Smell, Taste Could Be Web Features (4/30/2000) Smell, Taste Could Be Web Features (4/30/2000)

It will probably be best to use these devices in rooms with good ventilation.

Posted by at April 30, 2000 12:22 PM

The trees in my backyard

The trees in my backyard have exploded with the colors white, pink, purple, red, and yellow! The wind picked up the plum tree blossoms and for a while it was raining pink flakes that slowly floated down on the grass.

On a morning like this the glare from the window behind my computer makes the monitor mostly unreadable, but if I unfocus my eyes I can see the reflected image of my backyard. Since my monitor is unreadable I just turn my chair around and surf the real world for awhile.

Posted by at April 30, 2000 09:58 AM

(nytimes.com) An Icon Recast: Support for Gay Athlete (nytimes.com) An Icon Recast: Support for Gay Athlete: "Someday I want to get beyond being that gay football captain," Johnson said, "but for now I need to get out there and show these machismo athletes who run high schools that you don't have to do drama or be a drum major to be gay. It could be someone who looks just like them."

Embrace the differences and it will make us all strong. Go Corey Go.

Posted by at April 30, 2000 09:15 AM

CBC News: Laptop delivers instant justice CBC News: Laptop delivers instant justice

Posted by at April 29, 2000 12:30 PM

(nytimes.com) The Eroded Self (nytimes.com) The Eroded Self: ...one in which many expect privacy to be vanquished. "You already have zero privacy -- get over it," Scott McNealy, the C.E.O. of Sun Microsystems, memorably remarked...

If we admit personal data collection is envitable we can move on to the next step and begin to process of creating a system that allows the collection of data but restricts access and use of the data. I see so many positive uses that it seems worth the risk of an occasional abuser.

Posted by at April 29, 2000 06:36 AM

Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

In all dealings with people, it is essential to have a fresh approach. One should constantly give the impression that he is doing something exceptional. It is said that this is possible with but a little understanding.

Posted by at April 28, 2000 07:08 AM

Structured Testing: A Testing Methodology Using the Cyclomatic Complexity Metric Structured Testing: A Testing Methodology Using the Cyclomatic Complexity Metric

How complex is your code?

Posted by at April 28, 2000 06:27 AM

BBC News | SCI/TECH | Europe's seven female founders BBC News | SCI/TECH | Europe's seven female founders: Everyone in Europe is descended from just seven women. . . Calling them "The Seven Daughters of Eve", Professor Sykes has individually named them Ursula, Xenia, Tara, Helena, Katrine, Valda and Jasmine.

Talk about a big family, this reunion is going to be big!

Posted by at April 27, 2000 07:03 AM

Live Nude Cats Live Nude Cats

Shocking!

Posted by at April 25, 2000 08:44 PM

When Art Imitates Art When Art Imitates Art

Posted by at April 25, 2000 12:25 PM

I'm So Lonesome I Could

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Hank Williams, Sr.

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Did you ever see a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide her face and cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves began to die
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I'm so lonesome I could cry

Posted by at April 25, 2000 07:26 AM

Where bald actors go before they die Where bald actors go before they die

Posted by at April 24, 2000 09:11 PM

Feeling powerless is futile, so Feeling powerless is futile, so step off the path, knock over the "Don't Walk on the Grass" signs and make your own path. Don't wait for a leader or a guide or an angel, because you already know where you want to go. Step off the path and let the world energize you with the raw power of being the blazer of new trails. If the new path ends at a cliff, then sprout wings and fly. All you have to do is make the first step, the rest is just hard work.

Posted by at April 24, 2000 07:29 AM

Ford, GM go for car talk technology Ford, GM go for car talk technology At least I will have an excuse for talking to myself while diving in traffic now.

Posted by at April 23, 2000 07:21 AM

(nytimes.com) Midstream: Putting Technology Jobs on Women��s Career Radar (nytimes.com) Midstream: Putting Technology Jobs on Women��s Career Radar: Women Work, an organization based in Washington, says there are 35 million stay-at-home moms in the United States, many of them eager to have jobs. And companies are eager to train them, computer skills or no.

Handwritten carboard sign reads, "Will do web adminstration for onsite childcare facilities."

Posted by at April 23, 2000 07:05 AM

...among them... ...among them Ronald Reagan's former Secretary of State, Alexander Haig -- a longtime AOL board member...

Posted by at April 22, 2000 07:38 AM

A shameless fanboy site for A shameless fanboy site for Malcolm McDowell, one of my favorite actors. I just eBay'd for a copy of the Faerie Tale Theatre with "Alex" playing the wolf.

Odd trivia. Alexander Siddig, also known as Doctor Brassiere on Deep Space Nine, is McDowell's nephew. And Malcolm is actually Malcolm Taylor. Cool to share a last name with such a finely freaky person.

Posted by at April 21, 2000 05:22 PM

Blue LED developer looks for stateside challenges Blue LED developer looks for stateside challenges: "I told the founder that I needed several million dollars for blue LED development and he simply approved it," said Nakamura.

I have to admit, I find the rare blue LED to be very sexy.

Posted by at April 21, 2000 07:10 AM

Personal Software Process Personal Software Process Isn't data driven descion making how everything should work?

Posted by at April 21, 2000 07:03 AM

ABCNEWS.com : University Looking for Tech-Savvy Women ABCNEWS.com : University Looking for Tech-Savvy Women: A two-year study released today by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation found that girls avoid high-tech careers not because they can啡t do the work but because they find it boring and anti-social.

Posted by at April 21, 2000 06:42 AM

The Cosmos is Coming The Cosmos is Coming: "Anyone will be able to look through one of the world啡s best telescopes."

If you spot it first, then you get to name it.

Posted by at April 21, 2000 06:32 AM

Urban Decay Products You are

Urban Decay Products

You are no ordinary beauty. And the beauty of Urban Decay is in expressing that extraordinary beauty of yours any way you damn well please, even if you change your look every single day. There are no rules here. No formulas. Just a lot of pretty pots, tubes and vials of sparkly, shimmery, shiny stuff. Have fun, experiment, toy with a look that borders on dangerous. Our only request 骨 go for broke, not for average.

Posted by at April 20, 2000 08:59 AM

I have been through the

I have been through the pink door and met the kinky haired Korean.

There was no warm apple pie on the other side.

Posted by at April 20, 2000 08:14 AM

The district court found that encryption source code is not sufficiently expressive to be protected by the First Amendment... The district court found that encryption source code is not sufficiently expressive to be protected by the First Amendment...

Posted by at April 19, 2000 06:26 PM

CHI Perl is good.

CHI

Perl is good.

Posted by at April 18, 2000 07:50 PM

The Digital Demand The Digital Demand: how to get a DOT job.

A KBTC (pbs) teevee program. They shot footage of the computer lab where I test my code. But, I don't know if they will use the footage or not.

Posted by at April 18, 2000 02:58 PM

Janitors Struggle at the Edges of Silicon Valley's Success Janitors Struggle at the Edges of Silicon Valley's Success: Silicon Valley's elite raked in millions in stock options, while the workers who hold the grimiest, least desirable jobs earned so little that they lived in garages.

Isn't there a duty to shareholders to be ethical and moral in the treatment of employees. Isn't that as important as the stock price? Work the numbers, is there a reasonable explanation for why these people aren't paid a living wage or better?

Posted by at April 18, 2000 07:42 AM

Peculiarly, I was working on Peculiarly, I was working on my manifesto without having read Moon Farmer this weekend. There must be manifesto dust in the ionosphere.

Posted by at April 18, 2000 06:08 AM

Troublesome Media: The Paperless Manifesto Troublesome Media: The Paperless Manifesto

Posted by at April 17, 2000 09:37 PM

Council for Secular Humanism Council for Secular Humanism: We stand not only for freedom from religious control but for freedom from jingoistic government control as well.

This one used to be a manifesto but is now a declaration.

Posted by at April 17, 2000 06:53 PM

Free vs. Pedantic Thinking Free vs. Pedantic Thinking My belief in the manifestos is restored.

Never be satisfied with the correct answer unless you know why it is correct.. or teach me to learn and I will never stop answering my own questions.

Posted by at April 17, 2000 06:48 PM

Internet shows its power in S. Korean voting (4/15/2000) Internet shows its power in S. Korean voting (4/15/2000)

Imagine a world when open and easy access to information will not be dangerous to politicians. Imagine a world when the level of debate is raised due to cheap and quick delivery of a candidates positions. It isn't that hard, try it.

Posted by at April 17, 2000 07:30 AM

Computing: Talking to a computer (4/15/2000) Computing: Talking to a computer (4/15/2000)

Is it just me or do we see this sort of article every year or so, in summary speech-recognition software needs lots of training but is still not accurate enough.

Posted by at April 16, 2000 01:14 PM

gluetrain manifesto gluetrain manifesto: In both internetworked markets and among intranetworked employees, people are speaking to each other with a whole lot of italics.

That didn't take long, when did manifestos stop being cool? And why didn't anyone send me an email?

Posted by at April 15, 2000 08:29 AM

Tech Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age (2000) Tech Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age (2000): "The commission makes it clear that girls are critical of the computer culture, not computer phobic," said Sherry Turkle, professor of sociology at MIT and co-chair of the commission. "Instead of trying to make girls fit into the existing computer culture, the computer culture must become more inviting for girls."

Posted by at April 15, 2000 07:58 AM

The world needs every kind

The world needs every kind of person. We need mean people, people with beautiful fingers, idea people, obessed people, and especially people who don't agree with me. Otherwise the world would be a freaking bore.

Posted by at April 15, 2000 12:14 AM

Deepleap :: Your Deepleap Homepage Deepleap :: Your Deepleap Homepage Beta version of "an online assistant that can help you out with whatever you're doing, wherever you go on the Web." It will find the definition of a selected word. That's something I have always wanted.

They are still getting some of the kinks ironed out.

I added a deepleap.xml file to moonfarmer. It's pretty lame since moonfarmer only has one page.

Posted by at April 14, 2000 10:37 PM

Neither a borrower nor

Neither a borrower nor a lender be;

For loan oft loses both itself and friend,

And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

This above all: to thine own self be true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.

A friend of mine paid back my loan of 25 cents offered when they were short at the cashier. I told them to forget it, but still the quarter appeared later that day. It was one of those new quarters with a peach on the back of it. I really didn't care if they paid it back, and if they hadn't paid it back I would really have forgotten it.

Posted by at April 14, 2000 07:55 AM

A taco is a good A taco is a good thing, especially if it has big chunks of fresh tomatoes. Yummy! I like lime with my beer too.

Posted by at April 13, 2000 10:33 PM

BBC News | SCI/TECH | Babbage printer finally runs BBC News | SCI/TECH | Babbage printer finally runs

Brand new and they already want to put it into a museum. Sounds like every piece of computer technology I've ever purchased.

Posted by at April 12, 2000 10:35 PM

French anti-racism group sues Yahoo! for auctioning Nazi relics French anti-racism group sues Yahoo! for auctioning Nazi relics: Knobel said there are currently over 1,000 Nazi-related items, such as pictures, coins and flags, available at the auction site at www.yahoo.com. That number was confirmed in a web search by The Associated Press.

Freedom of expression sucks sometimes. If I was Yahoo!, I wouldn't pull the auctions, I would make sure the ad banners these people see when viewing these auctions pointed to Holocaust educational web sites.HOLOCAUST HEROES

Posted by at April 12, 2000 10:21 PM

Deja.com: Guru of the Week #69 Deja.com: Guru of the Week #69 I have found many people who claim to be C++ experts but can't even name the functions that can be implicitly defined for a class by the compiler. Also, check out the GotW archives.

Posted by at April 12, 2000 08:14 AM

I really dislike call waiting. I really dislike call waiting. I got a new phone and it has call waiting. I don't get a lot of calls, but last night I got two calls at the same freaking time. I mungled the call waiting procedure unknowingly hanging up on the first person who called and then excitedly asked the second person if I could call them back. I was excited because I was trying to fumble through the call waiting process on this new phone. Anyway, after blurting out the request to the second person they agree to a call back, but apparently as I found out later, they take it personally because I am speaking in a loud excited voice, I try to switch back to the first person only to find myself disconnected from both calls. I call the first person and apologize for my lack of talent using call waiting. And after a shorter then expected chat, I call the second person and get connected to their voice mail. It hasn't been that long and I think, okay this is punishment for not taking the call earlier, so I leave a polite voicemail. After a few minutes of the silent treatment, the second person calls back, thank goodness my punishment was short. It is explained to me that this person does not enjoy being screamed at and in fact reacts quite badly to it. Oh geez. So, I have to explain that my new phone has call waiting and that I really hate call waiting and that it was just my frustration at having to deal with call waiting that made me speak in an excited loud volume. I apologized and promised to control myself better in the future. And that's why I hate freaking call waiting.

Posted by at April 12, 2000 07:49 AM

MINIX is free MINIX is free

We used Tanenbaum's book and MINIX in my college operating systems class. My project was to modify the kernel to blank the screen if the keyboard had not been used for a few minutes. I was doing this about the same time Linus decided to roll is own OS.

Posted by at April 11, 2000 06:47 AM

BBC News | SCI/TECH | New route breaks the ice BBC News | SCI/TECH | New route breaks the ice: A time-saving new shipping route connecting Europe to the Pacific may be navigable thanks to global warming, scientists say.

Posted by at April 11, 2000 06:38 AM

Power Shift: cool solutions to Power Shift: cool solutions to global warming

Posted by at April 10, 2000 05:14 PM

It is too nice outside It is too nice outside today, period, to be indoors.

Posted by at April 10, 2000 06:41 AM

(motherjones.com) The Durst Awards (motherjones.com) The Durst AwardsThe Unclear on the Concept Award: The US Government for announcing it's worried about the long term effects of medical marijuana on the terminally ill.

Posted by at April 10, 2000 05:32 AM

(sfgate.com) Berkeley competition looks for capitalism with a conscience (sfgate.com) Berkeley competition looks for capitalism with a conscience

Why shouldn't there be a corporate moral imperative that overrides the profit margin? It seems like in the long term social conscience is even good business. But, who can really think long term while faced with the internet-time economy, where you have to at least double the shareholder's value every year.

Posted by at April 10, 2000 03:57 AM

(nytimes.com) New Economy: Internet Scene May Have a Lot in Common With the '60s (nytimes.com) New Economy: Internet Scene May Have a Lot in Common With the '60s

Except, there's no drugs, no free love, and the music sucks. Where exactly in Canada are those farming collectives? I'm thinking of becoming a dot-com dodger.

Posted by at April 10, 2000 03:27 AM

MetroActive News MetroActive News : Call me crazy, but it seems like everyone I know is manic-depressive. (This showed up on slashdot and scripting news)

I am firm believer in the psychotherapeutic properties of tacos and beer.

Posted by at April 09, 2000 12:44 PM

Shima Oral History Shima Oral History One of the original designers of the 4004, he also worked on the 8008, 8080, z80, and z8000.

Posted by at April 09, 2000 12:23 PM

I have bought about 200 I have bought about 200 books in the last six months. That I can find. Now, given the places I shop for books, I could have 200 books, or, say, a 40 gig hard drive.Books it is.

Posted by at April 08, 2000 08:21 PM

People are strange, when you're

Posted by at April 08, 2000 09:13 AM

(nytimes.com) Computer Scientist Picked as President of Stanford (nytimes.com) Computer Scientist Picked as President of Stanford: A well-known computer architect who has taught at Stanford for 22 years, Dr. Hennessy, who is 47, was appointed provost in July.

At first I thought this was a good thing, but then I realized they were putting an engineer in charge. The world doesn't need more technology leadership. The world needs to put the poets, painters, and philosophers in charge. There's no stopping the bull rush of technology, but maybe if we put the artists in charge, the future won't be limited to "form matches function." I am not just talking about marketing gimmicks like flavored Mac's. Technology should disappear into the background noise while enabling increasing powers of expression.

Posted by at April 08, 2000 08:43 AM

Software Bug Cause of Sea Launch Failure Software Bug Cause of Sea Launch Failure Yikes. I bet that software development group gets a larger budget for validation.

Posted by at April 07, 2000 04:59 PM

I started off the day

I started off the day listening to Low Rider as rendered by Cheech and Chong, and drinking Coke out of a glass marked "1st Annual BOB WOOD Fund Raising Dinner".

Nothing fancy is involved in real social change. Society right now is a dramatically fat woman who has been stuffed into a size 4 cocktail gown and size 2 shoes, who is keeping it all together by dint of will, but who sure as hell didn't look like she expected or dreamed to.

All she has to do is look at herself in the mirror, say, "I am not size 4" -- and feel okay about that. All good change comes from that.

Posted by at April 07, 2000 07:10 AM

Vanity made the revolution; liberty Vanity made the revolution; liberty was only a pretext. -Napoleon

Posted by at April 07, 2000 06:59 AM

About Software Complexity About Software Complexity

There's a perception that some people have an easier time dealing with complexity. I think these people assume nothing is complex at all. Starting from this position may seem arrogant but it also gives you the advantage of confidence. A confidence to take on tasks, hard, new, or just big.

Take on all challengers, especially the fire breathing dragons.

Posted by at April 06, 2000 11:45 PM

Use of Fuzzy Logic when Dealing with Social Complexity Use of Fuzzy Logic when Dealing with Social Complexity

The application of fuzzy logic to social systems creates opportunities to examine:

• contradictions and inconsistencies embedded in social situations;
• issues that have been repressed under critical social dynamics; and
• that which is concealed and beyond observed social phenomena.

Fuzzy logic is suited to studying such 'subtleties' in social systems because of its ability to:

• deal with vague, ambiguos and uncertain qualitative ideas and judgements;
• concentrate on paradoxical and enigmatic aspects of decision situations;
• focus on the margins of any decision making 'space'; and
• appreciate the uniqueness in any decision making act.

There's the problem, I need to learn to embrace my fuzzy side.

Posted by at April 06, 2000 11:17 PM

Gilligan's Island Theme Song Gilligan's Island Theme Song: Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour. A three hour tour.

I'm going on a dinner cruise this weekend, it's a three hour tour. I need to dig out my captain's cap.

Posted by at April 06, 2000 11:07 PM

Endymion: Book IV. Keats, John. 1884. Poetical Works Endymion: Book IV. Keats, John. 1884. Poetical Works
I may not be thy love: I am forbidden��
Indeed I am��thwarted, affrighted, chidden,
By things I trembled at, and gorgon wrath.
Twice hast thou ask啡d whither I went: henceforth
Ask me no more! I may not utter it,
Nor may I be thy love. We might commit
Ourselves at once to vengeance; we might die;
We might embrace and die: voluptuous thought!
Enlarge not to my hunger, or I啡m caught
In trammels of perverse deliciousness.
No, no, that shall not be: thee will I bless,
And bid a long adieu.停

Posted by at April 06, 2000 01:24 AM

My peers find it amusing My peers find it amusing when I say "week work" instead of "work week." I just realized that everyone says things like, "I will have that done by work week 45." when it would be more efficient to say, "I will have that done by week 45." I can already feel my productivity increasing. Now, imagine if everyone here started using this more efficient form... oh never mind, I going to go get some tacos and beer.

Posted by at April 05, 2000 07:19 PM

Sessions -- Virtual Visual C++ Developer's Conference 2000 Code and Slides Sessions -- Virtual Visual C++ Developer's Conference 2000 Code and Slides Careful, I can hear the wumpus.

Posted by at April 05, 2000 09:14 AM

Inside the Leviathan (theatlantic.com) Inside the Leviathan (theatlantic.com): There was a lot of time to spend, because the next surprise was that the pace is slow. I figured out, not quite soon enough, that it drove my colleagues crazy to hear this observation, so eventually I stopped mentioning it. Nonetheless, it was true: the work week seemed less grueling at Microsoft than at other organizations I've been part of. There was a noticeable thinning in the parking lots by the middle of Friday afternoons. It seemed as if every week or so work shut down for some campus-wide or division-wide party.

Posted by at April 05, 2000 08:17 AM

Ray's List of Weird and Disgusting Foods Ray's List of Weird and Disgusting Foods

Posted by at April 05, 2000 06:33 AM

Boys Don't Cry - Movie Info Boys Don't Cry - Movie Info Only a couple thousand miles of highway to Memphis, Home of Elvis, Graceland. When I think of you Brandon, I have hope I will someday find my way onto the highway. But for tonight, I will go for short drive and have some warm apple pie.

Do not be distracted by the hate, the hope is much larger.

Posted by at April 04, 2000 11:21 PM

Digital Culture - 2000.03.15 - BUGGED Digital Culture - 2000.03.15 - BUGGED You have to read this one carefully to get the good parts. Here's my hints:

• Steve McConnell
• Why aren't dissatisfied consumers forcing companies to write better programs? I would really like to know the real answer to this question. Where are the high quality alternatives?
• GNU emacs
• Industrial design
• What? Nothing about increased complexity?

Unlike a car, when you ship software you know you can provide upgrades cheaply. Very cheaply now that the worldwideweb is going broadband. And this can't be ignored during the development of commercial software.

Check out gnu.org and the definition for free software for one approach to handling this issue.

Posted by at April 04, 2000 03:38 PM

My letter to Salon's editor: My letter to Salon's editor: "Perhaps it takes American men to think of selling sperm -- us Canadians tend to be too pinko to think our bodily fluids are worth money."

Posted by at April 04, 2000 02:31 PM

I bet none of that I bet none of that sperm goes to Québec.

Posted by at April 04, 2000 02:18 PM

Salon Health & Body | Blame Canada Salon Health & Body | Blame Canada: By one estimate, Canada now imports $3 million worth of American sperm each year.

Do you think the Canadian government should step in with higher tariffs? It is a matter of culture heritage, isn't it? Well, isn't it?

Posted by at April 04, 2000 10:47 AM

The last time I gave

The last time I gave to charity was either last night or this morning, depending on how you want to look at it. I'm good at doing things I either enjoy, or have skill with (though not necessarily both) for free. Unfortunately, lately I'm having to learn how to do things for money.

...she says to the high-tech millionaire with a Mercedes Benz...

Posted by at April 04, 2000 05:55 AM

Carlin covered it nicely when

Carlin covered it nicely when he said "the planet is fine, the PEOPLE are fucked."

I'm having flashes of Bill Gates singing "I Shot the Sheriff (but I didn't shoot the deputy, goddamnit, so cut us some slack)"

I also realized this morning that I almost never see body-deodorizing commercials on teevee anymore, comparable to what I remember in the 80s. Now it's heartburn/upset inside commercials. Tums, Pepto Bismol, Mylanta, Gaviscon... and dot-com commercials weren't that common when I was a kid either.

Posted by at April 04, 2000 05:46 AM

OJR Citizen Layne: Another Bogus List of the 'Best' OJR Citizen Layne: Another Bogus List of the 'Best' Moonfarmer's first award goes to OJR for best news about news on the worldwideweb.

Posted by at April 03, 2000 11:07 PM

Poems for April Poems for April Check out Fool's Gold by Jennifer Ley.

Posted by at April 03, 2000 09:54 AM

wired.com: Debating Humanity's Demise wired.com: Debating Humanity's Demise There's an ironic twist to this sort of debate, since it seems as likely humanity's demise could result from the ecological impact brought on by the growth of technology. The robots will probably be smarter environmentalists than humans, so maybe it's just mother nature's balance.

Posted by at April 03, 2000 08:02 AM

Internet Becomes Feminists' Power Tool (4/02/2000) Internet Becomes Feminists' Power Tool (4/02/2000): More than a third of the 6,000 or so participants in the expo registered on-line, and the Feminist Majority Web site -- http://www.feminist.org -- gets about 125,000 hits daily, Smeal said.

Posted by at April 02, 2000 10:32 PM

From the just-one-more-game-before-I-leave dept. MSN From the just-one-more-game-before-I-leave dept. MSN Gaming Zone - Double Trouble My friend was playing this while talking to me on the phone.

Posted by at April 02, 2000 10:31 AM

German robot passes driving test (3/31/2000) German robot passes driving test (3/31/2000) Someday it should be illegal for a human to drive. But, I wonder if we could ever give up the sexiness of driving cars. It would certiainly turn the marketing of cars on its head. Instead of the wild-ride, it would the hassle-free ride. "Get that extra hour of sleep while the new VW-2010 drives you to work."

Posted by at April 02, 2000 09:08 AM

7-Eleven logs Japanese onto the Net (4/01/2000) 7-Eleven logs Japanese onto the Net (4/01/2000) I wonder if I can get my AM-PM to be a drop off location for my internet orders. I could then just stop by on my way home to pick up my internet ordered goodies and get a slurpy too.

Posted by at April 02, 2000 08:18 AM

23. We Two��How Long We were Fool啡d. Whitman, Walt. 1900. Leaves of Grass 23. We Two��How Long We were Fool啡d. Whitman, Walt. 1900. Leaves of Grass

WE two��how long we were fool啡d!
Now transmuted, we swiftly escape, as Nature escapes;
We are Nature��long have we been absent, but now we return;
We become plants, leaves, foliage, roots, bark;
We are bedded in the ground��we are rocks;
We are oaks��we grow in the openings side by side;
We browse��we are two among the wild herds, spontaneous as any;
We are two fishes swimming in the sea together;
We are what the locust blossoms are��we drop scent around the lanes, mornings and evenings;
We are also the coarse smut of beasts, vegetables, minerals;
We are two predatory hawks��we soar above, and look down;
We are two resplendent suns��we it is who balance ourselves, orbic and stellar��we are as two comets;
We prowl fang啡d and four-footed in the woods��we spring on prey;
We are two clouds, forenoons and afternoons, driving overhead;
We are seas mingling��we are two of those cheerful waves, rolling over each other, and interwetting each other;
We are what the atmosphere is, transparent, receptive, pervious, impervious:
We are snow, rain, cold, darkness��we are each product and influence of the globe;
We have circled and circled till we have arrived home again��we two have;
We have voided all but freedom, and all but our own joy.

Posted by at April 01, 2000 09:06 AM

The Ad Critic: Molson Canadian - I Am Canadian The Ad Critic: Molson Canadian - I Am Canadian

Posted by at April 01, 2000 04:12 AM