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Ipod Overrated?

Ipod Overrated? 04/11/2005 05:54 AM

Is Ulysses Overrated?

Is Ulysses Overrated? 02/16/2004 04:02 PM
With the centenary of the first Bloomsday coming later this year, the scene for a showdown between Joyceans, literary critics and generic whiners of all sorts has been set. The perennial debate regarding the worth of James Joyce's Ulysses has been sparked off yet again by a dude called Roddy Doyle.

The case of the overrated mystery novel

The case of the overrated mystery novel 01/07/2004 05:37 PM
Robert Parker, Dennis Lehane, Lawrence Block, Michael Connelly -- I've read them all. Amid the logrolling and endless hype, one thing gets obscured: Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald did it first, and did it a lot better.

Overblown, overrated, overhyped

Overblown, overrated, overhyped 04/26/2004 01:01 PM
Too many open source advocates complain about Microsoft writing terrible buggy software and think that open source developers do it better. The truth is Microsoft is innovative, has vision, and executes well. If open source developers can do as well as Microsoft, it's a big compliment. Smart people like Miguel de Icaza and Brendan Eich have known this for a long time. Miguel has a reality check for these innocent virgins, giving his assessment of the potential of XAML and Avalon.

Brendan (one of the Mozilla leads) has a frank assessment of Mozilla too. Not too positive. I talked about this last year.

However i think that Miguel and Brendan are just hyping things up. XAML and Avalon may be great technology but no one is waiting for Longhorn to implement web based apps - everyone is implementing them NOW!

An introduction to Avalon by Charles Petzold.

Ontology is Overrated: Categories,
Links, and Tags

Ontology is Overrated: Categories,
Links, and Tags 06/05/2005 10:57 PM
Today I want to talk about categorization, and I want to convince you that a lot of what we think we know about categorization is wrong. In particular, I want to convince you that many of the ways we're attempting to apply categorization to the electronic world are actually a bad fit, because we've adopted habits of mind that are left over from earlier strategies. I also want to convince you that what we're seeing when we see the Web is actually a radical break with previous categorization strategies, rather than an extension of them. The second part of the talk is more speculative, because it is often the case that old systems get broken before people know what's going to take their place. (Anyone watching the music industry can see this at work today.) That's what I think is happening with categorization. What I think is coming instead are much more organic ways of organizing information than our current categorization schemes allow, based on two units -- the link, which can point to anything, and the tag, which is a way of attaching labels to links. The strategy of tagging -- free-form labeling, without regard to categorical constraints -- seems like a recipe for disaster, but as the Web has shown us, you can extract a surprising amount of value from big messy data sets. - More at http://shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html

iBetX Data Shows Google to be Overrated

iBetX Data Shows Google to be Overrated 08/12/2004 03:02 PM
Casino City Times Aug 12 2004 6:45PM GMT

'Friends' to Charge Up to $2M for
Ads (AP)

'Friends' to Charge Up to $2M for
Ads (AP) 05/04/2004 06:21 PM
AP - Advertisers are paying up to $2 million for 30 seconds on the "Friends" finale this week, making it the Super Bowl of sitcoms.

'Friends' Set to Say Farewell on NBC
(AP)

'Friends' Set to Say Farewell on NBC
(AP) 05/06/2004 08:13 PM
AP - The fate of television's favorite on-again, off-again couple, Ross and Rachel, was headed for a resolution Thursday on the final episode of "Friends."

'Friends' Ads to Cost Up to $2
Million (AP)

'Friends' Ads to Cost Up to $2
Million (AP) 05/04/2004 10:36 PM
AP - Advertisers are paying up to $2 million for 30 seconds on the "Friends" finale this week, making it the Super Bowl of sitcoms.

'Friends' Says Farewell on NBC Tonight
(AP)

'Friends' Says Farewell on NBC Tonight
(AP) 05/06/2004 02:35 PM
AP - The fate of television's favorite on-again, off-again couple, Ross and Rachel, was headed for a resolution Thursday on the final episode of "Friends."

'Friends' picked for Huntley

'Friends' picked for Huntley 01/16/2004 11:04 AM
Inmates are being recruited to "befriend" Ian Huntley at Belmarsh jail to help familiarise him with prison life.

From 'Friends' to Friendster CEO For
Sassa

From 'Friends' to Friendster CEO For
Sassa 06/03/2004 02:00 PM
Internet News Jun 3 2004 5:41PM GMT

Fans Gear Up to Say Goodbye to 'Friends'

Fans Gear Up to Say Goodbye to 'Friends' 05/06/2004 02:39 PM
For a nation that has had to spend more and more time practicing its stoicism, tonight promises the innocuous pleasure of a sitcom.

51 million tune in for 'Friends' finale

51 million tune in for 'Friends' finale 05/07/2004 04:31 PM

Aniston Looks Forward Past 'Friends'
(AP)

Aniston Looks Forward Past 'Friends'
(AP) 02/19/2004 08:10 AM
AP - Jennifer Aniston says she's looking forward to leaving "Friends" character Rachel Green behind after a decade on the hit NBC sitcom.

Ross and Rachel Together in 'Friends'
Finale

Ross and Rachel Together in 'Friends'
Finale 05/07/2004 12:45 AM
Ross and Rachel, together again as "Friends" fades into history. Were you expecting anything different?

Thomas Sowell: 'Friends' of blacks

Thomas Sowell: 'Friends' of blacks 07/14/2004 04:58 AM
underlying motives of white liberals who use Blacks "to indict American society .. Thomas Sowell

townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20040713.shtml
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'Friends' Too Sexy for Chinese
Television (AP)

'Friends' Too Sexy for Chinese
Television (AP) 01/18/2004 09:17 AM
AP - The hit American sitcom "Friends" may prove too risque for Chinese television.

'Friends' Cast Tape Series' Final
Episode (AP)

'Friends' Cast Tape Series' Final
Episode (AP) 01/24/2004 04:53 AM
AP - The enduring comedy "Friends," with the theme song that promises "I'll be there for you," wrapped its final episode Friday night in front of an invitation-only audience on a set veiled in secrecy, all part of a plan to avoid spoiling the surprise ending for fans.

Guardian Unlimited Books | News |
Overlong, overrated and unmoving: Roddy
Doyle's verdict on James Joyce's Ulysses

Guardian Unlimited Books | News |
Overlong, overrated and unmoving: Roddy
Doyle's verdict on James Joyce's Ulysses 02/12/2004 06:26 AM
Overlong overrated and unmoving: Roddy Doyle's verdict on Ulysses .. has courted controversy for his confession .. Literary mud-slinging! .. riporta .. disses

books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1144626,00.html
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Comedy

Comedy 12/24/2004 12:21 PM
Being in touch with the absurdity of life got to lead to the absurdity of form. Dave Eggers discusses the Monty Pythons’ brand of comedy.

Comedy of Errors

Comedy of Errors 08/09/2004 07:19 AM
My family loves Shakespeare & Co. up in Lenox where we're currently on vacation. We've been going to its performances for about twenty years now. A couple of nights ago, we saw a preview of Comedy of Errors. (Hint: It's the one with the two Dromios, no Rosalind, and doesn't take place in Verona.) Shakespeare & Co.'s performances are always lively, bawdy, and understandable. The troupe is first rate. Their performances IMO feel like Shakespeare as he was seen by his contemporaries. Yet, this performance wasn't my favorite. Too much mugging, too broad, too hectic. Yes, it's a farce with...

A Comedy of Justice

A Comedy of Justice 01/04/2004 11:55 PM
James Branch Cabell's Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice. One of the many treasures at Documenting the American South. Mike Keith's James Branch Cabell Page (Mike Keith has also performed and recorded an obscure symphony based on Jurgen). Owlcroft's overview of Cabell's work.

BBC - Comedy - The Office

BBC - Comedy - The Office 12/31/2003 08:28 PM
"Pressure - not as easy as it looks." - David Brent .. Two lesbians. Sisters. Me watching .. The Office, has it's own web site .. Tim & Dawn forever .. best show on television .. local authority admin .. Office .. Maybe

bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice
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Out With The Old, In With The New; A
Comedy Of Eras

Out With The Old, In With The New; A
Comedy Of Eras 07/05/2004 07:11 PM
By Sean Cohen, OSNews.com (via MyAppleMenu)

What's the secret of comedy?

What's the secret of comedy? 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
I'm cursed. Just one day after my new book on RSS and Atom went into production, a new version of RSS 1.0 was released: RSS 1.1 It wouldn't be so bad, but the Atom project released a new draft...

Comedy Central

Comedy Central 05/30/2004 12:03 PM
Its members skew white, male and elderly, but the Friars Club at 100 remains the nation's premier home to comedians. And its jokes still make the ladies blush.

"RUPERT!!!!!!!!!! PRODUCES A PC
COMEDY!!!!!!!!!!"

"RUPERT!!!!!!!!!! PRODUCES A PC
COMEDY!!!!!!!!!!" 05/30/2004 08:39 PM

Sony vs. The PSP Importers - A Comedy

Sony vs. The PSP Importers - A Comedy 06/24/2005 04:03 PM

Welcome to cuckoo world! Sony, in all their majestic wisdom, has decided to hunt down and kill PSP importers in the UK. Let's read this, shall we? "The Japanese electronics giant Sony is demanding that companies importing its hotly anticipated PlayStation Portable to Britain reveal their customers' identities so the equipment can be tracked down."

Now, why would they do this? Because they are crazy? Because Sony CEO Sir Howard Lancelot Stringer Esq. has finally gone all Howard Hughes on us? Are those purchasers of Japanese PSPs in there on the Rainy Isle using them to mount an offensive against the Sony Yakuza stronghold or are they attempting to pay $400 for a game device. Next week: Sony kills and eats babies.

Sony bid to stop grey imports [Guardian]

UPDATE - Ok, so they don't eat babies so much.

Comedy = Tragedy + Distance

Comedy = Tragedy + Distance 12/19/2003 11:36 AM
To say that The Conqueror, the Howard Hughes-backed film about Ghengis Kahn with John Wayne as the lead, is an awful film is somewhat of an understatement. Bad acting in the hot Nevada desert surrounded by radiation from the Yucca Flats lead to around 90 people getting cancer and 30 dying from it. They even shipped radioactive sand back to Hollywood for extra scenes. Lost in La Mancha doesn't seem so bad in retrospect.

Comedy = Tapeworm + Time

Comedy = Tapeworm + Time 05/09/2004 12:30 AM
"There was nothing to do but to wrap great gobs of toilet paper securely around my hand, swallow hard, again reach down, again get a grip on the thin and slippery thing, and tug." (05-09)

Comedy remake tops US box office

Comedy remake tops US box office 03/28/2005 06:01 AM
The comedy Guess Who, which updates Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, heads the US box office.

Gone to the Dogs: a new British comedy
film

Gone to the Dogs: a new British comedy
film 04/01/2005 03:52 AM
What breed of dog are you? .. que tipo de perro sera .. Gone to the Dogs

gone2thedogs.com
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Stars to Perform at N.Y. Comedy Festival
(AP)

Stars to Perform at N.Y. Comedy Festival
(AP) 09/16/2004 07:01 PM
AP - On the heels of the Republican National Convention, New York City is being invaded by comedians. "I'll have more protesters," Drew Carey told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday. "But I doubt there'll be any extra police."

Animated Comedy Giant Celebrates 300

Animated Comedy Giant Celebrates 300 02/13/2003 10:14 AM
The Simpsons" has won 18 Emmy awards, 16 Annie awards and a Peabody. It was Google's most searched-for television show of 2002. ...

Man-and-Robot standup comedy in Japan

Man-and-Robot standup comedy in Japan 04/29/2004 11:28 PM
BoingBoing pal Steve Portigal points us to "a demo of Japanese speaking robot technology, presented as a duo-standup routine featuring one of Japan's well-known comics. The robot is called PaPeJiro. So, if the robot kills - does that violate [Isaac Asimov's] Three Laws [of Robotics]?" Link

Seriously: Kerry on Comedy Central
(washingtonpost.com)

Seriously: Kerry on Comedy Central
(washingtonpost.com) 08/27/2004 01:45 PM

Chris Rock stars in HBO comedy special

Chris Rock stars in HBO comedy special 04/14/2004 05:20 PM

Comedy Central Renews Deal With
Chappelle (AP)

Comedy Central Renews Deal With
Chappelle (AP) 08/03/2004 06:17 PM
AP - Dave Chappelle is now truly a rich man. Comedy Central and the streetwise comedian have reached agreement for two more years of the sketch comedy "Chappelle's Show."
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