March 5, 2003
Lost Highways has a great online exhibition on future art from the ’30’s through the ’70s by Art Radabaugh. It’s great stuff–it reminds me of futuristic stuff from the 1939 World’s Fair, and the best Golden Age SciFi magazine covers. The exhibit is online, but they also display at their location in Philly.
Their stuff about car campers is cool, too.
March 4, 2003
Apple reportedly has a deal on tap that will let iPod and/or iTunes users download and buy songs for 99 cents each. The LA Times has the story, but it requires (free) registration. MacCentral, on the other hand, has the basic facts. The SJ Mercury News has an article, too. I’m all for it. If people pay 99 cents for ringtones on their cell phone, they can certainly pay the same for high quality music. Apple’s using a codec format called AAC, which is reportedly higher quality than MP3. You can apparently also burn it to a CD for car or stereo listening pleasure. I really don’t see any downsides to this.
Unless of course you’re a PC user.
March 4, 2003
I just wanted to note that my former Scoutmaster, Jim Rowat, passed away just before Christmas (I think it was cancer). Jim was a great guy, an amazing Scoutmaster. A better storyteller never lived. I know that Jim Rowat has become a part of all the people he’s worked with, including me.
March 4, 2003
Robert Scoble linked me to a great Linux Switcher parody. It’s not a strict copy of the Apple ads, but it got me laughing out loud. It’s spot on about Linux, too.
March 3, 2003
Go “a href=”http://quiz.ravenblack.net/videogame.pl”>here to find out. I’m tied, between a ThrustShip and Pacman.
March 3, 2003
Go here to find out. I’m tied, between a Thrustship and Pacman.
March 3, 2003
This is the greatest overview of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act problem that I’ve yet seen. It’s funny, too–“Mickey” himself speaks out against his chains.
March 2, 2003
Dave Barry put up a link to this, which delighted my children to no end, for almost half an hour, until I considered pulling my ears off to stop the sound.
March 2, 2003
The wife of the grandmaster of science fiction passed away a few weeks ago. Ginny was not only the caretaker of Mr. Heinlein’s literary estate; she also kept her husband and his affairs in order for a large portion of his life. She was extremely talented and accomplished in a number of scientific fields, and contributed much to Mr. Heinlein’s novels as a sounding board and inspiration. Many of Heinlein’s amazing female characters were based in part on Ginny.
Plus, she loved cats.
After Robert Heinlein passed away in 1988, Mrs. Heinlein relocated to Florida, where she lived for the last decade. RIP, Ginny. We’ll miss you.
March 2, 2003
I have to tell you, folks, that John Robb has the most intelligent, balanced, incisive, and sometimes scary analyses of the impending war in Iraq that I’ve ever read. I’ve learned more about our foreign policy, history, commitments, and economy reading his posts than I’ve ever dreamed. Amazing stuff.