Don't smoke Verdana!

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ProNet: Verdana Meets Its Match

ProNet: Verdana Meets Its Match 03/19/2005 02:53 AM
One area that nearly everyone agrees that Microsoft excels in is the typefaces they distribute to web users. Poynter Online shows us the future of Microsoft's font collection with screenshots of the new family of fonts expected to be released...

Up in smoke at the DNC?

Up in smoke at the DNC? 07/27/2004 04:22 PM

Smoke Day

Smoke Day 06/17/2005 07:11 PM

I smoked today. Actually, I smoked just now with only 31 minutes left in the day. Not really a cigarrete even, more a mini-cigar that was sitting in a forgotten corner of the house until now. So horrible yet so comfortable. I've been on nicotine candy for the past three months and haven't been able to get off it. That's not really quitting, more like pausing. And I've been in an irritating state of mind for the past three months. Damn. I feel like a loser. The worst part of smoking these days is the guilt. I don't know if I am back to smoking or not yet. I am taking it one day at a time at this point. For now, allow me this pleasure of hating myself for this self-inflicted wound.

smoke em if you got em

smoke em if you got em 03/08/2004 11:14 PM
Darin and I stood in Old Town, on the corner of Delacy and Green. It was a magnificent night: eighty degrees, clear skies, the slightest breeze stirring the young leaves on the trees behind us.

The whole area was packed with people who were taking advantage of the unseasonably warm March evening: families and young couples crowded the sidewalks, as a nearly-full moon slowly climbed the Eastern sky.

"Hey, what are you doing tomorrow?" I said.

"Getting the tires changed on my Jeep." He said.

"Want to get together and have a cigar? I haven't had a cigar in months, and I'd like to take advantage of the warm weather."

Smoke Across the Water

Smoke Across the Water 03/14/2005 06:10 PM
Altria crosses the Pacific to add Indonesian cigarettes to the stable.

Vatican Smoke Cam

Vatican Smoke Cam 04/19/2005 11:27 AM

Found on CNN. I have nothing to add to this picture, I guess, except to note that the Internet has enabled some amazing things in its lifetime.

Smoke Kills

Smoke Kills 12/05/2003 09:04 AM
Smoke Kills [hysterical flash, possibly NSFW in a few tiny parts]

Investments Up in Smoke

Investments Up in Smoke 04/30/2004 02:50 PM
Would you accept $800,000 to quit smoking?

Test-Smoke-1.19

Test-Smoke-1.19 07/24/2004 06:13 PM

Test-Smoke-Database-1.17

Test-Smoke-Database-1.17 04/20/2004 12:34 AM

Safer Smoke a Joke?

Safer Smoke a Joke? 06/02/2004 11:52 AM
A fire-safe cigarette for New York may roll over the rest of the country, too.

"It was surprising how thick the smoke
had become

"It was surprising how thick the smoke
had become 09/27/2004 03:14 AM

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Omnivision: Smoke and Mirrors?

Omnivision: Smoke and Mirrors? 06/29/2004 03:33 PM
The digital camera chip maker is under the lens.

New smoke-free environment

New smoke-free environment 07/21/2004 02:59 PM
Over at Jeneane's, every topic is colored by her non-smoking non-haze - the "the dissociative second-hand activity of smoking," as she says. Really interesting. (Disclosure: My mother died of lung cancer about 10 years. .) For some reason, I remember Sartre writing that the hard part of giving up smoking a pipe was the way its absence altered all of the activities he used to do while smoking. Now, I don't think you need a Nobel-award winning philosopher to point that out, but it does get at what must be the hardest thing about giving up the drug: There's something...

So do I have time for a last smoke and a
pancake or what?**

So do I have time for a last smoke and a
pancake or what?** 03/14/2005 06:01 PM

« Finnish pannukakku, cut into squares and layered with a fresh fruit compote. »

pan·cake n.

A thin cake made of batter that is poured onto a hot greased surface and cooked on both sides until brown. Also called flannel cake, flapjack; Also called griddlecake, hotcake; also called regionally battercake.

Aside from transcending cultures, pancakes also transcend social classes. They are served in the simplest households and in the grandest royal palaces.

American pancakes seem to have an almost mythological aura surrounding them since so many Americans travel around and scoff at what the locals call a pancake. Yankees with their pancakes and maple syrup were pretty late on getting into the pancake scene as nearly every culture has some kind of pancake as part of their regional cuisine. There are likely as many different varieties of pancakes in the US as there are states, too. But, America elevated the pancake to a valued breakfast food and welcomed diners serving breakfast all day and all night. Finding a good stack of pancakes with warm syrup and a side of scrapple is sometimes difficult, but the pancake is more than just a food, it's a feeling of being home. Pancakes are the basic comfort food in the US.

Some of my fondest memories as a kid involve going to IHOP after Sunday mass for a stack of pancakes topped with a smile fashioned from 2 maraschino cherry eyes, a whipped butter nose and a pineapple ring smile. I despised going to church, but I sucked it up every week knowing that I only had to suffer for an hour to be rewarded with heavenly pancakes. I was easy back then. :) Even when I was older, going to the all night diner for pancakes and eggs after drinking and dancing was a cherished tradition. Finland may have pancakes but the lack of diners or greasy spoons really is a gaping chasm in the comfort food landscape.

Jarkko attempted to make a Finnish pancake for me at some point when we were living back in Boston. He made three attempts and was convinced that the milk or eggs were too different when he failed every time to recreate his beloved pancake. I'm not sure what went wrong, but I'm pretty certain that the eggs and milk in the US aren't quite that different. Finland has a few different varieties of pankcake; the lettu, a crepe-like thin pancake that is fried on a large paella pan, spread with strawberry jam and folded, the ohukkaat, small dollar pancakes and the pannukakku, an oven baked pancake. All of these use a similar, if not the same, batter. They are served a variety of ways, depending on if they are sweet and served with jam or fresh fruit, possibly with cream, or savoury and served with meat and vegetables. Pancakes are very flexible.

I like the Finnish pancakes as what's not to love about a sweet, fried/baked treat served with jam and cream? But, there are certain foods that you eat as a child that become your basic measure of familiarity, your comfort foods, and as much as I enjoy Finnish pancakes, they just aren't the fluffy blueberry flapjacks served with whipped butter and hot maple syrup with a side of scrapple and eggs from my favourite diner back home. It works both ways though as, given the choice between both the pannukakku and the German pancake in the icebox, Jarkko goes for the pannukakku first. I wanted to solve the mystery of the Finnish pancake not working in the US and I think that maybe Jarkko just wasn't remembering the recipe correctly. Or something. :) The Finnish pannukakku recipe is quite good and I'm happy with it after sifting through about 40 different recipes on the net and in a few cookbooks I have. I'm sure that it will work just as well elsewhere in the world. I also wanted to make something American [in spite of the 'German' in the name] that might meet somewhere between the flapjack and the pannukakku. The German pancake is a baked pancake that has fruit and cream in it, as well as a caramel sauce, which are all popular standards in many Finnish desserts, but not common in the pannukakku. If I had any maple syrup around I would try that on it as well since it might swing the taste back towards home.

Pannukakku, maailman paras!/The world's best [Finnish] Pancake!

Makes: about 35 small ohukkaat or 1 med-large pancake ~1-2 cm thick or a reasonable number of waffles.
Time: about 80 minutes, including a 30 minute rest for the batter
Source: Ruoka ja Viini

• 8 dl or 3.5 cups milk
• 2-3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 dl or 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar**
• 4 dl or 1.75 cups wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 50-100g or 1/2-1 stick melted butter

1. In a bowl, whisk eggs until the yolks are broken and add milk.
2. Mix together dry ingredients. You can reduce the amount of sugar or remove it entirely if you wish.
3. Add the dry ingredient mixture gradually into the egg-milk mixture, stirring well.
4. Let the batter rest for 30 minutes.
5. Pour batter into baking pan covered in baking paper, place in a cold oven and bake at 225C/425F for about 30 minutes. The baking paper may also be greased with oil or melted butter so that the pancake relases easily from the pan.

The pannukakku batter is very similar for all the varieties of lettut [crepes], ohukkaat [dollar pancakes], vohvelit [waffles] and pannukakku [pancake]. This particular recipe is excellent and, perhaps, a bit on the sweet side but you can reduce the amount of sugar or remove it entirely and add vegetables and/or some sort of meat for a savory version. I also found that sifting the flour into the mixture made a smoother batter since the egg and milk tend to make unsifted flour form clumps. I used 75g of butter and thought it to be a bit on the greasy side so using the 50g instead of the 100g suggestion seems the better amount. The baking time will vary as I found 30 minutes was not quite long enough as, even though it was getting brown on top, the center was still a bit gooey.

**About vanilla sugar: Don't substitute vanilla extract for this. The difference in taste is akin to the difference between a quart of Bryer's Vanilla Ice Cream with the full bean and some other cheap vanilla ice cream. Life is too short to use fake vanilla considering that we may be the last generation to enjoy the real bean. You can make your own if it's not readily available.

Vanilla Sugar

• 2-3 vanilla beans
• 2 cups confectioner's [or granulated] sugar

Slice down the side of the vanilla beans with a knife and scrape the seeds into an airtight container with the sugar. Mix seeds into the sugar and seal tightly with lid. Let sit for 1 to 2 weeks.

German Apple Pancake

Makes: 1 10" or 25cm diameter pancake
Time: about 1 hour
Special Equipment: Ovenproof skillet
Source: Cook's Illustrated

The perfect pancake should have crisp, lighter-than-air edges and a custard-like center, with buttery sautéed apples baked right into the batter.

A 10-inch ovenproof skillet is necessary for this recipe; we highly recommend using a nonstick skillet for the sake of easy cleanup, but a regular skillet will work as well. You can also use a cast-iron pan; if you do, set the oven temperature to 425 degrees in step 1, and when cooking the apples in step 3, cook them only until just barely golden, about 6 minutes. Cast iron retains heat better than stainless steel, making the higher oven temperature unnecessary.

• 1/2 cup or 1.25 dl unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt 
• 2 large eggs 
• 2/3 cup or 1.5 dl half-and-half  [half cream, half whole milk]
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 
• 1 1/4 pounds or about .56 kg Granny Smith or Braeburn apples (3 to 4 large apples), peeled, quartered, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices
• 1/4 cup or 1/2 dl light brown sugar or dark brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice 
• confectioners' sugar for dusting

1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position; pre-heat oven to 500F/260C degrees.
2. Whisk to combine flour, granulated sugar, and salt in medium bowl. In second medium bowl, whisk eggs, half-and-half, and vanilla until combined. Add liquid ingredients to dry and whisk until no lumps remain, about 20 seconds; set batter aside.
3. Heat butter in 10-inch/25cm ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until sizzling. Add apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon; cook, stirring frequently with heatproof rubber spatula, until apples are golden brown, about 10 minutes. Off heat, stir in lemon juice.
4. Working quickly, pour batter around the edge of the skillet and over the top of the apples. Place skillet in oven and immediately reduce oven temperature to 218C/425F degrees; bake until pancake edges are brown and puffy and have risen above edges of skillet, about 18 minutes.
5. Using oven mitts to protect hands, remove hot skillet from oven and loosen pancake edges with heatproof rubber spatula; invert pancake onto serving platter. Dust with confectioners' sugar, cut into wedges, and serve.

This recipe is wonderful if you like apple pancakes. I did notice that the baking time was a bit longer than 18 minutes. If you like firmer apples, you can reduce the initial frying time by half. If you lack a proper skillet, i.e. one with a plastic handle, you can likely use a small baking pan if you heat it first in the oven and quickly transfer the apples to it after frying them. Be sure to remove the pancake from the pan as soon as you remove it from the oven since it will stick if you leave it to cool for even a few minutes. Make the caramel sauce as it complements the pancake perfectly, but prepare it a few hours or even a day or two ahead of time as it seems that the flavour blooms after resting and cooling for a while. A scoop of vanilla ice cream is a tasty accompaniment, too.

Caramel Sauce

Makes about 1.5 cups or 3.5 dl

• 1/2 cup or 1.25 dl water 
• 1 cup or 2.25 dl granulated sugar 
• 1 cup or 2.25 dl heavy cream 
• 1/8 teaspoon table salt 
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 

1. Place water in heavy-bottomed 2-quart saucepan; pour sugar in center of pan, taking care not to let sugar crystals adhere to sides of pan. Cover and bring mixture to boil over high heat; once boiling, uncover and continue to boil until syrup is thick and straw-colored (syrup should register 300F/150C degrees on candy thermometer), about 7 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and continue to cook until syrup is deep amber (syrup should register 350F/175C degrees on candy thermometer), about 1 to 2 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, bring cream and salt to simmer in small saucepan over high heat (if cream boils before sugar reaches deep amber color, remove cream from heat and cover to keep warm).
3. Remove sugar syrup from heat; very carefully pour about one quarter of hot cream into it (mixture will bubble vigorously so don't use a small saucepan), and let bubbling subside. Add remaining cream, vanilla, and lemon juice; whisk until sauce is smooth. (Sauce can be cooled and refrigerated in airtight container for up to 2 weeks.)

**As uttered by Goldmember in an Austin Powers movie....

Altria's Smoke Signals

Altria's Smoke Signals 04/13/2004 05:06 PM
It's hard not to give in to Altria.

Where There's Smoke, There's Climate
Change

Where There's Smoke, There's Climate
Change 03/06/2004 02:04 AM

As opposed to that authentic smoke...

As opposed to that authentic smoke... 01/05/2004 06:53 PM
Fake bongs for conspiracists with time on their hands... But can square-jawed MeFites figure out what happened here? Remember, Captain Scarlet is indestructible...

Test-Smoke-1.16_30

Test-Smoke-1.16_30 03/14/2003 11:07 PM

send smoke signals.......

send smoke signals....... 11/13/2003 02:49 PM
Tonight is the Photoshop Summit. FREE! Apparently I'm slow in more ways than one. I have been having phone issues...

Maplin Electronics thinks it's PC to
smoke

Maplin Electronics thinks it's PC to
smoke 11/05/2003 07:29 AM

Candles 'can smoke out bacteria'

Candles 'can smoke out bacteria' 06/18/2004 08:55 PM
Adding essential oils such as eucalyptus to candles can destroy bugs, say researchers.

Camera that Sees through Smoke and Fog
Underway

Camera that Sees through Smoke and Fog
Underway 09/23/2004 11:57 PM

Smoke signals no pope agreement

Smoke signals no pope agreement 04/18/2005 02:04 PM
Black smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel, signifying that Roman Catholic cardinals have failed to elect a pope.

Blasts in Baghdad, Smoke Near U.S.-Led
Authority HQ

Blasts in Baghdad, Smoke Near U.S.-Led
Authority HQ 04/11/2004 06:50 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 11 2004 10:50AM GMT

Online cannabis shop goes up in smoke

Online cannabis shop goes up in smoke 12/22/2003 11:22 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 22 2003 10:53AM ET

Two years smoke-free (and counting)

Two years smoke-free (and counting) 10/29/2003 01:16 AM
In two hours, I will have gone two years without a cigarette, after more years than I can count of smoking. Time Smoke-Free: 730 days, 1 hour, 43 minutes and 43 seconds Cigarettes NOT smoked: 25,553 Lifetime Saved: 6 months, 15 days, 4 hours Money Saved: $5,748.75 On of the hardest things I have ever done, but definitely worth it. Highly recommended. Also highly recommended, the Quit Net....

Man Drives Into Lake, Tries to Smoke
Crack (AP)

Man Drives Into Lake, Tries to Smoke
Crack (AP) 08/14/2004 06:26 AM
AP - A police chase ended when a Long Island motorist drove into a backyard pond and tried to smoke a crack pipe just before his car sank, police said.

New Business Model, Or Smoke And
Mirrors?

New Business Model, Or Smoke And
Mirrors? 04/08/2005 06:26 PM
Jonathan Schwartz of Sun is out giving his talk again about how subscription fees are the way of the future for buying anything. One of his favorite examples (he's used it for quite some time) is that people will buy cars the way they buy mobile phones, where the device/car itself is free or close to fee, but there's a regular subscription fee that's locked in (he also likes to talk about how people will download "horn-tones" for their car, but that's a different story). He goes on to point out that for a car, this fee would be $220 -- noting that the carmakers have already thought about this. Beyond asking the obvious question (um which car are we talking about here -- because I imagine that a BMW is going to cost me more per month than a Hyundai), isn't this already how many people buy cars? It's called a loan or a lease. They buy the car with a little bit of money down, but pay regularly to cover the rest of the cost of the car. In fact, I'm sure, for some people and some cars, the amount is somewhere around $220. So, this isn't particularly amazing. It's not even new. It's just taking an existing business model and changing what you call everything. Who knew it was so easy to be considered a visionary?

Computer Model to Track Wildfire Smoke

Computer Model to Track Wildfire Smoke 11/03/2003 11:13 AM
AP via The Ledger Nov 3 2003 10:11AM ET

Online cigarette vendors see their
profits go up in smoke

Online cigarette vendors see their
profits go up in smoke 04/04/2005 07:17 PM
The battle for state tax revenues lost to online sales goes on. As a result, it will be more difficult to buy cigarettes online in the US.

Bells, White Smoke Will Announce New
Pope (AP)

Bells, White Smoke Will Announce New
Pope (AP) 04/05/2005 07:41 PM
AP - Responding to Pope John Paul II's request, the Vatican will depart from centuries-old tradition by ringing bells in addition to sending up white smoke to signal the election of his successor.

Readers pour water on pro-smoke lobby

Readers pour water on pro-smoke lobby 04/15/2005 12:14 PM
Stern response 'Also, you are dumb'

Volcano Spews Ash, Smoke Cloud in
Comoros (AP)

Volcano Spews Ash, Smoke Cloud in
Comoros (AP) 04/17/2005 07:30 PM
AP - A volcano spewed ash and dark smoke on the main island of the Comoros archipelago on Sunday, sending hundreds of people fleeing from their homes at the urging of the government, a U.N. official said.

Black Smoke Signals No New Pope Elected
(AP)

Black Smoke Signals No New Pope Elected
(AP) 04/18/2005 11:16 PM
AP - Black smoke streamed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney Monday to signal that cardinals failed to select a new pope in their first round of voting, held just hours after they began their historic task: finding a leader capable of building on John Paul II's spiritual energy while keeping modern rifts from tearing deeper into the church.

Computer model to track wildfire smoke

Computer model to track wildfire smoke 11/03/2003 11:13 AM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Nov 3 2003 10:26AM ET

The Protocols of the Yuppies of Zion |
SMOKE SIGNALS

The Protocols of the Yuppies of Zion |
SMOKE SIGNALS 08/01/2004 07:58 PM
yet another reason to vote against Kerry: .. Yuppies From Zion .. no great comfort:

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Blast Heard in Baghdad, Smoke Near U.S.
Compound

Blast Heard in Baghdad, Smoke Near U.S.
Compound 11/15/2003 12:08 PM
Reuters via Wired News Nov 15 2003 10:42AM ET

Blasts in Baghdad, Smoke Near U.S. HQ --
Witnesses (Reuters)

Blasts in Baghdad, Smoke Near U.S. HQ --
Witnesses (Reuters) 04/10/2004 07:45 AM
Reuters - Several blasts rang out across central Baghdad on Saturday and a column of smoke rose from near the heavily fortified "Green Zone" where the U.S.-led administration in Iraq is based, Reuters witnesses said.
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Wired Interviews Bram Cohen, Creator of
BitTorrent

Wired Interviews Bram Cohen, Creator of
BitTorrent 01/06/2005 02:37 PM
Slashdot Jan 6 2005 5:57PM GMT

BitTorrent's Creator Bram Cohen
Interviewed

BitTorrent's Creator Bram Cohen
Interviewed 02/12/2004 03:25 PM

Bram: BitTorrent use up, it's not all
warez

Bram: BitTorrent use up, it's not all
warez 01/07/2005 04:41 AM
Cory Doctorow: Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent, notes, "I'd like to point out that although a number of very large BitTorrent-based web sites have been taken down recently, downloads of BitTorrent have only gone down slightly. There's a widespread belief that BitTorrent is used almost exclusively for warez, probably a perception of people who themselves use it almost exclusively for warez, but that impression is simply untrue." Link (via Waxy)

Steve Jobs Demos NeXTSTEP 3.0

Steve Jobs Demos NeXTSTEP 3.0 02/01/2005 09:40 PM

You go - Bram - go

You go - Bram - go 06/04/2004 01:14 AM

Definitely.

Bram Cohen tips-off Bit Torrent 2 protocol features.

Here's a quite technical description of what's being implemented for version 2 of Bit Torrent protocol.

After much arguing, cogitating, arguing, and cogitating, the bt2 protocol

designs are now further along than they were before.

Features planned for bt2 -

merkle hash trees - this is by far the most compelling reason to break compatibility. Files in a multi-file will each have their own hash root.

udp-based tracker protocol (with http-based alternative for those who care less about bandwidth than convenience)

(Read the rest of this post at the The Peer-to-Peer Weblog)

[unmediated]

BitTorrent is dead. Long live
BitTorrent?

BitTorrent is dead. Long live
BitTorrent? 01/05/2005 01:38 PM
ZDNet Jan 5 2005 5:09PM GMT

"Richard Cohen: From Guardsman ... "

"Richard Cohen: From Guardsman ... " 02/10/2004 04:15 PM

Q&A: Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL

Q&A: Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL 03/06/2004 02:02 AM
The head of the Open Source Development Labs is witnessing major movement to Linux in China.

give me a leonard cohen afterworld

give me a leonard cohen afterworld 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
I few weeks ago, I was asked to write something about Kurt Cobain for Black Table.com, because today is the ten year anniversary of his suicide.

I am always flattered and grateful when someone asks me to contribute to something, because it makes me feel like a "real" writer, but I often have to decline, because writing takes time, and time is something I just don't have right now.

This was different, though, because I thought I had an interesting take on Kurt Cobain's death, so I accepted. I wrote it up, re-wrote it, and then got buried in the Star Trek convention and forgot to send it in until one day after the deadline.

So it didn't make the article, which is a drag, because the other writers are all respected and they all wrote great things. It would have been cool to be alongside them. They tell me it was cut for space . . . but I just read the other contributions, and it's pretty clear to me that I'm not yet in their league.

I'm thrilled that I've had this realization while I'm at the tail end of a rewrite, and I'm terrified about the "sophomore slump." Hooray.

But since I already put the work into it, it seems stupid to just file it off in the "never got published" directory. Here it is . . .

Ask a Premier 100 IT Leader: Barry P.
Cohen

Ask a Premier 100 IT Leader: Barry P.
Cohen 04/04/2005 01:29 PM
Barry P. Cohen, vice president of applications management at Wells Real Estate Funds, answers readers' questions about finding work after a hiatus and the value of certifications.

d-42.com: Josh Cohen online: Carnival
of the Vanities #95

d-42.com: Josh Cohen online: Carnival
of the Vanities #95 07/15/2004 05:09 AM
d-42.com is hosting this week with a very clever Rush (the rock and roll band) theme .. Carnival of the Vanities #95 .. 95th

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Richard Cohen on Grover Norquist's
comparison of the estate tax to the
Holocaust

Richard Cohen on Grover Norquist's
comparison of the estate tax to the
Holocaust 01/07/2004 06:59 PM
Holocaust

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"Richard Cohen lays blame for deception
at Dick Cheney's feet "

"Richard Cohen lays blame for deception
at Dick Cheney's feet " 10/29/2003 09:08 AM

Ted Koppel, Anchor Provocateur; "Big
loser tonight: Koppel," said Kucinich
spokesman Jeff Cohen. 12/11

Ted Koppel, Anchor Provocateur; "Big
loser tonight: Koppel," said Kucinich
spokesman Jeff Cohen. 12/11 12/11/2003 07:20 AM
WP on Ted Koppel's performance at last night's debate

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No - 911 will not be available on
bittorrent - yet

No - 911 will not be available on
bittorrent - yet 05/27/2004 03:10 AM

The Doc Searls Weblog

Doc makes it very clear.  I just liked this story so much - I ran it anyway - but alas - it's true - it was fake....

Panning for gold in the bitstream 

Brian Dear says Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," which won the Palme D'Or at Cannes, will be distributed via BitTorrent:

In a stunning move, controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore announced today that his latest film, "Fahrenheit 9/11", will be released by BitTorrent, the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing network.

From Brian's Denounce.com.

[Later...] Once again, we need to point out that Denounce is a satire site. Hence the name. Here's the disclaimer, from top right on the index page:

Recognized around the world as the best source for completely fictional news and information.

When you're not looking for a reliable, accurate site for industry news, there's only one place to go: Denounce.

All fake. All the time.

Founded in 1980. Eight years before The Onion. Deal with it.

BitTorrent v4.0.1

BitTorrent v4.0.1 03/25/2005 09:08 PM
BitTorrent is a protocol designed for transferring files. It is peer-to-peer in nature, as users connect to each other directly to send and receive portions of the file. However, there is a central server (called a tracker) which coordinates the action of all such peers. The tracker only manages connections, it does not have any knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed, and therefore a large number of users can be supported with relatively limited tracker bandwidth. [Freeware 3.6 MB]

BitTorrent Will Not Go Away

BitTorrent Will Not Go Away 03/17/2005 03:08 AM
There was an article I read in Yahoo News from the Washington Post on BitTorrents. It explains that too many legit uses exist for BitTorrent for the service to be shut down. The MPAA is admitting that there are good and bad uses for BitTorrent and that they will only go after people that are helping users to download illegal movies. It's good to see a mianstream media outlet like the Washington Post understand the real concept and design behind BitTorrents.

This represents a shift from previous practices, in which the MPAA, the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) and other groups have tried to have entire products -- for example, the first Diamond Rio MP3 player or the networked ReplayTV (news - web sites) video recorder -- taken off the market.One reason for this change of heart may be that in BitTorrent, unlike many other file-sharing programs, legitimate use doesn't amount to a token minority. It's central to this program's existence. Developers of versions of the Linux (news - web sites) operating system were some of the first to jump on BitTorrent as a way to ship out vast amounts of data. A Linux distribution can easily span four CD-ROMs; instead, companies such as Red Hat offer BitTorrent downloads of their work.

BitTorrent

BitTorrent 06/09/2004 10:03 PM
The new BitTorrent 3.4.2 for OS X has an all-new GUI that makes it easier to keep track of multiple downloads.

BitTorrent 4.0.1

BitTorrent 4.0.1 04/02/2005 12:57 AM
The key to cheap file distribution.

BitTorrent++

BitTorrent++ 06/07/2004 04:32 AM
BT++ Back In Development

BitTorrent 4.0.1 released

BitTorrent 4.0.1 released 03/27/2005 01:37 PM

BitTorrent 3.4.2 (Stable)

BitTorrent 3.4.2 (Stable) 05/15/2004 07:11 AM
A content delivery tool that makes distributing very large files possible.

Examining Bittorrent

Examining Bittorrent 12/19/2004 03:51 PM
Slashdot Dec 19 2004 2:12AM GMT

Professional BitTorrent?

Professional BitTorrent? 08/31/2004 04:28 AM
A startup, Atzio, is now claiming that they have the first peer-to-peer internet platform for television, apparently ignoring something like BitTorrent. Of course, the technology can basically be described as... BitTorrent with copy protection (how innovative). Plus, they only allow a select group of clients to seed material on the network, making it less likely that people will bother to download the software to make it possible for all this P2P television distribution. The company's own website, amusingly, claims it's having trouble handling all the traffic from the news of their launch -- which might raise some concerns from a company telling the entertainment industry they can handle the distribution of large files in great demand. Still, you have to wonder how effective this sort of solution is. The whole point of their system is you want more people getting and redistributing the content, but then they throw in this copy protection, which is almost laughable considering the system doesn't work if people aren't copying from you while you're copying from others. Besides, if you're a content producer, why bother paying this startup (and I assume they want money) to put your content on their network, when it's easier to just create a torrent, and get it out there -- where a lot more people already have BitTorrent clients.

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Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT-0.0.8 06/20/2004 11:55 PM

The BitTorrent Effect

The BitTorrent Effect 12/28/2004 11:11 PM
Wired News Dec 29 2004 2:44AM GMT

BitTorrent for Dummies: On its way

BitTorrent for Dummies: On its way 03/19/2005 03:08 AM
My February 26 post pleading for BitTorrent for Dummies bore fruit. First, Travis Smith pointed me to the project, and then Kris Krug emailed me. Kris is one of the authors of the forthcoming book. One way or another, I'm...

MLDonkey and BitTorrent

MLDonkey and BitTorrent 05/09/2004 06:27 PM

I was looking through MLDonkey wiki when I ran into this technical yet compact explanation of how BitTorrent protocol works.  I already know how BT works but I thought my fellow geeks might find this useful since the diagrams at the official BT site aren't that useful:

It [BitTorrent] divides shared data (a single file or a directory) into pieces, typically of 256 KiB. A SHA-1 checksum is computed for each piece, and used to check the piece has been correctly downloaded. The checksums are stored in a .torrent file, along with filenames. The .torrent file also nominates a tracker, a Web resource that introduces peers to each other. Peers contact each other, learn what pieces they have available, request the rarest (least commonly seen) pieces first, and send requested pieces.

Just in case you are wondering, MLDonkey is a universal client of sort for many P2P networks including FastTrack, eDonkey2000, Gnutella, and Direct Connect.  It supports BitTorrent too but then BitTorrent is not really a network.  While MLDonkey is open source, it's written in Ocaml which is powerful but non-mainstream.

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