April 7, 2005 Archive

Culture

• Machismo and the new masculinity

  I was flabbergasted to realise that the whole Waco incident happened way back in 1993. Now that makes me feel old, because I remember it like it was yesterday. (If by 'remembering' you mean a vague recollection of some whacko torching himself and his followers in a church basement. Or something.)

  in Culture — by Kirsten Cameron — on Apr 07, 2005

• Give Nintendo DS A Hand

  The Nintendo DS is one of the hottest portable gaming systems out their at the moment. With the Sonys release of the PSP, Nintendo has launched a promotional contest called TouchingIsGood on http://www.touchingisgood.com.

  in Culture — by Josh Andrews — on Apr 07, 2005

• My Body, The Ticking Time Bomb

  in Culture — by Dawn Olsen — on Apr 07, 2005

• Analysis, Character, and Chance

  in Culture — by Mark Kleiman — on Apr 07, 2005

• Michael Jackson Trial: Explosive Oral Testimony

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 07, 2005

• Jazz for The Duke, Part 1

  Five seconds of thought, twenty years of other stuff.

  in Culture — by Mark Saleski — on Apr 07, 2005

• Archiving & Preserving Digital Photography (Part 10.2) Compact Disk

  First off, you need to know that the CD brand name is pretty much irrelevant.

  in Culture — by Christopher Auman — on Apr 07, 2005

• Pope Watch: What Were They Thinking?

  in Culture — by bhw — on Apr 07, 2005

• Day By Day for April 07, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for April 07, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Apr 07, 2005

• Buyers go condo in droves in Tampa Bay real estate market

  The condo craze and rondo rave are both alive and well in Florida's Tampa-Clearwater-St. Petersburg area, and other areas, too.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Apr 07, 2005

• The L Word: Queer as Folk for lesbians?

  in Culture — by Regina Avalos — on Apr 07, 2005

Books

• A Treasury of Royal Scandals

  Catherine the Great loved horses. She also loved sex. Contrary to popular legend, however, she never managed to unite the two passions.

  Review in Books — by Brooke Lee — on Apr 07, 2005

• Petroski: To Engineer Is Human—Failure As a Design Consideration

  Explores why we can rely on engineers' conscientious and diligent design as we go about our daily business.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Apr 07, 2005

• Review of The Corporation, by Joel Bakan

  Review in Books — by Scott Robarts — on Apr 07, 2005

• I Am Charlotte Simmons Review

  Not as good as the masterwork, Bonfire of the Vanities, but scores better than A Man in Full.

  Review in Books — by Mat Brewster — on Apr 07, 2005

Video

• The Duke On "Kinsey"

  The science of sexing.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Apr 07, 2005

• American Beauty Review

  Many will probably say that using the lust for a teen and illicit drug use as a catalyst for change is not a change for the better. I can already hear my mother scolding me for having seen the movie, much less reviewing it, from 2,000 miles away in Oklahoma.

  Review in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Apr 07, 2005

• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: LiningUp

  Opinion in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 07, 2005

• The Bob Newhart Show Season 1 DVD Review

  The start to a 6-year run.

  in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Apr 07, 2005

• Matt Santos for President?: West Wing Finale

  Well, the move was smart on two counts - plot and demographics. Old people and Hispanics. And me.

  in Video — by Temple Stark — on Apr 07, 2005

• An Eye on Eyes

  A recap of one of ABC's newest hits

  in Video — by NancyGail — on Apr 07, 2005

• Comic Novelty On The Big Screen & More Hope For My Transmetropolitan Screenwriting Credit

  in Video — by David Koehn — on Apr 07, 2005

• Hip Hop Hollywood

  Two of the best examples why Will Smith should never get behind a microphone and rap.

  in Video — by Laron Cue — on Apr 07, 2005

Sci/Tech

• While we keep drilling, UK is 'GoinGreen'

  As we search for new places to stick our petroleum feeding tube, Brits are snapping up a new electric microcar.

  in Sci/Tech — by ANWR News — on Apr 07, 2005

• David vs. Microsoft

  What's right is right.

  in Sci/Tech — by Mark Saleski — on Apr 07, 2005

• Problems with Blogger...

  Google's Blogger has technical problems...

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Niraj — on Apr 07, 2005

• Daylight Wasting Time

  My thoughts on this completely unnecessary annual ritual.

  in Sci/Tech — by Jeff Bakalar — on Apr 07, 2005

• Women now a majority of web users

  in Sci/Tech — by Jeremy Chrysler — on Apr 07, 2005

• Computer Bug and Security News 4/7/05

  Here are some of the more interesting bugs from last week's BugBlog.

  in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Apr 07, 2005

• No More Film?

  in Sci/Tech — by Barbara Payne — on Apr 07, 2005

Politics

• Britain Election 2005 part 2 - the Conservative manifesto

  The Conservative party. Well, they certainly have more info immediately available on their site.

  in Politics — by Jon Downs — on Apr 07, 2005

• Notes on the Bankruptcy Bill

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Apr 07, 2005

• Iraqis Having Fun At Last

  in Politics — by Mark Schannon — on Apr 07, 2005

Music

• The Duke On "If I Should Fall From Grace With God - Expanded Edition" By The Pogues

  A love letter to a record that shook my very guts, now re-released and expanded.

  in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Apr 07, 2005

• INDIE ROUND-UP for April 7 2005

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Apr 07, 2005

• Review : Up All Night - Jammin' To the Talking Heads

  ...clever, yes, and disarmingly gorgeous as well.

  in Music — by Bill Lamb — on Apr 07, 2005

• Win Lil Jon & THE ESB AOL MUSIC LIVE Tickets!

  You might win tickets to the AOL MUSIC LIVE event featuring Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz at Webster Hall on April 12th! Pitbull and the Yin Yang Twinz is the special guest as well.

  in Music — by Laron Cue — on Apr 07, 2005

• Happy Birthday Ravi Shankar

  Influential master of the Sitar is now 85 years old

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Apr 07, 2005

• Four Eleven-Disco D bootlegs himself!!

  Disco D has authorized the release of his upcoming album...on his own website, sans record label interference!

  in Music — by Laron Cue — on Apr 07, 2005

• Daily Music and Tech News

  New batteries better, Ryan Adams new double, Springsteen tours, Secret warrants, drug stealing coroners, VE Day anniversary concert

  in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Apr 07, 2005

• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

  Bloc Party arrives on the scene to reinvent the modern-punk movement challenging the inner rebel in all of us. You will definitely hear 80's punk influences, especially in Okerek's voice, but this is no throwback. Their genuine talent and youthful energy is sure to carry them far.

  in Music — by Patrick Vu — on Apr 07, 2005

• Music DVD Review: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - The Movie

  in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Apr 07, 2005