The very issues you raise are the problems I'm trying to solve for my site. Have you ever seen a site using the Slash Wiki plugin? I'd like to install it on my site but I can't find one being used so I can evaluate it.
I've come to really enjoy the personal ads on Craigslist. I love how you can reply to the ad itself not just to the person. It's like a slam where you get to go all smashmouth on idiots who
haven't got a clue. The entertainment value alone is priceless.
"Here is the core argument: There are a thousand Open Source projects that get started out of need or fun, are maintained for awhile for fame, then get abandoned because there is no reason to go on. Eventually, the programmers come to understand that "users" are people who yell at you to fix stuff. So Open Source is inherently flawed. It only works because otherwise unknown programmers can get 15 minutes of fame using the Internet as low-barrier entry into introducing their skill to the world. Since they are introverted nobodies, getting a few emails from unknown users that say "good job!" feels great. But in time, most Open Source projects grind to a halt. The ones that survive are projects like Linux and Apache that have substantial involvement by PAID engineers. One could argue, in fact, that the idea of Open Source software being created by volunteers is a misnomer. Even Linus Torvalds is paid by Transmeta to be the God of Linux."
I had such good memories of the treehouse in the Disney film version of Swiss Family Robinson that I recently watched it on DVD for the first time as an adult and it still makes me want to live in one. And this could be a cool way to spend your birthday.
I've been thinking about getting a hold of other Malcolm Lawrence's across the planet (geez, there sure are a lot...I wonder if any of them are also born on Valentines Day too) and seeing if they'd like to form a Malcolm Lawrence club. Imagine the laffs: "I was chatting with Malcolm Lawrence Uruguay yesterday and he said the same thing that Malcolm Lawrence Silver Springs said..."
The best part about dictionary.com's free Word of the Day emails sent straight to your inbox is how they make sure to have appropriate ones for certain days: Last year they had "philter" for Valentines Day and "jollification" for Christmas Day.
Here's a feature about Burning Man '97 when Brian Foley made his first trek with the Artists Republic of Fremont.
"The weekend in the desert was wondrous, amazing, a Temporary Autonomous Zone full of performance art, sculpture, dance, music, painting (typically using the human body as a canvas), comedy, vaudeville, theater, technology, and whatever else you might be looking for. The other citizens of the Artist's Republic of Fremont and I, who had never been to a Burning Man festival before, can not compare this event to any other we had ever attended. The closest thing I can compare it to is perhaps the Grateful Dead show in Veneta in 1982, or Carnival in Tepotzlan, Mexico. The scope of this year's event was mind-blowing. Trying to explain it in words to people probably can not convey the chaotic frenzy of artistic output that went on over the course of three days, only to be destroyed or dismantled by the end of the festival. Next year I plan to bring an audio recorder so I can get the sounds of the event and capture thoughts as they happen. Picture a mile-long promenade along the shore of a dry lake bed, along which are theme camps as varied as the H. Marx Memorial Croquet Society. The Art Cars Camp and the Sphere of Influence. The Grrlie Grrl tent, the Post Office Camp, the Illuminati Camp and the Black Light District. Each one of these camps were interactive in some way, designed to engage participation instead of observation. One of the most important rules at burning Man was "NO SPECTATORS."
Article and photos by Brian Foley
Is this why so many restaurants write their OWN Happy Birthday songs to have the whole wait staff sing when it's someone's birthday? I would never have guessed.
As the builder of towerofbabel.com,
I think the most fascinating thing about building an online community is that it's like throwing a party and not knowing who is on the invite list, let alone who is going to show up. It completely short circuits every societally sanctioned way of meeting people and really cuts to the chase when you're looking for interesting and intelligent conversation. Of course it helps if you have a wealth of good content as a base for the community. It just goes to reiterate the quote that a neighbor is not a geographic term, it's a moral term.
Oh just fook 'em. Let 'em have their bloody distribution channels while the rest of us just get drunk and sing along with each as we huddle around the piano. Let's see 'em try and take that away.
When Bob Dylan performed Ballad of a Thin Man live on his 1966 world tour he changed the last lyric from "earphones" to "telephone" like thus:
Well, you walk into the room Like a camel and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket And your nose on the ground There ought to be a law Against you comin' around You should be made To always be wearing a telephone
Because something is happening here But you don't know what it is Do you, Mister Jones?
No matter how you slice it, you'll never be able to make a machine do what a translator does. Why is it that these things are always made by people who aren't multilingual?
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The very issues you raise are the problems I'm trying to solve for my site. Have you ever seen a site using the Slash Wiki plugin? I'd like to install it on my site but I can't find one being used so I can evaluate it.
Has anyone ever seen a site using the Slash Wiki plugin? I'd like to install it on my site but I can't find one being used so I can evaluate it.
I've come to really enjoy the personal ads on Craigslist. I love how you can reply to the ad itself not just to the person. It's like a slam where you get to go all smashmouth on idiots who haven't got a clue. The entertainment value alone is priceless.
Exactly. American Graffiti is better than all the other films Lucas has ever done combined. A truly amazing film on many levels.
that they had to make this an official announcement?
"Time for everyone to upgrade to XP or else hackers will get you too!"
What a brilliant thing to do right on the heels of MyDoomJuice and all that.
Hehehe
"Say Florida, California, Arizona, Texas. States where it is rather sunny as opposed to say Seattle."
You obviously don't live in Seattle. And certainly not this summer.
And the company throws pretty amazing anniversary parties, too. ;-)
"Here is the core argument: There are a thousand Open Source projects that get started out of need or fun, are maintained for awhile for fame, then get abandoned because there is no reason to go on. Eventually, the programmers come to understand that "users" are people who yell at you to fix stuff. So Open Source is inherently flawed. It only works because otherwise unknown programmers can get 15 minutes of fame using the Internet as low-barrier entry into introducing their skill to the world. Since they are introverted nobodies, getting a few emails from unknown users that say "good job!" feels great. But in time, most Open Source projects grind to a halt. The ones that survive are projects like Linux and Apache that have substantial involvement by PAID engineers. One could argue, in fact, that the idea of Open Source software being created by volunteers is a misnomer. Even Linus Torvalds is paid by Transmeta to be the God of Linux."
From Cringely's latest article
The best film George Lucas ever made.
Well we're trying at towerofbabel.com
I had such good memories of the treehouse in the Disney film version of Swiss Family Robinson that I recently watched it on DVD for the first time as an adult and it still makes me want to live in one. And
this could be a cool way to spend your birthday.
I've been thinking about getting a hold of other Malcolm Lawrence's across the planet (geez, there sure are a lot...I wonder if any of them are also born on Valentines Day too) and seeing if they'd like to form a Malcolm Lawrence club. Imagine the laffs: "I was chatting with Malcolm Lawrence Uruguay yesterday and he said the same thing that Malcolm Lawrence Silver Springs said..."
The best part about dictionary.com's free Word of the Day emails sent straight to your inbox is how they make sure to have appropriate ones for certain days: Last year they had "philter" for Valentines Day and "jollification" for Christmas Day.
Here's a feature about Burning Man '97 when Brian Foley made his first trek with the Artists Republic of Fremont.
"The weekend in the desert was wondrous, amazing, a Temporary Autonomous Zone full of performance art, sculpture, dance, music, painting (typically using the human body as a canvas), comedy, vaudeville, theater, technology, and whatever else you might be looking for. The other citizens of the Artist's Republic of Fremont and I, who had never been to a Burning Man festival before, can not compare this event to any other we had ever attended. The closest thing I can compare it to is perhaps the Grateful Dead show in Veneta in 1982, or Carnival in Tepotzlan, Mexico. The scope of this year's event was mind-blowing. Trying to explain it in words to people probably can not convey the chaotic frenzy of artistic output that went on over the course of three days, only to be destroyed or dismantled by the end of the festival. Next year I plan to bring an audio recorder so I can get the sounds of the event and capture thoughts as they happen. Picture a mile-long promenade along the shore of a dry lake bed, along which are theme camps as varied as the H. Marx Memorial Croquet Society. The Art Cars Camp and the Sphere of Influence. The Grrlie Grrl tent, the Post Office Camp, the Illuminati Camp and the Black Light District. Each one of these camps were interactive in some way, designed to engage participation instead of observation. One of the most important rules at burning Man was "NO SPECTATORS." Article and photos by Brian Foley
So, if Amazon declares bankruptcy will Jeff Bezos seek a patent for Chapter 11?
Did you notice this side link from that story:
Judge Compares Microsoft to Tonya Harding
So I guess this means that Bonzi has jumped the shark.
Is this why so many restaurants write their OWN Happy Birthday songs to have the whole wait staff sing when it's someone's birthday? I would never have guessed.
...which sends a shiver up and down my spine. It's not about winning anymore. It's about standing up for what you believe in.
As the builder of towerofbabel.com , I think the most fascinating thing about building an online community is that it's like throwing a party and not knowing who is on the invite list, let alone who is going to show up. It completely short circuits every societally sanctioned way of meeting people and really cuts to the chase when you're looking for interesting and intelligent conversation. Of course it helps if you have a wealth of good content as a base for the community. It just goes to reiterate the quote that a neighbor is not a geographic term, it's a moral term.
Oh just fook 'em. Let 'em have their bloody distribution channels while the rest of us just get drunk and sing along with each as we huddle around the piano. Let's see 'em try and take that away.
When Bob Dylan performed Ballad of a Thin Man live on his 1966 world tour he changed the last lyric from "earphones" to "telephone" like thus:
Well, you walk into the room
Like a camel and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
And your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law
Against you comin' around
You should be made
To always be wearing a telephone
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
How prophetic, eh?
Today's random quote at the bottom of the page:
"Beware of geeks bearing graft."
No matter how you slice it, you'll never be able to make a machine do what a translator does. Why is it that these things are always made by people who aren't multilingual?
Read Marjorie Kelly's The Divine Right of Capital and realize just how and why the system is broken: http://www.divinerightofcapital.com