Martin L.W. Hall: InterestsHere is a place for me put information about my Interests.(Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) 16490 &187; April 18 9:59 PM. Thor Heyerdahl has died of a brain tumor at the age of 87. The famous Norwegian adventurer is best known for two expeditions that supported his theories on human migration. The Kon Tiki voyage took six people from Peru to Polynesia in a balsawood raft in 101 days. The reed boat Ra II made it from Morocco to Barbados in 57 days. The legends are one thing, but seeing one of the actual vessels in Oslo reinforces how incredible these journeys were.What incredible...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/04/18.html#a3 (Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) All Bush, all the time. Democrats are complaining that cable networks are covering the president's every move as breaking news. The problem is even worse than they think. Salon.comhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/04/18.html#a6 (Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) TiVo's Next Move"Imagine setting aside 10% of your .... TiVo's Next Move"Imagine setting aside 10% of your TiVo's storage to keeping 2 or 3 suggested movies ready to play (this would be much less noticable in the new 60 hour units), then selecting them from your Now Playing list, operating some sort of keystroke (like three thumbs up, then select) to confirm you want to pay for it, then watching the movie instantly. No need to schlep down to the Blockbuster and fork three bucks over to the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/05/02.html#a12 (Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) NY Times: Access to Free Online Music Is Seen as a Boost to Sales. Disputing the position held by the major record companies, a report issued on Friday found that people who use file-sharing networks to obtain music at no charge over the Internet are more likely to have increased their spending on music than are average online music fans. Tomalak's Realm I would like to see more on this. But it would be a good trend....http://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/05/06.html#a22 (Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) StarOffice to eat MS share (probably). Gartner fixes odds The Register It would be good if this could start a little trend here. Now if the OpenSource Community can accelerate the development of features this could be be very interesting indeed.http://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/05/06.html#a21 (Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) This News.Com piece is right on-topic for today's DaveNet. The reporter surveys BigCo's to find out if they have anything as concrete as the Google API to offer, and draws a blank. Yet there are two directories here and here, containing concrete examples of web services, some of which have more utility than the current Google API, which is a good tease, but to be truly interesting, must have follow-through. Scripting Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/05/06.html#a19 (Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) 16845 &187; May 2 4:21 PM. Powell Announces Mideast Conference Could this, a world-wide conference, finally resolve the mess in ;the Middle East MetaFilter I would like to think that this Middle East conference woul work....but I think at best it will be a tiny first step.http://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/05/02.html#a13 (Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Apple Instant Messenger to Work with AOL. SAN JOSE, (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc.(AAPL.O) on Monday previewed a new bundle of free programs focused on connecting users, including an instant messaging application called iChat that will work with America Online'sInternet communication program -- the world's biggest. By Reuters. New York Times: Technologyhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/05/06.html#a24 (Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Apple announces first rack servers, P2P, chat, web services The Register Let's see what Apple will do with Web services!http://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/05/06.html#a25 (Untitled)- (Found July 15, 2008 ) You are an AKMA.You stand out from the crowd because of deeply held beliefs in the unknown.You ponder endlessly and treat everyone, even fucknozzles, with respect.WWAD (what would AKMA do) guides your actions.Take the What Blogging Archetype Are You test at GAZM.orghttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106690/categories/myInterests/2002/05/07.html#a26 |