Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Business on the Web in 2013

Some ideas on the future of the web.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The End of America

Naomi Wolf

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Hey Jude

I Drink Your Milkshake

Saturday Night Live (SNL) on February 23, 2008. Parody of Oscar nominated films: There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, and Juno.

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Adobe AIR 1.0 is out!

The Adobe® AIR™ runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across operating systems.What type of developer are you?

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Tift Merritt on Jay Leno tonight


Tift Merritt with Emmylou Harris

MySpace.com - TIFT MERRITT - North Carolina / NYC - www.myspace.com/tiftmerritt

Iddybud Journal: Iraq-Recession Campaign

Iddybud Journal: Iraq-Recession Campaign

Jude's excellent summation of the Iraq-Recession Campaign...

[excerpt]

"This morning, former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth Edwards joined top anti-Iraq war leaders to announce the launch of a new nationwide, multimillion dollar campaign aimed at shining a light on the cost of war in Iraq. The new Iraq/Recession Campaign was launched with a teleconference.

As economic concerns weigh heavily on the minds of Americans, opposition to President Bush's reckless war in Iraq continues to grow. The massive cost of the war in Iraq- hurtling toward one trillion dollars - has increased demand for a strategy to bring U.S. troops home. The Iraq/Recession Campaign will highlight the majority of Americans who want to see leadership on investing in critical priorities at home and establishing real security throughout the world."

Friday, February 22, 2008

Animals are our connection with Eden



I was saddened to hear that Jude Nagurney-Camwell lost Cora, her cat and companion for many years.
The cat in the picture is not Cora, but looks like her. Cora was given a good life, and a peaceful death, with caring souls all around. Even in such pain and sorrow, such tender and caring feelings are good for the soul and humanity...and felixity.
(I hope I'm using that word correctly.)

Peace
Dave

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Monday, February 18, 2008

EDHEAD ; A John Edwards Tribute video

Music by the late, great Nick Drake.

The Edwards Primary: Obama Edition

Obama Meets Edwards, Pledges Party Remake

"Obama asked for an endorsement. But he also provided the former senator and his wife with detailed arguments about why he would be a stronger Democratic candidate in November, and an outline of how he would seek to implement progressive economic reforms as president.

A key part of the discussion focused on a priority of John Edwards: writing a Democratic platform that outlines a genuine change agenda.

"The meeting with John, we just wanted to talk about how we can move the party in a direction that focuses on middle-class issues, relieving poverty, reducing the influence of special interests in Washington," Obama acknowledged Sunday night."


(from The Nation)

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Thanx for Spanx!

YouTube - Spank me with Spanx!

Here goes the next big trend...




Welcome to Spanx by Sara Blakely: Official Site - Feb 15Shop Spanx.com for the latest in slimming, comfortable bodyshapers, hosiery, intimates, and apparel. Destined to be all the rage at the Oscars. I know I'll be wearing my Spanx lobster bib! "See ya on the red carpet!" - Burns

Friday, February 15, 2008

Was Stephen Kazmierczak a videogame addict?

"Stephen Kazmierczak" games - Google Groups

Anything about Quake, Descent of Final Fantasy that resembles the killer's behavior?
Since I don't play these games I do not know. Little help...


screenshot from Descent

NIU gunman stopped taking medication

Do not stop taking your meds.


Steven Kazmierczak is shown in this photo released Feb. 15, 2008 by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Such ugliness...

Social responsibility for green business in California, Southern California, Northern California, Central California

Social responsibility for green business

Although this link is California-related, it contains many good ideas that could be adopted by other areas.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

John Edwards' Idea-rich Blog is Closing its Doors Today




John Edwards' Blog was the first and best of the presidential blogs, but now it is being put to sleep. Fellow diarists may want to gather their rosebuds while they may, for tomorrow is another day.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Darcy take the plunge - Pride and Prejudice - PBS - Sunday


Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy


I may be the only person who has not yet seen the much-vaunted "Pride and Prejudice", starring my physical and temperamental alter-ego, Colin Firth, but I have seen "Bridget Jones' Diary", which surely must count for something. "Valmont" was also mighty fine as a rending of "Les Liassons Dangeroux", although slightly off-topic.


Yesterday Terry Gross interviewed Mr. Firth and had a most spirited exchanged, largely revolving around his "taking the plunge" -- which, as it turns out, was originally intended to be performed in the raw. When that idea was panned, they pondered undies, only to find out that they didn't wear any at the time. Probably an earlier Britney age, and what with Firth being a Briton and all...must be true. According to Firth, the underknickers were less than alluring, and so they opted out of that, and decided on a clad baptism of liberation.



Clad baptism of liberation

I'd love to find out where this and "Miss Austen Regrets" was filmed. "Mansfield Park" was filmed in and around the lovely Newby Hall near Ripon, Yorkshire, where, for centuries, my ancients romped.

Friday, February 08, 2008

On approaching my 100th Year on the Internets

It was nearly 100 Internet years when I made my first unbroken connection to the Internets. But people don't much talk about "internet years" any more. And, by now, most people understand our passionate exuberance about it.

An Internet year was thought by many to be roughly equivalent to a "dog year", which is, according to high scientists, approximately seven (7, VII) human years -- mainly because things were changing so fast as to perhaps even amuse Thomas Kuhn, whoever that is. Probably a decent fellow. Crooked teeth. None of my business though.

Well, the exuberance has since turned to terror, thanks to those whose jobs involve the taking of human life. Give me a pen any day!

OR that mass of tubes known as the internets.

At least a keyboard.

[Chimes twinkle in the distance.]

INTERIOR - DAY - OFFICE

The internet is streaming into my head, and back again, in a strange form of breathing, made all the more facile by the advent of blogs and social networking software (sites). In the early days of the Web, content producers and content consumers were often the same people. It was two-way, and a lot like breathing. Over time though, the consumers began to far outweigh the producers, and many people never did more than email and consume content.

With blogging, YouTube, social networking sites like Facebook and other fine and recent inventions, as I said, the breathing is coming back. At least that what my dog says.
And he's never wrong. Good Feydeaux! Down!

Now you've made me lose my thought!

Well, here's something you can read in the meantime:

I've already told ya about Charlotte Blogs, so I needn't go back into that, so let me share with you, instead, The Clog -- the brilliantly named blog over at Creative Loafing.

"The people that are for me are fearless."
- John Edwards

Alien Liesmith & Fox Apologist Attacks Female Wolf

The Raw Story | Fox host gets heated when author disses his network

A house built on a foundation of lies will fall, with the liars eating each up, since none are worthy of trust. What fun to watch!