!)

Singapore shares end up, tech stocks
higher on hopes of high-tech recovery

Singapore shares end up, tech stocks
higher on hopes of high-tech recovery 12/26/2003 09:00 AM
Channel NewsAsia Dec 26 2003 7:42AM ET

Tech Undertaker: Business troubleshooter
takes aim at high-tech woes

Tech Undertaker: Business troubleshooter
takes aim at high-tech woes 01/04/2004 03:31 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Jan 4 2004 2:10PM ET

Give a book, a low-tech gift in a
high-tech world

Give a book, a low-tech gift in a
high-tech world 12/03/2003 07:32 AM
SiliconValley.com Dec 3 2003 6:54AM ET

High Tech: Fiber opticsMall Tech: Tree
decoration

High Tech: Fiber opticsMall Tech: Tree
decoration 12/22/2003 03:15 AM
Boston Globe Dec 22 2003 2:35AM ET

High Tech: Data storageMall Tech:
Keyring storage

High Tech: Data storageMall Tech:
Keyring storage 12/22/2003 02:02 AM
Boston Globe Dec 22 2003 1:01AM ET

High Tech: RoboticsMall Tech: Boxing
robots

High Tech: RoboticsMall Tech: Boxing
robots 12/22/2003 02:02 AM
Boston Globe Dec 22 2003 1:01AM ET

High-tech weapons defeated by low-tech
warfare

High-tech weapons defeated by low-tech
warfare 06/05/2004 07:47 PM
Straits Times Jun 5 2004 11:20PM GMT

Things never done before

Things never done before 05/01/2004 11:37 AM
There's a Finnish blogmeme spreading now: list the things that you've done for the first time this year. Here's one of mine:

Drinking all these behind the sauna, direct from the bottle.

They're all a part of Finnish national romantic scenery, immortalized by hordes of people, who are very good at optimizing the price/inebriation ratio.

"these things"

"these things" 09/27/2004 11:18 AM

Five Things I Know About Me

Five Things I Know About Me 07/13/2004 02:12 PM
Collect them all!

FC Now: It's the Little Things

FC Now: It's the Little Things 12/19/2004 03:36 PM
For lunch today, I went to Chipotle for a burrito. The server was friendly, my order prepared quickly, and the burrito delish. But the neat little touch -- the clue -- that helped make the experience worth repeating? At the...

One of these things is not like the
other one...

One of these things is not like the
other one... 03/20/2003 08:31 AM

Scoble compares and contrasts ActiveWords with Smart Tags.  He also links to the record of how ang ry he got about Smart Tags.  That thread on the decentralization list makes most of the arguments on either side of the debate, and I have to admit the debate was a real eye-opener for me.  Many people reacted exactly opposite to how I would have expected them to react to Smart Tags.  I am still convinced that Smart Tags represented a revolution in Renmin Voice, and I want to see the concept become a natural part of people's lives.  But now I have a better understanding of why Scoble objected. 

Ari suggests that a more cooperative approach may be what's necessary.  And Scoble raises the issue of "push vs. pull".  I think Jon Udell's LibraryLookup Bookmarklets represent a good example of "Smart Tag"-like technology that is done in a cooperative and non-intrusive way. 

Jon Udell's LibraryLookup also puts the lie to Charles Cooper's news.com piece claiming that IE dominance has thwarted innovation.  Jon proved that one guy can extend the browser to do something very useful to people's lives, "semantic", and futuristic -- all without ever having to fire up a compiler.  The only things getting in the way of browser innovation right now are lack of imagination, lack of volition, and the giant sucking sound of people wasting their lives trying to rewrite software that's already matured (like word processors and file servers).

~

On this first day of the current war, I for some reason keep remembering the Yeats poem about "When you are old and gray and full of sleep", and the poem below.  I don't know why, but they seem appropriate. 

It's really incredible to think back to the first Gulf war, and realize how much of what we live is new.  In 1991, we wouldn't have been able to argue about Smart Tags, we didn't have blogs, IM, or even the web.  I chafe with impatience at every roadblock that keeps us from realizing our destiny of Renmin Voice, but when put in perspective,  the industry has made vast progress between these wars.  How can anyone be a pessimist?

~

Wine comes in at the mouth

And love comes in at the eye;

That's all we shall know for truth

Before we grow old and die.

I lift the glass to my mouth,

I look at you, and sigh.

-W.F.B. Yeats

All things come to an end.........

All things come to an end......... 11/13/2003 05:20 PM
The journey of my jacket is quickly coming to an end. Can you guess who the last person in the...

"Things to Come"

"Things to Come" 03/19/2003 10:44 PM

Three things

Three things 12/28/2004 11:31 AM

Actually it turns out I do have a few things on my mind.

First, the scale of the human tragedy of the tsunami. An interview on CNN with a young rock climber from Hawaii, vacationing in Thailand, talks about how only a few of her colleagues died. In normal times, the few that died would be the story. Many of the people they interview are shaking and crying, many hours after the tragedy. It's the rare thing, a real story involving human beings.

Second, think about the billions we're spending on Iraq, and for what? The Republicans who defend the war say Iraqis were suffering under Saddam, okay, this is a lot of suffering and unlike the Iraqi suffering, this has a solution, money spent here will rebuild and there won't be "insurgents" to tear down the repairs and kill our people as they try to help.

Third, and I know there's no chance of this making a difference, maybe the Iraqis could put down their guns, stop beheading people, stop blowing things up, elect a damned government, and let us leave so we can have a future and so we can help when other tragedies happen. I'm sorry we invaded, and I'm sorry we re-elected the monster that invaded you. Now we have to go. It's just a feeling I have. The problems of the Iraqis seem so small when compared ot the problems of Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia. The problem in Iraq is in their minds. Can't they solve it? We sure can't.

Things to do...

Things to do... 02/10/2004 02:46 AM

Font for post-its remains Coates.ttf as made with Fontifier.

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Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done 02/01/2005 09:12 PM

I don't know what to think of things
like this

I don't know what to think of things
like this 06/22/2005 01:45 AM

Interesting, I was awarded a spot on the A lways On/Technorati Open Media 100 as a "trendsetter." I don't know how they determined who is on the list or why, or even what "open media" means, but I'll take it and add it to my list of dubious accomplishments like "Shift Magazine's Top 25 Web Personalities."

39 things I should do

39 things I should do 06/05/2005 11:56 PM

If you're into food, and wondering, "what the heck should I do next?" check out the [UK] Observer's list, The top 50 things every foodie should do.

To celebrate OFM's fiftieth edition, we asked some of our favourite bon viveurs what they considered most essential to do before they died.

Amazingly, I've already done ten of the items they've listed! Is that because I'm a "bon viveur"? Maybe a little, but also I've liked cooking and food for a very long time. Of what they've recommended, I've already completed the following:

3) Dismember a chicken
I learned this last summer when I was working at a restaurant. Our chef said everyone needed to know how to break down a chicken. Now I do. I haven't done it since.

6) Dine at the French Laundry
May 2002. I can't imagine you're reading my site and haven't read my review, but if that's the case get thee to It's All About Finesse immediately! Now start saving your dollar a day!

18) Shuck an oyster
I first learned this in 1994 on Cape Cod, where indeed just as they recommend, I enjoyed 'wild native oysters, from a forgotten oyster bed'. I last shucked two dozen for my family at Christmas.

20) Wolf down a hotdog on Coney Island
July 4, 2003. I ate one. Japanese super-eating legend Takeru Kobayashi ate 44 1/2 in twelve minutes. A photo of Kobayashi in action!

24) Be cooked for by a legend
(See #6)

32) Shop till you drop [at La Boqueria in Barcelona]
When I visited Barcelona in October, 2003 I spent many hours exploring this amazing market, though I never bought anything because I was staying in a hotel and had nowhere to cook.

33) Catch your own dinner
They recommend deep-sea fishing for tuna in Barbados. I went fishing for bluefish off Nantucket in August, 2003 and cooked up the riches for dinner with my family. Bluefish is my favorite, and I think one of the best meals you can eat (but only if you're in the northeast of the United States in July or August) is bluefish baked with breadcrumbs, butter, and lemon; steamed sweet corn, with butter and salt; and boiled red potatoes. If you don't have strawberry shortcake for dessert, with real whipped cream and homemade shortcake, you haven't gone all out.

39) Visit Pierre Gagnaire in Paris
I did this in June 2003. For some reason, I never wrote about it. Drat, I wish I had.

40) Bake a loaf of bread
I can't even remember the first time I baked a loaf of bread, but it must have been around 1986. I started my culinary adventures in the baking arena (cakes and sweets) before moving into the savory world of cooking. Of course, the Guardian says, "If your loaf is a true San Francisco-style sourdough then all the better." And I say, "No!" Yuck. I don't like sourdough. I had enough "San Francisco-style sourdough" when I lived in San Francisco to last my whole life.

47) Kill a pig
The last on the list, I did this over the 4th of July weekend, 1994. Some folks I knew in college had a little tradition of doing this. At a farm in New Hampshire, we (by which I mean a friend named Danny) killed the pig and bled it. Then we all took part in gutting and skinning it (writing now, it sounds more "Lord of the Flies" than it was). We roasted it in a pit for a very long time, and the result was the best thing I'd ever tasted. I had never liked pork before that, and I didn't for a very long time after. But everything we ate that day was incredible.

They also recommend that you:

9) Pick your own [mushrooms]
But I've never done this. I had a class in college called Plants and Humanity and we learned from our biology professor never to pick mushrooms in the wild. He said it was too dangerous, even with books and training, because the possibility of making a mistake was too great. I learned a lot from Prof. Ellmore, and to this day I still recall much of what he taught, so I'm going to trust my gut and skip the picking of wild mushrooms. The 39 remaining items could easily take the rest of my life as it is, I don't want to end it prematurely by eating a Death Cap!

40 things

40 things 12/22/2004 01:09 AM

1. What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before?

- Suck up to clients and not say what I believed in - 'cause I needed the money.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

N/A - I don't do resolutions - but I tried to lose weight and failed.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

- Yes my wife. Her name is Lucy - she was born the day before my biorthday on Jan. 12th.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

- Yes my father - Davis S. Canter - union leader, politician (the good kind), my inspiration.

5. What countries did you visit?

- Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Ireland, Canada - and I live in a very strange, foriegn place - but at least we're in a blue state (though CA voted 46% for evil.)

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?

- Digital Lifestyle Aggregation -the PeopleAggregator, a finished WebOutliner and lots of happy employees.

7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory?

- Jan. 12th - Lucy's birth, Aug. 30th my father's death, July 31st my eldest son's and wife's birthday and Nov. 3rd my twin son's Bar Mitzvah.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Finally figuring out what business Broadband Mechanics is in. We're buulding 'digital lifestyle aggregators'.

9. What was your biggest failure?

1UP.com - it could have been great - but we fucked up.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

- Baruch Ha'Shem - no. But my friend BigDave had his kidney transplant!

11. What was the best thing you bought?

- BigDave's mom's used car. Great deal, great friend.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

- Twin son's Bar Mitzvah
- Mimi's learning how to sing and dance - on her own
- Lots of happy cleints, growing business

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

- Lack of imagination when it comes to new kinds of micro-content and micro-contnet publishing in general. Sad and pathetic. And podcasting. Even sadder.

14. Where did most of your money go?

- Babylon

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

- Open Source Infrastructure - and how ever effort I put into it - not only helps me and our company, but also the world. Talk about killing trhee birds with one stone!

16. What song/album will always remind you of 2004?

- "Ambush in the night" - Bob Marley (all guns pointed at me now....)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

happier or sadder? happier
thinner or fatter? always going up
richer or poorer? richer in money. richer in happiness

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

- Hung with my sons more.....

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

- Blog

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

- eating Chinese food and watching a movie. What all good Jews do on X-Mas day.

21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?

- my wife - Lisa.

22. Did you fall in love in 2004?

- yes - over and over again with Lisa.

23. How many one night stands in this last year?

- yah, right

24. What was your favourite TV program?

- Alias

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

- more than anyone else - I hate the entire concept of fascist, imperialist, Amerika - and all it stands for. Fuck you - red states.

26. What was the best book(s) you read?

- N/A - my 250+ feedskeep me busy.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

- Blind Guys from Alabama

28. What did you want and get?

- progress in DLAs, healthy children, bank account.

29. What did you want and not get?

- PeopleAggregator, WebOutliner

30. What were your favourite films of this year?

- um, gee, what films came out this year. I can't remember any.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I turned 47 and I went to the hospital with my eldest daughter to see her new baby sister who was born the day before. You don't have birthdays like that very often! BTW my eldest son was at Lucy's birth.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

- Having money to build what I wanna build.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?

N/A

34. What kept you sane?

- family, blogosphere and knowing that I'm consistently about 10 years ahead.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

- Heather Graham

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

- Legalized Marijuana

37. Who did you miss?

- my friend Dave Winer

38. Who was the best new person you met?

- oh god, too many to mention. Simon Grice, Lucas Gonze, Carl Wescott, Monette, Rich Seidner, the Marqui folk, Leonard Brody, Dick Hardt, the Bryght dudes (Boris and Roland), the Tucows dudes (who I haven't even met yet!), Alf Eaton, Kjetil Larsen, JD Lasica, the Laszlo folks, Dave Toole, Seb Paquet, the list goes on and on - it's been a hell of a year!

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.

- slow down, it'll all come to you, just stockpile those ideas, they'll be usful - later.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?

"Rasta Man virbration - yah, positive!"

"Got to have a good vibe"

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