Monday, August 02, 2004

Happiness is more feeds from NPR. [Scripting News] 8:37:55 PM    comment []

I love following referrers! I learn things like: Fat people vote for Bush It appears that US states with a high proportion of of fat people tend to support George Bush: fat states vote for Bush. Strange. (thanks, Cabalamat!) 8:35:32 PM    comment []

Startup to make iTunes sing on Linux. CodeWeavers says new version of software bringing Windows programs to Linux supports Apple's music application. [CNET News.com] 8:31:09 PM    comment []

R.I.P., Sidney Morgenbesser. In Memoriam. Sidney Morgenbesser (1921-2004) Professor Morgenbesser died yesterday; I have not seen memorial notices yet, but when they appear they are likely to be linked from the Columbia Philosophy Department page. [The Leiter Reports: Editorials, News, Updates] 8:31:04 PM    comment []

Soundcheck. Illinois Jacquet, known throughout the jazz world for his roof- raising style on the tenor saxophone, died of a heart attack last month at the age of 81. In tribute, Soundcheck features an encore broadcast in the WNYC studio with soprano Renee Fleming and pianist Larry Ham. [WNYC New York Public Radio] 8:26:36 PM    comment []

Hackers Are Discovering a New Frontier: Internet Telephone Service. Already, a few malicious attacks have shut down corporate Internet phone networks, disrupting business at a cost of millions of dollars. By By KEN BELSON. [The New York Times > Technology] <tone ="mocking">Wow! Hackers messing with phones! What next?</tone> 7:11:07 AM    comment []

Beijing Manifesto. The Chinese love the monumental ambition. They hate the monumental price tag -- and the 'foreign' design. A portfolio of the grand ideas and grim realities behind the contentious new vision for China Central Television. By Rem Koolhaas from Wired magazine. [Wired News] Saw a model for and some info about this project at the "Tall Buildings" exhibit at MOMAQns last month. It's really something else. 7:10:57 AM    comment []

Canada Music Biz Bites Dentists. Dentists in Canada discover they have to pay fees to Canadian music publishers for the right to play copyright music in their offices. U.S. dentists may be surprised to find out that similar rules apply in their country. By Katie Dean. [Wired News] 7:05:59 AM    comment []

City of Memory. City of Memory uses a map structure to locate stories about life in New York City. (thanks to Noah Hendler) [Smart Mobs] 7:01:57 AM    comment []