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The Process of Fundraising and Making
Sausage

The Process of Fundraising and Making
Sausage 06/05/2005 11:26 PM
On April 28th we held a contest for the first blogger to post five details of the Series B Socialtext closed.  Now, the details are out in our local paper.  Socialtext raised a $3.1 million Series B round led...

GarageBand Simplifies Process Of Making
Music

GarageBand Simplifies Process Of Making
Music 01/16/2004 11:04 AM
With a Mac and a couple of months worth of allowance money, that high-school band can set up its own recording studio. By Jon Fortt (San Jose Mercury News via MyAppleMenu)

Does AMD want out of the chip making
game?

Does AMD want out of the chip making
game? 11/14/2003 06:58 AM
Analysis Choice of next fab more about AMD's role than location

But Which Chip Is Intel Making For
Apple?

But Which Chip Is Intel Making For
Apple? 06/05/2005 10:47 PM

What if Intel's going to be manufacturing the PowerPC chips that OS X already runs on? By Jason Kottke

I.B.M. Set to Unveil Chip-Making Advance

I.B.M. Set to Unveil Chip-Making Advance 12/08/2003 02:21 AM
New York Times Dec 8 2003 1:46AM ET

Transmeta may power down chip making biz

Transmeta may power down chip making biz 01/05/2005 01:12 AM
The Register Jan 5 2005 5:10AM GMT

IBM Announces New Chip Making Method

IBM Announces New Chip Making Method 02/13/2004 09:26 AM
IBM officially announced that it is producing the PowerPC 970FX today based on "a new method of manufacturing to make microprocessors that consume les...

IBM Says New Chip-Making Method Boosts
Performance

IBM Says New Chip-Making Method Boosts
Performance 02/13/2004 06:56 AM
Boston Globe Feb 13 2004 11:06AM GMT

PHPComplete: Making Quality Code for Our
Future

PHPComplete: Making Quality Code for Our
Future 02/26/2003 11:25 AM

Chip-making kit vendors toast bumper
year

Chip-making kit vendors toast bumper
year 07/13/2004 05:30 AM
The Register Jul 13 2004 10:15AM GMT

IBM Says New Chip-Making Method Boosts
Performance (Reuters)

IBM Says New Chip-Making Method Boosts
Performance (Reuters) 02/13/2004 12:47 AM
Reuters - International Business Machines Corp. (IBM.N) said on Friday that it has started using a new method of manufacturing to make microprocessors that consume less power.

Intel to spend $2bn on new Irish
chip-making facilities

Intel to spend $2bn on new Irish
chip-making facilities 05/20/2004 04:12 AM
Silicon.com May 20 2004 8:26AM GMT

THE
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

THE
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS 06/10/2004 11:20 AM

One of the value propositions for Knowledge Management is to improve decision-making. At a recent Toronto KM Consortium meeting, we agreed to study whether KM actually achieves this objective. When we looked for a model of the decision-making process, one that seemed especially intriguing, in light of recent controversies about its authors' decision-making skill, was that used by NASA, illustrated in the table at right. Whether we decide instinctively (whether to flee or fight), rationally (what laptop to buy), or morally, aesthetically or emotionally (who to vote for in the next election), or using some combination of the above, we do tend to follow this process. Our decision criteria can be objective or subjective. The process can be one-pass or iterative, formal or informal. In some cases we 'back into' the process -- making a possibly impulsive decision and then attempting to justify or test it by going back through the process. The facts and assessment of unknowns can be exhaustive and methodical or cursory, often depending on the importance of the decision and the consequences of making the wrong one, though I've heard more than one CEO pride himself on his ability to make fast decisions with incomplete information, even if better information was available. Some of us are prone to groupthink -- unduly influenced by the preferences of others, even if those preferences are uninformed, illogical or volatile -- you see this often in election campaigns. There are different styles of weighing alternatives, too. Some prefer to find consensus, and consult extensively with others whose judgement they trust -- recent studies indicate, with the benefit of hindsight, that such an approach yields superior decisions. Others take an adversarial, black-hat or 'devil's advocate' position to try to get opposing perspectives before making decisions. In his new book, the Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki cites the importance of careful design of a decision-making or advisory group (most critically that they be informed, representative of different stakeholders and perspectives, and independent thinkers). We tend to be influenced differently by others in the decision-making process, depending on our personal values and our position in the organization or group -- some of us are deeply influenced by others' authority (status or education), reputation, or trustworthiness (which means peers' views get more weight than either superiors' or subordinates'). Inaccurate, incomplete or biased research or debate can also produce inappropriate decisions -- some of us are more aware of 'spin' in what we read and hear than others. Marketers have perfected techniques that range from manipulative to dishonest to influence customer buying decisions. And as these fall from favour, subtler, more subversive techniques -- like story-telling -- are taking their place. Some legal decisions are considered so critical that there is a special standard of fairness -- "due process'. Technology sometimes gives us the opportunity to defer making decisions and keep many options open until more facts are available and the risk of decision error drops -- rapid prototyping for example. Here are four brief stories about decisions, that reveal good and bad decision-making processes: A friend of mine was hiring for a research-analyst position. There were three excellent candidates, but all four interviewers rated a tall, well-spoken, attractive, well-dressed young man as their clear choice. The word three of them used to describe his superior je ne sais quoi was 'presence'. It turned out presence was all he had -- his research skills were questionable, and the interviewers later kicked themselves for not looking more closely at his sample work-product before hiring him. Before he could be hired, he quit for a much higher-paying job in PR, a job he had no credentials for, and where he is now Vice President. A colleague was trying to decide between two new house models. He and his wife were each leaning slightly towards a different choice. He drew up a chart listing all the buying criteria they cared about, weighted each criterion and rated each house on each criterion. The house his wife preferred got a higher total score, but my colleague wasn't convinced. He kept trying to rig the numbers or weights to change the scores, but couldn't do it, so he relented and they bought the house his wife preferred. A year later he was delighted with the decision, and couldn't understand how he was attached to the other house at all. A woman I know was going out with two guys, and was under growing pressure to make a decision. All her friends preferred Guy A, with whom she shared many interests, over Guy B, who spoke little English and with whom she had almost nothing in common. She chose Guy B anyway, citing 'pure chemistry', and eventually married him. Twenty-five years later, it was obviously the right choice -- they're still together and very happy. A small Canadian company was successfully courted by a foreign company that appeared, on the surface, to be a perfect tactical fit -- the Canadian company had great products and R&D, while the foreign company had lots of cash and market presence around the world. Five years later everyone from the Canadian company was gone and all that was left was a warehouse. The strategies and cultures of the two companies, it was clear in hindsight, were completely incompatible. This year, Canadians and Americans will both decide on a new federal government. The electoral process in both countries is badly flawed, the electorate is largely ignorant of the issues, and is being deliberately misled by campaign advertising, while the media, in typical fashion, are oversimplifying many of the choices and completely disregarding others. The only thing we know for sure is that, in both countries, more people will consciously decide not to vote than will vote for any of the alternatives. I wonder what that tells us about The Wisdom of Crowds?

After Delays, Intel Points to
Chip-Making Advance (Reuters)

After Delays, Intel Points to
Chip-Making Advance (Reuters) 08/30/2004 08:24 AM
Reuters - Intel Corp. (INTC.O) is on track to introduce the world's most advanced chip production technology in its products next year, the largest semiconductor maker said on Sunday.

Chip-making 'wall' forces Intel to try a
major shift

Chip-making 'wall' forces Intel to try a
major shift 05/17/2004 12:02 PM
IHT May 17 2004 3:44PM GMT

Motorola's chip-making unit sets terms
for spinoff's IPO

Motorola's chip-making unit sets terms
for spinoff's IPO 06/23/2004 03:03 AM
eTaiwanNews.com Jun 23 2004 5:22AM GMT

"PHOTO SAILS" US Patent No. 6,622,648
and 23 Other Patents Pending Worldwide,
is the Future of Sailing Sponsorship.
Our 300 dpi Sail Imaging Process is
Visually Hypnotic

"PHOTO SAILS" US Patent No. 6,622,648
and 23 Other Patents Pending Worldwide,
is the Future of Sailing Sponsorship.
Our 300 dpi Sail Imaging Process is
Visually Hypnotic 02/01/2005 09:57 PM
"PHOTO SAILS" Brings in the Sales. Latest sail technology launches exclusive product cotracts for "NASBOATS.com" marketing event Nov. 05' [PRWEB Jan 28, 2005]

Sun gambles big on future chip design

Sun gambles big on future chip design 04/12/2004 07:28 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Microsystems Inc.'s recent surprisedecision to drop work on its UltraSparc V processor could be seen as either a desperate cost-cutting measure by a troubled company, or a vote of confidence for the next generation of multithreaded, multicore "throughput computing" processors that Sun has been readying since its 2002 acquisition of Afara WebSystems Inc.

Chip-making giant Intel unveils
$2-billion US expansion to its Ireland
plant

Chip-making giant Intel unveils
$2-billion US expansion to its Ireland
plant 05/19/2004 04:15 PM
CNEWS May 19 2004 8:51PM GMT

Sun takes big gamble on future chip
design

Sun takes big gamble on future chip
design 04/13/2004 04:52 PM
In an interview, David Yen, Sun's executive vice president of processor and network products, explains the company's decision to drop the UltraSparc V and its commitment to throughput computing.

Intel unveils glimpse of chip future

Intel unveils glimpse of chip future 02/17/2004 04:11 AM
ZDNet UK Feb 17 2004 8:38AM GMT

Intel offers peek at future chip

Intel offers peek at future chip 02/17/2004 01:15 AM
The chipmaker will give a glimpse of what the insides of computers might look like in a few years when it presents research results at the International Solid State Circuits Conference.

Intel sheds light on future chip
technology

Intel sheds light on future chip
technology 08/01/2004 11:32 PM
With an EUV installation, the company hits a milestone on the path to a chipmaking breakthrough.

Middlesex Water Company to Participate
in 8th Annual Water Industry Conference
Hosted by the New York Society

Middlesex Water Company to Participate
in 8th Annual Water Industry Conference
Hosted by the New York Society 12/17/2004 06:28 PM
Market Wire Dec 1 2004 6:37PM GMT

Asetek Water Chill - Premium Water
Cooling @ TweakTown

Asetek Water Chill - Premium Water
Cooling @ TweakTown 04/11/2005 05:54 AM

Busy Process Engineers Invited to
No-Cost Technical WebCast Seminars on
Semiconductor Manufacturing Process–
Series Is Presented by Speedline
Technologies –

Busy Process Engineers Invited to
No-Cost Technical WebCast Seminars on
Semiconductor Manufacturing Process–
Series Is Presented by Speedline
Technologies – 07/01/2004 02:15 AM
Busy process engineers are invited to gain in-depth information and how-to insight about the semiconductor manufacturing process in a series of no-cost technical webcast seminars, starting July 22 and running monthly through December. The free seminars are being presented by Speedline Technologies, Inc. (www.speedlinetech.com), the world leader for single-source process solutions for the PCB assembly and semiconductor packaging industries. [PRWEB Jul 1, 2004]

Element

Element 06/29/2004 08:21 PM
It Starts...

Free Semiconductor Manufacturing Process
Seminar Webcast, “Lead Free Process
Overview,”: Thursday, July 22, 2004

Free Semiconductor Manufacturing Process
Seminar Webcast, “Lead Free Process
Overview,”: Thursday, July 22, 2004 07/07/2004 02:38 AM
Free Semiconductor Manufacturing Process Seminar Webcast, “Lead Free Process Overview,” Thursday, July 22, 2004, 11 AM to Noon & 2 PM to 3 PM, Eastern Time.Presented by Speedline Technologies. [PRWEB Jul 7, 2004]

Due Process, or No Process: Rule of Law
at Stake

Due Process, or No Process: Rule of Law
at Stake 04/20/2004 09:57 AM
Our government insists that it can kidnap a foreign national overseas and hold him forever in a Guantanamo jail, or put him through a military trial and even execute him. Oh, the government has made a few cosmetic concessions to law in its plans for military tribunals. But note that these are unilateral changes and can be withdrawn at any time. Our government also insists that U.S. citizens can be declared enemy combatants and tossed into jail forever, or tried by military tribunals (and maybe executed), without access to a lawyer or the courts. If the court endorses this, it's endorsing despotism.

Glue element - use of use

Glue element - use of use 08/02/2004 02:37 AM

Striking the balance between functionality and over-crowded screen designs has always been the greatest challenge of digital lifestyle aggregators.

On one hand - you want to give folks as much control, functionality and flexibility as possible. While on the other hand you don't want it to overwhelm people.

So I believe you start with a blank canvas - much like 'Spring' does - and you build from there. The whole thing feels like teh MyYahoo config screen, but it's drag and drop and sexy and state-of-the-art.

Modules range from simple PIM, blog or media mngt modules to more complex and sophisticated functionality like a micro-content aggreagtor or Nat Friedman's Dashboard or Flickr photostreams.

Certainly a really simple SMIL sequence editor is in there.

Available as a Laszlo or D HTML front-end, slanted towards male female, young, old - 4 skins. Built-in content, support for all new kinds of micro-content. Social network, mobile, communications as basic constructs.

Oh yah - this started off as a post about "ease of use" and how we can achieve balance while still delivering power.

I think I have the answer. Here's Om asking for it (and agreeing with Peter Merholz)......

Most of you have heard me complain, bitch, moan and rant about how tech companies don't make it easier on consumers when it comes to using technology. Apparently I am not alone. Peter Me writes in Shit is too hard to use, "I'm working on a project where I get to go into people's homes and watch them attempt to set up an internet-enabled device (excuse the vagueness). And, without fail, they cannot. What's interesting to me is how they fail -- each time it's different. Though often in the same part of the process, the detail that causes them to go astray varies -- mistyped email addresses, password confusion, network set up, clicking the wrong link and getting lost, etc. etc. And I'm sure that with each subsequent observation, we'll observe new hitches." (via dashes)

[GigaOm]

HTML 4.01 Element Reference

HTML 4.01 Element Reference 03/31/2005 11:27 AM
HTML is the most basic and common language on the world wide web and is relatively easy to learn. If you've been looking for an excellent resource, this article contains the HTML 4.01 element (tag) list as recommended by the W3C. By Lee Underwood. 0331

Databases and Element Names

Databases and Element Names 01/29/2003 08:09 PM
In this month's XML Q&A column John Simpson examines some database and XML integration issues.

HTML-Element-Extended-1.13

HTML-Element-Extended-1.13 03/28/2005 06:57 PM

Digital River buys Element 5

Digital River buys Element 5 04/20/2004 04:38 AM
Takes out European rival

pdnmesh Finite Element program

pdnmesh Finite Element program 09/09/2004 11:57 PM
version 0.1.6 released

HTML Tip: Sorting With The OPTGROUP
Element

HTML Tip: Sorting With The OPTGROUP
Element 10/27/2002 03:59 AM
Net Mechanic Oct 27 2002 1:38AM ET

Tochnog Finite Element Program

Tochnog Finite Element Program 03/15/2003 11:02 AM
New pre/post processor gmsh

Finite Element LibrarY eXperiment

Finite Element LibrarY eXperiment 12/10/2003 05:46 AM
Release 0.31 !!

Element releases Copper 2004 server

Element releases Copper 2004 server 11/12/2003 01:04 PM
Element Software has announced the release of Copper 2004: Standard, the newest version of its project management tool designed for creative studios...
Grok Description matches for Water a key element in future chip making process
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It's All About the Shoes

It's All About the Shoes 09/07/2004 07:00 AM
When nearly all of his competitors were exporting work overseas, John Stollenwerk kept his 700 factory jobs in the United States -- but not for the reasons you'd think.

GNU/Shoes

GNU/Shoes 01/24/2004 10:36 PM
GNU Shoes 0.3/0.4 release

Travelling Shoes

Travelling Shoes 03/21/2003 09:13 AM
it was Uday in the bunker .. Uday Out of the Picture? .. travellingshoes

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Putting ourselves in their shoes

Putting ourselves in their shoes 09/22/2004 10:33 AM
Juan Cole helps us imagine what life would be like in the United States under Iraq-like conditions. In terms of civilians killed -- it would be as if 9/11 happened every week.

Nice shoes

Nice shoes 01/03/2004 02:06 PM

Medium Footwear's collection of new shoe designs look pretty cool. They seem right about midway between skate shoe and hipster shoe to me (tending towards hip for the sake of being hip), which is what I'm currently liking in my shoes.

I'd point to my favorite shoe designs, but their assy flash interface doesn't let me link directly to them.

Big Belly, Big Shoes

Big Belly, Big Shoes 05/31/2004 05:31 PM
This week's question: Why did my wife's feet grow a shoe size when she was pregnant?

Of shoes and meat

Of shoes and meat 07/28/2004 06:17 AM

« Welcome to Missouri, land of meat and shoes! »

One of the most impressive things about Finns is their grasp of geography, well, at least all the ones I know seem to know far more detail about the planet we inhabit than any other people I've ever met, which is a dramatic contrast to Americans who seem to have some difficulty placing their own country on a political map of the world. If you read Finnish, you'll get a good chuckle out of Peter Elk's [Finnish expat living in NYC] look at an old geography book and it's descriptions of US states. If you don't read Finnish, well, the summary is that some of the state descriptions are pretty hilarious.

Missouri, for example, is the "Meat and Shoe State". I mean, Missouri, land of the Ozarks and home of the 'throwed[sic] roll', evokes the image of meat and shoes? Lambert's does have really great rolls if you remember to duck and their iced tea is served in giant mason jars with free refills, too. I kept trying to imagine of a reason why anyone on the planet would think of shoes and meat when describing Missouri. And then it dawned on me....Missouri! The Sho[e]-Me[at] State! Someone in Finland heard Shoe-Meat instead of Show-Me! Of course! :) The slogan has been in use for a long, long time and has a somewhat interesting origin.

The most widely known legend attributes the phrase to Missouri's U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1903. While a member of the U.S. House Committee on Naval Affairs, Vandiver attended an 1899 naval banquet in Philadelphia. In a speech there, he declared, "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me." Regardless of whether Vandiver coined the phrase, it is certain that his speech helped to popularize the saying.

Other versions of the "Show-Me" legend place the slogan's origin in the mining town of Leadville, Colorado. There, the phrase was first employed as a term of ridicule and reproach. A miner's strike had been in progress for some time in the mid-1890s, and a number of miners from the lead districts of southwest Missouri had been imported to take the places of the strikers. The Joplin miners were unfamiliar with Colorado mining methods and required frequent instructions. Pit bosses began saying, "That man is from Missouri. You'll have to show him."

However the slogan originated, it has since passed into a different meaning entirely, and is now used to indicate the stalwart, conservative, noncredulous character of Missourians.

Well, in all honesty, Missouri did have the Brown Shoe Company in St. Louis and the enormous stockyards in Kansas City [in Missouri in spite of the name] back before it became better known for Budweiser Beer and John Ashcroft. I think the new state slogan should read, "Missouri! We're real sorry about Ashcroft!" Or, maybe, "Missouri! Getting dumb sports fans drunk since 1906!" Missouri does have a few redeeming qualities like Mark Twain, Chuck Berry and Vincent Price. It's home, but as Mark Twain so wisely quipped, "Familiarity breeds contempt..." I will henceforth refer to it as the "Shoe-Meat State". :)

Because it's July [read everything is closed for summer holiday and I'm bored] and I'm, of course, far more entertained by state slogans than anyone probably should be, I'll offer a more honest selection of state slogans for the easily amused. They're notoriously bad and ridiculed all over the US [65k pdf] for being the product of horrible PR wonks.

• Alabama: Wonder Full ∴ Wonderful? Alabama? "Yes, we have indoor plumbing."
• Alaska: Beyond Your Dreams, Within Your Reach ∴ "Screwing the environment for your SUV"
• Arizona: The Grand Canyon State ∴ "Land of Cheap Smokes and Indian Reservations" Monument Valley is really a lot more stunning than the Grand Canyon.
• Arkansas: The Natural State ∴ Natural? Natural what? "If you can read this, you don't live here."
• California: Find Yourself Here ∴ ...because everyone here is as lost as you are. "California, the fruit and nut state!" or "Our women have more plastic than your car!".
• Colorado: (none) ∴ Colorado, home of the Coalition for the American Family and anti-gay everything. "If you don't ski, don't bother."
• Connecticut: Full of Surprises ∴ Boy, howdy, who wrote that nonsense? "Connecticut, Stepford wives and suburban stupor!" or "Massachussets is thattaway!"
• Delaware: It's Good Being First ∴ The state best known for it's very 'generous' tax structure, S-Corporations and cheap booze/outlet malls that people from adjoining states flock to. I guess they couldn't just say, "Hey! We're small, cheap and available!".
• Florida: (none) ∴ "Ask us about our grandchildren!" or "Watch out for that sinkhole!"
• Georgia: Georgia on My Mind ∴ We banned rum and slaves but not lawyers!
• Hawaii: Aloha ∴ BORING. "Islands of flaming hot magma!"
• Idaho: Potatoes. Tasty Destinations. ∴ Why not just get sponsored by Ore-Ida Corp and go with "When it says Ore-Ida, it's alll-righta."? or, even better, "Land of Tater Tots!".
• Illinois: Right Here. Right Now. ∴ Yeah, it's there alright. What happened to "Land of Lincoln"? "Illinois! Please remember the S is silent!"
• Iowa: Come Be Our Guest ∴ "Iowa! Be our guest as you surely won't stay!"
• Indiana: Enjoy Indiana ∴ It used to be "Wander Indiana" which had TV spots with an empty car toodling around the state which gave you the [realistic] impression that the state put you to sleep. "Indiana! Enjoy our dullness!"
• Kansas: Simply Wonderful ∴ "Kansas! Drive faster, daddy! Faster!" The only thing more boring than driving across Kansas is driving across Wyoming.
• Kentucky: It's That Friendly ∴ "Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names"
• Louisiana: Come as You Are. Leave Different. ∴ "It's not new and it doesn't lean!"
• Maine: It Must Be Maine ∴ "Every visitor gets a free L.L. Bean Boat Tote!"
• Maryland: (none) ∴ "Crab cakes and crabs."
• Massachusetts: Make It Yours ∴ "Taxachusetts! Our Taxes Are Lower Than Finland's (For Most Tax Brackets)"
• Michigan: Great Lakes. Great Times. ∴ "First Line Of Defense From The Canadians" or "All your crap cars are belong to us!"
• Minnesota: Explore Minnesota ∴ "And don't forget the bug spray!" or "10,000 Lakes and 10,000,000,000,000 mosquitoes"
• Mississippi: Feels Like Coming Home ∴ "Come Visit And Feel Better About Where You Live"
• Missouri: Where the Rivers Run ∴ "Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work" or "We're sorry about Ashcroft!"
• Montana: Travel Montana ∴ "Home of the Unabomber and christian militias"
• Nebraska: Possibilities...Endless ∴ "Ask About Our State Motto Contest..."
• Nevada: Wide Open ∴ Gotta wonder what the guy who made that one up was looking at. "Home of the mushroom cloud!"
• New Hampshire: Make Up for Lost Time ∴ "Go Away"
• New Jersey: The Perfect Getaway ∴ What a perfect motto for a state filled with gangsters! "Hey, Guy! Whatchoolookinat?"
• New Mexico: Land of Enchantment ∴ "Atomic bombs and Aliens! Coincidence? We think not!"
• New York: I ♥ NY (I Love New York) ∴ "Give us your wallet!"
• North Carolina: A Better Place to Be ∴ "Come smokem peace pipe!"
• North Dakota: Legendary ∴ "We still have at least 50 residents!"
• Ohio: So Much to Discover ∴ "Ohio! The state next to Indiana!"
• Oklahoma: Native America ∴ "Just like the musical only without the singing!"
• Oregon: We Love Dreamers ∴ "We hate Californians!"
• Pennsylvania: The State of Independence ∴ "Cook With Coal!"
• Rhode Island: (various) ∴ "We aren't really an island!"
• South Carolina: Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places. ∴ "We didn't surrender to those Damn Yankees!"
• South Dakota: Great Faces. Great Places. ∴ "250 miles to the nearest rest stop!"
• Tennessee: (none) ∴ "The edumacation state!"
• Texas: It's Like a Whole Other Country ∴ It sure is y'all. We all wish it were another country, too. "Si! Hablo Ingles!"
• Utah: (none) ∴ "We're on a mission from god" or "Dry in every way imaginable"
• Vermont: (none) ∴ "Come peep and leave"
• Virginia: Virginia is for Lovers ∴ "We have ponies"
• Washington: (none) ∴ "Home of Apples and Microsoft"
• West Virginia: Wild and Wonderful ∴ "Kissin' Cousins!"
• Wisconsin: Stay Just a Little Bit Longer ∴ "Come cut some cheese!"
• Wyoming: (none) ∴ "Why are you here?"

Blue Shoes

Blue Shoes 04/04/2005 11:08 AM

« One of the five bright blue towers of the 110 kV Salmisaari-Meilahti power line that crosses the seurasaarenselkä that are collectively called "Antti's Footsteps" in honor of their designer, Antti Nurmesniemi. Look at the tiny little people on the right for a sense of scale. [They were named from a HE contest with 1,496 entries and the winner receiving 5000 kWh of electricity for a year. The finalists were: Sinijätit, Johtokurki, Hattiwatit, Meritoverit (sea friends), Seireenit (sirens), Stadin Eiffelit (Eiffels of the city), Sinilinja (blue line), Sinimastot (blue masts), Virtaviivat (blood line) and Antin askeleet (Antti's footsteps).] »

Helsinki Energy seems to go out of it's way to make power plants look good as though people might notice, and perhaps blame them, that the Baltic is still so polluted that it's not recommended to eat Baltic fish more than once a week or the layer of smoggy gritty haze over the city today if they didn't sex them up a bit. As though they might be saying, "Yes, this is a coal fired power plant but, hey, aren't these lovely blue power lines beautiful?" Sure, they say the plants are ultra clean but the people they're saying that to probably don't live next to the strip mine somewhere with cheap labour and no pretty blue pylons. Energy production is with rare exception a dirty, ugly business that we'd all like to pretend that we don't participate in and depend on utterly each and every day. I look at those blue giants daily and I'm reminded of the lengths we will go in our own self-deceptions and how we are so willing to be fooled. We are energy junkies.

Report: $250 shoes to have computer

Report: $250 shoes to have computer 05/06/2004 08:40 AM
CNN May 6 2004 12:21PM GMT

Can these running shoes outsmart you?

Can these running shoes outsmart you? 03/19/2005 02:55 AM
Adidas delivers its athletic footwear of the future, a shoe designed around a microprocessor.
Photos: Watch them run

Adidas 1 Self-Adapting Shoes

Adidas 1 Self-Adapting Shoes 05/06/2004 07:13 AM
The Times' Circuits section accidentally reports about something interesting this morning when they talk about the development of the new 'Adidas 1' self-adapting running shoe. Although the article is too busy getting quotes from Rob Enderle to actually break down what exactly the shoes do to adapt, I was able...

How Much Computing Will You Wear In Your
Shoes?

How Much Computing Will You Wear In Your
Shoes? 05/06/2004 01:32 AM
Forget gimmicky tricks like the "air pump" in the tongue or blinking lights on the back of sneakers, now companies like Adidas are working on "smart" shoes that include sophisticated sensors, a microprocessor and an electric motor to monitor how the shoe is responding to whatever the wearer is doing and adjust the shoe on the fly. That is, if the compression of the base of the shoe is too soft or too hard, it will adjust to make it better, lessening the wear and tear on a runner's knees. Like those blinking lights on shoes that are popular with kids, it appears this sneaker will come with some blinking lights too - but they'll serve a purpose: displaying the "settings" of your sneakers. This may be the first shoe that needs its own CD-ROM instruction manual. Don't think shoe technology ends here, either. This is just the start of where some people see these smart shoes going. Some are even predicting that, for all the hype about wearable computing, the best place to put such processing power is in the shoe.

Walk A Mile in Your Shoes

Walk A Mile in Your Shoes 12/10/2003 11:29 AM
Walk A Mile project brings policymakers and people on assistance together. One of their programs is Living on Food Stamps, where policymakers try to eat for a month on the same amount of food stamps regular people receive. Here's how it went in Oregon, and some lessons learned by legislators.

"shoes for the kids in Afghanistan. "

"shoes for the kids in Afghanistan. " 06/17/2004 11:33 AM

Karma? Top Floor, Next to Shoes

Karma? Top Floor, Next to Shoes 07/25/2004 04:04 AM
In Chelsea, a museum dedicated to the art of the spiritual path opens in a former temple of commerce.

Wearing Shoes Bad For your Health?

Wearing Shoes Bad For your Health? 04/01/2005 05:25 PM

Can't Get Bob Vila to Come By? A Suite
Tries to Fill His Shoes

Can't Get Bob Vila to Come By? A Suite
Tries to Fill His Shoes 04/15/2004 06:30 AM
When it comes to home improvement, a good blueprint can make all the difference. Professionals can use high-end software like AutoCad to figure out how wide to make a staircase or how far to extend a patio. But a product from Broderbund, 3D Home Architect Design Suite Deluxe 6, puts many of the same resources within reach of do-it-yourselfers, allowing them to make plans with near-professional precision.

Kicksology - Timeline of Basketball
Shoes

Kicksology - Timeline of Basketball
Shoes 08/06/2004 08:11 AM
Kicksology, Timeline of Basketball Shoes

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Nike Made-to-Order Shoes

Nike Made-to-Order Shoes 06/17/2005 03:45 PM

Mass customization: Nike has a store in Manhattan that makes custom shoes. You have to be invited to get an appointment there.

It's part store and part studio, where customers go to design their own sneakers. They choose between materials, colors and patterns to create unique footwear matching their own stylish sensibilities.

Once the creation is complete, specs get sent electronically to a manufacturing facility. Three weeks later, sneakers arrive by mail at the customer's house.

Social Climbers put on your hiking
shoes......

Social Climbers put on your hiking
shoes...... 08/02/2004 09:53 AM

Ju dith (as usual) is totally tied in.....

Are you a social climber? Do you live in the San Francisco Bay area? If so, you might want to join Urban Diversion or the San Francisco Outdoor Adventure Club.

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Ah, that kind of social climbing, you say! Indeed, online social clubs are becoming an increasingly popular platform to
form ‘face-to-face facilitation for fun’ fora.

They even have ‘clubhouses’!

This morning I
found—Urban
activity clubs provide a place to grow, explore and maybe meet—by Reyhan Harmanci, on sfgate.com. In a
year-and-a-half, Urban Diversion’s membership “has risen from 75 to 260, with 25 to 35 events each month. In August,
they plan to launch an East Bay calendar with a new Web portal” according to this article.

Looks like I will have to start a new category in my
S NS Meta List for ‘Online Social
Clubs’.

Happy Sunday!

Make your own WWII victory shoes

Make your own WWII victory shoes 05/05/2004 05:04 PM
"Scrap materials, the end of an ordinary box, scraps of leather or canvas, are all you need to manufacture a pair of comfortable, serviceable play shoes." So says the introduction to this Sunset article from 1943 on how to make your own "Caterpillars." I'd rather have these than those embarrassingly smug Adbusters sneakers. Link (If the link gives you problems, use the access code KAYAK to gain admittance. What a dumb rule!)

Let's try and walk in Six Apart's shoes
for a moment

Let's try and walk in Six Apart's shoes
for a moment 05/14/2004 03:10 PM
I have been thinking over the past 24 hours what it must be like to be in Six Apart's office...

NCR boss fills Fiorina's shoes

NCR boss fills Fiorina's shoes 03/30/2005 07:21 AM
Computer Weekly Mar 30 2005 11:16AM GMT

No Windmills, Tulips or Wooden Shoes,
Please (Reuters)

No Windmills, Tulips or Wooden Shoes,
Please (Reuters) 06/30/2004 09:25 AM
Reuters - Windmills, tulips and wooden shoes may be among the most beloved emblems of the Netherlands, but they are symbols the Dutch government hopes to avoid after it takes up the EU presidency, local media said on Tuesday.

Cosmo adds spirituality to sex and shoes
(Reuters)

Cosmo adds spirituality to sex and shoes
(Reuters) 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - Is this a sign of the times or what? Cosmopolitan, the glossy bible of sex and shopping for the single girl, has launched a new monthly column on spirituality.

493 mln pairs of athletic shoes sold in
2004

493 mln pairs of athletic shoes sold in
2004 04/01/2005 10:40 PM
ZDNet Apr 2 2005 2:12AM GMT

Bosses in Staffer Shoes Get a Reality
Check (Reuters)

Bosses in Staffer Shoes Get a Reality
Check (Reuters) 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
Reuters - Never having cleaned a bathroom in his life, Jonathan Tisch was down on his knees, scrubbing with great effort but little interest, under the watchful eye of his supervisor.

Sportswear maker launches expanding
shoes (Reuters)

Sportswear maker launches expanding
shoes (Reuters) 08/03/2004 09:23 AM
Reuters - A U.S. sportswear maker has designed shoes that expand to fit a child's growing feet and says it is trying them out on cost-conscious German shoppers.

Safety Shoes to Escape Tower Blocks?
(Reuters)

Safety Shoes to Escape Tower Blocks?
(Reuters) 07/13/2004 12:30 PM
Reuters - Danish high-rise buildings could be fitted with safety shoes to help people escape in emergencies, after an inventor was inspired by images of people jumping from the twin towers in New York on September 11, 2001.

Chunky "Masai" raver shoes eliminate
cellulite

Chunky "Masai" raver shoes eliminate
cellulite 07/05/2004 06:17 AM
The Masai Barefoot Technology shoe is a big raveware-looking sneaker that changes your gait to something like that of a barefoot Masai treading the grasslands and is rumoured to elliminate cellulite.

The shoe feels strange at first. The top two-thirds of it look like a fairly orthodox running shoe, but the sole is bizarre. Two inches thick at the midpoint of the heel, it tapers gradually toward the toe and swoops upward at the rear, creating a cutoff effect. The wearer steps down on the fat part of the heel, the "sweet spot," and a springy sensor bounces back, encouraging the foot to roll forward toward the toe.

This, we are told, is the gait of the Masai people, renowned for walking great distances as they move their herds of cattle across the savannas of Kenya and Tanzania. They have no apparent cellulite.

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