Data Transfer with UPS
Jim Gray (of Microsoft's research team) has realized that, when you're transfering a lot of data, those brown trucks are faster and cheaper than the internet.
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Isn't It Ironic
In this article in the UK's Guardian, some insight is given into the true meaning of irony, the question of whether Germans can, in fact, do irony is discussed, and a bit of confusion between American and Canadian accents is cleared forthwith. Very...um...postmodern.
The Structure of Blogging
In response to a confusing jumble of loosely specified RSS versions and potentially nasty problems stemming from those specs, a week or so ago Sam Ruby started a conversation about a better format. Sam has created a wiki and many developers have begun hammering out the anatomy of a well formed log entry. The emerging spec, possibly named Pie, looks like it could work.
Very Rude.
Pictures of Harrison Ford pointing at people.
Google Catalog Search
Google has launched a beta version of Google Catalogs. Scanned mail-order catalogs can be searched and browsed. Nifty.
Hold on to your browsers
Last week, as part of a large settlement, Microsoft licensed its Internet Explorer browser to AOL, royalty free, for seven years. What does this mean for the internet? Probably Bad Things. Jeffrey Zeldman and Todd Dominey both have interesting comments on the imminent death of Netscape and other nasty consequences.
Office-Hour Habits of the North American Professor
In this fascinating article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, James M. Lang gives us an insightful overview of one aspect of the life cycle of that common but little-studied species found throughout the continental United States, the North American Professor.
Vagabonding - One man, one year, one world.
Vagabonding.com chronicles the solo, one year, round-the-world journey of Mike Pugh. His trip is documented with a travelogue of text, digital photography and DV of everything from a video of riding in an infamous (dangerous) Bangkok tuk-tuk to a young monk in Myanmar discussing government, history and the need for change. Most recently: Nepal's Annapurna circuit trek.
The Worst Idea Ever
MSN UK is developing the iLoo, an internet enabled portable toilet for festivals and the like. If all goes well, we shall soon have an answer to the age old question: Would you rather surf the internet while suffocating on the fumes of strangers' leavings, or be outside?
Knife Thrower and his Assistant
Apparently, knife throwers do sometimes miss, even those holding world records.....