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ESPN.com Launches ESPN Motion For Macs

ESPN.com Launches ESPN Motion For Macs 09/20/2004 06:49 PM

ESPN.COM LAUNCHES ESPN MOTION FOR MAC

ESPN.COM LAUNCHES ESPN MOTION FOR MAC 09/20/2004 01:18 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2004


ESPN.COM LAUNCHES ESPN MOTION FOR MAC

Version Of Popular Video Tool Now Available For Apple Platform


ESPN.com announced today the availability of ESPN Motion, its popular video tool, for Apple Macintosh users. Previously available only for computers running on the Microsoft Windows operating system, ESPN Motion delivers high-quality video content to sports fans multiple times daily on ESPN.com. Created through cooperation with the Walt Disney Internet Group, the proprietary and patent-pending tool allows more than two million active users per month to view original content, highlight and clips from ESPN studio shows without buffering or streaming. ESPN Motion also allows advertisers to run television commercials online.

04/10/2004 04:38 PM

MPT. Empty?

MPT. Empty? 04/26/2004 02:36 PM
Chris Leithner on the state of finance. Modern Portfolio Theory is central to most business-school investments curricula, but it has its detract ors.(last link pdf)

too empty around here

too empty around here 04/17/2004 12:58 AM
listen sometimes life gets hectic sometimes it's tragic sometimes it's filled with cottoncandy goodness not sure what mine is filled...

Empty Vee

Empty Vee 10/28/2003 11:09 PM
Ugh. We all already know that MTV stopped being "Music Television" long ago. It's so jam-packed with shallow reality shows,...

MT won't empty my activity log

MT won't empty my activity log 03/06/2004 01:54 AM
I’ve had a weird problem for the last days with a Movable Type installation I keep elsewhere, and I really...

IE History is Empty

IE History is Empty 01/02/2004 07:18 AM

Running on empty

Running on empty 03/17/2005 03:27 AM
“The leading energy analysts who foretold Enron’s demise have an alarming new claim: The world’s major oil companies are almost tapped out. Four years ago, the analysts at John S. Herold Inc. were the first to call bullshit on Enron. On Feb. 21, 2001, three Herold analysts issued a report that said Enron’s profit margins were shriveling, the company had too few hard assets, and its stock price was way too high. Less than ten…

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ESPN NFL 2K5

ESPN NFL 2K5 08/27/2004 01:33 PM

Review: 'NFL 2K5' edges out 'Madden NFL 2005': For the first time in years, Madden football has a serious competitor in "ESPN NFL 2K5."

Price is a big factor: NFL 2K5 has rolled out a polished game for the bargain price of $20, while Madden NFL 2005 goes for $50.

NFL 2K5 has impeccable graphics, smooth controls and a deep franchise mode that matches Madden at every turn.

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Duplicate and Empty Elements

Duplicate and Empty Elements 10/02/2002 06:06 PM
In his monthly Transforming XML column, Bob DuCharme explains how to detect, delete, and create duplicate and empty elements in source and result trees.

Oil Rhetoric Is Running on Empty

Oil Rhetoric Is Running on Empty 03/31/2005 12:39 PM

The Glass is Half Empty

The Glass is Half Empty 07/02/2004 11:21 AM
I was bitching about bad technology to a senior person without a soapbox for this kind of thing, who wrote back: β€œThat's how I feel about my life in general. I get in a car to go to work. Dumb, and filthy. I use horrible cellular technologies that drop 5 times on my way to work. I use airplanes that are 30 year old technology to fly, for God's sake, to do a keynote where most people can't see me, and to do 10 customer meetings I'd rather do with a very high quality video conference. And then I use a laptop whose UI hasn't advanced in, oh, 14 years.” I’m a bit more cheery than my correspondent about user interfaces, but is that an excellent wake-up call or what?

Duplicate and empty elements (XML.com)

Duplicate and empty elements (XML.com) 10/08/2002 07:08 AM

Empty Twinkies Get New Filling

Empty Twinkies Get New Filling 09/23/2004 11:27 AM
Interstate Bakeries finally gives up and files Chapter 11.

All empty calories, all the time.

All empty calories, all the time. 11/13/2003 03:58 PM
It's all about the Fun Food. Today's posts seem so damn serious, I want a Deluxe Apple Hacker as well as a Humidified Pretzel Merchandiser Super King Ultimate Funnel Cake Fryer is going on my porch. Party starts at midnight.

JoS. A. Bank's Empty Suit

JoS. A. Bank's Empty Suit 05/26/2004 12:07 PM
The clothier has great profits, but no free cash flow.

ESPN.com: Tim Wakefield

ESPN.com: Tim Wakefield 05/28/2004 01:46 AM
Tim Wakefield

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ESPN Turns 25

ESPN Turns 25 09/20/2004 10:45 AM
24/7 sports programming turns 25 -- and the world will never be the same.

ESPN.com - MLB - MLB RECAP

ESPN.com - MLB - MLB RECAP 05/19/2004 07:32 AM
Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game last night .. did not allow any of them to reach first base .. THE OLDEST GUY EVER TO PITCH A PERECT GAME! .. ESPN

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the color of infinity in an empty glass

the color of infinity in an empty glass 07/13/2004 01:59 PM
Back when I was promoting Dancing Barefoot, (which has gotten a really nice bounce in sales this last week -- I'm sure because of WWdN readers -- so thank you!) I talked about it a LOT on my site. Partly, that was because Barefoot-related things dominated my life at the time . . . but it was also because I've been told (and experienced firsthand) that books only sell as well as their authors promote them. This is the best way I have to promote my books on my own, so I'm going to do that in the coming months. I just want to be honest about that right now. If this sort of thing bugs you, stop reading now, and go check out the best combination since Gretzky and Kurri: They Might Be Giants and Homestar Runner. Seriously, you guys.

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W.Va. Town to Have Empty Election Ballot
(AP)

W.Va. Town to Have Empty Election Ballot
(AP) 05/26/2004 01:36 PM
AP - The expiration of a deadline for write-in candidates to register for Littleton's upcoming municipal election means the ballot will remain unchanged — and empty — on June 8.

"Running on Empty" by Peter G. Peterson

"Running on Empty" by Peter G. Peterson 07/21/2004 07:59 AM
Bush's tax cuts have squandered an era of prosperity and doomed our kids to a crippled economy, argues the former secretary of commerce. But the Democrats, he insists in this dark and brilliant jeremiad, have done no better.

A Thrilling Exhibit in an Empty Room

A Thrilling Exhibit in an Empty Room 03/29/2005 02:05 AM
People eager to immerse themselves in three-dimensional digital art may get their chance in a virtual reality room of the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, opening later this year.

Empty promises on global AIDS

Empty promises on global AIDS 09/21/2004 06:47 PM
When President Bush referenced the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria during his speech at the U.N. today, he probably set many eyes to rolling worldwide -- including Kofi Annan's. "Because we believe in human dignity, America and many nations have established a global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria," Bush told the General Assembly. Actually, Annan propos ed the creation of the Global Fund in 2001 and called on world leaders to pitch in $10 billion a year. The Fund now provides grants to 129 countries -- but its future is in jeopardy, thanks in large part to Bush.

Shark Tank: But you can bet those
wastebaskets were empty

Shark Tank: But you can bet those
wastebaskets were empty 03/21/2003 12:11 AM
It's the early 1990s, and the cleaning staff at this government building is very conscientious about saving energy. Whenever the cleaners come upon a PC that's been left on after hours, they turn it off -- no matter what.

10.3: Secure empty trash from the
Terminal

10.3: Secure empty trash from the
Terminal 10/29/2003 12:32 PM
So everyone knows that you can now use the "Securely empty trash" feature. What if you want to remove a file but not use the Trash? The new feature in Panther is the command /usr/bin/srm. There are two other options that Secu...

ESPN NFL 2K5 a Promising Recruit

ESPN NFL 2K5 a Promising Recruit 07/26/2004 05:48 AM
ESPN NFL 2K5 has a lot of nice touches and an excellent presentation. And the budget price of $20 is definitely a bargain. In the end, though, it's no match for the reigning champ, Madden NFL. By Scott Steinberg.

ESPN.com: Page 2 - O.J., 10 years later

ESPN.com: Page 2 - O.J., 10 years later 06/13/2004 10:47 AM
O.J. Simpson - 10 rum seinna

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ESPN.com - Ralph Wiley

ESPN.com - Ralph Wiley 06/15/2004 06:59 AM
with his recent work on ESPN.com .. column archives .. 240 columns

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ESPN the Boy Getting Visit From Network
(AP)

ESPN the Boy Getting Visit From Network
(AP) 06/26/2004 03:58 PM
AP - A Texas couple who named their son ESPN after the cable sports network will soon get a visit from the toddler's namesake.

Overture teams up with ESPN

Overture teams up with ESPN 02/04/2003 12:44 PM
Overture, which reports its quarterly earnings Thursday, also faces competition domestically from search engine Google, which has its own pay-for-performance ...

Israeli Forces Blow Up Empty Building
(AP)

Israeli Forces Blow Up Empty Building
(AP) 06/28/2004 02:39 PM
AP - Israeli forces blew up an empty eight-story building in the Gaza Strip late Monday, Palestinian officials said, after a pair of deadly attacks launched by Palestinian militants.

Empty Office Adds to Sense of Isolation
at the C.I.A.

Empty Office Adds to Sense of Isolation
at the C.I.A. 07/13/2004 10:24 AM
After last week's Senate report, which lambasted the C.I.A., the mood at the agency has turned dark and bitter, officials said.

The Empty Cradle: global population
decline

The Empty Cradle: global population
decline 06/06/2004 05:42 PM
The Empty Cradle. Our everyday personal experiences with traffic, sprawl and other irritants of modern life tell us there are too many people in the world and the problem is getting worse. However in truth world population growth peaked 40 years ago in 1963 and has been trending downward since. Demographers predict that absolute human population will peak at 9 billion by 2070 and then contract. Long before then, many nations will shrink in absolute size and the av erage age of the world's citizens will shoot up dramatically, including the fastest aging part of the world: developing countries, where for example Iraq is aging 2.5 times faster than the USA and Mexico 5 times as fast. Having averted the danger of overpopulation, the world now faces the opposite problem: an aging and declining population.

Candy's Less-Empty Calories (Los Angeles
Times)

Candy's Less-Empty Calories (Los Angeles
Times) 01/01/2005 06:25 AM
Los Angeles Times - ST. LOUIS — Year after year, Ken Kellerhals resolved to lose weight. Year after year, his candy factory did him in.

Bagle virus peril in empty e-mail

Bagle virus peril in empty e-mail 06/05/2005 10:48 PM
Further variants of the mass-mailing PC virus, Bagle, have spread quickly across the net, say security firms.

Florida Keys Empty Ahead of Hurricane
(AP)

Florida Keys Empty Ahead of Hurricane
(AP) 09/11/2004 10:00 PM
AP - Many businesses were shuttered and streets were largely deserted Saturday as residents fled from this normally bustling island resort town amid concern that Hurricane Ivan was heading for Florida.

Gallup's half-empty bl0g glass

Gallup's half-empty bl0g glass 03/14/2005 05:45 PM
I'm a long-term believer in blogs; three years ago, I wrote, "Weblogs expand the media universe. They are a media life-form that is native to the Web, and they add something new to our mix, something valuable, something that couldn't have existed before the Web." That column was written three years after my first column on blogs, back when you had to call them "Web logs" and explain what they were to everyone each time you used the term. (Just as those of use who were writing about the Web for mainstream publications in 1994 had always to append some boilerplate phrase every time we mentioned "The World Wide Web," like "...the popular, graphical network of Internet sites...")

So blogs are having their moment in the media sun today, and that's just fine. But Gallup now has a poll out that tells us that "relatively few Americans are generally familiar with the phenomenon of blogging." Gallup wants us to stop and realize that blogs aren't so big after all. Its headline is dripping with contempt: "Blogs Not Yet in the Media Big Leagues: Very few Americans read them with any frequency." But really, this is a glass half-empty or half-full kind of thing. And the glass is filling up awfully quickly.

You can tell Gallup is a little uneasy from the phrase "relatively few"; since it appears that we are talking about nearly half of Americans, I'd like to know, relative to exactly what? Gallup's numbers say that one out of four Americans are "very or somewhat" familiar with blogs. I think that's extraordinary, but Gallup seems to thinks it's some kind of weak showing.

Gallup tells us the following: "Three-quarters of the U.S. public uses the Internet at work, school, or home, but only one in four Americans are either very familiar or somewhat familiar with blogs (the shortened form of the original 'Web logs'). More than half, 56%, have no knowledge of them. Even among Internet users, only 32% are very or somewhat familiar with blogs."

I think what we're supposed to be hearing here is, "Forget all the hype about blogs, this isn't a big deal, the majority of Americans don't even know what the hell they are." But you could take these exact same numbers and present them in the inverse light if you wanted: "Though the Internet has been around for almost forty years, only 3/4 of Americans use it. Yet blogs -- which have only been around 6-7 years, and have been popularized under that name for half that time -- are already a phenomenon recognized by nearly half of the U.S. population. And fully one-third of Americans who use the Internet, or one quarter of the entire U.S. population, say they are very or somewhat familiar with blogs -- an impressively high number, given their novelty."

The interpretation of polls, in other words, is really a matter of the assumptions you bring to them. The Gallup write-up starts with a chip on its shoulder; it sets out to prove that blogs aren't as big as the hype, though if the hype were as big as all that, you'd think there'd be a much bigger group of "heard of 'em but don't read 'em" respondents (i.e., there'd be more people who'd at least have heard of the phenomenon thanks to the hype, without having spent time actually reading blogs).

At some point over the last couple of years blogs crossed the threshold from niche to mainstream. Gallup's numbers confirm that. The bias in the company's article is like what you could find in a music industry trade publication of the 1980s that might have said, "Though CDs are growing in popularity, our survey shows that less than half of Americans actually own a CD player, and most still purchase their music in the form of records." The trend line had already crossed the point of no return, but the statistical snapshot made it look like the LP was king.

Of course blogs won't replace the old media with anything like the thoroughness that CDs drove out vinyl (new media channels of communication don't kill their predecessors the way new physical delivery formats often do). But the news from Gallup is clear: Blogs have now become part of the mass culture. Too bad the company chose the wrong headline.
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