time to investigate log rotation…

disinformation | corporate totalitarianism and the ftaa – Basically, (globalization) won’t stop until foreigners finally start to think like Americans, act like Americans and – most of all – shop like Americans.

Elevation Statistics – statistical analysis of the songs u2 have played on their elevation tour.

saw this on /. – mod_mp3 – you know you want it.

neet, new daimlerchrysler car design which has a bubble top for less visual impairment.

in contrast to the aigala site, the aigadc site is really well done. excellent use of spot flash, good navigation, bookmarkable, well designed in general. i happened onto the site from a site unseen link (josh davis, mike cina, matt owens talk last month – details). kudos to grafik marketing communications. they rock.

the real king crime – just plain sad.

And rather than donate King’s personal papers to the Library of Congress, the family has tried to sell them for $20 million – even while excluding the most important historical documents and still trying to retain control of the copyright, generating even more lucrative royalties and control over access. It also cut a multimillion-dollar deal with AOL-Time Warner, giving the media giant exclusive commercial use of King’s speeches.

Ironically, as Pulitzer Prize-winning King biographer David Garrow told the Chicago Tribune, the family crackdown “started out 10 years ago as a quite understandable and correct effort to ensure that Dr. King’s image wasn’t turning up in tacky situation.” Such as, say, commercials for tech companies.

But, added Garrow, “It is getting to the point where they are so focused on maximizing their income that they’re actively reducing the amount of distribution King’s words and teachings will have.”

holy shit i missed this: The United States withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change; Christie Whitman, the administrator of the EPA, announced that “we have no interest in implementing that treaty.” President Bush told German chancellor Gerhard Schröder that “We will not do anything that harms our economy, because first things first are the people who live in America.”

bboy necko‘s sixstep tutorial is the best i’ve seen online so far.

there was this hiphop congress concert type deal at bovard auditorium last night which was decent. there were one or two breakers who were really good (super clean steps, crazy stalls, ridiculous power moves – one handed turtles and some monster flares), and a pretty good turntablist. also, there was a really good hip-hop duet, but the girl’s mike level was way too low for most of the performance. it went downhill from there though. lots of not that great rapping going on, one good mc interlude…

oh, this was fun too:

me: hey, so what are you doing after this deal?

friend: why?

me: oh, well i was wondering if you wanted to grab some coffee afterwards.

friend: oh, i can’t… i’m going bowling with some friends tonight.

me: hmm… bowling, sport of champions.

friend: i really have to pratice so i can.. um, get better.

me: cool, well have fun.

(crash and burn, exit left)