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Today is the 2nd anniversary of our marriage in New Paltz!

Nothing's changed. I love her as much now, as two years ago, or ten years ago. But I still write "single" on my taxes.

Please visit HRC and take action. Write to your elected officials. Please support same-sex marriage.

Originally from iPalimpsest, on March 27, 2006 11:53 PM

 [Blog] From my flickr account I've created some geotags using Google Earth and tagged my flickr set with locations which now appear on a world map. My inspriation for this came from a cycling geez.

Originally posted by admin from Geotags.org, on March 27, 2006 11:02 PM

Yeah, right. Good public transportation is one thing, but where are they getting their food? Does it just magically appear in supermarkets, ior s oil involved in transporting it there? [/snark]

Originally posted by splodinvark from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 27, 2006 11:01 PM

HD video of the New Super Mario Bros. playing on a DS Lite. First few minutes of the game including the intro animations, a look at the overworld map, and the entire first level. Plus, Mario picks up some kind of turtle suit at the end...

Originally posted by smedly from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 27, 2006 11:00 PM

1998 New Yorker article

Originally posted by maciej from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 27, 2006 11:00 PM

via Sivacracy, March 26, 2006:

Parody is Fair Use!

The original:

The parody:

The story: here, at Greenespace:

Justin Watt, a Tar Heel living in California (and regular reader of GreeneSpace), saw this billboard and created this blog entry. He got a big-foot letter from Liberty Counsel on behalf of the billboard's sponsors. Jason persuaded the ACLU to write a powerful letter defending his right of fair use in the form of parody for social comment. Liberty Counsel has apparently backed off. This is wonderful--but how many big-foot letters end up intimidating the recipient and silencing lawful speech? Congratulations to Justin for knowing his rights and acting on them.

Download a-response-to-liberty.pdf (Justin's letter).

Posted by joy garnett on March 27, 2006 at 03:58 PM in Current Affairs, In the Media, Law, Politics, Weblogs | Permalink

Originally posted by joy garnett from NEWSgrist - where spin is art, on March 27, 2006 07:52 PM

Al Gore socked us between the eyes with his talk on global warming at TED. Nice to see that an organization that TED has supported in the past, Environmental Defense, has just released a couple of powerful PSAs (especially the second). They're predicting they'll get $100m worth of media time to run these, though I'm sure they'd take more if anyone's offering. The ads' concluding message: "There is still time". I hope this is true.

Originally posted by Chris Anderson from TED Blog, on March 27, 2006 07:51 PM

TUESDAY

The Seattle Public Library turns ya boy into SFJ.

+ Thank you to everyone who came out last night to the UW Bookstore. Toure and I say: we love you Seattle!

+ Spring has barely sprung. But the streets are talking. Millions! Here's Juan Gonzalez on the national walkouts. (And BTW, did anyone peep HBO's Walkout? Some sort of pop-cultural prophecy, loop-of-history thing. Lalo, I know you hate Eddie, but hey, you gotta admit this is kinda cool.)

And while we're at it, Paris is still burning , and it looks more and more like 1968 everyday. No doubt this will intensify the anti-hip-hop campaigns.

MONDAY

Buy this book, or steal it!

Random thoughts in between massive amounts of work while road-tripping (an expanding thread):

+ Prince's new record "3121" isn't great, but it's not bad. The lyrics are trite, certainly less interesting than "Musicology". On the other hand, the songwriting is incredible, but something's wrong with the mix. The textures are there, especially the percussion and his guitar, but they're mixed very airlessly, antiseptically, with not nearly the amount of ecentricity and experimentation the sounds deserve. How good could "Black Sweat" be with Jazze Pha working the knobs? How good could "Love" be with, say, Timbaland behind the boards? Doesn't he need the work right about now anyway?

+ George Mason is what sports is all about. Speaking of which, just began reading Dave Zirin. You must check out What's My Name, Fool? Brilliant. My new favorite sportswriter, next to Scoop Jackson and William Rhoden, and sometimes-sportswriter Will Blythe.

Originally from zentronix: dubwise & hiphopcentric, on March 27, 2006 07:50 PM

A while back we told you about how games can keep you sane.

Today we'd like to point you in the direction of a nice guide to help you get better at one of the world's great games -- chess.

What is missing here? In my opinion, something for intermediate players (or, more correctly, "advanced beginners", but let's be nice. ). Those who have no doubts about chess rules, who no longer leave pieces unprotected, or lose them because they were distracted ("where did that bishop come from?!?"), and who usually have no trouble winning a game when they have some material advantage. So, what's next? What should they do to improve? Study dozens of openings and variants? Analyze games by grandmasters? Eventually, yes. But, for now, it's too soon!

The next step, instead, should be to learn a few principles, which, though simple, quickly change your way of playing the game, because, even though you may not be aware that you're playing opening X variant Y, you know that moving this piece there is a good idea, because...

Chess: basic principles

 
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Originally from Lifehacker, on March 27, 2006 07:50 PM

Mayor Sharpe James, who entered his sixth race for mayor 11 days ago, dropped out of the race today, withdrawing his name only hours before the ballots were to be sent to the printer.

Originally from NYT > Home Page, on March 27, 2006 07:36 PM

Could you break your brother out of here? Joliet Correctional Center was closed in 2002 and now plays the part of Fox River State Penitentiary in the compulsive watching stupidity that is Prison Break.

The prison also featured in another story of brotherly love, as it’s where Jake is released from at the beginning of The Blues Brothers.

Originally posted by James from Google Sightseeing, on March 27, 2006 06:21 PM

SF-Google (credit)No dirt on SF-Google relationship -- You've probably seen the story about all the ties between San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and the Google co-founders, including the Switzerland trips together on their private jet and so on. It makes for entertaining reading, and it is good that a local newspaper like the San Francisco Chron keeps an eye on these relationships. What is remarkable is how, turn after turn, the relationship stays pretty above board. Sure, Google has a bid in San Francisco to operate the city's Wifi network, and it would be unethical if the Mayor favored Google because of their friendship and any favors Google has done for him. But the Mayor turned down Google requests more often than he accepted them, has made all the proper reimbursements, and apparently isn't influencing the Wifi decision. No real dirt here. Kleiner backs mashup start-up -- Platial is a company that does "mash-ups" of Google maps with different data. Big-name Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's Omidyar Network have invested in the company, according to the NYT. We've heard that angel investor Ram Shriram (the guy who was founding investor in Google) is also involved....

Originally posted by Matt Marshall from SiliconBeat, on March 27, 2006 06:21 PM

Here’s a great example of using a corporate blog to explain an unfortunate product decision to customers, “Living Photoshop: Macintosh and the Intel switch“.

The blogger, Scott Byer, is explaining why Adobe isn’t going to release a MacIntel version of CS2 — the summary being that transitioning their entire development over to XCode wasn’t feasible for CS2. It’s what Adobe’s Mac customers need to hear (that there’s a significant technical hurdle which didn’t make sense for a product currently in the market), but it’s not the kind of thing that a press release can explain. In other words, it’s important information, but without bloggers, there’s no clear channel for how to communicate this stuff.

It’s also of note that the comments list (the conversation) stretches far beyond the length of the original post. The customer feedback is mixed — ranging from “You guys suck, I spent $1000 on this software!”, to “Yeah, I understand the challenge first hand. Thanks for the explanation.”

Originally posted by erik from [eriksmartt.com/blog], on March 27, 2006 06:21 PM

Then do we have an interface for you! A search for "Google careers" returns this one box integration (thanks, SV.com):

Looking for a job at Yahoo? Sorry, no one box for "Yahoo Careers"!

Originally from John Battelle's Searchblog, on March 27, 2006 06:20 PM

When I first saw the trailer for "Inside Man" I was tripping off how they only slipped in Spike's name at the very end, mad quick like how they sneak in the health warnings at the end of drug commercials.."warning:this-product-may-be-also-directed-by-spike-lee".. But their plan to go commercial with a stealth-Spike Lee joint has paid off big time, with an opening weekend...

Originally posted by jsmooth995 from hiphopmusic.com, on March 27, 2006 06:19 PM

She said it Sunday. I'm still laughing about this.

"Look, honey. I totally mashed up this shirt with these jeans."
- Mai Le (sarcastically)

Originally from massless, on March 27, 2006 06:19 PM

Greg Reinacker's Weblog: “Well, the teams are exhausted :-), but this is a HUGE multi-product release day!”

Congratulations to Nick Harris on getting Inbox 2.6 released! And congratulations to the rest of the team on all the design changes and new features!

Originally from ranchero.com, on March 27, 2006 06:19 PM

Does William Wesley know about TrueHoop? I would have bet on it, before, for a number of reasons. But now John Canzano says Wesley reads his blog.

If he's in the blogosphere reading about himself, he's reading TrueHoop.

It's also interesting to note that Wes was rooting for Memphis. Of course, Wesley is famously close to Dajuan Wagner, who went to Memphis (possibly at the urging of Wesley). Wesley's close friend, and Dajuan's father, Milt Wagner still works at Memphis.

The question now is whether or not Wesley will be advising potential lottery pick Rodney Carney.

Originally from True Hoop, on March 27, 2006 06:19 PM

You’ve heard about Nokia’s open source web browser for S60 based on Apple’s WebCore/JavaScriptCore right? I’m sure you have… but did you know that you can try it out right now? I didn’t either.

The odds are pretty good that you (like me) don’t have an S60 3rd Edition phone that can run the new browser; Fortunately, there’s a build included in the new S60 3rd Edition SDK. What you need is the final build of the SDK, which can be found here: http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/0,6566,034-4,00.html. (If you get totally lost on Forum Nokia, don’t forget about the Google Mini powered search: http://search.forum.nokia.com/!)

The download page defaults to the Japanese version, so make sure you change the drop-down menu to “SDK for 3rd Edition” if you want English. (Note: the “beta” version doesn’t seem to have the new browser.)

Once you install the SDK (and sadly, you’ll need a Windows machine for this), launch the SDK, wait awhile, and once the phone menu screen comes up, navigate to the “Installed” folder. In there you will find an application called “Web”. That’s the new browser!

I did some quick browsing from the emulator and took screen shots to give an idea what this new software is capable of:

Originally posted by erik from [eriksmartt.com/blog], on March 27, 2006 06:18 PM

Firemen's Favorite Vegan Recipes. "Fight Fire, Fight Cholesterol, Fight Fat." (via rw)

Originally from Rebecca's Pocket, on March 27, 2006 06:18 PM

impressive online data graph that shows the most-emailed photos off Yahoo News almost in real-time. see also yahoo buzz game & yahoo netrospective.
[flatfeetpete.com]

Originally posted by infosthetics from information aesthetics, on March 27, 2006 06:18 PM

We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology...

Originally from FatBits: John Siracusa's Journal, on March 27, 2006 06:16 PM

Originally from hustler of culture, on March 27, 2006 06:16 PM

someone very great died today in new york city.

"then she promises she'll buy me everything / but all i want's for her to pin her heart to me!"

from one of my favorite love songs of all time. thank you, nikki sudden.

his brother, the great epic soundtracks, died in 1997.

Originally from serenalarogers, on March 27, 2006 06:16 PM

The Inside Firefox blog has posted tips on writing for busy people, stressing the importance of succinct writing.

It's great when people make contributions in the form of ideas and proposals, but it's even better when they're written for busy people. Here are some examples:

• Making important points up front
• Clear taxonomy of headings, and lots of them
• Writing clearly and succinctly
• No long, unbroken paragraphs or tracts of text.
• Preferring bulleted lists with clear points to paragraphs.
• Use of emphasis in formatting to make important things clear

No matter your job, chances are you have to communicate with people who aren't going to take the time to read everything you've written, especially if you tend to wax verbose. Make sure you get your points across by keeping your busy audience in mind.

What methods do you employ to ensure you're heard? Let us know in the comments or at tips at lifehacker.com.

Writing for Busy People [Inside Firefox]

 
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Originally from Lifehacker, on March 27, 2006 05:43 PM

For the last couple of weeks, we've been thinking a lot about the intersection between street art, graffiti, and brand advertising. Opinions about whether brands and graffiti and street art can (or should) co-exist vary from one end of the spectrum to the other.

So an idea we have is to put together a group of informal and relaxed meetings and get togethers where brand managers, creatives at advertising agencies, designers, can meet with a group of graffiti and street artists informally over beers and share their thoughts, ideas, and vision for how both brands and artists can mutually benefit.

For us, the successful campaigns happen when brands get the details right. When they listen to, and respect, the audience that they are marketing to. When people get together and share ideas, good things happen. It's in conference rooms and presentation sessions that things seem to get fucked up. So our idea is to keep it chill and relaxed - sort of an "unconference" - a discussion - on creativity, brand advertising, and street art.

We know that not only a ton of artists hit the site each day, but also a ton of creative execs and brand managers. If you're interested in participating in the dialogue, let us know. We don't know yet exactly what the format for the discussion will be, but most likely the first session will be at our flat in New York. If it works out well, we'll also do them in cities like LA, London, Paris, etc so let us know if you are interested, even if you are not in New York.

If you're interested in particpating some how, shoot us an email at woostercollective@gmail.com (When you send us an email, tell us a bit about yourself - what you do, what city you're in, etc)

Originally from Wooster Collective, on March 27, 2006 05:42 PM

Adidas has lost the first match-up in the mounting World Cup marketing battle in the sporting goods industry.

The opening game between Germany and Costa Rica in Munich on June 9 is still weeks away, but the industry is already gearing up for its biggest ever set at world soccer's premier event.

Adidas, which has dominated previous World Cups, will sponsor fewer teams participating at this year's tournament than long-time arch rivals Nike and Puma. (CHINA DAILY, CHINA)

Originally from Agenda Inc. Live Feed, on March 27, 2006 05:41 PM

Originally posted by sego8240 from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 27, 2006 05:39 PM

Open source game graphics engine, with Python scripting

Originally posted by exiledsurfer from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 27, 2006 05:39 PM

Stewart posted a photo:

The horse was a little sketched out, but remarkably staid given the roaring traffice, sirens, kids reaching up to touch him while shrieking, flash photographers all around (I refrained) and, of course, the insane Times Square lights.

Originally from Sylloge, on March 27, 2006 11:05 AM

The The Raleigh News & Observer reports on how prepaid plans are making it easier for the homeless to own cell phones. "Cell phones are increasingly popular among the Triangle's homeless. With public pay phones quietly disappearing and prices on cell phones dropping, many homeless people say that it just makes sense. But some social workers are concerned. They worry that the phones are an unnecessary expense that, in some cases, can be an obstacle to returning to a normal life. Schiff, 41, who has been home-less on and off for eight years, uses his prepaid Virgin Mobile phone to look for work and get messages from potential employers. "I call it networking," he said while standing in line for a free lunch at the Raleigh Rescue Mission recently. "The more people I know, the better chance I have of getting a job." Paying for minutes ahead of time solves two problems for homeless users: uncertainty about their future finances and the lack of an address where a bill could be sent. It can also help curb the temptation to use the phone too much."

Originally posted by emily from textually.org, on March 27, 2006 11:05 AM

Arab News reports on a recurring and disturbing issue, cell phones ringing out during prayer time in Mosques, sometimes leading to fights breaking out. "Mini-dramas plays out day in and day out in mosques across the Kingdom, and imams like Khaled Muhammad find themselves in a constant fight against disrespectful mobile owners. And this fight is sometimes taken over by other Muslims inside the mosque, which can occasionally lead to fisticuffs.

Originally posted by emily from ringtonia.com, on March 27, 2006 11:05 AM

Austin music collectors buy Ohio record store that closed in 1970, frozen in time; don't miss the photos  

Originally from Waxy.org Links, on March 27, 2006 11:05 AM

LetMeParty is a free site that allows to post to your blog (or blogs) via SMS text messaging. The service supports LiveJournal, Wordpress, Blogger, and Xanga and is provided by Nemanja Stefanovic, an Industrial Engineering student at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

You can add your blogs to your account there and it will recognize you by your phone number. So all SMS's you send to that number on the site will be posted to your blogs !

Originally posted by Gerrit Visser from Smart Mobs, on March 27, 2006 11:02 AM

Text message dating makes New York Magazine. An inside look on how text messaging is the latest technology for New Yorkers to hook up. "It’s by far the best way to set up a sex date,” says Kate, a 34-year-old designer in the East Village. “No worrying if your voice sounds needy or desperate or neurotic. In texts you can be blunt, erotic, funny—all the things you want to be.” Texting isn’t just easy—it’s sexy too. By its very nature, texting is quick and dirty, so you can get away with MY PLACE OR YOURS? and nothing else. Plus the very private can happen in public—call it exhibitionism for the shy. And it’s not just for booty callers. Committed couples across the city are texting each other into a frenzy. “It’s a great form of foreplay during the workday,” says Molly, a 28-year-old yoga instructor. “Once my mom was staying with me, so I had no way to have actual phone sex with my girlfriend at the time, but we had text sex all night while my mom and I were watching Jay Leno. She had no clue.”

Originally posted by emily from textually.org, on March 27, 2006 11:02 AM

Tweaking iPod are are not something new, by these customized iPod posters definately caught our eye. The skulls fit perfectly and even the earplugs are in place with a little drop shadow. The location: Wismarplatz (friedrichshain) in berlin, germany

(thanks, wolf)

Originally from Wooster Collective, on March 27, 2006 11:01 AM

Originally from Lifeblog, on March 27, 2006 11:01 AM

let music-loving robots be your friends too (via waxy)

Originally posted by blackbeltjones from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 27, 2006 10:57 AM

Ghostface Killah "raps like a man on fire," says Kelefa Sanneh; Christian Scott's new release "amounts to a slick and ultimately toothless fusion," says Nate Chinen.

Originally from NYT > Arts, on March 27, 2006 03:03 AM

Because of Microsoft's past success, keeping Windows working with existing software is becoming increasingly difficult.

Originally from NYT > Technology, on March 27, 2006 03:03 AM

Originally posted by anselm from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 27, 2006 02:06 AM

cute logo

Originally posted by anselm from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 27, 2006 02:05 AM

Lindsay Lohan: tagging up the walls again:Lindsay Lohan managed to show her amazing tagging skills while attending the Marc Jacobs / Blondie party, though this time she managed to keep her hatred of Scarlett Johansson and the C-word off the wall. Perhaps she penned a goodbye message to Ryan Adams? Technorati Tags: graffiti, lindseylohan, tag

Originally from Hi Tricia!, on March 27, 2006 02:05 AM

Paris Hilton Doesn't Change Facial Expressions:: She really doesn't, we checked. Paris should not feel too bad, because Lindsay Lohan doesn't change facial expressions either. Here's the original video from ytmnd. Technorati Tags: facial , parishilton, puppy

Originally from Hi Tricia!, on March 27, 2006 02:05 AM

a large set of morphed world maps, conveying a rich set of datasets, ranging from the predicted world population distribution in 2300 (134 trillion), over to rail passengers (average of 358km travelled by people per year) & alcohol & cigarettes exports.
see also world processor & worldometer.
[shef.ac.uk]

Originally posted by infosthetics from information aesthetics, on March 27, 2006 02:04 AM

Rallies supporting immigrants have brought crowds that have astonished even their organizers, including more than a half-million demonstrators marching in Los Angeles.

Originally from NYT > Home Page, on March 27, 2006 02:04 AM

Originally from TeacherTalk, on March 27, 2006 02:04 AM

Google's Sinofication: Chinese holidays presented with the appropriate Chinese calender dates and astrological signs.
Source: PostShow

Technorati Tags: google, sinofication

Originally from YouMeiTI 有媒体, on March 27, 2006 02:04 AM

TVMAO.COM: Before any of you get excited, the reference to "mao" is a transcription of the word for cat: TVMAO is a website that has plot summaries for more than 50,000 shows on more than 300 channels in China. Some sociologist could probably mine it for some funny data, but what I'm concerned about is: why Garfield!? Thanks PostShow!

Technorati Tags: china, channels, reference, television, tv, tvmao

Originally from YouMeiTI 有媒体, on March 27, 2006 02:04 AM

Originally from the real janelle, on March 27, 2006 12:35 AM

Originally posted by anselm from del.icio.us/inbox/djacobs, on March 27, 2006 12:02 AM