linkdom 12 september 2005

hunter thompson left a note.

merman spotted in the caspian sea. i told you so.

using chili peppers to curb drug abusers
"the biggest benefit, though, will be to society as a whole, because pain medicine abuse now is such a massive epidemic." good enough for me.

this is huge. the vatican addresses evolution.
“…in other words, the pope could live with evolution, so long as the process of “ensouling” humans was left to god.  (he also insisted on a role for adam, whom he believed committed a sin— mysteriously passed along through the “doctrine of original sin”—that has affected all subsequent generations.) pius xii cautioned, however, that he considered the jury still out on the question of evolution’s validity.  it should not be accepted, without more evidence, “as though it were a certain proven doctrine.”  (roa, 81)…”

people get angry over the recent patent granted to microsoft for inventing the “double-click.” ms also appears to be claiming invention of what we now know as the gui. this is also argued.
“you have to understand how patents work”
9/9/2005 8:51:03 pm posted by e-shy
they probably applied a long time ago. they did "invent" the double click, the rest oss used one-click at the time. they also invented the context-menu (which now exist in the mac as well). apple did sue microsoft on the gui and mouse issue and lost because it was xerox parc's invention, that story was the old silicon valley story of not caring what you got (same as cisco, 3com, yahoo, google and other companies[sic]). the folks at xerox didn't understand what it was and gave it away despite objections by the developers.

wired online interviews jon stewart and ben karlin (daily show producer) regarding their takes on the future of broadcast/network/cable/online television.

“responsibility, taking action and owning up” reference #2:
paypal freezes out katrina aid from wired news online.
"you've got to find a balance between assuming everyone is guilty and treating your customers with respect," he said.

pentagon revises pre-emptive nuclear strikes
is this scary?

flame wars for “grown-ups”

epson’s mini led projector makes news again (still?). it seems toshiba has one too.

a bluetooth device that turns your cell phone into a voip system when coupled with your lappy. here’s one at ubergizmo.

sim card back up keychain. i hate having to re-enter all those numbers. ooo! and it’s got a clock!

an online php how-to book

the history of google

top ten things you can do to get blogged

a new spin on paper: exbiblio [pdf] which is not to be confused with philips’ rollable display. more from polymervision.com (the developer?)

form agreeing with function: blue vertigo mint

incase you’re bored: hack a day

pfizer nearly debunks the whole “big pharmaceutical co = bad” theory by lending a hand in the hurricane katrina recovery effort. pfizer, i salute you.

newly added to my list of rss blogs:
ftrain.com: the website of paul ford and his pseudonyms. why?
flow | state: ui design craft. why?

neat little bit about the technology behind corpse bride. also includes some blurbs from tim burton worth taking in.

windows vista editions released
winging and whining abounds. you can test drive vista here, read a bit of propaganda here and complain about it here and here. read zdnet’s blog about it all here.

“responsibility, taking action and owning up” reference #1:
microsoft's army of lawyers was no match for a kid from kent state.
by denise grollmus
originally published by cleveland scene 2005-03-30
i’m not huge on suing anyone for anything, even though i’d love some revenge now and then. however, this kid made good and i commend him on his diligence and intelligence.

more for my css library: css hack

jason kottke writes a neat little blurb about mobile phone usage here. this got me thinking about what i use my phone for (in order of importance):
1. time
2. web based phone listings
3. movie listings and such
4. web browsing/info searching
5. news (rss feeds)
6. phone calls
7. sms
8. photo records of things i see/need/want

i do not want:
1. music
2. email
3. gaming
4. fancy pants ring tones