‘Greater Boston‘ is a TV news show from Boston’s WGBH, featuring a special ‘Beat the Press‘
edition every Friday, a required show for Laura and I, featuring
a discussion and debate on the media’s behavior by the media. Last
Friday, I was delighted to hear Executive Producer (and lightening-fast
quipster) John Carroll mention blogs as sources of news. Last [...]
There are a bunch of sites offering the LOTR:Return Of The King Trailer. Check the Slashdot links for the nearest and faster for you. Again, BitTorrent makes the files fly. From a posting on Slashdot.
Laura sends along this great article from the local paper: Think your job is hard? Try tagging angry moose. I’ve had some challenging jobs, but…
Elia Kazan, Influential Director, Is Dead at 94. “Elia Kazan was one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history.”
“… to many in the arts, he was the best actor’s director there ever was.”
By Mervyn Rothstein. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Canadian Insurer to Acquire John Hancock in Stock Swap.
John Hancock Financial Services, the 141-year-old Boston-based life
insurer, agreed to be acquired by Manulife Financial of Canada for $11
billion. By Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joseph B. Treaster. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Okay, a really bad choice of names, but Slashdot features links to a new fan film
about the Matrix universe. I hope the bigwigs will recognize this for
what it is - fan art - and not stop its distribution. Check out
the BitTorrent feed, if you can, and note that there is a new
BitTorrent client available. I [...]
Remembering the People Who Give Back to the Net, and All of Us.
“The Internet has become a grossly commercialized Wild West in so many
ways. But the community spirit on which it was founded is alive and
well. The Net depends on the same spirit that motivates volunteers in
the physical world: a commitment to solve problems and [...]
It looks like RSS News Ticker needs the .NET framework as well as the GDI+ runtimes to work.
“RSS News Ticker looks interesting. Windows.” From Scripting News.
I’m not even ready for the 101 course, yet. My sister Anne asked me if
there was any way I could make a DVD of one of her videos for her. I
don’t (yet) have a DVD recorder, but I offered to try to do the
equivalent with a Video CD (VCD) or Super VideoCD. My ThinkPad has [...]
Hope our network downtime didn’t cause concern. Laura and I
disassembled the office and did some serious rearranging to make room
for the new furniture, due soon. Rewiring cable internet, DSL, the
house ethernet, the wireless, the web site, ftp site, the printers,…
man! Lots of stuff to reconfigure. Still got to figure out how to wire
the dual line [...]
