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Thursday, October 09, 2003 |
Kicking Ass has a bead on The GOP's real agenda, they say. Want to see the Republican Party's long-term vision for America? Just take a look at the Texas GOP's platform, says Kevin Drum over at Calpundit.
As he points out, it's Texas Republicans -- like Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, and George W. Bush -- who are running the Republican Party at a national level, and the Texas Republican platform neatly spells out the long-term goals of these radical extremists who are running the country. . . . .
6:55:06 PM 
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MT Hacking Continues. Another random MT question - my media player (no, it's neither Windows Media Player nor WinAmp - it's J River's Media Center, which I dig quite a lot) has a plugin that can write the currently playing song to a... [Andrew Bayer is Dreaming of China]
(And let me report that the Andrew Bayer is Dreaming of China feed has transparently crossed over for me -- at least I don't remember doing anything to make it that I read the feed from the new site in my aggregator.)
6:51:14 PM
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FTC Unveils Plan for Do-Not-Call
Complaints: Agency, Empowered
by Court, Will Start Saturday. By Caroline E. Mayer,
Washington Post.
Consumers who have signed up their home phone numbers on the
national do-not-call list can start filing complaints with the Federal
Trade Commission about unwanted telemarketing calls this Saturday at 6 p.m.
That plan, announced today by FTC officials, is 11 days later than the FTC
had hoped to begin enforcing its anti-telemarketing registry because the
plan was blocked by a series of federal court decisions.
. . .
FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris said today in a statement,
Beginning Saturday, Oct. 11 -- at 6 p.m. -- we'll be ready to take
complaints about calls received after October 1st from those consumers
whose numbers were on the registry by August 31st. I'll leave it to you to
decide whether it's a coincidence that the complaint process opens at the
dinner
hour.
In a sidebar, Mayer tells how to register a complaint and how to sign up if
you (are in the U.S. and) haven't yet:
If you added your phone number to the national do-not-call list
before Aug. 31 and you are still getting sales calls, you can file a
complaint with the Federal Trade Commission beginning Saturday at 6 p.m. by
calling 888-382-1222 or visiting the Web site www.donotcall.gov.
You need to provide the phone number that was called (to make sure it has
been registered), the date of the call, and the name or phone number -
preferably both - of the company that called.
You can already file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission
by calling 888-225- 5322 or sending an e-mail to donotcall@fcc.gov. Include
your name, address and daytime telephone number.
Remember, not all telemarketing calls are illegal. Government rules still
permit calls from charities, politicians, research firms, companies you
have an existing business relationship with and companies you've given
written permission to call.
If you are not on the do-not-call list but still want to get on, you can
sign up starting at 8 a.m. today by calling 888-382-1222 or visiting
www.donot.call.gov.
4:37:26 PM
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Anyone else admit to having been watching the Joe Schmo ''reality'' show on
Spike TV?
Anyone else suspect that the supposed Schmo is another actor?
4:37:21 PM
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The Nature story mentioned in the Fast Company link
below:
E-mail reveals real leaders: Network analysis
maps companies' informal structure. By
Philip Ball.
3:37:13 PM
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Bosses
are the weakest link, by Iain Thomson.
A new report to be published today from the Economist Intelligence
Unit has found that, while board members see security as one of the
top issues facing their companies, their knowledge of best practices
is lacking.
Four out of five admitted to opening an email attachment from someone
they did not know, and one in five confessed to using their own name
as the password to access their network.
12:36:30 PM
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The Email Trail
This spring, the journal Nature published a report on how
Hewlett-Packard maps the company's structure by following the flow of email.
The map shows the teams in which people actually work, as opposed to
those they are assigned to. The technique can also reveal who is at the
heart of each sub-group. These people often correspond with
company-designated leaders such as project managers. But unofficial de
facto leaders can also emerge.
Communities of practice and social network theory are nothing new in the
business world. But we often neglect to pay attention how information flows
within our organizations. Who are the go-to people in your company? Who are
the people who pass on queries and act as bridges between departments?
(Via Heath, on the
Fast Company Blog.)
10:34:26 AM
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>From Benton Headlines:
NETDAY SPEAK UP DAY
Already 56 schools representing 9,000 students have registered
for NetDay
Student Voices' Speak Up Day on October 29. During this online event,
approximately 500,000 students will share their ideas about using technology
and the Internet. The results will help shape the US Department of
Education's National Education Technology Plan, a mandate of the No Child
Left Behind Act. Students will have a first-hand lesson in civic engagement,
and schools will gain valuable information about student views and ideas on
technology use. Schools are invited to register online at:
http://www.netday.org/speakup_schools.htm. To preview Speak Up Day, George
Lucas Education Foundation (GLEF) Executive Director Milton Chen will speak
with NetDay CEO Julie Evans and teachers and students experienced in
learning with technology. The GLEF radio show will air live on Thursday,
October 9 at noon PT (3 pm ET) on Voice America.com
(http://www.glef.org/voiceamer.html) with a repeat broadcast at midnight
(PT).
SOURCE: Net Day
9:34:21 AM
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New Napster, IPod Don't Play Nice. Napster is back, if only in name. But don't expect fans of Apple's popular iPod music player to flock to the new service. The two run on different file formats. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
9:26:01 AM
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And So It Goes is also following the Eric Gower discussion of The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen: Inspired New Tastes over at The Well's Inkwell. (This fact learned by way off All Consuming!)
9:22:04 AM
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Seth: Slashdot Genuflect. A bit of venting about the Power Of Slashdot and my reasons for quitting censorware research.
9:16:18 AM
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