] The minute she walked in the door I knew she was trouble

WorkingForChange-This Modern World: Sparky T. Penguin, private eye

] DSLinux Kernel Booting (Started at May 4 2005, 06:08 PM)
]
] The DS Linux team has been making a lot of progress
] lately.
]
] Not only is a kernel booting on the DS, but the SASH
] shell is now running along with a few text games.

That's right. I want linux on my DS to play... text games.

Actually, put the HitchHiker's Guide game, and... hmm.

DSLinux.org

] PodShanking can be declared a "hack" in the basest sense
] of that word: as in hackey. This is a jury-rigged,
] stop-gap solution to a sticky technical problem. Throw
] more hardware at this problem and you'll solve it better.
] Throw more software at this problem and you'll also
] improve it - or do a quick and dirty solution that gets
] you the same basic results now. The hack? Direct iPod to
] iPod transfers.

The Mod Gods: PodShanking: physical pod on pod penetration.

] Complaint: Failure to incorporate an apostrophe during
] the contraction of "that is", a misdemeanor; improper
] usage of the possessive "your" during the contraction of
] "you are", also a misdemeanor; failing to notice this;
] permanently affixing said errors to both sides of an
] article of clothing; exposing public to said errors by
] wearing said clothing in front of photographers while
] repeatedly seeking attention.

T-shirt: THATS HOT, YOUR NOT

Banterist - Grammar Cop: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow?

] The lawsuit, filed one day before Apple released Tiger,
] sought an injunction on behalf of TigerDirect.com, based
] in Miami, to stop Apple from using the word "tiger"
] because it infringes on its trademarked name.

Which is bogus, but I guess a trademark lawsuit is cheap marketing.

] The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the
] District of Florida, also claims that Apple engaged in
] deceptive and unfair trade practices. TigerDirect, an
] on-line retailer of computer parts and accessories, says
] Apple's use of Tiger "is causing confusion, mistake and
] deception among the general purchasing public."
]
] TigerDirect's contention is that Apple's use of the word
] "tiger" has knocked the retailer from the top of search
] results on Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Oh no! It is called web marketing, and SEO. If you need to be at the top of a generic word like Tiger, buy the adword. If you own your market, you'll still be the top result for your industry; and if someone is looking for Tiger, they won't be a lost customer of Tiger Direct if they go to an Apple site, just like if they went to a zoo site, or whatever.

] "This lawsuit is a load of codswallop," said Mr. Young.
] "Nobody and no company should have the exclusive use of
] the word 'tiger.'"
]
] Mr. Young has offered to license the Hamilton Tiger-Cats'
] historical use of the word Tiger to Apple free of charge.

Globetechnology: In a snarl over 'tiger'

] In a study published yesterday in Health Psychology,
] researchers at Carnegie Mellon University reported that
] lonely and socially isolated students had weaker immune
] responses to flu shots than their more outgoing peers.

NY Times | Signs: Responses: Meet, Mingle and Stay Healthy

] Mr. Ploppy's Monday Morning Tool List Volume VIII -
] Competitive Analysis and Keyword Research Tools

SEO tool overview. I find the whole thing fun to watch.

� Mr. Ploppy's Monday Morning Tool List Volume VIII - Competitive Analysis and Keyword Research Tools Stuntdubl Internet Marketing Consulting

] White House staffers Joe Hagin, left, Karl Rove and
] Stephen Hadley check information on their BlackBerries,
] hand-held devices with thumb-operated keyboards that
] allow users to send e-mail.

Caption Contest!

Blackberry Cool - Your Favourite Source for Everything Blackberry! �

] But before moving on, I can't resist identifying the
] three things that are consistently missing from any
] serious analysis of our current approach to PowerPoint:
]
] 1. There is no defensible reason why we do what we do
] today. If we came up with a better approach, we'd dump
] the old one in a New York minute.
]
] 2. Researchers have been studying the use of
] multimedia in presentations for 13 years, yet most
] discussions about PowerPoint take place in a vacuum as if
] it never happened.
]
] 3. Although many people blame presenters for bad
] PowerPoint, it's not their fault if their culture forces
] them to do things that way.

Cliff Atkinson runs a nice blog in support of his "Beyond Bullets"
book. His way of presenting sounds like fun, almost makes one
encouraged to try harder to make a /good/ presentation of his style.

beyond bullets: Norman calls Tufte's PPT Criticisms

] It has become commonplace to rail against the evils of
] PowerPoint talks; you know, those dull, boring
] never-ending ordeals where the speaker %u2014 or should I
] say "reader" %u2014 displays what appears to be a
] never-ending progression of slides, each with numerous
] bulleted points, sometimes coming on to the screen from
] unexpected directions in unexpected ways, each one being
] slowly read to the audience. PowerPoint should be banned,
] cries the crowd. Edward Tufte, the imperious critic of
] graphic displays has weighed in with a document entitled
] "The cognitive style of PowerPoint," in which, among
] other things, he credits poor PowerPoint slides with
] contributing to disaster with NASA's space shuttle
] Columbia, January 2003.
]
] I respectfully submit that all of this is nonsense.

Don Norman versus Edward Tufte. Quite a matchup.

Is jnd.org something a usability expert really wants to claim for his own? Perhaps it reflects a bit too much on Norman's style.

In Defense of PowerPoint