Wednesday, August 18, 2004

New Bjork Album . Okay, I think you can listen to the whole album here. I think. I haven't clicked everything. [credz slatch]... [donewaiting.com :: music commentary] 9:16:06 PM

Accustream iMedia Research Video Streams Up 42 Percent. That's according to AccuStream iMedia Research. Broadband users accessed an average of 15.4 video streams per month during the first half of 2004, up 42.6% over 2003 for sites with 90% broadband usage. Per unique user consumption of streaming video rose 23% to 3.17 streams on a per month, per site basis. Subscription video offerings such as Real Networks' SuperPass service, professional sports league content (including NASCAR) averaged anywhere from 30 to 80+ video streams served per month, per subscriber. [unmediated] 7:19:02 PM

Mediaburn Prediction: Many Christians Will Choose Kerry Religious experts ask: How would Jesus vote?. AUSTIN, Texas - Just a few miles from George W. Bush's former office at the state Capitol, a panel of religious experts weighed a question with relevance to many people of faith: How would Jesus vote? [azcentral.com | thebuzz] 6:37:38 PM

Fencing / Zagunis Zagunis Gets the Gold!. Mariel Zagunis has become the first United States woman fencer to ever win a gold medal , the first US fencer to win a gold since Albertson Van Zo Post won an extinct event called Single Sticks in 1904, and the first US fencer to win any medal at all since Peter Westbrook in 1984. Zagunis fences Sabre, along with her fellow medal winner (and #1 world ranked womens saberist) Sada Jacobson and former medalist and current coach and philanthropist Peter Westbrook. Could this be the start of a new championship sabre squad in the US? Well, no, not if you look at the men's sabre results. [MetaFilter] 6:28:12 PM

Science News Cassini Spots Mini Moons Circling Saturn [Scientific American] 6:25:39 PM

circular cities circular cities. this photo is from Earth from Above, a truly inspiring book. the concept of circular cities is ancient, yet utopian. some other ones: The Venus Project, Florida, USA; Burning Man, Nevada, USA; Palmanova, Italy; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Atlantis; Beihai Park, China; Georgia, USA; ancient Jerusalem, Israel [via] [btang phlog] 6:21:56 PM

Via KJZZ 91.5 FM, Arizona Here and Now: August 18, 2004. In this hour of Here and Now, Governor Napolitano talks with Terry Ward about efforts to get an anti-immigrant measure on the November ballot, the County's approach to controlling West Nile virus, as well as presidential politics. [KJZZ 91.5 FM - News] 6:19:44 PM