Perhaps I’m the last man over the age of 20 never to have seen The Godfather. At least now I can say I’ve read the book. A good read… the story really moves along. I keep meaning to see the movies but find that I’m not ready to sit down for several hours at a…

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This housecleaning is endless. abecedarian was the Word of the Day on May 20. The boy fit the bill at the time, but he’s got it nailed by now. Jakob’s book list contains few I haven’t read, but I want to get to those few. Bad Hair? As Mice Attest, It’s Probably Not Your Shampoo…

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Bundles of links I’ve been collecting… but they’re not doing me much good in Safari, so here they are for all to peruse. ACM Queue on Enterprise Search, from April 2004. Collection of articles on the topic. Why 1998 Was The Turning Point For Newspapers is Vin Crosbie’s selection of the disintegration of New Century…

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Nearly a month ago, I took advantage of a train commute to read The Rule of Four. There have been plenty of references in describing (read: hyping) this book to Umberto Eco’s novels, but those are only true in genre. While this tale is also a present-day mystery centered around a historical document/investigation, The Rule…

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Mike Ditka is considering running for the Senate, as noted by Dick. Guess Illinois wants to make California’s choice of Arnold look intelligent. Sports Illustrated recently did a photo spread of sports figures turned politicians. Of course, their website doesn’t turn it up, but from memory the two-page spread included Jack Kemp, Bill Bradley, Steve…

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I caught Spider-man 2 this evening. With this movie, I couldn’t escape the reviews and the hype, but I still enjoyed it. Most of all, it felt like the comic book. The movie even is paced like the comic book, with pulsing action, and then some backstory/development, then more pulsing action, in an almost predictable…

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So I followed Mark’s advice and tried Mobissimo to launch me into this evening’s travel agent duties. Maybe 90 minutes later… I still have no tickets. Not Mobissimo’s fault, but it didn’t get me much further along the path. For three “adults” and an “infant with seat,” I finally found a multi-city package (SFO to…

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So Mark gets some nice press from USA Today for HotelChatter.com. Very nice, and likely deserved… I’ll admit I have not been keeping up, since I travel so very little, and then only to places (usually) where I’m staying with family. But what bugs me here in 2004 is that USAToday doesn’t use a link…

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News.com Extra launched earlier today. The public explanation spells out what we’re doing. I would add only that the end goal is to save readers’ time. News.com reporters and editors do their damndest to get you the best story as fast as possible on every tech story that matters. But no one is as big…

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After my own challenges booking travel, I found Steve Yelvington’s question pretty interesting: “Travel bookings: Do humans do it better?. If you want something a direct flight, the answer can certainly be yes. And, as Steve points out, most software isn’t designed expressly to get you the best deal… just a deal via their site,…

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