IAWA Public Interface ::: stumbled upon this - interesting, a dedicated database
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The Rowing Song from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Round the world and home again
That's the sailor's way
Faster faster, faster faster
There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a–blowing
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a–glowing
Is the grisly reaper mowing
Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing
Foreign Doctors Graduate As Nurses ::: hmmm... so does that make them undereducated doctors, or overeducated nurses?
12.15.2003
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Q: What will happen when a national political machine can fit on a laptop? ::: howard dean takes over
12.12.2003
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12.10.2003
Tough New Tactics by U.S. Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns ::: wow, the new plan is to beat them... physically!
Governor to request federal bailout ::: i thought he was supposed to be fixing the problems, not digging us a deeper grave
California signs up for nutty law banning camcorders from cinemas ::: but it has broader implications, as this essay points out
Clinton gives a nod ::: the democrats aren't going to let san francisco go (after their tromping at the federal, state, and new york levels). san francisco is just too important
Governor rethinks pledge due to budget woes ::: no surprise that he's reniging, but cutting school funding so soon?
Newsom and the democrats win SF ::: but after calling in all the heavy hitters, he only managed a 6 point lead. I'd say this is really a victory to the Green party and a wakeup call to the democratic party that they are loosing touch with a large number of constituents.
Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number ::: well, he didn't find it, but it did show up on his computer
Of Friendsters and Foes ::: social network "art" get's the feds attention. oh, and how about that mysterious "suicide"?
12.09.2003
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Acrobatic trees, gluttony pictures captured by artist Primeau... ::: trees that have "swallowed" objects
12.07.2003
Nancy Reagan opposes replacing FDR with Reagan on dimes ::: yeah - listen to nancy! ronnie certainly did.
Restaurant confidential ::: more underground food - this time italian in a converted bus in the east bay
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Free World Dialup - by pulver.com ::: the free voip provider - but no access to the regular phone world.
FREE IP Calling with IPKall ::: i don't understand how they are funding, but this service will issue a washington state phone number to your sip. now regular phone users can call your sip - as if it was a washington phone. interesting. they also mention the ability to outdial - but i think this must be a subscription aspect.
Viper Networks ::: these guys make some interesting usb to voip products, including an adapter and usb handset.
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Motorola MPx200 Smartphone - Next Generation (AT&T) ::: great deal on the nextgen motorola with windows mobile os
11.14.2003
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ACL Anthology ::: A Digital Archive of Research Papers in Computational Linguistics - all 40 years worth
Searching for planets with life ::: the european space agency is looking for other planets with life - here's how
WWT Swan Migration Satellite Tracking Project ::: tracking swan migration from russia to britain in real-time
11.09.2003
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Techbargains.com - Cheapest computer deal best digital cameras wholesale computer parts ::: ready for tech christmas?
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Shelley Jackson's INERADICABLE STAIN : SKIN PROJECT ::: your skin could be part of the story - permanently.
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Google Directory - Computers > Internet > Cybercafes ::: googles cybercafe directory - for when you travel
10.11.2003
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Kill Bill - the 4th film by Quentin Tarantino - OCTOBER 10th VOLUME 1 - ::: great flash based promo site for the movie
10.04.2003
PaperClick User Home Page ::: use your camphone to snap a product barcode, and immediatly get online prices for comparison. yeah!
10.03.2003
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The Digital Michelangelo Project ::: Autodesk supported Stanford in the 3D faxing predecessor to this project
9.28.2003
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Dinosaur dust-up: Princeton paleontologist produces evidence for new theory on extinction ::: everything old is new again
9.22.2003
9.21.2003
The Digital Imprimatur ::: John Walker pens another killer memo - this time on How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle.
Autodesk founder walks away from another creation. ::: John cites the increasing use of IP shielding NAT boxes. An interesting read.
Magnets attracting wireless attention ::: forget bluetooth, think magnetic induction for short range wireless
To be an individual hunter-gatherer in America is to lead a lonely life ::: "FORTY FIGS per day, every day, for eighty days. "
9.19.2003
Windows to Power ATMs in 2005 ::: um, with all the recent windows security holes is this a good thing?
Sunglass camera records everything you see ::: special software helps you lick the good stuff at day's end
9.18.2003
Use a Surplus Primestar Dish as an IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking Antenna ::: 10mile range, at full bandwidth
Retro Replay ::: and, here's the ethernet card for the C64 to get you connected to the net - broadband!
9.15.2003
linux powered remote control pda airplane ::: interesting in light of all the military talks regarding combat robots.
9.11.2003
Solving The Peeping Camera-Phone Problem ::: a new technology can keep camera phones (and other digital devices) from working. interesting solution to the problem, if a little heavy handed. i wonder what the implications are for pacemakers, auto-defibrillators, and other health related electronics? or even less critical but necessary devices like language translators and pda guidebooks?
9.05.2003
VoIP goes to city hall ::: cities get ready to take on the phone monopolies. ready to rumble with the bell babies?
9.04.2003
Lost in Translation :::
Original English Text: Oh, the places you'll go... and oh, the things you'll see
After 10 language translations: The ampere hour, the places... and in the OH -, the things goings, of
that see
Stop Alien Abductions ::: a DIY telepathic thought screen helmet.
Caution: Wear the helmet as much as you can, especially during times that you feel you are usually abducted. Some persons report complete success just wearing the helmet at night, others report that the aliens became aware when they were not wearing the helmet and took them when they weren't wearing it.
One abductee reported that when she wasn't wearing the helmet, the aliens gave her a telepathic command when they were about to take her to not put on the helmet. The only way to stop such alien telepathic commands is to wear the helmet as much as possible.
RIAA decries drop in CD sales ::: boo-hoo... their not raking in the cash anymore. poor little record companies.
NewsFlash: San Rafael, California experiences a mild rolling earthquake lasting about 30 seconds. See your local news sources in about 2 hours for details. You heard it here first.
Improper strip searches alleged / 2 women sue, claim they were left naked in S.F. jail cells ::: moral of the story - don't talk back to bums, and don't spill corn syrup! also, if you're a woman, don't let the SFPD take you alive.
9.02.2003
Researcher sees cellophane window to 3D ::: and you thought Saran Wrap was only useful in the bedroom...
Teletext Babez ::: believe it or not, there are still places using teletext - you remember that quaint unidirectional data casting format that allowed about 40bytes of data to be trasmitted in the signal between broadcast television picture frames. check out the art you catch on late night german teletext.
Study: CDs may soon be as final as vinyl ::: and you wonder why the RIAA are fighting piracy so hard - they're fighting for no less than their future livelihood.
Product-et700 ::: a 20gig MPEG 4 video player/recorder. oh yeah, it also does MP3. i'll take one if it makes it to market.
8.30.2003
A long and winding road / City's 49 Mile Scenic Drive a little loopy but not without its charms ::: let's drive!
Magic Lantern Slides - The Berkeley Geography Collection ::: excellent historical photos - related to various california locations
New display technology can hold a color image for 12 years with no power ::: billboards today - paper tomorrow?
A raunchy interview bedevils Schwarzenegger / 1977 chat includes blunt talk on drugs, sex ::: oh, you know that arnold!
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U.S. approves Viagra rival from Glaxo, Bayer ::: bayer can now cure her headache and his limp member
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Animal-rights vandals hit chef's home, shop / Activists call French-style foie gras cruel to birds ::: yikes
Remote possibilities grow with redwoods / Tiny sensors a huge help in tracking trees' progress ::: a redwood network - cool
8.18.2003
News: FCC chief dubious about new cable rules ::: yeah - we all know the cable companies are looking out for our best interests
Slashdot | RPC DCOM Cleanup Worm Appears ::: ha! a worm hunter that uses the same exploit, then kills the worm and then closes the hole. dig-it.
8.12.2003
Bhutan to get unmanned phone booths ::: while the rest of the world trys to figure out what to do with internet connected, video recording, gps locating, mp3 playing cellphones, the Bhutanese are just now figuring out how to use a phone booth without a chaperone...
8.11.2003
Man jailed for linking to bomb sites ::: ok - not smart, bad taste, and belligerant, but going to jail just for linking existing information. hello - am i allowed to say police state?
8.10.2003
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san francisco department of public health environmental health section ::: where you can lookup food facility health inspection violations for all 7000 licensees sf.
8.08.2003
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HoloTouch, Inc. - Holographic controls for cellphones, PDAs, ATMs, kiosks, and more ::: that's way better than in minority report!
8.04.2003
A scene from the matrix, in ASCII. ::: cute - follow the link about 1/2 way down the page. the animation source is clearly from the original video. color and density of pixels are converted to ascii characters based on relative "opacity". no big dea there. but i'm interested in how this ascii "stream" of video frames is being played within the browser. i see some minimal javascript and the use of document layers and css. it's still not clear how it works exactly, but it's very interesting.
