Year: 2005
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Movie: Jarhead
Jarhead on a Tuesday night a few weeks after its opening did not crowd a theater. Unlike many movies, I read at least two reviews ahead of time. The San Francisco Chronicle liked it. The Wall Street Journal (no free link) did not. I suppose I come down somewhere in the middle. Actors are interesting,…
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TimesSelect is polite, at least
The news is more than ten days old by now: TimesSelect Surpasses 270,000 Subscribers in Less Than Two Months is the November 9 press release. Various people have parsed this release for meaning, direction, and the future of all information. Personally, I find it most telling that TimesSelect is such a non-entity in my daily…
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Free the pixels: make graphics work on the web
Last night, Scoble noticed The Big Picture, a CNET News.com feature introduced with the redesign in early October. His brief post ends with Easy to miss, too, cause it looked like an ad over on the right side of the page. Damn! Because The Big Picture is visual, instead of straight text, Scoble thought the…
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Hope this tidbit is true
According to the PVR blog, CNET video product reviews will be available via TiVo shortly. News to me, and nothing about it on either corporate web site, but seems like a great fit. Video on a computer is OK, and better than nothing, but video on a television sure makes a lot more sense. Sounds…
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Book: Neuromancer
I started noting which books I read here for three reasons. Saw other people doing it, and I liked the idea. Subtle way to tell people who I am, without crossing the line I have in my mind about what’s not appropriate to share with the entire world. A way as memory fades to avoid…
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I still need sleep… am I strange that way?
When I learn about people doing interesting things in their spare time, I sigh. When I can IM folks building an interesting business at 12:30am their time, I shake my head. When I look at my rarely shrinking list of side projects I’d like to get to, I slump. Except for occasional early morning bouts…
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A blog is so last year
Here I am blogging away, however infrequently, feeling like I’m (almost) on the cutting edge. Until, this afternoon, a friend showed me a mashup he’s been working on with a few friends. Guess we’ll have to wait for the Wired Magazine “Jargon Watch” (Nov 2005) to make it official, but here’s the preview of some…
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New arrival
I’m an uncle again, thanks to Isabel and Cort. Congratulations!
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Thought experiment: Wikipedia to book to… Google Print?
I was reading Tim Bray’s brief notes on Wikipedia, which end with this observation about one possible fund-raising option. They are also considering book-publishing as a source of income; imagine the Wikipedia History of Rock & Roll or Wikipedia Compendium of TV SciFi Lore. Two thoughts erupted. First, talk about putting copyright and the collaborative…
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Books I never finished
Since starting clock, I’ve noted the books I read. What is rare, for me, is starting but not finishing a book. Once I take the plunge, I will soldier on even through the worst writing and plot. Always. Well, almost. Many, many years ago, on spring break in Floria, I started Gray Lady Down, by…