October 13, 2002 Archive

Culture

• Robbing the Future

  Dan Bricklin, co-inventor of Visicalc, discusses how copy protection could "break the chain" of archival techniques that has existed for thousands of years.

  in Culture — by BJ Johnson — on Oct 13, 2002

• Taiwan Says 50 is Enough

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 13, 2002

• Hacking Through Censorship

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 13, 2002

• Yes, I'm a Fair-Weather Fan

  What of it? Welch, Layne and Pierce on baseball when it counts.

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 13, 2002

Books

• Children's Books by Peter Spier

  in Books — by Kevin Murphy — on Oct 13, 2002

• A Confederacy of Dunces Discussion

  in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 13, 2002

• Clive Barker Doesn't Spook Disney

  in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 13, 2002

• Historian Stephen Ambrose Dies

  in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 13, 2002

• "Writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"

  in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 13, 2002

• The Years of Rice and Salt

  I think this book goes into the damning-with-faint-praise category of "impressive achievement." I'm deeply impressed with the care Robinson lavished on developing his alternate history, but I'm not likely to read it again.

  in Books — by Chad Orzel — on Oct 13, 2002

Music

• Duff gets Loaded

  Duff, former GnR bassist, has a new band, well, more than one...

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 13, 2002

• Swag more like rubbish

  Well, the good news is that Gilby has a new release. The bad news is...

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 13, 2002

• Polo, Parties, and Good Deeds

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 13, 2002

• A Tale of Two Rock Concerts: Sleater-Kinney and Clinic

  This has been a great week for rock fans in the Twin Cities area. First, Sleater-Kinney on Tuesday, then, Clinic, Apples in Stereo, and The Standard, on Friday. While one was 90 minutes of pure rock wizardry, the other was singularly disappointing.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Oct 13, 2002

• We're not old; GOD is old.

  Paul Simon turns 60 today. If you have any sense, you already have a couple of copies of everything Simon and Garfunkel related, and probably three copies of Graceland.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Oct 13, 2002

• The Rolling Stones... Growing Old Disgracefully

  in Music — by Peter Scott — on Oct 13, 2002

• Jorn again, not so great

  Jorn (ex-Company of Snakes, Ark, Millenium) is fast becoming the Scandinavian...

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 13, 2002

Video

• Oz Degrassi

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Oct 13, 2002

• SNL Sucks Again

  Saturday Night Live, with a good cast, has entered yet another Year of Terrible Writing.

  in Video — by David Weinberger — on Oct 13, 2002

• Sweet Home Alabama

  Reese Witherspoon stars as Reese Witherspoon. Home town values are championed. This is a nice movie.

  in Video — by Robert M. Centor — on Oct 13, 2002