Ninja Turtles return for battle

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Thinking of the turtles

Thinking of the turtles 01/25/2004 04:12 PM

It's continuing to be bitterly cold here in NYC (8° F this morning with -6° F windchill) and so my thoughts have turned to tropical climates and other seasons. And I started thinking about my trip to Hawaii in 2000 and when we went snokeling and swam with turtles. So I poked around and found my two favorite pictures from that experience, both taken by Jason. Here's me swimming behind the turtle, going too deep and here's another of me and a turtle closer to the surface. [sigh] Hawaii sure was swell and those turtles sure were cute.

Leatherback sea turtles getting scarcer
in Mexico

Leatherback sea turtles getting scarcer
in Mexico 06/21/2004 05:15 PM

Longlines imperil Pacific turtles

Longlines imperil Pacific turtles 02/13/2004 09:26 AM
Loggerhead and leatherback turtles are suffering unsustainable losses on the hooks of longline fishing gear, a US scientist says.

Fake sharks could save turtles (Reuters)

Fake sharks could save turtles (Reuters) 06/21/2004 09:24 AM
Reuters - Fibreglass sharks might help to scare endangered sea turtles away from long-line fish hooks as part of a drive to protect the world's migratory species, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) says.

Groups: New Hook Rules Endanger Turtles

Groups: New Hook Rules Endanger Turtles 08/03/2004 12:40 AM
Abcnews.go.com - Mon Aug 2, 09:18 am GMT

Researchers from Japan, U.S. go
high-tech to track turtles

Researchers from Japan, U.S. go
high-tech to track turtles 01/10/2004 09:06 PM
Japan Times Jan 10 2004 7:33PM ET

Turtles Kept Lost Peruvian Fishermen
Alive (Reuters)

Turtles Kept Lost Peruvian Fishermen
Alive (Reuters) 06/14/2004 08:28 AM
Reuters - Three Peruvian shark fishermen lost at sea for 59 days survived by eating turtle meat and drinking the reptiles' blood, a newspaper reported on Friday.

Ninja!

Ninja! 12/31/2003 07:23 PM
Isometric goes anime.

The Ninja Academy

The Ninja Academy 07/12/2004 10:47 AM
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"Red Ninja: End of Honor"

"Red Ninja: End of Honor" 04/08/2005 04:54 AM

Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden 05/11/2004 12:46 AM
Sympatico May 11 2004 4:52AM GMT

Dean: Ninja power?

Dean: Ninja power? 01/09/2004 10:11 PM
For months, a rumor that Howard Dean played a minor role in a 1980s slasher flick has captivated supporters and political junkies. Here's a clip of the movie -- and the back story.

"Ninja Mask Lessons"

"Ninja Mask Lessons" 04/18/2004 08:16 PM

Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)

Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) 06/11/2004 08:45 PM
Nzherald.co.nz - Fri Jun 11, 02:47 am GMT

Ninja Gaiden Xbox Winners

Ninja Gaiden Xbox Winners 05/31/2004 03:40 PM
Sky.com - Fri May 28, 05:04 pm GMT

From pirate dwarves to ninja elves...

From pirate dwarves to ninja elves... 04/09/2004 03:54 PM

I have always considered the profound distinction between ninjas and pirates to be an absolute one. One was either ninja or pirate - there were no inbetweens. One personality type was skilled and proficient, elegant and silent, contained and constrained, honourable and spiritual. The other type loud and flamboyant, gregarious and unrestrained, life-loving and vigorous, passionate and strong. I thought all people must pledge their allegiance, or be categorised accordingly.

The other day at work, another binary pair was presented to me - a co-worker who doesn't declare people pirate or ninja, but instead elf or dwarf. For him, humanity falls into doers and thinkers - elves being elegant and timeless, conceptual and refined, abstract and beautiful while dwarves are practical and structural, hard-working and no-nonsense, down-to-earth smiths and makers. It's a view of the world that's expounded a bit in Cryptonomicon.

The wonderful thing about both of these classifications systems is how unladen they are with value-judgements. It is possible to consider an elven person to be intellectual and high-concept, or pretentious and useless. It's possible to view a pirate as boorish and crass or as vivacious and life-loving. It is not better to be ninja or pirate - the world needs both. And the creativity generated by the collision of elf and dwarf is far greater than could be achieved by elf or dwarven kind alone. Not only are there no categories that come prejudged inferior or superior, but also people have no problem self-categorising themselves - there's no shame to be felt in any of their self-classifications.

Both systems have these qualities - but still we're left with a conundrum. Although so similar - the systems are different. So how to make them work together? Confronted with a collision between two such radically different ways of conceptualising the world, obviously our minds started working overtime. Could we find a way to map the two categorisation schemes onto one another? Could we declare all ninja's inherently elven? Or all dwarves intrinsically piratic? The more we considered the issue, the harder it seemed to achieve some kind of detente. And then it came to us - a new view of the world, transcendent and illuminatory - a way not only to make the two systems work together but to make each infinitely more illustrative in the process! At that moment the Ninja/Pirate/Elf/Dwarf theory of human classification came into being - and with it the crowning achievement of all managerial arts, the following graph:

As you can see - the ninja/pirate polarity has become a spectrum. The elf/dwarf polarity has followed suit - it is now possible to exist directly between the extremes. But this spectrum is at right angles to the first, generating a person-space with an infinity of different potential placements. People now can be hardcore ninja dwarves, or err towards the piratic side of elfdom. Within this graph all humanity exists in all its polyphonic splendour.

Think of some of the humble bloggers on my blogroll. Where would they live? Ben Hammersley has something of the pirate about him. This is not a restrained man of quiet honour, but a proud warrior of the sea - hair flowing in the breeze. But his skills are more evenly tempered between the conceptual and the practical - as best evidenced by his work on the schema for various syndication formats. His position is clear. Matt Jones is far closer to elf than dwarf, but as swashbuckling as a man can come. Not so Dan Hill, elven once more but evidencing the self-mastery and discipline of a true ninja.

It takes little effort to spot the ultimate ninja's quiet responsibility and attention to detail in the work of Jason Kottke and Matt Webb and both straddle the technical divide between thinkers and doers. Mark Pilgrim on the other hand has achieved a balance between ninja and pirate, while plunging into the vigorous constructive heart of dwarvish ways. And so it continues - until I can map almost my entire blogroll accordingly:

And it doesn't end there! You could plot people's operating systems against it - Dwarves being more Linux-focused, elves more Apple-oriented. Pure graphic designers have a tendency towards the top right, interaction designers are spread across the top. You can also deduce a lot about the people I tend to associate with online - there's an enormous clump of people on the pirate / ninja axis who aren't heavily elf or dwarf. In this context, this suggests a group of old-school web people who have tended toward balanced expertises across a range of disciplines. It's interesting how those people with more clearly defined job roles tend to move towards the corners too.

Now it's over to you - take this epic revelation and place yourself within it. If you are a life-loving pirate with dwarvish leanings, perhaps you'd like to assemble a quiz to locate people against the axes like on that rather less important and trivial Political Compass site. I would love to help, but I'm simply not capable. What can I say, I'm an elvish pirate - I have better things to do with my time...

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A lesson in twisting your shirt around,
making it all ninja-like

A lesson in twisting your shirt around,
making it all ninja-like 04/16/2004 10:16 AM
You are now a ninja

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Ninja rebels told to disarm and get a
haircut (Reuters)

Ninja rebels told to disarm and get a
haircut (Reuters) 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
Reuters - The leader of Congo Republic's self-styled "Ninja" rebels has told his loyalists to take guns from the unruly members of his movement and make themselves more presentable by trimming their ragged locks.

Free Ninja Gaiden update via Xbox Live

Free Ninja Gaiden update via Xbox Live 06/28/2004 09:45 PM
Newshub.com - Mon Jun 28, 02:49 pm GMT

Sarbakan Brings Brutal Bug Invaders,
Immortal Teen And Lone Ninja Squirrel To
E3.

Sarbakan Brings Brutal Bug Invaders,
Immortal Teen And Lone Ninja Squirrel To
E3. 05/31/2004 01:55 PM
Quebec-Based Sarbakan is showcasing three new excting and engaging online game properties at the 2004 E3:The Bug Factor”, “Obscura” and “The Black Squirrel”. [PRWEB May 12, 2004]

Feats of fantasy How games like Ninja
Gaiden turn players into agile athletes

Feats of fantasy How games like Ninja
Gaiden turn players into agile athletes 05/17/2004 07:41 AM
BBC May 17 2004 11:54AM GMT

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The 1966 film “The Battle of Algiers"
Tells Us a Lot About the Battle for Iraq
12/21

The 1966 film “The Battle of Algiers"
Tells Us a Lot About the Battle for Iraq
12/21 12/21/2003 07:18 AM
Philip Gourevitch, writing in the New Yorker .. Winning and losing

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"Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs
- Battle Torrent"

"Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs
- Battle Torrent" 08/04/2004 03:30 PM

Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs -
Battle Torrent

Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs -
Battle Torrent 08/04/2004 09:28 AM
Downhill Battle - Downhill Battle Labs - Battle Torrent .. proposal for making bittorrent usable

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Return to Return of the King

Return to Return of the King 01/25/2004 09:30 AM
(I just blogged this at BlogCritics.org) We went to see Return of the King for the second time last night because our 13-year-old wanted to see it for his third time. My pre-VCR generation has trouble being entertained by a movie more than once, but there are exceptions. Lord of the Rings is one: Giant trolls, gargantuan elephants, catapults firing heads, fierce bad guys with faces made out of cookie dough, fire-tipped battering rams, stirring music, flying dragons, all in one scene. What more do you want in a movie? Even though it was my second time, I still...

Return of The Art of .war

Return of The Art of .war 03/14/2005 04:48 PM

Patrick Peak's been off writing Hibernate Quickly for Manning, but now he's back with a slick new Roller theme. He's written a nice couple of posts attempting to debunk some of the Ruby hysteria that's been infecting Java bloggers of late.

Return-Value-1.24

Return-Value-1.24 09/23/2004 10:39 AM

They will return

They will return 10/30/2003 09:15 AM
It's the Cthulhu songbook. Time to go a-carrolling in the neighbourhood with these catchy tunes. Who could resist a rousing chorus of The Great old ones are coming to town? Or maybe you fancy the more traditional Carol of the old ones? So lets get those songbooks out and make it a very merry Cthulhu solstice.< /a>

Return-Value-1.28

Return-Value-1.28 01/06/2005 05:51 PM

The Return of S3

The Return of S3 12/21/2003 10:43 PM

Return of the Mac.

Return of the Mac. 03/29/2005 08:39 PM
Paul Graham: Return of the Mac. A bit late, but I always like to see a new convert.

No return to IT's ice age

No return to IT's ice age 03/29/2005 04:43 PM
ZDNet Mar 29 2005 8:17PM GMT

Return of the Mac

Return of the Mac 03/29/2005 03:10 PM

Return-Value-1.22

Return-Value-1.22 08/31/2004 12:44 AM

9 Tax Return Changes

9 Tax Return Changes 01/23/2004 02:23 PM
Use the wrong form, and you may miss out on deductions and credits.

Brief Return

Brief Return 08/19/2004 12:08 AM
I'm back! For a moment, as a demo to school librarians in MLS. Hi, School Librarians in MLS!  :-)

Return-Value-1.1

Return-Value-1.1 07/15/2004 05:04 PM

The Return Of Celebrity VCs

The Return Of Celebrity VCs 06/15/2004 06:24 PM
During the boom years, when venture capitalists were the new rockstars of the dot com era, we began to see the rise of "celebrity VCs." It was especially popular for former sports stars to jump into the venture investing business - even if they had no real business background or knowledge. Most of these VC firms didn't get very far, especially once the bubble popped. Now, however, as business seems to be picking up again, it looks like the celebrity VC may be back. The latest to throw his hat into the venture investing ring is U2 frontman Bono, who is joining the newly created Elevation Partners to invest in media and entertainment businesses. The other partners in the firm (Roger McNamee, John Riccitiello, Fred Anderson and others) all have a bit more experience, so you have to wonder if the Bono move is just to get them some more attention as they launch - or if Bono will really be taking meetings up on Sandhill Road with startups begging for money. It's a little unclear from the wording of the article exactly what Bono's role will be. Either way, it appears that Elevation isn't starting small. The rumor mill suggests they're looking for their initial fund to be a billion dollar fund.
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