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World Shark Attacks Drop as Swimmers Learn to Fear (Reuters)
World Shark Attacks Drop as Swimmers Learn to Fear (Reuters)01/28/2004 11:25 AM Reuters - Shark attacks around the world declined
in 2003 for a third straight year, partly because swimmers and
surfers grew more accustomed to thinking of the ocean as a wild
and dangerous place, and possibly also because of a decline in
the global shark population.
Companies fear publicizing savings from outsourcing
Companies fear publicizing savings from outsourcing12/24/2003 05:57 PM Corporations are usually quick to publicize their cost-cutting
efforts, but many worry about a growing anti-outsourcing backlash when
sending tech jobs overseas.
Chris Abraham: Companies Need to Have RSS Even Without a Blog Strategy
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Geek Conferences: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
Geek Conferences: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself02/16/2004 05:37 AM Is the O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference elitist? This
question seems to be stirring up the blogosphere, and causing lots of
good people who I read and like to throw verbal bricks at each other.
I thought that as someone who is clearly not a member of the blogging
elite, I might have a useful perspective to offer. Is the conference
elitist? Of course it is - and no, it isn't. Both are true. It is
elitist in the sense that it requires interest, knowing that the
conference is going to happen, and being able to come up with the
large amounts of time and money to attend. This rules out a very large
proportion of the world. However, if someone is motivated and willing
to rough it, it is possible to attend the conference for a lot less
money than the standard cost of the conference and swanky hotel. In my
case I found cheap late night flights on Southwest, stayed in a very
cheap hostel (though not as cheap as the hacker loft crash pad), and
got a free pass to the conference by writing and asking Tim O'Reilly
nicely for one -- I saw other free passes being given away via the
Wiki. So the money doesn't have to be the huge barrier it seems like
at first, but attending does require a bit of luck and or chutzpah,
geographical proximity, and being willing to stay in considerably less
than stellar accommodations. The conference can also feel elitist
because so many of the people who attend know each other. Many of them
have long-standing professional, technical and personal ties (and
ongoing feuds). If, like me, you are somewhat reticent by nature, you
don't have ties to lots of people at the conference, and you don't
have any particular product or idea to promote, it can be easy to feel
intimidated or like an outsider surrounded by insiders. For instance,
one day of the conference I ran into Dan Gillmor, Doc Searls, Micah
Sifry and Scott Rosenberg at a cafe next door to the conference. I
read 3 out of 4 of them regularly, I respect their work a lot, and I
would have enjoyed sitting at their lunch table and listening to them
talk. Did they invite me to join them for lunch? Of course not, no
more than I would invite a random stranger I saw...
At least 85 percent of money managed by Coalition Provisional Authority going to U.S. companies—not to Iraq companies, as promised
"However, whether or not to use RSS on your site should no longer
be an option. I believe it has become a necessity if you wish to
compete with others in your industry....
For many users today, bookmarks have become useless since we have
too many of them. Bookmarks allow for information overload just as
easily as RSS does, but the difference is that RSS allows updates
through all that information overload. A bookmark gets hidden, but if
you update your site then the RSS feed will reflect that and tell the
reader its time to view the content....
With the plethora of sites around fighting for the mindshare of
your readers becomes essential. Why lessen your chances by not
including a RSS feed? That opens the gates for everyone else to
increase their readership. RSS feeds create more opportunities and the
advantages outweigh the disadvantages." [BusinessLogs, via del.icio.us/tag/rss]
Aspiring Screenwriters Battle it Out in the First National Screenplay Showdown - The Competition Gives the Best New Screenwriters from Around the Country an Opportunity to Work With A-List Agencies, Management Companies and Production Companies Presented by the Nashville Screenwriters Conference
Voting Machine Companies Make Political Contributions to Both Democrats and Republicans - New Report Traces Campaign Contributions of Companies that Produce E-Voting Machines
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Thanks, Bloggies! BB wins best group bl0g, and bl0g of the year!
Thanks, Bloggies! BB wins best group bl0g, and bl0g of the year!03/14/2005 05:29 PM Xeni Jardin:
Boing Boing pal Scott Bealeinforms us that our blog just won Group Weblog of the Year at the
Bloggies. OMG! What a huge honor! Thank you, Bloggies. We honestly
didn't expect this, and we are deeply moved and grateful. There were
many other deserving blogs up for awards, backed by talented folks who
work very hard, and we raise our collective pirate-eye-patches in
their honor: check 'em all
out. On behalf of my blog-mates Cory Doctorow, Mark Frauenfelder, and David Pescovitz; our wise "band manager"
John Battelle; our sysadmin
par excellence Ken Snider; and the rest of the team and extended
family that makes Boing Boing possible -- a humble thank you. But most
of all, we are grateful to you, our readers, for wasting otherwise
productive time on our collective scrapbook of "wonderful things," and
for pointing us to even more of those wonderful and undiscovered
things each day. We're really sorry that we couldn't make it to SXSW in person to accept the award,
but we hope you'll join us in celebrating in person tomorrow at ETCON (
all five of us will be in the same place for the first time).
Boing Boing sprouted online a little over
five years ago, from paper zine roots planted by Mark Frauenfelder
and Carla
Sinclair. It is a privilege to blog for you. With you, we look
forward to another adventurous year of link-discuss to come. Link
Update: Holy crap! Reader Nathaneal Heasley
sez, "Not only did BB win best group ‘blog, it won “blog of the
year/best weblog overall” – congratulations!" For those keeping
track, this is the second year in a row Boing Boing has received these
two awards: Link to 2004, Link to 2005. Man. We're
speechless, and overwhelmed by your generosity.
Joho the Blog: No, I'm not keeping up with your bl0g.
Constructech Magazine Names ELAN as One of Technologys Hottest Companies Leading Construction Automation Technology Magazine Recognizes ELAN as One of the Years Most Innovative and Exciting Companies in the Home Building Market for Second Consecutive Year
Let's All Learn From Each Other07/29/2004 10:08 AM Dave
Winer: The Democrats should go to a Steve Jobs event and see how
they do it at Apple. There's an art to making dull announcements seem
exciting.
You do learn something new every day12/19/2004 03:21 PM And today I learned it's Brussels sprouts, not brussel sprouts. I
guess I kinda of knew in the way back of my mind that there was some
connection with Belgium, but not enough to realize it was Brussels
sprouts. From Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters:
Brussels sprouts are a variety, gemmifera, of the cabbage species
Brassica oleracea. Because of selective breeding done in the
thirteenth century in Belgium, [B]russels sprouts do indeed look like
tiny, perfectly formed cabbages. They grow on a heavy stock, several
feet tall, with a few large leaves at the top. As with cabbage, there
are both red and green varieties.
I guess the 's' is silent? I've never heard anyone say anything but,
"brussel sprouts." Or maybe it's just me? Regardless, now's the season
for these yummy sweet mini cabbages, and there's so many ways to
prepare them. Tonight I'm just going slowly cook mine in some brown
butter. But you could also make Martha Stewart's Brussels Sprouts with
Bacon and Apples. Mmm...now I'm hungry!
I remember back in 2000 when Blogger was still a relatively new
service, Alton Brown started using the app on his site. So a few years
go by, the format explodes and now I see he's posting photos
(I'm guessing from his phone) of himself in the hospital, to keep
fans up to date on his recent collapse. Pretty amazing to see a TV
personality embrace the format and use it to its fullest extent after
all these years.
Also worth noting is that I found it via girlhacker, who posted some stuff about the upcoming new
Iron Chef supershow featuring everyone I love from the Food Network
(except Bobby Flay's involved).
Startups Learn To Do More With Less... For Now
Startups Learn To Do More With Less... For Now04/27/2004 04:38 AM One of the worst parts about the dot com bubble was that startups were
bringing in much more cash than they needed, and it often made them
careless with their money. When a company is in startup mode, it's
often good to have them be a little tight on cash, as it can actually
lead to more creative solutions, while keeping the company focused.
It appears that's happening these days as more startups are learning
to ma
ke smaller amounts of cash last longer. Of course, recently, the
VCs started opening up the vaults (which are still quite full), so
it's likely that we may see some more crazy fundings - and this is
likely to be followed up with crazy spending. For all the lessons
learned about not squandering cash, many will disappear when cash is
actually present.
The Things I Learn
The Things I Learn12/19/2004 03:15 PM
Herein I plead ignorance and confess myopia, musically. Seriously
people, I didn't know there was a lyric to a song by 80s hair metal
band Poison that included the following:
"I hate every bone in your body but mine."
And I was surprised, surprisingly.
Someone in the room: There's a fine line between stupidity and genius.
Dan: That lyric lives on both sides of that li ...
iPod, Therefore They Learn03/13/2003 10:21 AM Second-year students at the University of Western Australia will be
able to borrow a portable digital music player for a semester as part
of their course. The Apple iPod will allow them to store some of their
work, such as video projects. (The Australian via MyAppleMenu)
Listen and learn11/02/2003 10:55 PM Computer Weekly Nov 2 2003 9:08PM ET
What Did You Learn in the New Economy?
What Did You Learn in the New Economy?03/06/2004 02:02 AM The boom and bust of the New Economy left us all a little battered and
bruised. Will we make the same mistakes all over again? Or are we
wiser, along with a bit sadder? Tell us what enduring lessons you
learned in the New Economy, and we'll share the most interesting ideas
and experiences online.
Learn to code12/19/2003 09:55 PM Getting the Project Underway
Learn French too
Learn French too04/06/2005 03:41 PM Just because you're not here in Paris with me doesn't mean you can't
join along from home. You too can learn all the French you need to
know from About.com's Learn French - Lessons and Classes. C'est super!
