the geneva laser is on right now and the Rio and New York ones open in an hour (it's 3:20 pm est)...

SMS the world, or use the link to send one online.

The Hello World Project 2/3

I didn't even bother putting a quote in here, because there are too many.

Steve Job gets it. He understands the risks, and has a good grasp on the reality of how music and technology affect each other, and of the business issues at hand.

Steve Jobs: The Rolling Stone Interview

IBM's on it too... doing similar things to the Chandler project... things i've been dreaming about for years. The only thing they're still not doing is letting the computer do the categorization and filtering for me (i.e. semantic analysis, automatic extraction of todo's and events)... chandler aims to provide more of this kind of assistance.

this is what it's all about, and as soon as i have it, and an always on wireless network connection for my laptop/tablet, my dreams will be reality. a bluetooth or UWB headset that uses my tablet/laptop to make phone calls over the existing wireless link would be a-ok too, just to save me the trouble of carrying that pesky cell phone.

Remail Website

] Maybe someone can explain to Darl that the GPL is
] designed so that people receive the value of other
] peoples copyrighted works in return for having made their
] own contributions. That is the fundamental idea of the
] whole license -- everything else is just legal fluff.
]
]
] So not only is Darl wrong when he attacks the GPL as
] being somehow against "financial gain;" the notion that
] the GPL has, of "exchange of receipt of copyrighted
] works," is actually explicitly encoded in U.S. copyright
] law. It's not just a crazy idea that some lefty Commie
] hippie dreamed up in a drug-induced stupor.

Linus rebuts Darl, characteristically with a great deal more actual effort and logic.

ITworld.com - GPL is no hippie dream

Oi, what a horrible way to die... at the hands of a marginally trained swordsman who's just lost his mind.

Incidentally, and I know it's the daily news, and i should expect it, but the sensationalism is really offensive here. I know most people won't know the word samurai has any more depth to it than "martial arts expert", but i hate it when media intentionally reinforce improper connotations.

Unless this guy was involved in some kind of bizarre feudal revival, i don't think he was a samurai, and he certainly doesn't seem to have internalized any sort of ethical code whatsoever.

No, he was a fucking psycho, and if he hadn't used a sword, he'd have grabbed a kitchen knife or a gun. But, you know, the word "samurai" is in the public conciousness right now, so this'll sell more papers to people who want to argue about entertainment's influence on actions, and the dangers of martial arts training.

Who wants to bet this fucktard saw The Last Samurai this weekend...

New York Daily News - Samurai slaying

] It is now beyond dispute that retiring Rep. Nick Smith,
] R-Mich., was offered a $100,000 bribe to vote for the
] Medicare pharmaceutical bill. Smith turned down the
] bribe—a promise of campaign funds for Smith's son Brad,
] who is seeking the GOP nomination to succeed his father.
] Smith then described the offer, angrily but somewhat
] enigmatically, to various media outlets. After Chatterbox
] pointed out that an offer of $100,000 in exchange for a
] House vote met the statutory definition of bribery (the
] recipient can be a third-party "entity"), Smith clammed
] up. Then, late last week, just as the Justice Department
] was promising to review the case (the House ethics
] committee is also poised to investigate), Smith recanted:
]
]
] I want to make clear that no member of Congress made
] an offer of financial assistance for my son's campaign in
] exchange for my vote on the Medicare bill. I was told
] that my vote could result in interested groups giving
] substantial and aggressive campaign "support" and
] "endorsements." No specific reference was made to money
] [italics Chatterbox's].

A Drug-Company Bribe? - The Medicare vote scandal, continued. By Timothy Noah

] He believed car salesmen were part of a conspiracy to
] enslave the Southerner to Yankee interests: auto
] manufacturers, loaning institutions, and oil companies.

very interesting article... i'm sure there is more balance than he gives light to, but nonetheless, it's an intriguing line of thought...

The Old North

] Brad Walker, Mike Krahuik, and crew locally run the
] online forum for video game and comic book lovers. They
] have 150,000 readers a day and thought it would be nice,
] since they love games, to give games for Christmas.
]
]
] The goal was to collect about 100 toys to give to
] Seattle's Children's Hospital.

i'm not sure if anyone else here reads as many web comics as i do, but penny arcade is among the oldest and most, ahem, venerable of the lot.

they've collected over $90,000 worth of toys and games to donate to the childrens hospital. that's really something to warm your hard, cynical hearts this holiday season.

komo news | Toy Drive For Sick Kids

this is a pretty interesting interview with marc andreessen...

OPSWARE INC. / On the record: Marc Andreessen

holy crap that's cool...

pull out your cellphones people!

[edit] looks like all the lasers are offline for at least 19 hours... we'll have to wait.

Wired News: Go Tell It on the Mountain