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"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe." -- Frank Zappa.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 22:32:42 GMT

Have you checked out BlogTree? It's now got 1792 registered weblogs. It's a really cool idea, it's totally taking off.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 14:39:10 GMT

A telling comment from Glenn Reynolds last night, and now I have a clue what a warblogger is. I may try to write a new definition. It'll probably involve the words blow and hard, and examples from playgrounds. Dangerous stuff. Watch out for the humiliation, that's where holocausts come from.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 16:40:55 GMT

Sometimes when we bluster and attack aimlessly, we cement relationships between forces that wish us harm.

Tue, 06 Aug 2002 04:00:37 GMT

Glenn and Nick respond. My brief response. In addition to being a technologist and living on the west coast of the US, I am also the first-generation American son of Holocaust survivors, born and raised in NY. Does Nick have any insight into my thinking? Clearly not.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 16:19:09 GMT

Reuters: "Stocks sagged on Monday, yanking the Nasdaq Composite Index to fresh 5-year lows."

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 18:24:21 GMT

Paul Andrews: Microsoft to give PCs a little Google.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 23:33:41 GMT

Tom Negrino: "Apple's going to sell a lot more iPods in the next quarter."

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 18:31:36 GMT

The EatonWeb Weblog Portal got an overhaul. Very nice.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:00:28 GMT

Isn't it obvious that Microsoft should use some of their cash to reinvigorate ISVs? Imho, that would be a buy signal for MSFT, an acknowledgement that they play a different role in the software industry of 2002 than they did in 1992. It would also help NASDAQ get over the dotcom debacle. Technology needs a mega-roadmap, in other words a roadmap for future roadmaps. Clearly nothing MS is doing now, or will do in the future, can stick, because there are no credible ISVs to adopt their schemes, to triangulate on their vision. Yes, things like Hailstorm and Palladium are necessary and inevitable, but they can't come from MS. But that's all that's left. Catch-22. Gotta dig out of this Bill and Steve. A Marshall Plan for the software industry bootstrapped in part by the $38 billion hoard.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:53:23 GMT

BlogStreet looks interesting.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 14:59:46 GMT

Thanks to Marc Barrot for the reminder to bug the Omni folks to add OPML support to their popular Mac outlining program.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 14:29:21 GMT

Scott Rosenberg: "New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has her fans, but I am not one of them." Same here. Scott's characterization of her columns totally rings a bell. Honestly there isn't a single current Times columnist that comes close to Russell Baker.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 14:30:53 GMT

Paul Andrews reviews the reviews of Bob Dylan's concert at Newport on Saturday. He points to an AP story, which he says nicely balances Sheila Lennon's weblog report, but I wonder. There's at least a dispute over whether the fans boo'd Dylan off the stage in 1965, for going electric. Lots of people who were there, including Pete Seeger, say it didn't happen. I wonder what others at Newport in 1965 and 2002 think.

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 14:18:35 GMT

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 14:07:37 GMT

Jeremy Bowers: "Will you deed your computer over to Microsoft?"

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 14:21:05 GMT

Martin Schwimmer: "I'm sorry there have been no blog items since Thursday but I was involved in something very important. Musa al-Mustapha of Nigeria emailed me.."

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 14:56:50 GMT

Werblog: "With the end of the roaring '90s, lots of people are finally allowing themselves those vacations they postponed."