Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Tally No! Miami Herald’s Recount Results were Sloppy, Incomplete, by Eric Alterman
Must read: Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber
Friday, February 23, 2001
"Under the First Amendment, defendants had every right to use their website to advocate against the DMCA. They also had the right to associate on the Internet with others who support the use of circumvention technology by linking to websites that decry. But by purposefully linking to websites that post DeCSS for downloading, defendants' actions exceeded advocacy and crossed the line into unlawful action." -- U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White, a lackey in John Ashcroft's Justice Department, carrying water for the MPAA, and shredding the 1st Amendment in the process. Come and get me, coppers!
Advice for bachelors: if a woman you've just met seems to be attracted to you, don't believe it. But if she dumps you after the first date, just tell yourself that she must be on the Pill.
Monday, February 19, 2001
WebMelody: Sonification of Web servers -- be sure to check out their MP3 demo. What I'd really love to hear would be a "Denial of Service Attack" example...
Peter Meijer's vOICe Sonification Applet
Friday, February 16, 2001
Wednesday, February 14, 2001
GODS OF MUSIC -- reviews of all genres, from SYMPHONIC INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICA to VERY, VERY ALTERNATIVE
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Monday, February 12, 2001
The Coronation of Esther, a new opera by David Bass, will be performed by The North Cambridge Family Opera Company on Saturday March 10, Sunday March 11, Saturday March 17, Sunday March 18, Saturday March 24, and Sunday March 25 at the John M. Tobin School, 197 Vassal Lane, Cambridge, Mass. Saturday shows are at 7 pm; Sunday shows are at 3 pm.
A Boston Cinderella, a new ballet by Bernard Hoffer, will be premiered by Northeast Youth Ballet and Boston Musica Viva on Sunday February 18, 2001, 3 pm, at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University
"If record companies had a fit over Napster, wait ’til manufacturers find out you can download Rolex.fab or Ferrari.fab and make them yourself." -- from Napster Fabbing: Internet Delivery of Physical Products
Friday, February 09, 2001
“I wouldn’t be surprised if in another 30 years . . . that some people will begin to argue, as Stephen Hawking already is, that we ought to take charge of our own evolution and should not be satisfied with our current biological status and should as a species try to improve ourselves.” -- Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
Thursday, February 08, 2001
Whaddya say we Ban Gay Marriage in Massachusetts?
Friday, February 02, 2001
Tired: human cloning; Wired: astral cloning
The winners of the 2001 Bloggies have been announced. But it's still not too late to cast your vote(s) for the Anti-Bloggies!




