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November 23, 2004
I’m now receiving spam about ID products “because you registered to attend Inside ID Conference & Expo that was held November 15-17, 2004…” Spamming people who attended an ID conference? Someone dial 211 and connect me to the Irony Squad…
I got my Canon S60 in part because Tim Bray recommended his S50 so highly, and I’ve been very happy with it.
Tim’s posted some photos he took with his camera before he upgraded to the S70. They’re lovely. The subject of one reminded me of a picture I took last week after our autumnal snowfall here in Boston.
These photos by Max Lyons, on the other hand, make me want to leave for Scotland immediately.
November 22, 2004
I ran the audio of my Library of Congress presentation through DragonSoft, thinking that this would be an easy way to make a transcript. Here’s how it renders the opening:
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I seem to have the “Translate into Molly’s Sililoquy” option on.
Yes, I did train the software. In fact, if I play the WAV file over the speakers into a microphone, DragonSoft does much better…but not good enough to make it an appealing option for this project.
November 21, 2004
Joshua Glenn wonders in the Boston Globe today why the adminsitration will not release what the R in “Alberto R. Gonzales” stands for. What’s Gonzales got to hide?
Joshua guesses that R might stand for Rosebud, Ragnar, Reuben, Rico, Romeo or Rudyard. Or pehaps, he says, it’s something French such as Rémy, Robbe-Grillet. Or perhaps Roewade, Rove or Rambo.
Personally, I think it’s Alberto Roosevelt Gonzales, but I’m open to speculation.
November 20, 2004
I believe this is very old news, but it sure is amusing: Learn how to fold a t-shirt perfectly in 3 seconds. (Well, it takes about 15 seconds to learn how to fold it, but folding it actually takes less than 3 seconds.)
November 17, 2004
Why does knowing how a magic trick is done ruin the trick but knowing how a movie’s special effects are done doesn’t ruin the movie?
Joi blogs some science about global warming. Scary stuff. I’m coming to think that that the guy we elected president may not be the one with the best platform on this particular issue.
Don’t miss the discussion in the comments after Joi’s post.
If for some bizarre reasons you want to see my slides for the Jupiter Inside ID conference, they’re here.
Username: insideid
password: nov04
Unfortunately, they’re mainly graphics and won’t make much sense. Also, the file is 7MB. Also, unless you have Powerpoint XP or greater, they won’t animate.
Photos don’t tell the whole story. They tell stories in inevitably weighted ways. But they do speak. Here are some from Fallujah that I haven’t seen in any of the mainstream media. Of course, I haven’t done a lot of looking for them.
November 14, 2004
The FCC has clear jurisdiction over the equipment used for radio and wire transmissions. Now Susan Crawford of the Cardozo Law School has discovered that in its brief supporting the Broadcast Flag, the FCC claims the authority over, well, the Internet.
To support the Flag, says Susan, the FCC claims it can mandate
…the use of “authorized” content protection technologies by virtually every consumer electronics product and computer product…
…this rule doesn’t merely affect TV receiving equipment. It affects everything that RECEIVES digital files from TV receiving equipment as well — every device inside any home network. It affects the open-platform PC. It’s a sweeping rule. And now FCC’s jurisdiction to enact this rule is being argued in sweeping terms.
This is another serious step toward commercial totalitarian control over speech and culture. Won’t someone please do something about it? Thank you.
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