http://www.scripting.com/ It's even worse than it appears. en-us Copyright 1997-2006 Dave Winer Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:00:00 GMT Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:23:14 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OPML Editor version 0.71 dave@scripting.com dave@scripting.com <a href="http://www.amazonservices.com/fulfillment/">Fulfillment by Amazon</a>: "You send your new and used products to us, and we'll store them. As orders are placed, we'll pick, pack and ship them to your customers from our network of fulfillment centers." Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:06:17 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:4:06:17PM <a href="http://www.scripting.com/2006/08/03.html#makingMoneyWithAdsNotMuchLonger"><img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/09/19/hotdog.jpg" width="95" height="71" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named hotdog.jpg"></a>Amazon is kicking ass. <a href="http://davenet.scripting.com/2000/02/04/howToMakeMoneyOnTheInternet">I've</a> long <a href="http://davenet.scripting.com/2001/02/13/howToMakeMoneyOnTheInternetV20#theNewJournalism">predicted</a> <a href="http://www.scripting.com/2006/08/03.html#makingMoneyWithAdsNotMuchLonger">that</a> <a href="http://www.scripting.com/2005/12/12.html#howToMakeMoneyOnTheInternetVersion3">BigCo's</a> would become fulfillment companies. I just didn't think it would happen this fast. Now I'll predict that long after Google is burned out and forgotten, we'll be shipping our wares to and from Amazon warehouses, with Jeff Bezos making some sheckels on each transaction. We'll think of Bill Gates as someone like Andrew Carnegie or Burl Ives. What do you mean he's <i>still</i> alive? Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:06:55 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:4:06:55PM <a href="http://www.kottke.org/remainder/06/09/11836.html">Jason Kottke said</a> something really nice about me today. Thanks man. Getting a MacArthur would be great. It would probably make my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/246900015/in/set-72157594290092549/">parents</a> pretty happy too. ";->" Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:43:08 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:3:43:08PM <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/19b.html">Joel Spolsky</a>: "The phone they sent me, an LG Fusic, is really quite awful, and the service, Power Vision, is tremendously misconceived and full of dumb features that don't work right and cost way too much." Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:20:32 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:5:20:32PM <a href="http://www.scripting.com/2002/09/19.html#When:7:06:19AM">Four years ago</a>: "Weblogs, in a very real sense, get your mind out of bed, and back in the world. They can help alleviate the endless aloneness that's part of recovery." <a href="http://www.sparkplug9.com/art-n-artifice/index.php/2006/09/18/pope-islam-violence/">Sparkplug 9</a>: "Pope says Islam is violent. Islamics react with violence. Pope apologizes." Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:23:28 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:7:23:28AM <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ptbly">Google has</a> satellite pics of Baghdad. Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:09:52 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:8:09:52AM <a href="http://static2.podcatch.com/blogs/gems/snedit/DSCN6310.MOV">Movie</a>: More chickens on stilts from Sunday's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/sets/72157594288313937/">parade</a>. Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:34:52 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:7:34:52AM <a href="http://youtube.com/rssls">YouTube offers</a> "several RSS feeds for categorized groups of videos (such as recently uploaded, top viewed etc) as well as customized feeds for users and tags." Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:49:45 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:6:49:45AM <img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/09/19/richards.jpg" width="70" height="114" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named richards.jpg">If the Democratic Party had a sense of presence, they would run national TV commercials commemorating the life of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards">Ann Richards</a>. A few schmaltzy snips from her <a href="http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/annrichards1988dnc.htm">convention keynote</a> in <a href="http://www.americanrhetoric.com/mp3clips/politicalspeeches/annrichards1988dncdfdsk.mp3">1988</a>. "I'm delighted to be here with you this evening, because after listening to George Bush all these years, I figured you needed to know what a real Texas accent sounds like." I guess it would make today's party leadership look as <a href="http://reid.senate.gov/">anemic</a> as it is. Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:38:45 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:6:38:45AM <a href="http://mirror4.video.blip.tv/Unboomed-andSoItBeginsMov426.mov">Amanda Congdon is back</a> with a new show, a roadtrip across America. A bunch of feeds, a <a href="http://amandacongdon.com/america/">website</a> and a <a href="http://amanda.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page">wiki</a>. Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:24:13 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:5:24:13AM <a href="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/09/19/soapbox.gif">I signed up</a> to be a <a href="http://ideas.live.com/signup.aspx?versionid=8564a70d-b0ef-4500-a763-88060a0adc02">beta</a> for MSN's <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/sep06/09-18SoapboxBetaPR.mspx">Soapbox</a> video community. I'll let you know when I get a chance to try it out. I don't feel bad, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/18/microsoft-soapbox-to-launch-on-tuesday/">Mike Arrington</a> doesn't have an account either. I guess Microsoft is learning the art of teasing? Or does it just look that way? ";->" Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:59:29 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/09/19.html#When:5:59:29AM