Posts from — April 2004

The Horror, the Horror.

The Exorcist in 30 seconds, “re-enacted by bunnies.”

[Dan Gillmor's eJournal] [[ t e c h n o \ c u l t u r e ]]

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rabbits are almost as good at acting as chimps.

The Death Clock. Now this is seriously depressing: The Death Clock – When Am I Going To Die?. According to this admittedly crude measure, I have less than a billion seconds to go. Sounds like a lot? Well it’s less than 30 years… Then again, the Clock also thinks that just about every senior citizen I know is on borrowed time, so I think it’s a tad pessimistic here…. [Discourse.net]

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hmm, it says i have 41 years left, it's more than 1/2 my life, so that's fine.

New Internet alliance launch at ISPCON-2004. Following up our item from the Center for Digital Democracy, “The [US] Department of Justice has joined the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in asking for a stay of an appeals court decision that could force cable [television] companies to open… [InternetPolicy.net]

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an alliance with consumers… but who represents those consumers? and how will that really work? it seems to me to be an alliance in the name of consumers unless i see otherwise.

Can mechanics talk to your car's systems?.

Some car mechanics are having problems communicating with automobile computers. While many can win access, enough have problems that Congress is considering a law, the Right to Repair Act.

Perhaps it's time to call Car Talk?

(thanks to vanilla gorilla)

[Smart Mobs] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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sounds like this is precisely the type of thing that we need to have.

First open source search engine. “Today is the beta launch of mozdex.com, an Open search system built on open source technologies. April 6th marks the first public tests of our systems in preparation for a full index of the Internet in the coming weeks… Mozdex.com… [InternetPolicy.net]

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this could be handy.

Read Only Networks. A vast reading list for Social Network Analysis and related areas of study, via Monkey Magic… [The Ideas Bazaar]

here are some links

quotes:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/j_b_priestley.html

some etexts at rutgers, scroll down.
http://www.c18.rutgers.edu/li/p.html

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bhsm/toh/priestley/priestleyhouse.asp?secid=14 the house

including but not limited to my truck's steering wheel, the rear-view mirror, etc. including some nice shots from the joseph priestly house museum, eagles mere pennsylvania, the high school that i attended for a few years and other stuff.

Chairman's Report for ITU Workshop on Internet Governance Available.

The Chairman's Report (PDF) for the recent ITU Workshop on Internet Governance, held February 26-27 2004, at the ITU, has been posted on the Workshop's web site. The final annotated workshop agenda has links to the bios of speakers, their related contributions and the archived audiocast of each session.

[ITU Strategy and Policy Unit Newslog]

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hmm, soon we should think about getting a special issue of a journal going on this topic.. no?

Programming – it's an adventure!. I'm often asked “what is it like to be a programmer”. It's a good question! After all, programming, being the… [kasia in a nutshell]

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and people ask me what I do all day….