Monthly Archive: 2003 September

2003 Sep 29 Monday

Corporate Fallout Detector

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It looks and sounds like a Geiger counter, but the clicks this gadget emits signal the toxicity of a product maker’s environmental and ethical effects.

by Jeff @ 1:28 pm

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2003 Sep 29 Monday

Tribute to Edward Said

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Edward Said, the outspoken Middle Eastern intellectual and supporter of Palestinian sovereignty, died last Wednesday. His emotional involvment with the issue opened him to personal criticism from all political angles.

by Jeff @ 12:34 pm

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2003 Sep 29 Monday

Rest In Peace

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Elia Kazan, director of many film adaptations of popular plays, has died at the age of 94. “Gentleman’s Agreement” and “On the Waterfront” both won him Academy Awards for directing. He cooperated with Sen. McCarthy’s H.U.A.C. by admitting his and eight of his colleagues’ affiliation with the Communist Party leading to their blacklisting in Hollywood.

by Jeff @ 10:52 am

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2003 Sep 26 Friday

Rock in Peace

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Robert Palmer, the eighties rock genius behind Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible, died today of a heart attack at age 54. Palmer’s austere 1985 video for Addicted to Love features an all-female backup band of potential Patrick Nagel models, stoically swaying to the beat. It solidified his place in pop culture, but also won [...]

by Jeff @ 12:56 pm

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2003 Sep 25 Thursday

As democratic as a Presidential election

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“I myself am not a person who has been highly involved in design or fashion or any of these things. But I’m an example of the trend. I’ve become more and more interested in and more and more conscious of the aesthetics of people, places, and things as it’s become a more important part of [...]

by Jeff @ 2:44 pm

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2003 Sep 24 Wednesday

Work, cont’d

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I forgot to mention that I sit next to the copier…

by Jeff @ 6:04 pm

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2003 Sep 24 Wednesday

Work

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This Monday I started contracting with a former employer at their new digs, the result of yet another Internet merger. As subtley as an ocean liner dropped into a duck pond, my time was displaced. An eight hour back hole sat itself in the middle of my day (as it no doubt also sits in [...]

by Jeff @ 12:17 pm

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2003 Sep 24 Wednesday

Weekly World News

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Hackers Can Turn Your Computer Into a Bomb!

by Jeff @ 11:42 am

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2003 Sep 15 Monday

G-LEO takes a dive

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Going out with a bang / After 8 years of research, overachieving Jupiter explorer Galileo about to meet its maker The official story is that Galileo is being vaporized to prevent life that may exist on Jupiter’s moons from being contaminated. (Remember how The War of the Worlds ended?!) But astute sci-fi readers know its [...]

by Jeff @ 10:26 am

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2003 Sep 13 Saturday

Rock in Peace: II

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Dragonize bids a fond farewell to two greats of entertainment: Johnny Cash and John Ritter.

by Jeff @ 10:14 am

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