January 14, 2004 Archive

Politics

• The Nine Armchair Presidents

  Armchair quarterbacks really annoy me, especially when they drone on while I'm trying to watch a game. Want to know something even more annoying? The nine armchair presidents who, not having served a day in their lives as president, think they already know better than both our former President, Bill Clinton, and our current one, President Bush.

  in Politics — by David Flanagan — on Jan 14, 2004

• Bush's Lysenkoism and the Distortion of Intelligence

  What happened in the build-up to the Iraq war should have come as no surprise to those who had been observing the Administration's general attitude to science and rational inquiry. In this, the postmodern presidency, belief need no longer conform to fact; on the contrary, facts are flexible things which must be made to conform to inflexible opinion.

  in Politics — by Winston Smith — on Jan 14, 2004

• Cleveland Imam Arrested on Terror-Related Charges

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 14, 2004

• The Truth That Dare Not Speak Its Name: More On Kilroy-Silk

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 14, 2004

Culture

• Team Dentists Association

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Jan 14, 2004

• Survey Shows Senior Preferences, Plus Tech Savvy In Real Estate Purchases

  A study shows most seniors are more tech-savvy than most Realtors thought, plus shows various senior real estate preferences were contrary to popular belief. More inside.

  in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Jan 14, 2004

• "'Dr. Death,' British Serial Killer, Kills Himself"

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Jan 14, 2004

• Hand of God Reaches Down to Interstate 70

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 14, 2004

• Tech Outsourcing, The Long View

  in Culture — by Mark Saleski — on Jan 14, 2004

• The Domino Effect

  We all know attention spans are short, and commercials are cool. Especially human dominoes. But is it good advertising?

  in Culture — by Bill Wallo — on Jan 14, 2004

• The Pennsylvania Turnpike

  All in all, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission are throwbacks to a time when there were no highways, it was a grand experiement that was brilliant at the time. But now the petri dish needs washed

  in Culture — by Tom Bux — on Jan 14, 2004

• Biased columnist misses the point

  What King was about was the same thing the statue episode is about -- the awakening of one race and its gradual displacement of another.

  in Culture — by Mac Diva — on Jan 14, 2004

Video

• Shane Vendrell loves his beautiful cock

  Shane Vendrell must be rated one of the most beautiful television characters created in the last decade.

  in Video — by Al Barger — on Jan 14, 2004

• Tom Cruise as Iron Man?

  Reports suggest that Tom Cruise might want to be the latest to play with Marvel's characters.

  in Video — by Bill Wallo — on Jan 14, 2004

• Freddy vs. Jason DVD

  in Video — by Craig Lyndall — on Jan 14, 2004

• Lost in Space

  in Video — by Justene Adamec — on Jan 14, 2004

• Oscar 'Screener' Found on Internet, Academy Says

  in Video — by Ken Edwards — on Jan 14, 2004

Gaming

• Gaming crash 2005

  The end is near people. Apex, makers of those super-cheap DVD players is officially entering themselves into the realm of videogames.

  in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 14, 2004

Music

• Madman with a chainsaw

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Jan 14, 2004

• David Garza live in Austin (and free)

  Having only seen David once at a festival, I was very excited to see him in a club as small as the Cactus Cafe, which only sits about 50 people and stands 50 more. It’s about as ‘intimate’ a venue as possible without being the sidewalk.

  in Music — by Particleman — on Jan 14, 2004

• Lifeson may sue

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jan 14, 2004

• Van Halen to return?

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jan 14, 2004

• Zappa's family settles

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jan 14, 2004

• Rapper porn deal?

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jan 14, 2004

• Ash talk about their next album

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jan 14, 2004

Sci/Tech

• Anti-Spam Act Ignored, Ridiculed?

  Is the realization starting to dawn that maybe the newly passed Anti-Spam Act in the United States is not going to be very effective? Or is it just too early to tell?

  in Sci/Tech — by Anita Campbell — on Jan 14, 2004

• Rip-For-Fee

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 14, 2004

• Shattering Geek Myths

  A new study does a number on our traditional notions about computer geeks. Sort of. I think.

  in Sci/Tech — by Bill Wallo — on Jan 14, 2004

• Enhanced Google search functions

  Power-Googlers and novices alike will love this functionality...

  in Sci/Tech — by Shannon Okey — on Jan 14, 2004

• Counterfeit Code

  So Adobe's made it a bit more difficult to create counterfeit currency: is this a problem?

  in Sci/Tech — by Bill Wallo — on Jan 14, 2004

• OmniWeb 5 looks like a Safari Killer

  in Sci/Tech — by Ken Edwards — on Jan 14, 2004