October 26, 2003 Archive

Music

• Independent Music Activism Part III: RIAA Radar

  RIAA Radar is a tool that music consumers can use to easily and instantly distinguish whether an album was released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Oct 26, 2003

• iPod, you have a problem

  in Music — by bookofjoe — on Oct 26, 2003

• Quein Sera

  in Music — by Walter Enderby — on Oct 26, 2003

• Johnny Cash - Artist's Choice

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 26, 2003

• More Sorrow for Carter-Cash Families

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 26, 2003

Books

• Writer's world: Thoughts for the literate

  According to a recent Publishers Weekly article, of all the books translated worldwide, only 6 percent (maybe less) are translated from other languages into English. By contrast, almost 50 percent are translated from English into those other languages.

  -- Margo Jefferson

  in Books — by Mac Diva — on Oct 26, 2003

• Numbers vs. words

  The more I get into programming, the more I regret all of the math classes I slept through, and all of the math solutions I assiduously worked to forget as soon as the term was over.

  in Books — by Walter Enderby — on Oct 26, 2003

• The Fortress of Solitude

  A very good, but fundamentally flawed, coming-of-age novel about race in America.

  in Books — by Chad Orzel — on Oct 26, 2003

• Sanford May Treated For Exhaustion

  in Books — by Martin Blank — on Oct 26, 2003

• Nuclear gastronomy

  in Books — by bookofjoe — on Oct 26, 2003

Culture

• Amazon Hiccups

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 26, 2003

• Supermarket strike -- week 3

  One thing I hear from people when talking about this is, "Yeah, but Safeway Co. is turning a profit." As if that's an argument against cutting benefits. Well, let's be clear on something. It's Safeway's fiduciary responsibility to turn profits.

  in Culture — by Walter Enderby — on Oct 26, 2003

• I knew it! I'm a teenage girl at heart...

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Oct 26, 2003

Sci/Tech

• NaNoWriMo is six days away!

  in Sci/Tech — by JDX — on Oct 26, 2003

Video

• Kill the Matrix

  The true idiocy of Gregg Easterbrook's unfortunate column about Kill Bill.

  in Video — by Chad Orzel — on Oct 26, 2003

• Romantic Chick Flicks

  in Video — by Murphy — on Oct 26, 2003

• 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen': such a waste!

  If not for Sean Connery and a few of the better special effects, this spectacular exercise in fantasy rates low at the "bof!" end of the scale for making so little of a fine idea.

  in Video — by Nick Barrett — on Oct 26, 2003

• The Simpsons: Season 3 (DVD)

  If you get one boxed set this xmas....make it this one

  in Video — by Jon Downs — on Oct 26, 2003

Sports

• Fish Fly as Skanks Tank

  in Sports — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 26, 2003

Politics

• What is up with smoking bans?

  in Politics — by lklawless — on Oct 26, 2003