Posts for August 2005
What the heck...let's play viral marketing 'ho...
Check it out...browncoats rule! Session 416.
August 29, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
More kung fu from the monkey
Another excellent rant: Booming Babies Still Want Bidey
August 25, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
Beware of Dog
This looks pretty cool: Black Dog.
August 21, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
Go both ways today...
I've got happy and sad today.
First off, funny. Kung Fu Monkey is consistently clever, funny, and insightful; it's worth reading in your aggregator. Recently, David Brin pointed to one of KFM's older posts, though...which I hadn't seen, and flat out cracked me up:
TOO freakin' true. I miss Republicans, too. And, to be fair, Democrats. And pragmatism, rational discourse, debate, and compromise. (Who IS this who's hijacked my blog?? *grin*)
Secondly...sad and disturbing. The reports aren't all in yet in the investigation of the "shoot to head" mistaken killing of Jean Charles de Menezes in London last month, but there are new allegations that are not good. Like...he wasn't running from police. He wasn't wearing a heavy coat. He basically left a flat that was under investigation, went to the train station, got on, sat down, and had a guy jump on the train and put a bullet in his head. And then several more, just to be sure.
Uhhh...uhh...anyone else feeling a little sick?
Noted...all the info isn't in yet. These are allegations, and part of an ongoing investigation. And the London police DO seem to be taking the investigation seriously. But this is not the sort of situation we want to get in, folks. Yeah...it got a little crazy, and no one was sure...so we removed the guy's head. It's policy. It's the only way to be sure.
In case I haven't said it recently...if this sort of thing becomes accepted, THE BAD GUYS WIN.
I actually think I'm to the point where I hope these new allegations are false. If they are, I'll make sure to point it out as soon as I hear that.
August 17, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
Free Market Podcasts!
Holy crap, this is cool! After being pointed to mises.org (which I had visited previously, but forgotten about, I'm ashamed to say) by the recent slashdot article on the FCC and spectrum scarcity, I was pleased to note they have both a blog and a podcast! Mises' Human Action is one amazing work. Now that I think of it; I haven't read it since college...it may be time for a re-read.
I think there may be something to this podcasting thing...*grin*.
UPDATE: Wow. They have a freakin' boatload of audio available. This is great.
August 11, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
Shoot-to-head now policy in Washington DC
Thanks (um...I guess *shiver*) to Bruce Schneier for the link:
Last year, Gainer (DC Chief of Police) retrained his officers to shoot to kill when faced with a suspected suicide bomber who is uncooperative and refuses to stop and be searched. ... The police organization's behavioral profile says such a person might exhibit "multiple anomalies," including wearing a heavy coat or jacket in warm weather or carrying a briefcase, duffle bag or backpack with protrusions or visible wires.
So...I build the build the wearable PC kludgefest that I'm now tentatively planning (full o' protruding wires, I imagine), I exercise my 4th Amendment rights at a checkpoint in DC...and they kill me. Wouldn't THAT be fucked? Maybe a MAKE magazine subscription for my anniversary isn't such a good idea...too dangerous. That stuff can get you killed!
August 4, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
Another good podcast
Mark Cuban's stuff is good in general, but if you haven't immersed yourself in "Mark-ism" yet, a good quick starting point is a recent Larry's World IT Conversations podcast. An entertaining listen.
August 4, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
New reads
I've moved back to using a RSS aggregator (the firefox extension sage), so I've slowly started upping my blogroll again. Some new additions that I particularly like:
August 4, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
Good audio
IT Conversations hit a couple of home runs in the past week:
- Adam Bosworth: Database Requirements in the Age of Scalable Services
- Jamais Cascio: Participatory Panopticon
More good stuff...Phillip Torrone at Make has posted multiple podcasts that he captured at Defcon. It's been a good week for podcasts! FYI...there's a zip file of audio-only MP3s available corresponding to the M4B files that Phillip has put up at Make. Thanks for hooking us up with that so quickly, Phillip! Not all of us have iPods yet...*grin*
August 2, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
James Randi encyclopedia online
This rocks...full text of An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural. Thanks to boingboing for link!
August 1, 2005 permalink | Comments (0)
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