Record TV... will it face the same legal problems as icravetcv? Only time will tell. However, it seems possible that the VCR model may actually have found a loophole in the whole broadcast tv thingamajigamarole.

DENIM and SILK should be of interest to web designers. I'm downloading it now, and I have a site architecture document to create this weekend. More later on how well it works.

wotch.com has some amusing downloads - but watch out for the spam.

In case you didn't know, you can get the Java Developer's Journal online. For free, even!

Now, you know there's gotta be nothing more exciting than watching corn grow.

Crystal Space, a open-source 3D graphics engine. God, I love open-source.

Now, I am all about customizing the user experience. However, I find this just a little over-the-top.

More Napster problems; and an appropriately harsh solution.

My son was camping out at his friend's house last night. Unfortunately, he had his first boy™ experience. His friend's mother discovered them in the bathroom, wiping up blood, and my son with a bandage over the bridge of his nose. Yipes! He had a T-shaped puncture that was very deep. So we rushed him to the hospital, where we waited for 5 hours for him to receive 6 stitches to close the wound. Now he looks like he has a fishing fly stuck to his face, but it doesn't seem to bother him.
The most horrible part of the whole experience was waiting for the doctor to come in to stitch him, while he cried and shook with terror. You forget until viscerally reminded - just how terrifying being a child can be.

The Offspring are ripping off Napster. Will the battles never cease? Now, if Napster has to sue The Offspring, then that just makes Napster look so bad...

In junior high, my record was 58 seconds. Now you can solve this online. Note: I wouldn't have the slightest clue how to solve it these days; believe me - I've tried.

Creativity machines may perform remarkable feats of invention and discovery, ranging from the composition of music to the prediction of totally new ultrahard materials. Or so says their inventor.

Cheapass Games always has some free cool stuff hanging around for visitors.

I used to have an Apple ][; heck, that was the 2nd computer I ever used (after the TRS-80). So, I find it lovingly nostalgic that I can now emulate it on my PC. Apple ][ forever!

I used to use a collaborative movie-rater; it was uncannily accurate. Of course, it didn't make me fall out of my chair laughing, like Jester does.

Frontwheeldrive has some very interesting stories about emerging sciences.

I still think that REBOL has gotta be some kind of cool. I just haven't played with it enough yet to really wrap my hands around it. I found Euphoria to be really easy though; it only took me a couple of days to whip up a genetic algorithms toolkit.
Of course my big project now is XML. I just got what seems to be a cool book: Professional XML. I thought about buying one of Simon St. Laurent's books, but this one just seemed to be SO deep, and they only had his primer anyway.

Commodore2000.com... Yea, baby; I'm extremely curious.

Well, except for the fact that they charge $5.00 for their service, this is a pretty damn good idea. Hrmmm. Open-source version? Anyone? Anyone? Heck, I might even take this up myself. This is definitely something that leverages the communication power of the internet. Some good viral marketing possibilities, too. Heh.

The Mad Revisionist says that the moon does not exist.

Napster is once again in the press, only this time there's a bunch of open-source leaders who are actually saying that napster's circumvention of current copyright laws may not be the best thing after all.

I watched Dogma the night before last. Man, that was a great movie. I can see exactly why the Catholic Church hated it - it dogged on them mercilessly. However, I found the movie itself to be not only intelligent and humorous, but spiritually uplifting and faith-renewing. The movie never says God doesn't exist - it just says that we (humans) take it all too seriously. (It all being God, the world, the universe, ourselves, etc. etc.). This and Fight Club are probably the best movies I have seen in weeks. Both are well worth watching. So do it, okay?

Now, physics was definitely *not* my best subject in college, so I'm not quite sure that I understand this. But I'm going to read it a few more times until it sinks in.
Information is the key to it all; I am sure of it. There's some guy out there deriving fundamental physics equations from his informational equations (if you know who it is, please let me know). And speaking of information, this just blows my mind. I kid you not. It's when I read things like this that I realize... we *are* living in the future - right now.

So, MP3s spell the death of traditional media outlets, huh? That new study that states that sales are down near college campuses that have deep Napster penetration may not be looking in quite the right place. The Standard has a more lucid article on the subject. The point I agree with is that in all facets of consumer life, mom & pop stores are being subsumed by the giant chains/corporations. Restaurants, grocery stores, music/software/books... Wal-mart, Red Lobster, Target... these are the chains that are dumbing down our vibrant culture. And yet we keep on supporting them because of our own personal "bottom line".

Lots of web apps appearing on my site today. It must be National Weberrific Web App Link Day.

Well, this is certainly interesting... Intranets.com has a whole slew of basic web apps ready for you and your group to use. I think they should have called it "smellslikeintranets.com" instead, but hey - that's just me. [shamelessly ripped from d99.org.]

A competitor to blogger? Different model of publishing. But does it work as well? That *is* the question...

I've seen this popping up on sites recently. It's so damn hard to manage the information glut on the web. The tool is out there, being developed right now that will solve all our problems... really... and who will blog it first?

My brother came into town yesterday with his fiancee. We went to Six Flags. Even though this was the third time there in as many weeks, I still had a great time. We've learned to pace ourselves, and how to relax instead of trying to pack everything into one day. (Note: we *did* get season passes.)
This time, Mr. Freeze became my favorite. Reason? We sat in the front. It made the ride a bajillion times more intense! As we neared the top of the 226-foot spire, I remember that my screaming suddenly stopped, and as though someone were speaking through my mouth, out came the words, "oh, shit...," very softly and quietly. A fantastic ride!

My alarm clock broke, so I'm using iping to wake up. It's a nice way to get up too, because for some damn reason, one almost *always* gets up to answer the stupid phone! Instead of whacking the alarm clock and rolling over to sleep for X more minutes, as I typically do...

Just had to throw this link to Lars Ulrich's interview on /. up on the site. I have been following the Metallica vs. Napster issue very closely, as I am a Metallica fan from way, way back, but have become disillusioned with them and their music over the last several years.
And now, with the whole new model of sharing files that Napster has brought to the forefront of public consciousness, the music industry will never be the same. And with open-source programs such as Gnutella appearing, the cat is out of the bag.
I just wonder what the internet is eventually going to do to copyright law and artists rights. It seems to me that Metallica should now focus on deriving their incomr from merchandising and touring, and let bootleggers bootleg. Despite the illegality of it, it is an inevitable and irresistable result of a networked world.

Once again, some really scary information regarding privacy on the internet. I mean, of course corporations have been working for the last twenty years to turn us into a society of incredibly consumeristic niche markets, but when, WHEN, will the madness end?

I sent this link home to share with my son. After watching Walking With Dinosaurs recently, my son wanted to know "just how the scientists could know so much about dinosaurs if they're all extinct?" You try explaining the answers to a six-year-old. Whew!

I have recently purchased a number of domain names. I prefer to use Joker.com, but have found this to be very interesting for future reference.

It's Memorial Day today. And I'm stuck at work, finishing up some stuff that I should have done before the weekend came.
How truly and deeply sad.
I wish I was at home snuggling with my wife, and playing with my kids. There is a *lot* more to life than work. But unfortunately, not today :(