http://www.scripting.com/ It's even worse than it appears. en-us Copyright 1997-2006 Dave Winer Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:00:00 GMT Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:48:42 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OPML Editor version 0.71 dave@scripting.com dave@scripting.com <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/51072101@N00/286601494/">My parents are trying</a> to find an artist who did beautiful sculptures of people, in 2003, using nothing but soda cans, around Stillersee Lake near Zermatt. Can you help? Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:35:46 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/11/05.html#When:10:35:46PM <img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/11/05/blackHelicopter..jpg" width="125" height="62" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named blackHelicopter..jpg">Highly recommended: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Fight-John-McCain/dp/B000FBH3W2/ref=imdbpov_dvd_0/104-4282508-7024734">Why We Fight</a>. A mostly Republican documentary that has a ring of truth. Begins with Eisenhower's farewell <a href="http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm">address</a>. I learned a new word from this movie: <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blowback">blowback</a>. "The effect caused by recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service in an effort to mislead the government of another country." That might be a bit confusing. An example. Suppose the CIA does something nasty to another country, but it's a secret, so we don't know about it. Then the other country retalliates. We <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0927/p1s1-wogi.html">wonder</a> why they hate us. The President <a href="http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/gen.bush.terrorism/">explains</a>, saying they're evil. Sound familiar? Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:55:25 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/11/05.html#When:10:55:25AM <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/010834.php">Ooops</a>, looks like the Republicans are up to their dirty tricks again. <i>Losers!</i> Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:38:07 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/11/05.html#When:5:38:07PM <a href="http://www.geeknewscentral.com/archives/006546.html">Todd Cochrane recommends</a> using a powerline adapter to bridge LANs over electric circuits. I may try this approach, wifi is proving a very slow way to move files between computers in the house, even though it's perfect for Internet access. Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:11:37 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/11/05.html#When:11:11:37AM Via email, Ralph Hempel recommends using a low power <a href="http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=FM35BWT">FM transmitter</a> to play audio around the house from a desktop computer. For what it's worth, the Airport Express method works fine from here. Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:12:18 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/11/05.html#When:11:12:18AM <a href="http://www.wordyard.com/2006/11/05/saddam-trial/">Scott Rosenberg</a>: "The fact that Saddam Hussein's verdict has emerged immediately preceding U.S. elections can be safely ascribed to Bush's desperate need to show some results from the Iraq fiasco." Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:52:21 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/11/05.html#When:10:52:21AM <a href="http://betsydevine.weblogger.com/2006/11/05#a2876">Betsy Devine has an amazing picture</a> of a leaflet that Republicans are putting on the windshields of cars parked at Boston-area churches this, the last Sunday before we vote. "Stop the Democrats from weakening America," they say. She's encouraging others to take similar pictures and post them on the web. This is a really good idea. Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:10:07 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/11/05.html#When:6:10:07AM <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/51072101@N00/286601494/"><img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/11/05/alp.jpg" width="115" height="106" border="0" alt="A picture named alp.jpg"></a> Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:48:43 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/11/05.html#When:10:48:43PM