ooh, /me wants. anatomy of linux poster. since it’s gonna be such a limited run, it’s too bad they didn’t make the pdf higher res (or vectorize the diagram).

from shey.net’s Department of Personal Freedom:

Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at Nike iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized Nike shoes. The dialog began when Nike cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word “sweatshop”.

hmm, while this guy’s assessment of “the media business” on the net is accurate (duh), i think that his statements that “The Internet as media has failed,” and “There is no future” are some of the stupidest things i’ve heard recently. for the most part, imo, the internet as media hasn’t even been discovered by most people yet (business people and users)… suffice to say, that the net is not a broadcast medium, and defined on those terms, of course it’s a failure – that’s no the nature of the medium. it’s painfully obvious to see who’s doing it right. the net as media isn’t going away anytime soon. it’s barely even started.

there’s some good stuff on mefi addressing the issue.

directron has a guide on How to Build a Quiet PC. they of course, sell the parts, including silent fans and power supplies, extra large heat sinks, and an aluminum case. of course, if you’re going for an aluminum case, why not go all the way?

wow, looks like this super cool dance site called learn to break just went up a coupla weeks ago. the moves pages are nice. descriptions and video clips, awesome. now if only my quicktime would get back working…

wow, i have to congratulate the irs, their home page is hilarious.

haha… stoopid. my design prof mentioned this game conference was going on at the beginning of the year, and then i totally forgot about it until voodooextreme mentions it. oh well, too late now…

i’ve readjusted my calorie usage / day up 200 calories to bring my calculated weight loss more in line with what the scale says (actually 11lbs since i started counting, but i’m staying a few pounds on the safe side to account for water and muscle mass loss).

i started writing a correction program – one that could let me pick a time period, compare the actual weight measurements to the predicted and allow me to correct for that, i figure… why bother. i have way more important stuff to do.

i’ve been checking out php cached fasttemplate some more. i want to play around w/ it some, but looks like i need to put those projects off. have 2 papers, organization and prep for my senior show, and working for food going on.

i’ve been wasting way too much stuff on reading stuff on the web again. umm, that’s bad.

wow, just noticed the new ads on zdnet. they’re huge, in the middle of the article as an inset image. that’s one way to try to get advertising to work. also interesting in that they’re self contained interactive flash advertisements. very interesting.

so, glassdog has gotten a spiffy facelift, although i have to admit that i sorta liked the old design better.

speaking of design, k10k’s celebrating it’s hundredth issue, a nice story by josh davis. umm, it’s all text but it’s in flash anyway. just because.