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I wish I had this kind of time. I have enough lego to pull it off. True Dimensions - Time Sage
Watch the film in quicktime [here]. Good eye Frank.

Bell & Weiland
“But that is to overlook the fact that many of the things we most wish for can’t be provided through the market. You can’t buy public health, or mass transit, or a clean environment, or a competent military at the nearest Wal-Mart.”
c/o Ryan. Looks like it will go on my next to […]

Over Christmas I got the chance to discuss technology issues with a variety of friends and family. I even got to explain the concept of ‘googling’ to my Dad’s family. I made a few CD’s for various family members and friends as stocking stuffers. The amazement with which my iBook pumps out […]

A belated Merry Christmas post. I had a great one but the heavy winds knocked the power out at my parents place…no power almost all Christmas day then no phones. The solitude was great as was the BBQ’d turkey (never to be done in the oven again according to my Mom).
As always […]

Silicon Valley - Dan Gillmor’s eJournal - Customers’ Rights Denied in Digital Age
“If your car maker forced you to use the dealership for all service and repairs, and backed that up with electronic locks you couldn’t legally break, you’d be furious. Yet the entertainment and software industries are doing just that kind of thing today.”

Google News I’ve been using the new Google news service as my home page for the last couple months. More than anything I never know where to start on the web. Officially it is -
“Google News presents information culled from approximately 4,000 news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to present the […]

When In Rome. Pictures from Ryan while he’s Rome. Wow.

I was reading Matt Jones blog this morning and he posts an article from peterme.com which is actually from Don Norman.
Anyways…here’s the link -
matt jones | Don Norman on Eloi Vs Morlocks
And from Don Norman -
“Kids don’t have a clue about how things work. Sure, kids can whiz through a lot […]

XML.com: What is RSS? [Dec. 18, 2002]
For Grant. P.S. … Where’s the anchor?
“RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it’s not just for news.”

I have a car over the holidays. Ever since I’ve been travelling so much, started my biz and lived/worked downtown I’ve needed my own car less and less. I didn’t think I missed it too much but ever since Ryan went to Rome for Christmas with his family (his Dad is working in […]

movie maker mentality (Aaron Swartz: The Weblog)
“In the movie studios world, they’d pass tough new laws making it illegal to sell crowbars, or describe how to build one. They’d speak out against the makers of crowbars, claiming they were only selling them for profit and ignoring the terrible harm they can do. They’d try to […]

kottke.org :: We, the developers of the Web…
“This is like a Declaration of Independence for Web developers. All the difficult decisions concerning Web development are made for you. Use CSS and XHTML to make your pages clean and fast-loading. Use a database or XML to store your data so that it can be easily output […]

Well its over. That is Christmas party season in the combined shipping / computer world I seem to inhabit. Once again it was too much. There was too much talking on my part and too much drinking in general. All in good fun. I’m so lucky I get to hang […]

A friend of mine today was given a hard time for the indulgence of his blog. That is the personal elements, the ramblings, and the trivia…let alone the opinions. I used to worry about this. I thought this whole thing was just too indulgent; I mean I talk all the time, now […]

One more reason I love my iBook and Apple OS X.2 - this is a seriously cool Instant Messenger client - Proteus v.2 by Alien Technology

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iraq’s ‘unaccounted for’ weapons
This quote is from the U.N.’s own inspection team; not the Americans. Now it gets even more serious. I think many countries were hoping for the best from Saddam, and hoping the UNMOVIC could provide that cover. It’s clear though that […]

kottke.org :: Gawker
This is a really cool site. Direct link [ gawker ]

Intensive Care
I know this feeling. It hurts.
I was lucky, my Mom was able to answer back eventually. Here’s a prayer for yours.

Very Smart (Penmachine.com)
This is very cool.

ElcomSoft verdict: Not guilty - Tech News - CNET.com
“The DMCA makes it a crime to offer for sale products that circumvent digital copy protections, including encryption schemes, the issue at stake in the ElcomSoft case. Other provisions create penalties for creating and distributing such tools, raising protests from programmers that the law could, among other […]