CNN.com - Birthday praise for N. Korea's Kim - Feb. 16, 2004

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ADB forecasts Korea's economic growth
rate at 4.8% for 2004

ADB forecasts Korea's economic growth
rate at 4.8% for 2004 04/28/2004 08:56 AM
Maekyung Internet Apr 28 2004 12:55PM GMT

CNN.com - Casino ejects Ronstadt over
'Fahrenheit' praise - Jul 19, 2004

CNN.com - Casino ejects Ronstadt over
'Fahrenheit' praise - Jul 19, 2004 07/21/2004 09:42 AM
Drunken conservatives vandalize casino .. thrown out of the Aladdin casino .. A Linda Ronstadt encore

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CNN.com - Casino ejects Ronstadt over
'Fahrenheit' praise - Jul 20, 2004

CNN.com - Casino ejects Ronstadt over
'Fahrenheit' praise - Jul 20, 2004 07/21/2004 02:44 AM

Lotusphere 2004: IT users praise
upcoming features in Lotus releases

Lotusphere 2004: IT users praise
upcoming features in Lotus releases 01/27/2004 12:08 AM
IT administrators on hand for the start of Lotusphere 2004 said they’re happy with a host of new features and updates planned for the Lotus family of collaboration applications.

Digital Praise to Exhibit in the Focus
on the Family Booth at CBA International
2004; Christian Game Developer to Unveil
Two New Interactive Game Titles to
Assist Christian Booksellers in
Capitalizing on the $7 Billion U.S.
Entertainment Software Industry

Digital Praise to Exhibit in the Focus
on the Family Booth at CBA International
2004; Christian Game Developer to Unveil
Two New Interactive Game Titles to
Assist Christian Booksellers in
Capitalizing on the $7 Billion U.S.
Entertainment Software Industry 06/30/2004 03:04 AM
Digital Praise comments on opportunity for Christian Booksellers with interactive Christian games, CBA International Conference in ATL. [PRWEB Jun 30, 2004]

S. Korea's filtering

S. Korea's filtering 02/01/2005 09:09 PM
The OpenNet Initiative has found that in the process of blocking access to 31 pro-North Korea sites, the South Korean government has blocked 3,167 unrelated domains. Apparently this happened because the NK sites were on servers outside of NK that SK blocked. (The OpenNet Initiative is sponsored by the Berkman Center, U of Toronto and U of Cambridge.) [Technorati tag: korea]...

Korea's KT has 375,000 Wi-Fi Subscribers

Korea's KT has 375,000 Wi-Fi Subscribers 05/20/2004 03:57 PM
KT is nearly doubling its hotspot network from 12,000 current locations to 23,000 by the end of the year: Korea spent publicly to build a broadband infrastructure, and that's paid rewards with 71 percent of the population having high-speed service. 8 Mbps DSL costs as little as $20 before tax and equipment and a Wi-Fi subscription is as low as $9 for DSL subscribers. KT is now also selling cell/Wi-Fi handsets; they sold 2,000 in the first two weeks it was offered....

Korea's HUBO

Korea's HUBO 12/24/2004 12:16 PM

Korean researchers are challenging Honda's Asimo and Sony's QRIOwith the introduction of HUBO, a humanoid robot with individually moving fingers. HUBO will be officially unveiled early next month, but Korea is doing its best to let Japan know they are gunning for their position as the leader of the world's useless showpiece robots. If this starts a robot arms race, I will be a happy fleshbag.

Birth of Korean Humanoid Robot Marks Brilliance Advance in Korea Robotics [Chosun]
KAIST Unveils HUBO Humanoid Robot [YNA]

Praise be to the CD burner

Praise be to the CD burner 01/23/2004 03:54 AM
Now is the golden age of compilations and mixes, thanks to computer technology. We should all be grateful.

In Praise of Psyco

In Praise of Psyco 04/22/2004 03:56 AM
It may be madness to praise Python on a PHP blog, but I just have to add a pointer to one of the most amazing pieces of software I have every seen. Pysco is an JIT compiler for Python that is (nearly) totally transparent. We are using Python for some data mining apps, and the following 2 lines speeded up our code by 250%:

import psyco
psyco.full()

There is an even more amazing post where the author of Psyco discusses Python is faster than C because a JIT compiler can better handle polymorphic data types.

Apparently Pysco will be rolled into the official Python release when it becomes more mature and cross-platform (it runs well only on x86 at the moment). It would be wonderful if PHP moves in this direction in the long run, whether by running on top of Parrot or another JIT.

In Praise Of Automator

In Praise Of Automator 04/18/2005 02:02 AM

Automator brings back the programming to the masses. By NonlinearMatters

in praise of the chillow

in praise of the chillow 07/21/2004 02:44 PM
the chillow is a favorite around our household as well

Praise Murphy

Praise Murphy 01/29/2003 05:05 PM
Joel has been battling computer problems, and so have I. The short version is that I now have a new...

in praise of the butt

in praise of the butt 08/17/2004 01:43 PM
journalism really is threatened by blogging

In praise of outsourcing

In praise of outsourcing 01/19/2004 03:04 PM
What's good for the economy is good for you. Oh yes

Korea's Red-Hot Software Exports

Korea's Red-Hot Software Exports 09/16/2004 09:28 AM
Hankooki Sep 16 2004 1:34PM GMT

Korea's top 100 cos. enjoy 11.4%
increase in

Korea's top 100 cos. enjoy 11.4%
increase in 05/31/2004 08:22 AM
Maekyung Internet May 31 2004 12:41PM GMT

Advice to Korea's smartmobs

Advice to Korea's smartmobs 03/13/2003 10:24 AM
Howard Rheingold's written an introduction for the Korean edition of Smart Mobs, which takes the form of a letter of advice to Korea's Internet generation.

First, do not mistake the tool for the task. The democratization of publishing, communication, and organizing that is afforded by PCs, the Internet, and wireless mobile devices is indeed an important tool for grassroots activism. But it is the knowledge, intentions, and actions of people in the real world -- where ballots are cast, political decisions are made, wars and demonstrations take place -- that empowers democracy. Netizens must have more in common than their technical expertise in order for them to conduct discourse rather than flame each other, to act collectively in the physical world rather than sit in front of keyboards and type all the time. Long-term political organizing is hard work.

Second, understand that not every smart mob is a wise mob. The difference between a riot and democratic discourse is a literacy: if a sufficient percentage of the population does not understand the important issues of the day and does not know how to debate those issues and the governance policies affected by them, the democracy will be hollow and easily manipulated, even if the leaders are selected in fair elections. Deliberation is important for leaders and populations of citizens alike.

Third, civility, reason, and evidence are what distinguish the public sphere -- the free and open discourse among citizens that provides the foundation for democracy -- from the emotion-charged, ignorant, slogan-slinging online combat that sometimes drowns out political debate. The Web is a wonderful resource, and search engines are powerful tools. If you are arguing an issue, take two minutes to research it and post a link as part of your argument. You can question evidence, but questioning evidence is the basis of science and jurisprudence. The point is to argue the issues and evidence, not to attack the character of opponents.

Link Discuss (Thanks, Howard!)

South Korea's pro gamers

South Korea's pro gamers 08/27/2004 02:00 PM
News.bbc.co.uk - Tue Aug 24, 08:42 am GMT

South Korea's BroadbandWonderland

South Korea's BroadbandWonderland 09/13/2004 10:42 AM
Fortune Sep 13 2004 2:12PM GMT

Praise for new family centres

Praise for new family centres 06/12/2004 12:02 AM
Ofsted inspectors say a new breed of family centre is helping tackle the effects of poverty on young children.

in praise of dead zones

in praise of dead zones 06/28/2004 02:55 PM
occasionally connected apps are important is because people will deliberately unplug

From Those Putin Would Weaken, Praise

From Those Putin Would Weaken, Praise 09/14/2004 08:51 PM
The reaction to Vladimir V. Putin's plan to overhaul Russia's political system swept away any doubts about his grip on power.

"John McCain's praise"

"John McCain's praise" 07/06/2004 08:07 PM

Sing Chiquita's Praise

Sing Chiquita's Praise 02/18/2004 02:52 PM
After a rough patch, Chiquita follows through with more good results.

In praise of a seditious beverage

In praise of a seditious beverage 01/07/2004 05:41 PM
Plus ça change, The Economist on Coffee-Houses. Far more controversial than the coffee-houses' functions as centres of scientific, literary and business exchange, however, was their potential as centres of political dissent. Coffee's reputation as a seditious beverage goes back at...

In Praise Of Minimal Design

In Praise Of Minimal Design 09/17/2004 12:12 PM
For those of us with more generalized needs Apple's minimal design actually increases the efficency of the product. By Chris Seibold, Apple Matters (via MyAppleMenu)

In praise of Apache documentation

In praise of Apache documentation 03/06/2004 02:01 AM

I spent much of today upgrading a distinctly hairy Apache 1.3 server to Apache 2.0 as part of a routine OS upgrade. It certainly wasn't plain sailing - I still have a few crinkles to iron out - but that's more down to the weirdness of the existing configuration than any problems with Apache 2.

Apache 2 is a beautifully designed piece of software. The documentation is superb - the migration guide proved invaluable but the real gem was the direct ive quick reference. Armed with the quick reference and Firefox's Type Ahead Find the previously inpenetrable httpd.conf file becomes a living tutorial on the wild and wonderful ways of Apache configuration. A wise old sysadmin once told me that the best way of learning Linux is to ls /bin and run man <command> for every command in there - then do the same thing for /sbin, then /usr/bin and so on until you run out of things to read. The same appears to be true of Apache configuration directives.

In praise of Windows 2003 SP1

In praise of Windows 2003 SP1 04/05/2005 11:49 AM
Comment Reasonable fixes

more effusive praise for curbed

more effusive praise for curbed 06/01/2004 12:52 AM
steven explains what's great about lockhart's new site

praise the lord and give thanks

praise the lord and give thanks 09/24/2004 12:02 PM
SPREE: An Escape from Reality - music by Ethan Persoff, made from old records, bizarre noise instruments, circuit bent toys and other unusual sounds.

In Praise of Heady Growth

In Praise of Heady Growth 05/14/2004 04:50 AM
Business Week May 14 2004 9:06AM GMT

in praise of gmail's technology

in praise of gmail's technology 07/09/2004 12:12 AM
as always, the whining overshadowed some truly impressive coding

phpPatterns: More Praise for
php|architect

phpPatterns: More Praise for
php|architect 01/24/2003 09:26 AM

In Praise of Daniel Okrent

In Praise of Daniel Okrent 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
"The public editor's job is a deeply political one. Rather than regret this he plunged in, changing the way the public is represented within the newsroom. That means tampering with the journalism gods. But they were angry with the New York Times, so it had to be done."

In Praise of Evolvable Systems

In Praise of Evolvable Systems 02/12/2003 01:04 AM
HTTP and HTML are the Whoopee Cushion and Joy Buzzer of Internet protocols, only comprehensible as elaborate practical jokes. For anyone who has tried to accomplish anything serious on the Web, it's pretty obvious that of the various implementations of a worldwide hypertext protocol, we have the worst one possible.

Except, of course, for all the others. -- Clay Shirky

It's also good to reread Worse is Better by Richard Gabriel at this point.

"zeldman.oo9"

More (Fuzzy) Praise for phpPatterns.com

More (Fuzzy) Praise for phpPatterns.com 01/08/2003 09:03 AM

Praise for Thompson appointment

Praise for Thompson appointment 05/22/2004 03:46 AM
The appointment of Mark Thompson as the BBC's new director general is widely welcomed.

North Korea's environment crisis

North Korea's environment crisis 08/27/2004 01:34 PM
North Korea and the UN publish a report which lays bare the country's environmental degradation.
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