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May 31, 2001 +
You probably want to read this (revised version).
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May 30, 2001 +
Industry research forecasts are bullshit. That's not the title of this article, but it should be. The Standard touches upon the real question behind metrics: How come no one is really held accountable when the projections are completely wrong?
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May 29, 2001 +
The Supreme Court has ruled disabled golfers like Casey Martin cannot be forbidden to use golf carts in competition. I was rooting for the PGA on this one -- I use a cart when I play, but then, I'm not competing on a professional level. (I'm generally anti-unfair advantages, be they carts, body armor, steroids, etc.) This is a fascinating topic.
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Weblogging as journalism. I beg to differ -- this is commentary, not journalism. More thoughts on this later in the week.
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Pop star Prince has become a Jehovah's Witness and sworn off swearing. Might put a damper on some of his better songs the next time he plays a live gig. As a friend sang: "Sexy melonfarmer, rakin' that grass...."
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May 24, 2001 +
Intel, not content to rescind job offers, is now booting its employees into unpaid vacations this summer. I recall reading recently that this is unconstitutional under federal labor laws, but I don't know where (feel free to remind me).
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Speaking of April 23 (home of the first Ideapad Intel job link), I found those Nike Air Terra Humaras, albeit in a size 11.5 for myself. Should have them today. Yes, they do have orange laces, thank you.
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Wondering what all that dun-dun fuss in this space yesterday was about? This article is a useful and entertaining primer to this year's Stanley Cup finals.
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May 23, 2001 +
[reprise]
dun-dun dun-dun-dun Let's go Devils
dun-dun dun-dun-dun Let's go Devils
dun-dun dun-dun-dun Let's go Devils
dun-dun dun-dun-dun Let's go Devils
dun-dun dun-dun-dun Let's go Devils
dun-dun dun-dun-dun Let's go Devils
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May 22, 2001 +
As hinted at yesterday: I'm contributing to Musicrag, a music weblog and up-and-coming zine of sorts. I'm not sure where the site is going yet, but I'm along for the ride and excited. Feels good to be involved in a music endeavor again.
I'm not sure what this means for the Auricle, which will probably stay focused on longer opinion pieces. The Now Playing list will certainly roll on. And perhaps I'll get my own webcasts going now that Dack won't be needing me for his music section for a while.
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May 21, 2001 +
Dack and Greg Knauss determined this weekend that they have better things to do, instantly deleting 80 percent of my morning web humor.
Good luck where you tread next, and let me know if you come back.
Amongst the rash of weblog closings this site soldiers on. Lest ye forget, it was not long ago that the Ideapad wasn't a weblog, so no guarantees where I may go next. But I'm not going away, that's for sure. Indeed, I'm just starting to explore.
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This whole Kaycee Nicole thing is wild. Seems a teenage girl with leukemia kept a web journal for the past year, and after she died last week, people started to question her existence. What followed is one of the more amazing community discussions I've ever read, and I'd never even bothered to visit Kaycee's site. I won't spoil the surprise; follow the thread from the beginning to end and see for yourself. (Be sure to follow all links within Metafilter and over to vanderwoning.com.)
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I am not the only one who's gotten burgled at the gym lately. (via Adam. See, Adam?)
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Apple Macintosh fanaticism is a weird thing.
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May 18, 2001 +
If you're coming to visit me in New York, I live riiight about here. If you spin the iPix around, my front door is sort of behind the white van on the far side of the interserction. And now you know.
Oh, and if I'm not home, you can swing by my office, or buzz me at my girlfriend's building, or just take a walk to the middle of nowhere.
I [heart] the Internet, purveyor of all things fascinating and useless.
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May 17, 2001 +
Well, the truth is out: I email like a girl.
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May 16, 2001 +
Webvan's former CEO and his wife will be receiving $375,000 a year for life as part of his exit package. That is, until Webvan goes bankrupt.
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I never did discuss my golf trip here. Maybe that's because it's not topical for the Ideapad. So I stuck the info in the journal instead.
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May 15, 2001 +
Dave Checketts, who runs Madison Square Garden, including overseeing the Knicks and Rangers, is stepping down today. You have to wonder why a huge corporation like Cablevision thinks the same one guy can watch over a basketball team and a hockey team simultaneously and keep the building running all the while.
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May 14, 2001 +
The joys of composite publishing on thestandard.com. The benefit, according to Jimmy Guterman: "Letting each site focus on the only thing at which it should excel: produce material people want to read and discuss."
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Now here's a mixed message: StarMedia Beats Expectations, Lays Off 200 and Cuts Outlook.
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"There's no point in hanging a 'no shirt, no shoes, no service' sign outside a web site." Smart thoughts from disenchanted.com on the ill-advised Web Standards Project. But why is this page not designed at all?
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Seems one-year-ago-today links are trendy this week, and this is one trend the Ideapad will join:
one year ago today
two years ago today (this month, really) (no comments on the really really ugly design, thanks)
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May 8, 2001 +
Playing golf in South Carolina for the duration of the week. Next update on the 14th.
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May 7, 2001 +
Why e-commerce can only do so much. I bought a suitcase yesterday -- a handsome, upscale Dakota Metro XP "expandable 22-inch wheeled suiter."
The cost, online, is $229. The cost, in Bloomingdale's, was $229. So that's a wash. (I had a nice friends-and-family discount at Bloomie's, while I'd probably find free shipping or something similar online.)
But I was able to walk out of a department store with my luggage yesterday and carry it home on the subway. Had I ordered online, I'd have had to figure out a way to get my package home once it arrived -- most likely inconveniencing my office mailroom, since I live in a Manhattan walkup apartment, and then having to bring the suitcase home from work.
All told, I'd rather take advantage of a sale and go to the store than order online and face the logistical problems of getting my merchandise. Not to mention how important it is to have the tactile sensation of throwing a suitcase around a bit before buying one.
Then again, I hate mail-order catalogs too, so what do I know?
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May 4, 2001 +
Phrases guaranteed to make web developers want to kill you or, why I don't freelance. Not that this list is untrue in a corporate setting, but at least here, I'm helping determine the solutions, and not simply executing.
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May 3, 2001 +
For your listening pleasure, I've taken the music-director reins again. Check out Pop Goes the Fuzz Rock on dack.com/music.
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May 2, 2001 +
Our new pal Zefrank (the mastermind behind How to Dance Properly) has an excellent follow-up piece on how to impress your date. I think I did #5 on a date with my girlfriend once.
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Fetch, the world's greatest FTP software, has finally been updated. It's gone commercial, but there's a great story behind it: the man who wrote the program won $500,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and used his winnings to buy his source code and the Fetch name from his employer, Dartmouth University.
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May 1, 2001 +
Front page (print edition that is) of today's New York Times: Free Rides Now Passé on Information Highway.
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Okay, so I want to try my hand at Shoutcast and stream my own voice-and-music radio show, but my home computer is a Macintosh, and Shoutcast doesn't support the Mac. Know of any alternatives? Email me with suggestions.
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