Janet Jackson Will Be Live on 'SNL' (AP)

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Janet Jackson to Be Live on NBC's SNL
(AP)

Janet Jackson to Be Live on NBC's SNL
(AP) 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
AP - Viewers are used to watching "Saturday Night Live" aired live. Live, as in: as it happens, not five or seven seconds later, once the censors say it's safe for broadcast.

Janet Spoofs Super Bowl Flash on 'SNL'
(AP)

Janet Spoofs Super Bowl Flash on 'SNL'
(AP) 04/11/2004 08:09 AM
AP - It was inevitable: Janet Jackson spoofing her infamous wardrobe malfunction by flashing a heavily pixillated breast on "Saturday Night Live." The one surprise was the context. Jackson portrayed national security adviser Condoleezza Rice opening her blouse at the Sept. 11 commission hearings, in an opening skit on the comedy show.

Janet spoofs Super Bowl flash on 'SNL'

Janet spoofs Super Bowl flash on 'SNL' 04/11/2004 01:09 PM

Report: Janet Jackson to Be on NBC (AP)

Report: Janet Jackson to Be on NBC (AP) 08/10/2004 02:24 PM
AP - Janet Jackson will guest-star as herself in an upcoming episode of the NBC sitcom "Will & Grace."

Participatory Journalism and Janet
Jackson

Participatory Journalism and Janet
Jackson 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
Adrian Holovaty, lead developer for the excellent community news site in Lawrence Kansas, reflects on his blog about how he got real information about the Janet Jackson fiasco not from the networks but from the Web.

"Yes, probably not a single one of the Fark contributors was actually at the Super Bowl, and all of their facts were collected from "mainstream" sources such as the CBS television broadcast. So what? Even two days later, this is STILL coverage you can't find at any big-media site. And who's to say a photo-phone-toting Super Bowl attendee couldn't have contributed?"

Fascinating story.

Janet Jackson Nude Superbowl Halftime

Janet Jackson Nude Superbowl Halftime 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
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Janet Jackson Awarded for Charity Work
(AP)

Janet Jackson Awarded for Charity Work
(AP) 02/14/2004 04:05 PM
AP - In her first public appearance since her breast was exposed during the Super Bowl halftime show, Janet Jackson received an award for her humanitarian and charitable contributions.

First Janet Jackson, Now Nipple Video
Banned (Reuters)

First Janet Jackson, Now Nipple Video
Banned (Reuters) 05/21/2004 11:35 AM
Reuters - Four months after Janet Jackson outraged the United States by bearing her breast on TV, Ireland has banned a video to encourage voting in next month's European elections because it shows a bare nipple.

Sal Calabro Search Term Bust Out; Janet
Jackson Still Hot

Sal Calabro Search Term Bust Out; Janet
Jackson Still Hot 02/13/2004 07:54 PM
Google's cache of the site is still available, though the various nude 'before and after' photographs of Dr. Calabro's patients are not available through the ...

TV Stations Fined for Janet Jackson
Breast Flash

TV Stations Fined for Janet Jackson
Breast Flash 09/22/2004 02:53 PM
Reuters via Wired News Sep 22 2004 6:21PM GMT

"The Amateur Gourmet: Janet Jackson
Breast Cupcakes"

"The Amateur Gourmet: Janet Jackson
Breast Cupcakes" 02/10/2004 02:52 AM

Jenna Jameson, Janet Jackson, and The
Jesus Chainsaw Massacre

Jenna Jameson, Janet Jackson, and The
Jesus Chainsaw Massacre 04/15/2004 01:10 PM
The box office receipts in the US are in for the Easter weekend in the US, and The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre, in theatres for 7 weeks, has climbed back into the number one spot. At the same time, US Attorney General John Ashcroft has quietly begun an initiative to tackle a pernicious problem according to the religious right in the US: pornography. My question for the religious right is simple: how is it possible to embrace a movie so overwhelmingly violent in content, even encouraging parents to take their children to see it and ignore the R rating?: "The violence is necessary to understand the sacrifice Jesus made," First Family pastor Jerry Johnston says. His Baptist church has rented out a half-dozen theaters in Kansas City, Kan., and has reserved auditoriums Friday night for children 11 and older. Johnston concedes they'll be disturbed by the violence. "I hope they're disturbed enough to make their peace with Jesus." While at the same time, why does the religious right find depictions of plain vanilla sexual intercourse so immoral that it must require legal intervention to prevent people they don't even know from seeing it? What is the root of this strange dichotomy among the overly religious: sex very bad, violence no problem.

TV Stations Fined for Janet Jackson
Breast Flash (Reuters)

TV Stations Fined for Janet Jackson
Breast Flash (Reuters) 09/22/2004 12:30 PM
Reuters - Pop singer Janet Jackson's bare breast flash earlier this year during the nationally televised Super Bowl football game will cost 20 CBS stations that aired it a combined $550,000 for violating indecency rules, U.S. communications regulators said on Wednesday.

Janet Jackson Breast Flash Prompts
Station Fines

Janet Jackson Breast Flash Prompts
Station Fines 09/22/2004 04:19 PM
Reuters via Wired News Sep 22 2004 7:49PM GMT

Janet Jackson Superbowl Tit Scandal and
Paris Hilton fan page, stolen sex video
download

Janet Jackson Superbowl Tit Scandal and
Paris Hilton fan page, stolen sex video
download 02/14/2004 07:22 AM
Download Paris Hilton

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MSNBC - Clinton reportedly to host 'SNL'
this season

MSNBC - Clinton reportedly to host 'SNL'
this season 08/03/2004 02:57 PM
MSNBC - Clinton reportedly to host 'SNL' this season

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Dammit! Janet! We're at war!

Dammit! Janet! We're at war! 03/21/2003 01:36 PM
Political views aren't inherited. An interesting article about Lenora Tomalin, who's as rabid a pro-war conservative as her daughter is an anti-war radical. Her daughter? Susan Sarandon.

king of pop: toy, janet, all in white

king of pop: toy, janet, all in white 08/17/2004 01:43 PM
that's a nice look for a court date

$550,000 fine for Janet exposure

$550,000 fine for Janet exposure 09/22/2004 02:30 PM
US TV network CBS is fined a record $550,000 for Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction".

it's halftime janet barbie!

it's halftime janet barbie! 03/08/2004 11:17 PM
with a low, low Buy It Now price

Janet Jackson's Nipple

Janet Jackson's Nipple 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
From the Superbowl to my computer to you.

Judge rules against Janet payout

Judge rules against Janet payout 05/28/2004 06:32 AM
A judge rules against a TV viewer who wanted damages for Janet Jackson's Super Bowl nipple flash.

Politicians' fury at Janet flash

Politicians' fury at Janet flash 02/12/2004 10:00 AM
US politicians and TV regulators express outrage at singer Janet Jackson's Super Bowl breast flash.

Record fines for Janet Jackson's right
teat

Record fines for Janet Jackson's right
teat 09/22/2004 02:24 PM
The FCC is fining CBS $550,000 for transmitting the image of Janet Jackson's bosom during the SuperBlow, protecting Americans from, well, Janet Jackson's bosom. Meanwhile, the portion of the SuperBowl most re-watched by TiVo owners was the part where we saw Janet Jackson's bosom. The market has spoken!...

Acclaimed writer Janet Frame dies

Acclaimed writer Janet Frame dies 01/29/2004 03:49 AM
World-acclaimed New Zealand writer Janet Frame dies aged 79 after a brief battle with cancer.

Thompson on Kenny G -- and Janet
Jackson's breast

Thompson on Kenny G -- and Janet
Jackson's breast 03/17/2005 03:50 AM
An English troubador offers advice for Janet Jackson, mockery for Kenny G and a lovely new guitar piece for Werner Herzog.

Q&A: IBM's Janet Perna discusses
company's push into BI

Q&A: IBM's Janet Perna discusses
company's push into BI 06/14/2004 04:13 PM
The company is making huge effort to seamlessly integrate the massive data stores of historical data that corporate users typically have with real-time analytics.

Woman sues over Janet Jackson's breast
(Reuters)

Woman sues over Janet Jackson's breast
(Reuters) 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
Reuters - A Tennessee woman has sued Janet Jackson and others involved in her breast-baring Super Bowl halftime show, saying millions of people are owed monetary damages for exposure to lewd conduct, court records show.

"Janet and Justin Half-Time" Barbie
dolls

"Janet and Justin Half-Time" Barbie
dolls 03/08/2004 11:12 PM
it's halftime janet barbie!

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Telesero Launches a Free Solution for
Web Based Live Chat and Web Visitor
Assistance called Live Link.

Telesero Launches a Free Solution for
Web Based Live Chat and Web Visitor
Assistance called Live Link. 08/28/2004 02:38 AM
Have you ever used Live Support on a Website, or wished you could. Telesero is now offering a Live Chat and Visitor Assistance product that could solve your problems for Free. No Downloads, No Hassles, No waiting, Just Answers. [PRWEB Aug 28, 2004]

At CreationsLive.com, live chat is
served up through a live video

At CreationsLive.com, live chat is
served up through a live video 05/20/2004 04:14 PM
InternetRetailer.com May 20 2004 8:08PM GMT

Michael Moore to Bill O' Reilly: "I want
you to live. I want you to live."

Michael Moore to Bill O' Reilly: "I want
you to live. I want you to live." 07/28/2004 04:52 PM
DRUDGE REPORT has a transcript of Fox's 'sensational' Moore interview and - its boring. Politics is boring, but tabloids are...

Janet Jackson's top-popping superbowl
episode makes internet history

Janet Jackson's top-popping superbowl
episode makes internet history 01/03/2005 07:44 AM
News.com.au - Mon Jan 3, 07:59 am GMT

Janet and Justins Superbowl boob drives
traffic to NZ Internet sites but not
from NZ

Janet and Justins Superbowl boob drives
traffic to NZ Internet sites but not
from NZ 02/11/2004 12:00 AM
RedSherrif Feb 11 2004 4:11AM GMT

24-7 INtouch Launches Expanded Line of
Live Online Support Services: Live Web
Chat, Web Push, Online Callback Request,
and Real time Email Response

24-7 INtouch Launches Expanded Line of
Live Online Support Services: Live Web
Chat, Web Push, Online Callback Request,
and Real time Email Response 08/30/2004 03:15 AM
24-7 INtouch, an award winning call center outsourcing company, is now offering clients online support services such as Live Web Chat, Web Push, Online Callback Request, and Real time Email Response. The company is partnering with InstantService to offer real-time, web based communication solutions to help our clients increase sales, lower costs, and raise customer service levels. [PRWEB Aug 30, 2004]

Xbox Live Gets Feature UpgradeMicrosoft
has bumped up the feature content of its
Xbox Live service today

Xbox Live Gets Feature UpgradeMicrosoft
has bumped up the feature content of its
Xbox Live service today 04/22/2004 02:35 AM
Gigex Apr 22 2004 6:26AM GMT

Live Meeting 2005 Add-in: Live Meeting
Add-in for PowerPoint

Live Meeting 2005 Add-in: Live Meeting
Add-in for PowerPoint 04/13/2005 01:55 AM
With the Microsoft® Office Live Meeting Add-In for PowerPoint, you can create Live Meeting presentations directly in the Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation graphics program.

Live Meeting 2005 Document: Live Meeting
2005 API Reference Guide

Live Meeting 2005 Document: Live Meeting
2005 API Reference Guide 04/11/2005 11:08 AM

"Duo Jackson"

"Duo Jackson" 05/27/2004 09:08 PM

Grok Description matches for Janet Jackson Will Be Live on 'SNL' (AP)
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will not be showing Saturday Night Live

will not be showing Saturday Night Live 12/07/2003 06:01 AM
Another way the Man is keeping us down .. but I don't know if I'll be allowed to .. CNN

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Live from New York, it's ... Joe Piscopo

Live from New York, it's ... Joe Piscopo 09/02/2004 12:03 PM
Comedian Joe Piscopo revived his Frank Sinatra bit from his SNL days as host of John McCain's "Wednesday Night Live" gala at the cavernous Cipriani on 42nd Street last night. Piscopo -- recently rumored to be considering a run for New Jersey Governor -- serenaded the Arizona Senator with a rendition of "John McCain's Way" to the tune of Sinatra's "My Way" before the pair proceeded to perform a duet of "New York, New York."

Doctor Who is Saturday night hit

Doctor Who is Saturday night hit 03/27/2005 10:42 AM
Doctor Who's long-awaited return was a ratings success for the BBC, attracting up to 10.5m viewers on Saturday.

Saturday Night Linkage...

Saturday Night Linkage... 03/13/2003 10:16 AM

I'm still reeling from writing that last post in a blast of confused and desperate-to-get-it-out-there enthusiasm. And I still have no idea whether it's total bunk or not. So I'm going to throw out my linklog for the evening and leave it at that. Tomorrow I may write about any of the following things that have been going on:

• Giving a statement to the police about my burglar;
• Getting tickets to see The Bangles live in concert;
• Spotting Jake Gyllenhaal in Chalk Farm tube;

But all that's for tomorrow. Tonight, you must simply accept limited microcontent votage with a little snide commentary. This is what's going down:

• Google's Memory Upgrade
  The relationship between Google/Blogger and the Memex as explored by Steven Johnson. And in the process, Mr Webb's t houghts are referenced.
• Let them hate as long as they fear
  "So oderint dum metuant it is. I could talk about the foolishness of such blatant bullying — or about the incredible risks, in a multiethnic, multiracial society, of even hinting that one might encourage a backlash against Hispanics."
• We blogs are all blah blah blah
  From the people who brought you, "God, isn't it annoying how the world is still round?!" and "Don't you find it infuriating how light, you know, works?!"
• Camino 0.7 is released
  Only interesting to those of you with OSX of course. Camino is the new name for the browser-previously-known-as-Chimera.

Eating on a Saturday night

Eating on a Saturday night 04/17/2005 06:52 PM
I've been doing a fairly good job of eating at lots of yummy places while here in Paris. Obviously I've been doing a fairly crappy job of documenting those meals, mostly out of sheer laziness. But last night we decided to eat in for a change, and to soften the repeated blows my wallet has taken during this trip. To turn the documentation tide, I present a photo of what we had for dinner on Saturday night. For our shopping, we decided we'd head to La Grande Epicerie Paris, the amazing food market at The Bon Marché -- one of Paris' grand department stores. We started in the wine section and being, in reality, poser gourmands and wine afficionados, we just grabbed two bottles that looked good and tried to escape before the woman started speaking to us in French about wine. My French class hasn't gotten to that level of interaction yet, and I wasn't up to the challenge. The take? A half bottle of Domaine Pradelle Crozes-Hermitage, 2002 (white) and a full size 2000 Saint-Joseph from Ferraton Père & Fils. Where they good? Seemed so to us. We're pretty much happy with anything from the Rhône. Next stop, the meat counter where we procured some mousse de canard. Somehow I managed to leave it out of the nice photo, so here it is just tossed on a plate. Then, on to the cheese counter! Here we were at a loss as there were just too many cheeses to choose from. Though I have French Cheeses: The Visual Guide to More Than 350 Cheeses from Every Region of France, it was no use among the vast selection (because I didn't have it with me and hadn't memorized it all, yet...). So I used my every-improving French to explain our predicament to Madame la Fromagière: (In French, sort of)Madame, we do not know the cheeses well of France. Is it possible that you make a selection of three cheeses for us to know more the cheese? Of course!, she replied, quite happy to be put to such a test. So she asked a few more questions and we ended up with a Brie de Meaux, a Comté Rivoire, and a bouton Charolai which was a button of a lovely aged goat cheese. They were all excellent, and Madame chose well for us. The Charolai was my favorite new cheese in a long time. We had also picked up a saucisson sec aux myrtilles, a dry sausage with a blueberry(!) coating. It was good, but didn't have much blueberry flavor. And of course, the requisite baguettes upon which to spread our yummy cheese and mousse. It was tasty and easy and I have to say, I want to do it again very soon!

SRL show in LA Saturday night

SRL show in LA Saturday night 04/01/2005 08:21 PM
Xeni Jardin: Survival Research Laboratories will be blowing shit up in downtown Los Angeles tomorrow night. "Featuring the debut of the new Sneaky Soldiers, a remote controlled army of revolutionaries and recent addition to the SRL machine family."
Details here: Link. See you there, robo-freaks. (Photo: the inchworm machine, shot by catweasel, thanks Gem).

"Blue Moon" Appears in Sky Saturday
Night

"Blue Moon" Appears in Sky Saturday
Night 07/31/2004 09:05 AM

'Blue Moon' Appears in Sky Saturday
Night

'Blue Moon' Appears in Sky Saturday
Night 07/31/2004 12:17 PM
Slashdot Jul 31 2004 3:11PM GMT

"The Joke Is on Liberals, Says Dennis
Miller, Host of His Own Show Again"

"The Joke Is on Liberals, Says Dennis
Miller, Host of His Own Show Again" 01/17/2004 11:07 PM

The Joke Is on Liberals, Says Dennis
Miller, Host of His Own Show Again

The Joke Is on Liberals, Says Dennis
Miller, Host of His Own Show Again 01/16/2004 01:04 PM
I am glad to see Dennis Miller get his own show again .. The guy on the right used to be the guy on the left .. Host of New Show on CNBC .. New York Times article .. this NYT piece .. as ever .. says

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Boston Geek / Blogger dinner Saturday
night!

Boston Geek / Blogger dinner Saturday
night! 02/01/2005 08:50 PM
Just a reminder - Dave Winer is organizing a dinner at the Bombay Club Saturday night in Cambridge MA. It starts at 6:30PM Saturday night. See you there!...

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio
| Doctor Who is Saturday night hit

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio
| Doctor Who is Saturday night hit 03/28/2005 05:45 AM
10.5 million viewers in the UK for the first episode of the new Doctor Who .. the show averaged a viewing audience of 9.9m over Ant & Dec's 7.2m .. Doctor Who trounced Ant'n'Dec'n'Becks last night .. He triumphs again

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CNBC Hires Dennis Miller to Host
Political Talk Show

CNBC Hires Dennis Miller to Host
Political Talk Show 11/02/2003 03:12 AM

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The popstar married Jason Alexander on
Saturday morning, after a night out in
Las Vegas

The popstar married Jason Alexander on
Saturday morning, after a night out in
Las Vegas 01/05/2004 04:57 AM
was a "joke that went to far" .. Britney's marriage anulled .. Ms. Britney

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Saturday, July 28, 2001 mark was in a
car wreck last night. i should write a
journal

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Saturday, July 28, 2001 mark was in a
car wreck last night. i should write a
journal 07/11/2004 10:25 PM

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Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it.

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it. 12/30/2004 11:53 AM
fights back .. lokittorrent .. Loki Torrent

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"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..."

"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..." 12/31/2004 10:23 AM

A Lot of the Press Press Didn't Buy
White House Spin on 9/11 Document, Even
Though the WH Dumped It on Saturday
Night 4/13

A Lot of the Press Press Didn't Buy
White House Spin on 9/11 Document, Even
Though the WH Dumped It on Saturday
Night 4/13 04/13/2004 07:30 AM
Editor & Publisher .. ass

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Jimmy Carter Labels Zell Miller a Judas:
Miller "betrayed all the basic
principles that I thought he and I and
others shared."

Jimmy Carter Labels Zell Miller a Judas:
Miller "betrayed all the basic
principles that I thought he and I and
others shared." 12/12/2003 07:58 AM
sums Miller up .. AP story

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Hacktivists Make Software to Deliver
Censored Content

Hacktivists Make Software to Deliver
Censored Content 07/16/2002 10:46 AM
UPDATE: Two new releases may mean more access for those in countries with censored Internet content.

JoDI

JoDI 12/29/2003 08:28 AM
Journal of Digital Information (JoDI)
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
JoDI is supported by the British Computer Society and Oxford University Press. JoDI published its first papers in April 1997, when it was one of very few electronic-only journals. It continues as an electronic-only journal today. Not all papers can be printed. JoDI has over 3500 registered users who have signed up to receive email alerts of new issues. The JoDI vision established by the editors is to be:

(a) a prestige site for papers
(b) a linking 'hub' for other Web services and information
(c) self financing
(d) low cost to the reader
(e) easily accessible

The principal editorial offices are at Loughborough University and Southampton University in the UK.

Boy and mother on Jodi charges

Boy and mother on Jodi charges 04/15/2004 01:05 AM
A teenager is due in court charged with the murder of Jodi Jones, while his mother faces a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Compiling away my weekends

Compiling away my weekends 09/06/2004 09:54 PM

I spent a good part of Sunday recompiling many popular open source libraries (i.e. iconv, libxml, libxslt, xmlsec, openssl, zlib, etc.) as Win32 static multithreaded libraries without C runtime DLL name dependency (/MT) so I can use them in VC7.1 projects.  All because some guy at Microsoft decided to change the C runtime DLL name from fixed MSVCRT.DLL to version-based names like MSVCR70.DLL.

When that happend, popular open source tools and libraries got stuck with Visual C++ 6.  Binaries of Python and all the libraries I mentioned above, for example, are built with VC6 and links to C runtime library dynamically (meaning they require MSVCRT.DLL).  This means Win32 Python extensions couldn't be built with later versions of VC++ without walking into a lot of headaches.  Same problem stopped me from using prebuilt binaries of those libraries so I had to rebuild them myself.

I bent a few things and had to guess at a few places, but nothing seems to be broken.  Only trouble is that I am using WinInet to fetch XML files from Internet and it ain't behaving too well.  WinHTTP is supposed to be better but I think I'll opt for cURL instead.  Of course, that means I'll have more compiling to do next weekend.  Urgh.

Update:

Heh.  I didn't realize the weekend wasn't over yet until my wife informed me that today was the Labor Day.  To celebrate, I labored some more after a mini-vacation at the neighborhood pool with my wife and son.  cURL had Win32 project files so it was a cinch to build.  I did have to turn on OpenSSL and ZLib though to get HTTPS and gzip compression working (define USE_OPENSSL, HAVE_ZLIB, and HAVE_ZLIB_H flags).  Now I can reliably pull compressed RSS feeds over HTTPS from a Win32 client.

BTW, all these chores wouldn't have been necessary if I wrote it in Java or .NET because both platforms have most of these libraries built in.  So why am I humping the sidewalk?  Well, there are still things one can do with C++ that you can't do with Java or .NET...

Teenager indicted on Jodi murder

Teenager indicted on Jodi murder 07/08/2004 05:35 AM
A 15-year-old boy is indicted in connection with the murder of the schoolgirl Jodi Jones.

Jodi boyfriend 'not two-timing'

Jodi boyfriend 'not two-timing' 12/25/2004 04:48 PM
The boyfriend of Jodi Jones told detectives that he was not two-timing the Dalkeith schoolgirl, a trial hears.

Youth charged over Jodi murder

Youth charged over Jodi murder 04/14/2004 03:44 AM
A 15-year-old boy is arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Scottish schoolgirl Jodi Jones.

Third person charged in Jodi case

Third person charged in Jodi case 04/16/2004 06:24 PM
The brother of the youth accused of murdering Jodi Jones is charged with perverting the course of justice.

The Journal Will Work Weekends

The Journal Will Work Weekends 09/16/2004 12:54 PM
The Dow Jones mouthpiece adds a weekend edition at no extra charge.

This weekends -enklemenn collection

This weekends -enklemenn collection 10/29/2003 12:09 AM
The crazed guys keep it up, so here is another installment of the link collection, although slightly shorter than the...

Coffeeshop Turns off Wi-Fi on Weekends

Coffeeshop Turns off Wi-Fi on Weekends 06/05/2005 10:56 PM
It's too early to say whether it's a trend, but Victrola Coffee & Art in Seattle shuts down its free Wi-Fi on Saturday and Sunday: I spoke to co-owner and co-founder Jen Strongin today after a colleague tipped me to the fact that this lovely, single-shop coffee establishment had decided to experiment with taking back its culture by turning off the Wi-Fi juice on weekends. Strongin said that the five-year-old cafe added free Wi-Fi when it seemed their customers wanted it a couple of years ago. It initially brought in more people, she said, but over the past year "we noticed a significant change in the environment of the cafe." Before Wi-Fi, "People talked to each other, strangers met each other," she said. Solitary activities might involve reading and writing, but it was part of the milieu. "Those people co-existed with people having conversations," said Strongin. But "over the past year it seems that nobody talks to each other any more," she said. On the weekends, 80 to 90 percent of tables and chairs are taken up by people using computers. Many laptop users occupy two or more seats by themselves, as well. Victrola isn't on the way to anywhere; it's in the middle of a vibrant stretch of shops and restaurants on Capitol Hill's 15th Ave. It's exactly the kind of place that you want to sit down in, not just breeze through. Worse than just the sheer number of laptop users, Strongin noted, is that many of these patrons will camp six to eight hours--and not buy anything. This seemed astounding to me, but she said that it was typical, not unusual. The staff doesn't want to have to enforce the cafe's unspoken policy of making a purchase to use the space (and the Wi-Fi), and on the occasions that they approach a non-buyer about a purchase asking, "Can I get you a beverage?" the squatter often becomes defensive, explains they've bought a lot in the past or just the day before. "It's just really really difficult. We've had so many heated debates about it. We want people to linger at the cafe. We're not a fast-food coffeeshop. We want people to feel comfortable staying here as long as they please," Strongin said. They've gone two weekends with no Wi-Fi, and so far, they're pleased with the results. The staff "loves it," she said, and regular customers are "coming up to us and thanking us." They have received a few nasty emails. But Strongin said that last Sunday was one of the best revenue days they've had on the weekends in a while. "It was kind of a bold move." Strongin says that Victrola isn't interested in charging for Wi-Fi as a tool to limit or moderate use, and still thinks that free Wi-Fi is a great amenity that they can offer their customers at the right time. They have no plans to remove it entirely. But, she said, "I don't like going into a cafe, any cafe, including my own, and just seeing a sea of laptops and people not interacting." Update: Tonx, Victrola's roaster, posted his own insider take on the matter. He notes, "A few customers were in painful enough withdrawal that they stayed home, finding time to send email about how upsetting it was. But the overwhelming response was positive."...

Janet Jackson Will Be Live on 'SNL' (AP)