My Favorite California
Bolinas loves nature and the water, but they don't hate hotels and motor boats. And that is the official word folks. I would have voted for that, I don't know about you...
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August 31, 2004
August 28, 2004
50 Years Of Pixels
Former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky celebrates the pixel's 50th birthday with an ode to the digitization of our visual experience.
August 27, 2004
Australia Wins
The Australians have calculated olympic medal winnings per capita, which of course puts them near the top of the list.
August 22, 2004
The Wild West
You can be sure that the Houston International Airport is well protected, because Texas is still part of the Wild West. Yee-haw!
Preparing For Emergencies
Those crazy British people have emergencies all figured out: Preparing For Emergencies (notice how close it looks to the real thing...)
File Sharing In Court
The Ninth Circuit Court finally injected a little sense into the file sharing/copyright debate with their ruling that the file sharing companies do not materially gain from what happens on their networks and so they do not have to specifically block any activity, and more importantly the courts should not be legislating the business world. As has happened in the past new business models will arise to take advantage of the current situation. Basically, the record and movie companies should get their fat lazy asses out of court and get with the program.
August 11, 2004
The Dude Abides
The Lebowski fest is coming to New York this weekend, dude. Now we can all go out and celebrate the absurd greatness of this cult movie. Mix a couple of White Russians, role a couple of joints and call up all your toe sources...
Digital Democracy
This blog entry talks about some recent political items (Speeches from the Democratic National Convention, testimonies from the 9/11 hearings) that are available in the iTunes music store. And they are even available for free, courtesy of audible.com.
August 06, 2004
New York State Legislature Reform
The Brennan Center at New York University has issued a report on how the New York State legislature system puts all the power in the hands of the person at the top of the House/Senate and discourages participation from regular members, and is basically in need of reform. This may not be a total surprise to some people, but having some statistics to look at is interesting.
Mamasan's
Some friends of mine are going to have a booth at this Pacific Islander festival in San Francisco this weekend (booth F4 - Mamasan's). Their food is awesome, a mix of Guam, American and other styles.