Burial Find Doubles Age of Human Bond with Fluffy

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Ancient burial may mark first human-cat
friendship (USATODAY.com)

Ancient burial may mark first human-cat
friendship (USATODAY.com) 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
USATODAY.com - It appears that dogs have been chasing cats around the house for much longer than anyone thought.

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.21

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.21 06/16/2004 06:05 PM

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.20

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.20 05/18/2004 11:55 PM

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.10

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.10 05/13/2004 12:46 AM

New Bond game rated must-have James Bond
007: Everything or Nothing

New Bond game rated must-have James Bond
007: Everything or Nothing 04/23/2004 08:39 PM
National Post Apr 24 2004 0:45AM GMT

Bond, Pure Bond

Bond, Pure Bond 02/19/2004 08:41 AM
Chicago Tribune Feb 19 2004 1:22PM GMT

Bond, James Bond

Bond, James Bond 04/07/2005 03:26 AM
ZDNet Apr 7 2005 7:36AM GMT

big fluffy pillow

big fluffy pillow 04/14/2005 04:22 AM
need to do .. Kristof

nytimes.com/2005/04/12/opinion/12kristof.html?th&emc=th
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fun fun fun in the fluffy chair

fun fun fun in the fluffy chair 01/03/2004 03:17 PM
I know from personal experience that The Media are often a miserable failure when it comes to getting the story right, but this story that I read yesterday really upset me. They've blown it again -- big time.

Cloning Fluffy

Cloning Fluffy 01/04/2005 01:12 PM
Is the pet cloning industry fertile ground for finding Rule Breakers?

Tubby little fluffy all stuffed with RAM

Tubby little fluffy all stuffed with RAM 04/20/2004 06:09 PM
This Winne-the-Pooh-looking plush toy conceals a 128MB flash-memory drive and MP3 player. Lin k (via Gizmodo)

Fluffy Bunnies and Lilly pads

Fluffy Bunnies and Lilly pads 05/22/2004 08:21 AM

Lilly pads in the Helsinki Botanical Garden taken on XP2 film.

Well, the blogosphere experienced a collective slashdot moment over the past week with the sound and the fury over the news that the MovableType software decided to change licenses and pricing. While I read quite a lot more than I probably should have, I wasn't going to mention it here at all except that I think there are some valid concerns being drowned out by the angry rhetoric out there that resembles a playground where the popular kids still call the shots with the only discernable difference being that now they want far more than your lunch money. Amidst all the rage and rebuttals there are some older and calmer voices who have some interesting and intelligent things to say.

Perhaps the most surprising person to discuss the MT licensing switch is Alan Burlison. Alan is the British version of Jarkko as he is taciturn and shrewd with his opinions, particularly with technology. Alan's no freeloader as he has been an active perl developer for quite a few years, is largely responsible for all the perl in Solaris and helped CPAN get 3 free enterprise class systems from Sun for the CPAN search engine and other sites. He took particular notice of and offense to the original source being pulled from the 6A sites and the poorly written license. Phi l Ringnalda also takes apart the license and this blog does the economics of the backlash. Shelley also has a heartfelt rant which, in spite of the vitriolic tone, is spot on. Licensing and copyright probably make my eyes glaze over faster than Dan Sugalski talking about the innards of the VMS kernel. There's nothing like getting an email from RMS over your morning coffee trying to stir the pot about licenses and the lack thereof on CPAN. It's not a great way to kick of your morning but, in the end, licenses and copyright in a litigation happy society do matter quite a lot, even if you think that there's no possible way to enforce them.

In an age where quite a few open source projects have made a profitable business out of offering service, support, consulting and training for their software, TypePad made, and still makes, a lot of sense in the 'everybody has got to eat' mantra that seems to be the most popular defense of the MT announcement. There is also corporate licensing of the software. I doubt anyone is actually going to starve at 6A, especially in America, so that's a bit of a red herring. So, too, is the argument that we're all a bunch of freeloaders. A lot of us are involved in open source in one form or another and have given our time freely to projects without compensation in the form of cash. Many of us are not zealots in the service of RMS or the FSF and actually buy software and shareware on a regular basis. We're a bunch of people who liked the software enough at one point to use it, continue to use it, donate a little money and now find all that good will replaced by a positively awful license and a fee schedule that seems all about screwing the very people who put them on the map to begin with.

In the end, it's just software that we can choose to use or not use, this is the one true shining light in the sea of words spawned by this whole debacle. However, it's rather galling when some call the reaction 'childish'. A lot of the opinions defending 6A against the onslaught sound eerily like the 'you're either with us or against us' anti-terrorism chant. We're not against them, but people tend to react negetively when they feel like they're being given only one option, one that is radically different than the one expected. I started using MT because Nat Torkington said he liked it and because the server I have my blog on also hosts a number of CPAN websites which already had mod_perl[obviously :)] but I didn't really want to wedge mod_php into it. Sure, I read the license and I lived with the 'free enough' attitude since it was reasonable to assume that they'd go the same way as a few of our friends have who are making 6 figures a year by selling training and support for their perl products. It comes down to a few sticking points that lead a thinking person to believe that there are parts to this story that we're still missing.

• What happened to the 2.6X source code? If we're all still welcome to continue using it for free, where is it? A new user who wants to install MT today will be forced to use MT3 which is still a development version.
• More than a few developers and coders on the beta test of MT3 have quietly registered a feeling of betrayal since they weren't informed of the license update any sooner than the rest of us. I don't know whether to think of that as an implication of sneaky doings behind the scenes or just a continuing pattern of infrequent communication.
• Aside from minor improvements in spam management, MT3's only new feature would appear to be the license which, after more than a year of promising the addition of some of the typepad features, is a huge disappointment.

These 3 things are primarily what is driving a lot of the discontent which put 6A into a reactive instead of proactive stance. Perhaps we should think that they do need the money to eat since I'd really like to believe that the license wasn't written by or checked by a practising copyright lawyer. But how could a company of smart people bungle this so incredibly badly? I mean, the Aw shucks, gee whiz kind of explanation is endearing like a fuzzy bunny, but if we're going to cough up $150 for a bit of software shouldn't we expect something a lot more polished and professional? When you ask people for $150 for your software and give them a license it's no longer about friends and fuzzy bunnies, it's a binding contract that deserves a lot more care and respect than it seems to be getting. It's a tough way to learn that it's essential to hire business professionals. Programmers always like to think they can be sysadmins, too. Well, at least until the system melts down at 4am and they've no clue what to do. Programmers always like to learn things the hard way I think.

Watching and waiting to see what happens is a good plan, but the WordPress application is really generating a lot of enthusiasm. There have been dozens more well done posts around the net about transitioning to another software package, PhotoMatt seems to be doing a fine job of rounding up many of them, including an amazing WordPress blog in Hindi. There's also a nicely done Blog software breakdown for people wanting to comparison shop. I'm going to wait another week or three and see what problems other people encounter and then move to WordPress, even if it is PHP. If it turns out that I wind up using WP, I'll even donate $150 to the project just on principle.

Space Burial

Space Burial 02/16/2004 12:59 AM

Ecological burial

Ecological burial 09/17/2004 02:36 PM
Capsula Mundi is an Italian project to promote ecological burial. Alternatively, those who prefer the sea can become reefs. A Swedish company has come up with a freezing method. [Via Aeiou and MoFi.]

Human, all too human -- News-Digests.Com
re-launches

Human, all too human -- News-Digests.Com
re-launches 06/08/2004 02:59 AM
Human news aggregation operation expands to multiple publications. [PRWEB Jun 8, 2004]

Man survives site burial ordeal

Man survives site burial ordeal 09/11/2004 06:59 AM
Firefighters feed a builder oxygen to keep him alive after falls down a shift and is covered in rubble.

Legal wrangle over forced burial

Legal wrangle over forced burial 07/29/2004 11:34 AM
A man threatens legal action to prevent his mother being buried more than four years after her death.

Mugabe defies ban for Pope burial

Mugabe defies ban for Pope burial 04/07/2005 04:56 AM
Zimbabwe's President Mugabe flies to Rome for the Pope's funeral on Friday despite a European Union travel ban.

Official falsified burial records

Official falsified burial records 09/02/2004 12:04 PM
An 'arrogant' cemetery worker falsified records because he could not admit he buried people in the wrong place, a court hears.

Confederate Sub Crew Taken to Burial
Site (AP)

Confederate Sub Crew Taken to Burial
Site (AP) 04/17/2004 08:32 PM
AP - Thousands of men in Confederate gray and Union blue and women in black hoop skirts and veils escorted the crew of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship, to their final resting place Saturday.

Private burial for Ronald Reagan

Private burial for Ronald Reagan 06/11/2004 09:02 PM
The body of former US President Ronald Reagan arrives back in California from Washington for a hilltop burial.

Cemetery Offering Organic Burial Option
(AP)

Cemetery Offering Organic Burial Option
(AP) 06/23/2004 12:14 PM
AP - In what may be the ultimate expression of back to nature, three entrepreneurs are creating what they say is California's first organic cemetery, hoping their ban on floral arrangements and formaldehyde will serve as a national model.

Viking burial site revealed (Reuters)

Viking burial site revealed (Reuters) 09/07/2004 08:49 AM
Reuters - Archaeologists say they have excavated an "extremely important" burial site of six Viking men and women, complete with swords, spears, jewellery, fire-making materials and riding gear.

Yahoo! News - Ron Reagan Jr.'s Remarks
at Burial

Yahoo! News - Ron Reagan Jr.'s Remarks
at Burial 06/13/2004 05:43 AM
The Only Decent Reagan Tribute .. bitchslaps .. eulogy

news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040612/ap_on_re_us/rea gan_ron_reagan_text_1
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Mass burial for Haiti storm dead

Mass burial for Haiti storm dead 09/23/2004 10:49 AM
Flood victims in Haiti are buried in a mass grave, amid more warnings of the threat of disease.

Badgers threaten Stonehenge burial sites
(Reuters)

Badgers threaten Stonehenge burial sites
(Reuters) 08/08/2004 08:28 PM
Reuters - Determined digging by badgers living near Stonehenge's 5,000-year old circle of megaliths is damaging ancient archaeological artefacts and human remains.

Record-Beating Truffle Goes Home for
Burial (Reuters)

Record-Beating Truffle Goes Home for
Burial (Reuters) 12/19/2004 03:22 PM
Reuters - The world's most expensive truffle returned to Italy to be buried on Saturday.

Museum mulls re-burial of historic bones
(Reuters)

Museum mulls re-burial of historic bones
(Reuters) 01/06/2004 01:07 PM
Reuters - Skeletons in a London museum could be given a Christian burial as curators look for more ethical ways of keeping human remains than in storeroom boxes.

Space Burial Launches in Tradition-Bound
Taiwan (Reuters)

Space Burial Launches in Tradition-Bound
Taiwan (Reuters) 02/19/2004 11:22 AM
Reuters - A U.S. company specializing in space burials has launched its service in Taiwan, where centuries of culture often see funerals involving scores of relatives, bands and professional mourners wailing over a loudspeaker.

"with this hilarious montage [note the
French - ed.] - "'You're not going to
find us on vacation, you're going to
find us working'""

"with this hilarious montage [note the
French - ed.] - "'You're not going to
find us on vacation, you're going to
find us working'"" 07/19/2004 08:24 PM

Dust in the Light: "We led this search
to find the truth, not to find the
weapons."

Dust in the Light: "We led this search
to find the truth, not to find the
weapons." 01/27/2004 08:57 AM
"We led this search to find the truth, not to find the weapons." .. SAYS THAT EVERYONE'S MISSING THE STORY .. JUSTIN KATZ .. Quote

dustinthelight.timshelarts.com/lint/000076.html
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Human Capital Institute and Human
Capital Magazine Announce Agreement

Human Capital Institute and Human
Capital Magazine Announce Agreement 06/22/2005 03:00 AM
The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a non-profit think tank, educator and professional association, and Human Capital, a leading talent management magazine, announced today an agreement to bring HCI's game-changing research and information to readers of Human Capital. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

The Bond commute

The Bond commute 06/28/2004 01:23 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Jun 28 2004 5:23PM GMT

aquada bond

aquada bond 01/07/2004 06:54 PM
Oh shit. I need this.

bond. age. beanbag.

bond. age. beanbag. 08/10/2004 09:09 PM
Mmmmmm. Feasting your eyes on that supple, plump, nubuck-covered orb? Yeah right. I know whose orbs you're looking at -- and she's not included with this "Bond Age beanbag chair." However, the chains are included with this thuper-thexy stuffed chair from manufacturer Jucci, who beckon you to "lounge with your loved one or, with the addition of clever little accessories, indulge in a little gentle exercise." Offered in a ton of colors, with, ahem, chain or chain-free versions. Link (via funf urde)

Bond to return - as a schoolboy

Bond to return - as a schoolboy 04/11/2004 02:31 PM
Famous fictional secret agent 007 is to return next year for a new Bond adventure - as a teenager.

Bond, eyes closed

Bond, eyes closed 11/19/2003 09:25 AM
There's something queerly compelling about this three-minute video of stills of people in James Bond movies with their eyes closed, dissolving into other people in Bond films with their eyes closed. 17M B Quicktime Link (Thanks, Johannes!))

James Bond 007: NightFire

James Bond 007: NightFire 08/13/2004 12:47 PM
Although certain parts of it got a bit tediously repetitive, on the whole I found it great fun. By Richard Hallas, Inside Mac Games (via MyAppleMenu)

Daddy, What's a Junk Bond?

Daddy, What's a Junk Bond? 01/28/2004 09:15 AM
There are some eerie parallels between the '80s junk bond craze and today's stock market.
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