Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Dr. Dean on DV - Digital Video 9/30/03 Governor Dean on Video. A special video message from Howard Dean. Windows Media QuickTime As we enter the final stretch of this record-breaking, history-making drive to restore politics to the American people, Governor Dean has prepared a message for the online supporters who built this campaign, and who have brought the net-roots into modern politics. Last night, Governor Dean also posted here on the blog: I want to thank you for all of your hard work on my behalf. Running for President is an amazing and awesome experience and knowing that I have your support means a great deal to me. As I've said many times, this campaign is not about me ? it's about you and it's about all of us joining together to change this country. I don't get to read the blog as much as I'd like to, but I do read it from time to time and one thing is clear: this campaign is made up of determined people! (Not to mention people who need to get some sleep.) I hope you know how much I appreciate what you are doing. YOU are making this campaign a success. Thank you. Posted by Howard Dean at 02:36 AM [Blog for America] 7:18:19 PM

Photos by Mark Meyer / Photo-Mark.com / Pheed French Quarter Cafe. Outdoor diners near Pirates Alley in the French Quarter. [Urban Landscape Photographs] 6:50:24 PM

The Bowmaster. Designed by Croatian/American sculptor Ivan Mestrovic (1883-1962) this is one of two enormous sculptures that mark the entrance to Grant Park. [Urban Landscape Photographs] 6:47:38 PM

The North Side. View of Hancock building and El looking North East from Chicago's west side. [Urban Landscape Photographs] 6:43:30 PM

Thompson Center. Chicago buildings at dusk [Urban Landscape Photographs] 6:39:55 PM

Via Tomalak's Realm News.Com: MPEG founder seeks copy-protection accord. With Moving Picture Experts Group founder and erstwhile Secure Digital Music Initiative Executive Director Leonardo Chiariglione at its head, the group plans to produce a set of recommendations, largely focused on existing technologies, that bring content protection plans into the digital mainstream. [Tomalak's Realm] 5:13:24 PM

Molecular Level Liquid crystal: Since liquid crystal material conducts electricity, it can be imaged on the molecular level by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, or STM. In the picture above (by J. S. Foster and J. E. Frommer) the crystals are relaxed, and opaque. Below, in a picture by D. Smith, H. Hörber, Ch. Gerber and G. Binnig*, the crystals are partly excited, and thus transparent because the ends have bunched up: * G. Binnig along with H. Rohrer invented the STM in 1985. [101-365] 5:11:16 PM

Mediaburn Spotlight on Chess Records Chess Records Office and Studio Address: 2120 S. Michigan Ave. Year Built: 1911; remodeled for Chess in 1956-57 Architect: Horatio Wilson; remodeling by John S. Townsend, Jr. and Jack S. Wiener Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: May 16, 1990 "2120" is internationally known as the site of some of the world's most influential Blues and Rock n' Roll music recordings, including "Johnny B. Goode," "Rescue Me," and "Red Rooster." 3:22:47 PM

Le Corbeau et le Renard le corbeau et le renard.. Le Corbeau et le Renard Maître Corbeau, sur un arbre perché, Tenait en son bec un fromage. Maître Renard, par l'odeur alléché, Lui tint à peu près ce langage : "Hé ! bonjour, Monsieur du Corbeau. Que vous êtes joli ! que vous me semblez beau ! Sans mentir, si votre ramage Se rapporte à votre plumage, Vous êtes le Phénix des hôtes de ces bois. " A ces mots le Corbeau ne se sent pas de joie ; Et pour montrer sa belle voix, Il ouvre un large bec, laisse tomber sa proie. Le Renard s'en saisit, et dit : "Mon bon Monsieur, Apprenez que tout flatteur Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute : Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute. " Le Corbeau, honteux et confus, Jura, mais un peu tard, qu'on ne l'y prendrait plus. [une vie à l'allure poétique] 12:54:38 PM

additional 2.4 million people 2.4 million more in U.S. without health insurance. WASHINGTON - The ranks of the uninsured swelled by 2.4 million last year as insurance costs kept rising and more Americans lost their jobs and health care coverage. [Arizona Daily Star: Front Page] 2:34:57 AM

Doctor's Orders: Get Some Sleep Thank you from Governor Dean. I want to thank you for all of your hard work on my behalf. Running for President is an amazing and awesome experience and knowing that I have your support means a great deal to me. As I've said many times, this campaign is not about me ? it's about you and it's about all of us joining together to change this country. I don't get to read the blog as much as I'd like to, but I do read it from time to time and one thing is clear: this campaign is made up of determined people! (Not to mention people who need to get some sleep.) I hope you know how much I appreciate what you are doing. YOU are making this campaign a success. Thank you. [Blog for America] 12:39:55 AM

reference A Matter of Perspective. A few references about everything perspective. Interesting: P.Le Dubreuil, La Perspective pratique , Paris, 1642, translated by E.Chambers, undated, c1730. Dubreuil's La Perspective pratique , was first published anonymously, and then fast became the definitive perspective book for architects, artists and other interested parties. The English translation, rich in plates and concise intruction, was given a new introduction by Mr.Hodgson. According to Lawrence Wright ( Perspective in Perspective , RKP London 1983) the book remianed standard until the publication of Pozzo's Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum in Rome in 1693 with a London edition in 1707. [The Cartoonist] 12:27:11 AM