adam wrote:
] very cool resource

Indeed. And something that ought to be memed but isn't.

The internet archive has old versions of much of the web cached, as well as a growing collection of public domain music, movies, and books. We've considered tying it into Memestreams so that when you are reading an article that was memed you can either go to the URL today, or you can go to the internet archive's cache at the time it was memed.

If you haven't checked this site out, you certainly should.

RE: Internet Archive

A collection of choose your own adventure games for the ipod.

iPodSoft iStories

] Thanks to FTA, Kegs, and the online Apple community, you
] can now relive, play, and enjoy old Apple 2 games and
] other disks through the internet and web browser. This
] web site uses an ActiveX application and Apple IIgs
] emulator to automatically download and play most Apple 2
] disk images online.

Sux that they used fukn ActiveX.

Virtual Apple 2 - Online disk archive

skullaria wrote:
] Many agree- school sucks.

So, what do you guys think about home schooling... When I think of it, I think of reclusive people like the family in the Virgin Suicides and I think of slightly crazy fundamentalists of various variety. It seems like its something that would be impossible to do on two incomes, and it seems like its becoming more and more difficult for people to live the American Dream on one income, particularly in places like California or New York. Additionally, I find it hard to imagine teaching advanced subjects effectively. Do I recall all the details of high school level chemistry? I can do calculus, but can I teach it? Can most "home school" parents do calculus? Can I provide social outlets for my kids that are better then the admittedly bad one in public schools?

Just not something I've ever taken seriously. I was somewhat surprised by the tone taken by this site. Seemed more intelligent and less ideological then I expected.

What do you think?

RE: Nobel Prize winners hate school

[ I imagine the rabid right and the rabid left will be equally dismissive of this work, but the rest can, at least, find room for sensible debate. -k ]

I feel sure that Barnett has been discussed on this site in the past. In any event, my thoughts on this essay echo K's comment. Its somewhat relaxing to read someone who appears to be unconcerned with sacred cows of the present political spectrum.

Thomas P.M. Barnett: The Worldchanging Interview

] The plane's owner of record, Premier Executive Transport
] Services Inc., lists directors and officers who appear to
] exist only on paper. And each one of those directors and
] officers has a recently issued Social Security number and
] an address consisting only of a post office box,
] according to an extensive search of state, federal and
] commercial records.

MSNBC - CIA's private jet an open secret in terror war

] I always hated the fact that there was no good "push"
] mechanism for getting UPS shipment updates. I don't want
] to go to their website every hour to see where my package
] is. I want to be notified when it moves. Of course I
] immediately thought of RSS, but I couldn't find anyone
] who had turned the UPS data into a feed. I then decided
] to make it myself in ASP.NET!

[ Nice. -k]

UPS Package Tracking With RSS

This link goes to the USGS web page on the quake, with lots of technical data and charts that various news organizations will reference without linking.

See also http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.gif (before it changes) to see some of the biggest shake boxes ever...

Merry Christmas South East Asia!

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Merry Christmas all!

-k]

Merry Christmas

] Based on billions of searches conducted by Google users
] around the world, the 2004 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a
] unique perspective on the year's major events and trends.
] We hope you enjoy this aggregate look at what people
] wanted to know more about this year.

I always meme this. Interesting that sco is the most searched for company. Still too many geeks on the internet.

Google Press Center: Year End Zeitgeist