Tuesday, August 27, 2002

Cuckoo in Carolina. The ruckus being raised by conservative Christians over the University of North Carolina's decision to ask incoming students to read a book about the Koran exhibits such profound lack of understanding of what America is about. By Thomas L. Friedman. [New York Times: Opinion] What would Osama do? Read on. 9:35:07 PM    comment []  trackback []

Greenpeace reports from Johannesberg let us not be shy in recognising those who are in the front line of this work . . . in fact let us actively help each other out wherever possible 6:08:33 PM    comment []  trackback []

CNN URGES U.S. NOT TO INVADE IRAQ UNTIL SWEEPS Pre-sweeps regime change would be 'disastrous,' TV News giant says. Funny! I almost believed it -- THAT'S a helluva testament to what's "realistic" these days -- til I got to the end: In other cable news news, Special Operations forces conducting mop-up missions in Afghanistan scoured the area near Tora Bora looking for any remnants of Geraldo Rivera's career. While they have found no signs of the pistol-packing newsman's career as of yet, they warned that their mission is far from over. "Remember, we thought Phil Donahue's career had been eliminated, and there are still shreds of that hanging around," said a Special Ops spokesman. Let's be careful out there! 4:10:54 PM    comment []  trackback []

"Is architecture 'art'?" Charlie Rose interviewing architects Renzo Piano and Santiago Calatravo. A rebroadcast, so you'll have to hit his web site to order, but pretty way cool. (I loved the wings slowly flapping on Calatravo's Milwaukee museum.) Piano, when asked "is architecture 'art'?" (a question Rose says almost got him punched out by some other architect), says: "Yes, architecture is art. It is the most contaminated art. Also the most imposing. If you're a bad writer, people won't read your book. If you're a bad musician, they will ignore your music. If you're a bad architect, the city has to live with your work for a very long time." [words to that effect - quote approximate] 12:48:47 PM    comment []  trackback []

[John Robb's Radio Weblog]: Here is an interesting development.  Recently, I have had business meetings with people that have weblogs.  Usually, when you have a business meeting, there is a period of formality.  There are introductions.   You exchange business cards and personal histories.   Basically, you spend the first 15 minutes trying to synch up. The difference with people that have weblogs is: 1) We don't have to exchange business cards.... 2) By reading the weblog of the person I am about to meet with, I already know a lot about that person.... 3) I can write up the results of the meeting on my weblog and share it with a wider audience.... I really didn't expect weblogs to change the way I met with people.  This was a surprise. 10:14:50 AM    comment []  trackback []

K-Logs.  The next generation desktop.  [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 10:12:29 AM    comment []  trackback []