Sunday, October 05, 2003

Doc admires Heath in Arriving from Heath Row. Heath Row (yes, that's his name) does live blogging better than anybody (except maybe Denise, who isn't here). Dig his BloggerCon coverage. Agreed: Heath rocks. 8:38:12 PM    comment []

One year ago, on A blog doesn't need a clever name: Copywrong: Why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act hurts the public interest, by Mike Godwin Lofgren Vows To Protect Consumers In The Fight Over Digital Rights Management The Consumer Technology Bill of Rights Salon readers read! How did the events of Sept. 11 affect our notions of God, of evil, and of the potential for darkness within religion itself? Information for Sale: My Experience With Google Answers, by Jessamyn West, Proprietor, librarian.net Internet Users Not Bound by Hidden License Agreements United Nations Security Council Resolutions Currently Being Violated by Countries Other than Iraq Not cannery yet, but soon to be from Lynda Barry's new comic World's greatest computer hacker Freedom to Move, Think and Speak! 9:51:30 AM    comment []

Now in The Well's publically readable Inkwell conference: A conversation with Eric Gower. I like 'big' flavors that showcase the freshness of locally grown ingredients, says Eric Gower of his creative cooking style. His newest cookbook, The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen, offers ample opportunity to explore his vision in depth. His recipes favor brightness and boldness, with an emphasis on the zest of citrus, the tang of vinegars and the warm bite of fresh ginger. Eric is a writer and private chef who holds a degree in Oriental Languages (Japanese) from University of California Berkeley. He writes about food, cooking, and restaurants for a variety of US and Japanese publications and has written another cookbook titled Eric's Kitchen. After living in Japan for 15 years, he returned to the United States and now lives in San Francisco. Some of the recipes being discussed, like Mashed Ginger Sweet Potatoes, Tofu with Figs and Pickled Ginger, and Soy Brined Roasted Turkey, are up at Eric's Kitchen. 9:47:37 AM    comment []

Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) Comments and Testimony. On [NewsIsFree: Popular Items] 9:36:41 AM    comment []

PC World: What Palm Chiefs Learned From Newton. Palm employs a major cadre of ex-Apple people, with the corporate headcount said to comprise a third of former Apple employees. Palm executives admit they learned from working on Apple's Newton personal digital assistant, which was discontinued in February 1998. [Tomalak's Realm] 9:35:32 AM    comment []

JUDGE WHO ADMITTED SMOKING POT AT CONCERT HIT WITH SIX-MONTH SUSPENSION 9:29:26 AM    comment []

Kathy to Hilary, March 21, 1973 cont., Tehran, Iran. Reproach time: I know you're busy, but I would like to get some words from you...once up on a time we were friends and now I hardly know you, though I suppose in this modern age and time we have no room for sentimentality. But I miss you. 17-year-old-hoodship approaches, sich auld women we be! Was it ten years ago when we were April fairies? Five years ago when we were held under the thrall of Mr. Kay? I feel so old and so useless and so hopeless. I see nothing before me. In some four years I have screwed myself up so completely that I doubt that I'll ever be normal. I don't want to be normal, but I don't want to be crippled inside forever. . . . . 9:28:20 AM    comment []

Greenspun: "What's the point of blogging?" [Scripting News] 9:20:59 AM    comment []

Win One for the Groper. Twin revelations of Arnold Schwarzenegger's groping and goose-stepping are not going to play well with some Californians. By Maureen Dowd. [New York Times: Opinion] Man, it goes so beyond ''groping'' and humiliation! Have these folks read the interview in Oui that the Smoking Gun posted (mentioned here previously)? Everybody jumped on her and took her upstairs where we all got together. And there's more. That this guy is the leading Republican candidate in California is beyond hypocritical all the way to morally bankrupt. And everybody who only ever refers to "Republicrats" and says there're no differences between the two parties should be paying attention here, too. 9:17:46 AM    comment []

Mr. Schwarzenegger Gets a Pass. Why is it so hard for commentators to come right out and say: Here is a man who uses his celebrity to get away with sexual humiliation why does he belong in public life? By Katha Pollitt. [New York Times: Opinion] 9:04:56 AM    comment []

A Missing Statistic: U.S. Jobs That Went Overseas. The "offshoring" of work has become so noticeable lately that experts in the private sector are now trying to quantify it. By Louis Uchitelle. [New York Times: Business] 9:03:52 AM    comment []

Jacuzzi U.? A Battle of Perks to Lure Students. The competition for students is yielding amenities once unimaginable on college campuses, spurring a national debate over the difference between educational necessity and excess. By Greg Winter. [New York Times: Business] 9:01:53 AM    comment []

Rolling the Dice on Private School. Parents sending their children to private schools have just made a $10,000, $15,000 or $25,000 bet. Is it worth it? By Ellyn Spragins. [New York Times: Business] 8:45:22 AM    comment []

Where Nobody Knows You're a Music Thief. What's remarkable about the controversy over music sharing is not how many people are involved, but rather their fervent rationalizing. By Daniel Akst. [New York Times: Business] 8:44:16 AM    comment []

Doc with some Required listening. In his interview with Chris Lydon, NYU's Jay Rosen gives the best Big-J Journalistic critique of blogging that I've yet heard. The terms of authority are changing in American journalism... we see a whole different way of establishing authority online... an overturning of the whole system of generating authority that we've seen in journalism for well over a hundred years... The profession of journalism arose on the idea that this was not something people could do for themselves... Can't wait for the transcription. That's a thing that interests me: establishing (epistemic or intellectual) authority within virtual space. 8:40:58 AM    comment []

CA-2003-26 : Multiple Vulnerabilities in SSL/TLS Implementations. On [NewsIsFree: Popular Items] 8:37:51 AM    comment []