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Monthly Archives: March 2004
A Scanner Darkly
Keanu Reeves will star in A Scanner Darkly, based on the Philip K. Dick novel. Richard Linklater is in talks to direct. The film will employ the same technology Linklater used in Waking Life: it will be shot live-action, then … Continue reading
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GNOME 2.6
GNOME 2.6 is out. There are nice reviews here and here. I’ve been running the betas and I especially like spatial Nautilus and the new file chooser.
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Air America
Air America, the new progressive radio network, debuts today at noon with Al Franken’s The O’Franken Factor.
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Bookmark Blog
No time to blog today so I thought I’d point you to my Bookmark Blog. I needed a nice central repository for my bookmarks so I started this up last week.
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Universal broadband
President Bush on Friday proposed 2007 as the goal for universal availability of high-speed Internet. That’s cool, but I want fiber. When do I get fiber?
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Martial Arts Defend Against Aging
A new study on the health benefits of martial arts. In their study, Douris’ team examined the overall fitness of 18 individuals between 40 and 60 years of age. Nine of the study participants had been practicing soo bahk do, … Continue reading
Bob Edwards out
NPR is demoting Bob Edwards from host of Morning Edition to senior correspondent. From his comments it sounds like he won’t stick around.
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Debunking the Economist — again
James Kenneth Galbraith debunks the Economist on globalization. Confronting the problems of the stricken Third World will require a balanced approach. What the poorest countries need perhaps most of all is sustainable finance, permitting them to build their infrastructure, their … Continue reading
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Meat-resistance genes
A study finds that humans evolved genes to offset high cholesterol and chronic diseases assocated with a meat-rich diet. “Meat contains cholesterol and fat, not to mention potential parasites and diseases like Mad Cow,” he said. “We believe humans evolved … Continue reading
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Shipping container houses
Buy a 2000 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2 and a half bath house made from recycled shipping containers for $76k.
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The Andreessen Twelve
Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen listed his top twelve reasons for the growth of open source software at the “Open Source in Government” conference: “The Internet is powered by open source.” “The Internet is the carrier for open source.” “The Internet … Continue reading
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Driving to Laptopia
Doc Searls’ trials and tribulations with Linux on the laptop. Yes, Dan said, IBM will be offering both a Linux desktop and a Linux laptop–this year. IBM, Dan reported, has 15,000 house testers using Linux on the desktop. When Jeff … Continue reading
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Why software still stinks
Software luminaries discuss the future of programming in Salon. Today’s software world is simply too “brittle” — one tiny error and everything grinds to a halt: “We’re constantly teetering on the edge of catastrophe.” Nature and biological systems are much … Continue reading
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Markdown
“Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).” This is even cooler than Textile. I just wished they’d … Continue reading
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