Friday, March 12, 2004

Restoring integrity to the White House, part 74,162: Medicare lies. Remember the GOP Medicare bill that was written by and for the pharmaceutical industry? Remember how just weeks after it was signed, the Bush administration came out and said it would cost one-third more than originally estimated? Well, it turns out ... [Kicking Ass] 7:03:49 PM    comment []

Andrew: "I've finished an initial version of a RSS+BitTorrent integration tool for Radio Userland's news aggregator. This is beta software." [Scripting News] 6:15:50 PM    comment []

Technology Review: Home Is Where the Server Is. Simson Garfinkel. Well, I've had a server in my basement since 1995, and frankly, I wouldn't want to live without it. Always running, my server holds my personal files, my music collection, and all of the digital data that I've been building up over the past 20 years. [Tomalak's Realm] 6:11:24 PM    comment []

Exploits found on UserLand comment server. Two security exploits for Radio UserLand were published last night on the Radio customer support board. [Rogers Cadenhead: Salon Blog Tips] 6:34:31 AM    comment []

In search of the smiley face. Yale University scholar Angus Trumble traces the development of the phenomenon from early Greek times right up to the age of cyberspace. [CNET News.com] 6:26:25 AM    comment []

Mr-President Bids for Re-Election. Alphaville, the most famous city in The Sims Online, is holding a presidential race. The incumbent is favored, but his challengers get whittled to one this weekend. By Daniel Terdiman. [Wired News] 6:22:47 AM    comment []

Synthesizer Maker Fights Musicians' Union. The company that makes an advanced synthesizer used to mimic the sound of live musicians has filed an action against the Broadway musicians union. By Jesse Mckinley. [New York Times: Technology] 6:21:03 AM    comment []

Lisa Williams: Some blogging principles. [Scripting News] 6:09:02 AM    comment []