April 15, 2005 Archive

Culture

• Weekly BlogScan: We'll Be Taxing Your Credulity Next

  The topic of the day is taxes, of course. To pay or not to pay, that is the question...

  in Culture — by DrPat — on Apr 15, 2005

• Blood Donation

  in Culture — by Jonathan Berman — on Apr 15, 2005

• The Soul: Well, Is It or Isn't It?

  Belatedly cutting through the politics of Terry Schiavo to the question of whether any of us has a soul.

  in Culture — by Jake Young — on Apr 15, 2005

• Hacking Pleads Guilty, Sentencing in June

  What do you think Hacking's minimum sentence for first degree murder could be? Go ahead, guess. Ten years? Fifteen?

  in Culture — by bhw — on Apr 15, 2005

• Rockwell Testifies Jackson Was Inspiration for '80s Hit.

  in Culture — by copygodd — on Apr 15, 2005

• Michael Jackson Trial: "I'm telling you there was only a leg wax"

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 15, 2005

• Never leave the house without watching the morning news.

  in Culture — by Tony Figueroa — on Apr 15, 2005

• Christa Worthington's Killer Arrested

  Civil libertarians objected to the mass DNA swabbing in the Christa Worthington murder. Unfortunately for one Cape Cod Garbage Man, it paid off.

  in Culture — by Steve Huff — on Apr 15, 2005

• Blog Coalition Files with Appellate Court

  in Culture — by Justene Adamec — on Apr 15, 2005

• Day By Day for April 15, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for April 15, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Apr 15, 2005

• Tarragon to buy Camden Ybor City apartments, convert to condos

  Ybor City's only apartment complex will soon be transformed into condos right in the heart of Florida's Tampa Bay area.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Apr 15, 2005

• Networking--a qualitative difference

  in Culture — by Barbara Payne — on Apr 15, 2005

• Capitalists--the good guys

  in Culture — by Barbara Payne — on Apr 15, 2005

• Critical Focus: Open Galleries on the Internet

  Pictures on the Net are a form of immense power and pleasure

  in Culture — by Howard Dratch — on Apr 15, 2005

Video

• the Ultimate Mulholland Dr. Round-up

  Opinion in Video — by David Fiore — on Apr 15, 2005

• The Shield, "Tar Baby" Antwon Mitchell brings down the pimp hand

  This certainly gives some villainous throw weight to Antwon Mitchell, taking the character into new terrain.

  Review in Video — by Al Barger — on Apr 15, 2005

• Cathode Ray Fray: The Week in TV – 4-15-05

  Review in Video — by Eric Berlin — on Apr 15, 2005

• House of Wax - Perfidious Paraffin, May 6!

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 15, 2005

• American Idol Malls America and You Can Help!

  News in Video — by Sticker — on Apr 15, 2005

• New Movie Releases: 4/15

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Apr 15, 2005

• Review of New TV Series, Revelations

  Review in Video — by The Prynce — on Apr 15, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Key of Valor by Nora Roberts

  Review in Books — by Regina Avalos — on Apr 15, 2005

• Pleading Insanity: The Weeds of God by Robert W. Wood

  A brilliantly lucid account of sanity lost and found, told in a Steinbeckian story-cycle.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Apr 15, 2005

• The World of Eric Sloane

  Discover the art, history, folklore and philosophy of an American treasure - Eric Sloane.

  Opinion in Books — by Dave Nalle — on Apr 15, 2005

Gaming

• Inside Pitch 2003 Xbox Review

  A few years later and it's still a nice game of baseball for the non-fan.

  in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Apr 15, 2005

Sports

• Can I Kick It? Soccer Thugs Throw Flares and Chairs

  Within the last 10 days, there have been multiple incidents of violence as the Champions League rolls on, letting the bodies hit the floor as they leave

  in Sports — by Laron Cue — on Apr 15, 2005

• Review: Soccer

  I know why soccer has never been as popular as it is in the rest of the world.

  in Sports — by Nicholas Roussos — on Apr 15, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Unusual Mother's Day Gift Recommendations from Amazon

  Dig deep at Amazon.com, and you'll turn up some rather odd Mother's Day gift recommendations in the Home and Garden section.

  in Sci/Tech — by Neil Ralley — on Apr 15, 2005

• 25,000+ sign boycott petition

  A more effective protest might be to take yourself out of the oil market as much as possible.

  in Sci/Tech — by ANWR News — on Apr 15, 2005

• Curing Critical Security Flaws: Black Hat Physical Device Security by Drew Miller

  Computer systems may be software-secure, but still exposed via hardware, unencrypted data and personnel.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by DrPat — on Apr 15, 2005

• The Tax-Man Cometh

  in Sci/Tech — by Dawn Olsen — on Apr 15, 2005

• "Stop! Thief!" -- Intel Causing Trouble in Libraries

  It's National Library Week, and in an usual move, Intel has ticked off quite a few librarians.

  in Sci/Tech — by Anna Creech — on Apr 15, 2005

• Book Review: Hitler's Scientists: Science, War, and the Devil's Pact

  To continue my series of reviews for The World Year of Physics, here's one that addresses the challenging issue of conscience.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Fred Bortz — on Apr 15, 2005

• Free iPod a scam?

  in Sci/Tech — by Michael Benning — on Apr 15, 2005

• Winamp : A New Method To Piracy ?

  Winamp as a new medium to view and record live events/movies/etc without cable or TV.

  in Sci/Tech — by trenchier — on Apr 15, 2005

• General Motors Sucks My Shuttle

  the US Space Program is a hell of a lot more important than any decision about what truck to buy...

  in Sci/Tech — by Bennett Dawson — on Apr 15, 2005

Politics

• General Election 2005 - 3 "small fry" political parties

  blimey, where to start? I set about to briefly cover a few more England-based political parties

  in Politics — by Jon Downs — on Apr 15, 2005

• How News Media Helps Create Myths: China and Japan

  in Politics — by Purple Tigress — on Apr 15, 2005

• Beating a Dead Donkey: The Relentless Right

  It's your country, boyz. You own it. You run it. Why the bitterness toward an imaginary "liberal" left?

  in Politics — by Shark — on Apr 15, 2005

Music

• Daily Music and Tech News

  Dubya doesn't email, lethal injection flaws, Amazon DVD rental, IM worm effects Reuters, New Blackeyed Peas, pay your taxes

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Apr 15, 2005

• Let It Loose

  More bold blues

  Review in Music — by NancyGail — on Apr 15, 2005

• The Friday Morning Listen

  Nothing but screams.

  Opinion in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Apr 15, 2005

• Willie Dixon - He WAS the Blues

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 15, 2005

• Live Review: Johnny A.

  Review in Music — by Tara Clark — on Apr 15, 2005