LeBron vs. Hawks | # | You know your team is bad when you have to highlight the other team's rookie in order to sell tickets. Reminds me of the ads the Clippers used to run back when I was in LA -- 'come see Magic, Bird, Jordan...'
Merrill Lynch Shackles Employee Net Access | # | Merrill Lynch today introduced a company-wide ban on access to third-party email services from corporate PCs. In a memo to staff, the investment banker said it was prohibiting workers from picking up or sending email through Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL and the like because of 'regulatory requirements' and as to cut off a possible route by which viruses might enter its network. Access to external message boards, chat rooms or forums have all become prescribed activities for Merrill Lynch workers. Using home email accounts at work has also been outlawed.
Who Is the Real Kobe? | # | As the Lakers superstar faces assault charges, his friends and teammates wonder how well they ever knew him
All Over for Blogs? | # | Blogs have been seen by some as a new wave of internet development but are they losing their appeal, wonders technology analyst Bill Thompson.
Light is a Drug | # | Just say no to light! This is an interesting article about the effects of light-polluted skies. The part about the stars is very true. I tripped out when I was in Hawai'i and looked up and saw tons of stars. I was like 'where did all those stars come from?'
Ballers Brawlin' | # | A funny story about Puffy's crew mixing it up with some Columbians in Ibiza. And all over some Brazilian model. The best part is the 'I'll make slippers out of you' quote uttered by one of the Columbians.
Making the Web Pay | # | A look at some writers and artists who are earning money through the internet with micropayments
August 06, 2003
They Really Are Rat-Dogs | # | Comments (1)
| A chihuahua got attacked by one of the hawks that a New York park employs to control the rodent population.
Apple's Strategic Shift | # | Comments (2)
| Rather than accept being a niche PC maker, Steve Jobs is transforming his baby into a high-end consumer-electronics and services company
Job Cut Announcements Up 43% | # | This lagging indicator is in no hurry to turn around -- U.S. job-cut announcements jumped in July to their highest level in three months, an outplacement firm said Tuesday, another sign that the longest job-market slump since World War II continues.
The Real Music Pirates | # | They used to say 'home taping' was killing music, now it's meant to be internet downloaders. But the real pirates these days are crime bosses - and the rewards are plentiful... The pirate CD market is now so big, $4.6bn, it is 'of greater value than the legitimate music market of every country in the world, except the USA and Japan'.
August 05, 2003
Cool Bird Photo | # | Maybe it's the colors or the closeness of the shot that strikes me about this picture.
BuyMusic Bites Apple | # | A good critique of BuyMusic's ad campaign. How about an original idea???
Coinless Slot Machines | # | An interesting look at the reasons behind the switch away from using coins in slot machines.
How Robots Will Steal Your Job | # | Talk about the rise of the machines! This article says that 'humanoid robots will be widely available by the year 2030, and able to replace jobs currently filled by people in areas such as fast-food service, housecleaning and retail. Unless ways are found to compensate for these lost jobs more than half of Americans could be unemployed by 2055.'
Get Cash for Your Used Inkjet Cartridges | # | The cash value of empty cartridges -- a used Lexmark can fetch up to $7 -- has spawned a vast recycling movement and the Internet is clogged with ads for companies offering refill kits or remanufactured cartridges for computer printing.
A Web site (http:/www.empties.com) for buyers and sellers lists prices for the estimated one million empty ink cartridges thrown out daily around the world, mostly by individuals with home computers. Most cartridges can be refilled at least two or three times, or even as many as 10 times, according to experts.
Stay Strapped! | # | AIDS Cases on the Rise in United States
Dustiest Computer Ever! | # | This has to be the dustiest PC ever. It might take 3 cans of compressed air to get that puppy clean.
TinyURL | # | Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Then you've come to the right place. By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires.
Web Style Guide | # | This style guide seeks to serve as a resource for anyone writing or editing web copy, and to document some of the conventions that distinguish good writing, as published on the web, from writing published in other media.
Recomendo | # | Get recommendations on a variety of products. Here's the site's description: 'Here are my recommendations for cool stuff. I include any books, tools, software, videos, maps, gadgets, hardware, websites, or gear that are extraordinarily handy or useful for individual and small groups. The best items are those that open up new possibilities. I depend on friends and readers to suggest things. Generally I try something out first if I can. I only recommend things I like and I ignore the rest.'
