] When I mentioned in last week's column that I would this
] week be writing about a legal way to do a successful
] music downloading business -- a business that would
] threaten the Recording Industry Association of America
] and its hegemony -- dozens of readers wrote to me trying
] to predict what I would write. Some readers came at the
] problem from a purely technical perspective, ignoring the
] fact that the real issues here aren't technical but
] legal. Some readers took a legal approach, but they
] tended to ignore the business model. Some were looking
] solely for the business model. Interestingly, nobody
] even came close to my idea, which makes me either a total
] loon or a diabolical genius. Truth be told, I'm probably
] more of a diabolical loon.
]
]
] The reason I am even writing this column is two-fold.
] The biggest reason is simply because I would like people
] to consider lateral solutions to problems. I am pushing
] the concept of problem solving in a new way. There is no
] particular methodology here, just the underlying concept
] that if things aren't working the way you like, think of
] something different. Too often, people restrict their
] thinking or they somehow expect the world to change just
] for them, which it won't. But taking a lateral approach
] often yields interesting results. And once you've found
] an approach, maybe it can be applied to a different
] problem. What I am abo

Cringely is a genius

] The parents of Ghyslain Raza, the Quebec teenager who
] became a celebrity this spring after classmates posted on
] the Internet a video of him mimicking a Star Wars
] character, allege that their son was so humiliated by the
] experience that he had to get psychiatric care.
]
] The revelation is made in a lawsuit his parents have
] filed against the families of four classmates they accuse
] of maliciously turning their son into an object of
] mockery.
]
] The video of Ghyslain, a portly 15-year-old pretending he
] is wielding a double-bladed light sabre, has been
] downloaded millions of times from several Web sites,
] which dubbed him Star Wars Kid.

The Globe and Mail

] Better known on the Internet by her nom de plume, St.
] Jude, Milhon died on July 19 of cancer.

R.I.P. St. Jude! Now the Mondo2000 reunion tour won't be the same...

Hackers Lose a Patron Saint

] Move over, Jaws. An underwater battle captured on
] videotape proves that killer whales are the kings of the
] sea.
]
] The first known videotape of a clash between a killer
] whale and a great white shark has enthralled whale
] watchers all over the world.

15 second video clip too! Very cool.

CNN - Clash of the titans caught on tape: Whale vs. Shark - October 8, 1997

] This site is dedicated to the thousands of men and women
] in America who have been relegated to the status of
] children, regardless of their age, by the do-gooders of
] society who believe that merely because a person has no
] home they should therefore not be allowed to drink beer.

Beer For The Homeless

] The Tomahawk is likely to see the light of day, according
] to #2 exec Wolfgang Bernhard, who said we'd know by
] summer 2003. It's a Viper V-10 based motorcycle, a 500
] horsepower engine sitting out in the elements with some
] wheels beneath it. The price would be at least $250,000,
] and there would be only a few hundred made. Frankly, we
] suspect the Tomahawk will be built, due to a huge amount
] of public interest.
]
] The Dodge Tomahawk can reach 60 miles an hour in about
] 2.5 seconds, and has a theoretical top speed of nearly
] 400 mph. Each pair of wheels is separated by a few inches
] and each wheel has an independent suspension. Bernhard
] said four wheels were necessary to handle the power from
] the engine.
]
] The Tomahawk remains on display at auto shows - though
] well out of reach of the general public, elevated on a
] special display.

2003 Dodge Tomahawk motorcycle concept

] We the undersigned, urge you to consider Ghyslain A.K.A.
] "Star Wars Kid" for a cameo in the upcoming Star Wars
] Episode III movie

Put The Star Wars Kid in Episode III Petition

The Japanese are always better at imitating us.

Ping Pong - Reloaded

] The fully-grown flies, as doctors described the
] parasites, have been emerging out of Chandan Goswami's
] genitals and flying off for more than two weeks now.

OMG!, this is a nightmare come true...

'Fly boy' continues to suffer as doctors struggle

] Steve Carlson is probably the most famous hockey player
] to ever come out of Nashville.
]
] Never heard of him? Maybe the name Steve Hanson rings a
] bell. That was the name of the character he portrayed in
] the 1977 film Slap Shot, a movie many hockey fans
] consider cinematic genius, their Citizen Kane.
]
] Carlson played in the minors for the Nashville South
] Stars of the old Central Hockey League during the 1981-82
] season, notching 23 goals and 39 assists. But he gained
] much more notoriety as one of the rowdy, long-haired,
] goofy glasses-wearing Hanson Brothers who played for the
] fictitious Charlestown Chiefs in Slap Shot.

Slap Shot role still paying off for Carlson - Friday, 07/11/03