In 1997, ABC “reporter” Cokie Roberts blasted the Internet in a column she wrote with her husband, Steve. Among other things they complained about was that (surprise) the Internet didn’t allow for any mediation of views by responsible folks. To us it [unmediated web communication] sounds like no more deliberation, no more consideration of an…
August, 2001
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Courtesy of Morons.Org comes this report about, well, morons in California’s justice system. Two armed men busted into a San Francisco loft where Detrick Washington, 25, and four other people were hanging out. Washington noticed that one of the intruders had laid down his gun will attempting to tie up some of the loft’s occupants.…
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Okay, I absolutely hate Wesley Crusher (though that’s the least of things I hate about Star Trek), but when Memepool decided to link to several sites related to Wil Wheaton, they missed this Wheaton’s excellent interview with the Aint-It-Cool-News folks. Anyway, I’m reading through this thinking this is one of the better interviews with people…
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So the usual slate of sites are abuzz over the impending implosion of broadband provide Excite@Home. This comes after independent auditors filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission saying they had “substantial doubt” that the company could survive. Fine, but where were the auditors who should have filed a report back in 1999…
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The National Post has a story about whether or not affluence is leading people to over-indulge their children. The opening paragraph mentions that people actually buy Gucci baby booties at $220 a pop. I guess I didn’t follow infant clothing trends closely, but I wasn’t even aware anyone made designer baby clothes until shortly after…
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Some of the stories at Cyber Age Adventures look interesting, especially if you’re interested in good comics fan fiction. The site received a nice writeup in the latest issue of Wizard magazine. The Wizard profile mentions that the site was the Grand Prize winner in Writer’s Digest‘s 1st annual Natoinal Zine Publishing Awards contest. Fine,…
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According to ZDNET, Hewlett-Packard will begin selling a DVD+RW drive early next month for $599. Along with being able to write to DVD+RW discs, the drive will also be able to write to CD-R and CD-RW discs at 12X and 10X speeds, respectively. The ZDNET article goes on at length about a format war between…
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The Wall Street Journal’s Cynthia Crossen wrote one of those look how much electricity Americans are using articles claiming that, “Compared to your grandparents, you, personally, are an electricity hog. Just look around your house.” To which I have to say, you’re damn right! Crossen notes how little our grandparents used (and I assume by…
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Roger Clemens became only the sixth pitcher in modern baseball history to acheive a 16-1 record. The last person to post a 16-1 record was Dave McNally, who did it while pitching for the Baltimore Orioles in 1969. Still, the best quote in ESPN’s story on the record and the Yankees’ 10-3 win over the…
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I still find it a bit weird when I read something in the national news and then somebody whose weblog I read has a personal connection to it. Greg Pierce posted an entry a couple months ago to his web site about his friend getting busted — and exonerated — on a completely bogus charge.…