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Tuesday, August 06, 2002 |
 Could it be? At long last, I seem to have gotten the RU Picture Tool to work. At least now I'm seeing the image in my workspace.
This picture is a satellite photo of our neighborhood in Encinitas, CA, courtesy of http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.asp. In spite of the MSN part of the address, it's a pretty cool site. If this imagery is freely available, imagine what our intelligence agencies have.
3:06:20 PM 
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As I think about the issues associated with the new gig, I'm finding some impassioned writing about the media and digital rights. Here's a very cogent essay and book review by Richard Koman www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2001/12/21/lessig.html, discussing Lawrence Lessig's 2001 book The Future of Ideas.
9:54:25 AM
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Looks like I'll be doing an interesting job soon, helping design a next generation content on demand system. Lots of interesting technical and business issues to deal with, including DRM and the media companies' pathological hatred of p2p architectures. Lots of p2p references possible, but I like this one www.openp2p.com/ . There is so much possible with the convergence of broadband access and cheap digital home gear, this should be an interesting exercise.
8:54:51 AM
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Have seen two rental movies on two consecutive nights. First up, "The Royal Tennenbaums". I had high hopes for this one, but it was tragically, completely, inarguably awful. I can't remember a movie this bad (thankfully, the mind blocks memories of intense pain).
Second movie, "John Q", was much better though a bit sappy. I'd give it a B. Great soundtrack, surprisingly; excellent use of low frequencies during the dramatic bits. Denzel Washington freaks will really enjoy this, as will anyone who favors nationalized health care.
8:48:55 AM
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Had one of those character building days yesterday. The projects that should have started did not, plus I was contacted by an ancient relative who was in town and wanted to "re-bond" after almost 30 years. Said Ancient Relative turned out to be a pretty nice guy, but a bit quirky.
I'd like to think I'm the kind of person who would welcome any blood relative with open arms, as is the custom in my home state. But I'm really not - I like my distance. One of my favorite quotes is "Houseguests and fish have this in common - after three days, they begin to smell." - Unknown (I looked here www.quoteland.com but could not find any attributed with this bit of wisdom).
In spite of all this, the Ancient Relative and his considerable brood are coming by for a cookout tomorrow. I fear the worst, but hope for the best.
8:41:30 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Jeff Nichols.
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