23 June 2002

More on the NPR deep-link debacle. Cory Doctorow: "NPR claims to be reconsidering its link policy, and in the meantime, it's posted more specious rationalization. Brutally, brutally stupid." [Jake's Radio 'Blog] 7:49:22 PM

Ronaldinho free to play in final. On EuroSport: World Cup 2002 [News Is Free: Popular Items] 7:49:13 PM

With GPS, World Is Your Canvas. Have you seen the Port Meadow Spider? The Brighton Elephant? They're part of the landscape, if you know how to look. By Lakshmi Sandhana. [Wired News] 7:49:04 PM

Lessons From Networks, Online and Other. Albert-Laszlo Barabasi's new book, "Linked: The New Science of Networks," could alter the way we think about all the networks that affect our lives. [New York Times: Technology] 7:48:56 PM

Going One-Up on Electronic Traders?. Executives of electronic communications networks say Nasdaq is using its authority to regulate trades of stocks listed on the market to impose new fees on the networks. [New York Times: Technology] 7:48:48 PM

Recovery. It's likely I will fully recover from this, but it's going to take some time and I will have a different kind of lifestyle, so who know knows what's coming. Here's a quote: 5/7/97: "People move, life is more like a wild dance than a ceremony. You just can't tell what's coming next." [Scripting News] 7:48:40 PM

Smoking. You gotta know it's tempting to just tell the story, but there's a problem, I don't remember most of it. I was heavily sedated much of the time and am rapidly forgetting the rest of it. Here's something I'm not forgetting. I am now an ex-smoker. I want to say that in public. Of course I still really want to smoke. I figured something out in the hospital. I'm the kind of person who likes to solve problems by smoking. How do I know this? Because every time my mind encounters a problem it says "OK, I'll just have a cigarette then." I bet a lot of other cigarette smokers deal with problems the same way. Now that I don't smoke, I still have the idea that smoking will help me deal with problems. It's funny, one part of my brain has figured out that this is wrong (in fact smoking causes more problems than it solves) but a deeper part of my brain still believes it. This leads to some funny arguments inside my brain. But so far so good. I got to go through the worst of the withdrawal in a hospital where there was no possibility of smoking, and now the craving seems manageable. No doubt other people have smoking stories to tell. I was one of the lucky ones, I survived to tell my story. So far so good. [Scripting News] 7:48:30 PM

The Grid Pushes Towards the Mainstream. FEATURE: Once a tool of the government, university and medical communities, mainstream companies have climbed onboard to make money off of grid computing. [internetnews.com: Top News] 7:48:16 PM

Mitsubishi, Boeing team up to get airline passengers online. On NeoWin [News Is Free: Popular Items] 7:48:08 PM

Adding an LCD Status Screen to a PC [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters] 7:47:59 PM

MAME Ported to (Chipped) Xbox [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters] 7:47:53 PM

FridayFive.org asked us to answer the following five questions on our blogs.  Well, what the heck, here's my answers: 1. Do you live in a house, an apartment or a condo? We live in a five-bedroom semi-detached house. 2. Do you rent or own? Both.  We rent this house, and we've just bought another, although we haven't moved into 'our'house yet. 3. Does anyone else live with you? Jayne, Alexandra and Edward.  Dolly isn't allowed to live with under the terms of the rental agreement, so we've rented her a room in a 'cat' house around the corner. 4. How many times have you moved in your life? Nineteen times across  four countries (New Zealand, Australia, USA and England) 5. What are your plans for this weekend? Saturday: early drive upto Yrokshire for 40-year old friend's birthday party Sunday: early drive back to London, relex until Monday -- 7:45:34 PM

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