] Finally I gave the conference on the university
] cafeteria, for 5 hours, in front of 150 people."

This sounds questionable...

Slashdot | Teacher Fired for P2P Lecture

] Are you a kid? Does your microwave oven belong to your
] parents? If so, then don't even THINK about trying any of
] these experiments. I'm serious. If I wreck my microwave
] oven, I can buy another. Also, I'm a professional
] electrical engineer. I know enough physics and RF effects
] to take correct safety precautions when I'm
] experimenting. But you don't know the precautions, so you
] should be smart: read and enjoy my writing, but don't
] duplicate my tests unless you grow up to become an
] electronics tech, engineer, etc., and buy your OWN
] microwave oven.

Yes!

Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments

] Paul Dillenberger, Bill Heinemann, and Don Rawitsch
] may not be on any legal tender, but that
] doesn't mean they're not just as important as some of our
] presidents. While student teaching in Minnesota, these three
] men created the edutainment classic The Oregon Trail.

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In my old age I've found myself increasingly fond of loungy music like that on somafm. I heard Nouvelle Vague's cover of "A forest" by the Cure this morning. I recommend it. Its linked here. Its not electronic.

Nouvelle Vague music

] Cliche Hell- Star Wars As if you can't get enough
] already... (64 entries)

This is fun...

Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests | Star Wars

] America's entertainment industry is committing slow,
] spectacular suicide, while one of Europe's biggest
] broadcasters -- the BBC -- is rushing headlong to the
] future, embracing innovation rather than fighting it.

Its not your ABC. Its not your NBC. Its not your CBS.

Wired News: The Beeb Shall Inherit the Earth

] Beset by U.S. attempts to isolate his country and facing
] popular expectations of change, Syrian President Bashar
] Assad will move to begin legalizing political parties,
] purge the ruling Baath Party, sponsor free municipal
] elections in 2007 and formally endorse a market economy,
] according to officials, diplomats and analysts.

Syria Heralds Reforms, But Many Have Doubts

This was a hopeful Frontline. Coverage of democratization in Lebanon and the return of Liberia to peace. Particularly interesting was the interviews with people in Syria on the Iraqi border. The people there seemed shifty and real. I didn't feel like reporter or reportee were trying to insert a message. The messages were between the lines.

The image of a US fort in Iraq with its flag raised high against nightly mortar attacks was pretty powerful. Its an image you've seen in 1000 movies but this one is real.

FRONTLINE/WORLD . Lebanon - The Earthquake

] Comedian Dave Chappelle wants to set things straight:
] "I'm not crazy, I'm not smoking crack."

Thats not what I heard this weekend. Thought I'd post this in case you heard something different too...

CNN.com - Chappelle: 'I'm not smoking crack'

] I know you're going to say I'm being a dick here, but I'm
] going to give you the pure, unvarnished truth: Neither
] Apple's management nor Apple's shareholders give a shit
] about what the "alpha geeks" think.

This page contains a number of insightful posts on Apple's video strategy from a Slashdot user named "As seen on TV."

Apple Strategy