And now it’s worse than ever. Copyfighters will have their rhetoric turned up and thesauruses at hand for this next round. Good luck to them too, their fighting our war.
Write your Congresscriters; this is a stupid, protectionist move. Look for Orin Hatch to sponsor the final language of this bill.
Yeah, I’m going to call BS on this one. Sorry, Wonkette, even those of us who want to believe this story don’t believe it. MP3s or not, this is too off the wall for reality to even be tacitly interested.
This article is especially relevant to my current work, but it is also an important reminder that humans, across the board, are creatures of habit.
[John Kotter, a Harvard Business School professor] has hit on a crucial insight. “Behavior change happens mostly by speaking to people’s feelings,” he says. “This is true even in organizations that are very focused on analysis and quantitative measurement, even among people who think of themselves as smart in an MBA sense. In highly successful change efforts, people find ways to help others see the problems or solutions in ways that influence emotions, not just thought.”
This article is a little light on the science, but it’s a brilliantly written piece for its audience… business executives. Buy in at the C-level is so vital to the success of change management, it often a deciding factor. I can think of, oh, around 20 C-level people I’ve worked with who need to read this. Strike that. I know 20 C-level people I’ve worked with who need to understand this. Oh if only I had that magic wand.
I know the technology is cool, but damn it, I don’t want this to be available to movie makers. Considering what Lucas did to the Star Wards franchise, it could now potentially smell like actually shit.
SpotScents, developed by Yasuyuki Yanagida at the Media Information Science Laboratories in Japan, uses scent projectors to deliver localized odors to a human’s nose through the air without requiring users to wear any special devices.
Mr. Tufte should be required reading for anyone who dares call themselves a technical writer/author/communicator.
These are some of the coolest pictures you’ll see today. God, I miss the lake.
I am SO glad I didn’t take a job in Detroit. Kilpatrick, no stranger to the dumber side of politics, has decided to ask voters to approve a 2% tax on “fast food”. You might say, “Good! And about time. Detroit is too fat” and you’d be right… if the money was going to help solve that problem. But it’s not. It’s going straight into the city coffers in an effort to prop up the free-falling budget.
Yep, Kwame’s big plan is to tax, well, he doesn’t know where to draw the line.
But what about American Coney Island, a downtown establishment that has table service despite its simple and speedy fare? What about Starbucks or the corner deli? The administration says it is still working on a definition.
Oh good.. So that will depend entirely on how greedy the city decides to be. Because it’s way to hard for someone to drive outside the city limits for McDonald’s.
This idea is so idiotic, it boggles the mind. Not only are there no criteria defined for the tax, but it targets a tax base that is so swamped already, even an insignificant charge on lunch is going to provoke a reaction. And considering the way Kwame Arch… er.. Kilpatrick is enjoying the perks, the average Detroiter won’t be willing to give another nickel, figuratively or literally.
Posting has been light, for that I apologize. Between work and the house thing, it’s been crazy.
Apparently people are starting to figure out that Google is a company and not some benevolent lord of the manor/Web. (Read this article for a brilliant flame.) Their Web Accelerator (a term scoffed at when offered by the likes of AOL) is set to wreak havoc with webapps and shared machines, “clicking” all links on a page and leaving previous users logged in.
The FCC got bitch-slapped by a US Appeals Court, striking down the Broadcast Flag requirement for digital broadcasts. Next up, Congressionally-mandated, Constitution-ignoring powers for the FCC.
And, while not really technology news, can someone suggest a Windows alternative to the Automator program in OS X? A co-worker just got a new G4 (I think) and, while bubbly and new, the only thing I envy is this little app.
Sadly, HowStuffWorks was probably deluged by nerds correcting their article on how lightsabers work.
Have you ever wondered how these remarkable weapons work? Where does the energy come from, and how are they able to contain that energy in a rod-like column of glowing power?
In this edition of HowStuffWorks, you will have a chance to look inside a lightsaber and discover the source of its incredible characteristics. Let’s get started!
Funny stuff.
By using the Force, the wielder can anticipate the path of the blaster bolt and align the blade with that path prior to the bolt’s arrival. Using normal visual tracking to accomplish the same effect can be far more difficult.
Redudant link storage… if only del.icio.us could integrate with my news reader…
Just some link storage – nothing ground breaking here… A list of stock photo sites:
GettyImages.com
Picturequest.com
Superstock.com
Masterfile.com
Punchstock.com
Stockbyte.com
Iconica.com / Photonica.com
Veer.com
AgePhotostock.com
LuckyPix.com
estockphoto.com
istockphoto.com
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