Not a huge surprise given how the last three games have gone; but, it was surprising the Sox pulled off a 10-3 win. I guess the Yankees were tired after all. Fine by me; they’ve certainly had more than their share of winning, especially against Boston. Hope the Sox win the Series, too; like everyone else, I’m sick of hearing the whining about the Curse(tm). :)
Halloween.. on Sunday?! We can’t have that!
20-Oct-2004 by
Bwa-haha… I’ll get you, my pretty!
canadaeast.com… – CP Atlantic Regional News
Halloween this year falls on Sunday-the Christian Sabbath – and the thought of small devils and demons loose in the land is causing considerable ecclesiastical and municipal concern.
Monster washes up near Farewell Spit, New Zealand
20-Oct-2004 by
Now that’s one whopper of a fish story.. *cough*
STUFF – STORY – HOME : New Zealand’s leading news and information website
A sunfish that washed up near the base of Farewell Spit is a monster with a strange sense of timing, a marine expert says.
Tesla Coils, Lichtenberg Figures, and Quarter Shrinkers!
20-Oct-2004 by
Very technical, but very cool!
Tesla Coils, Lichtenberg Figures, and Quarter Shrinkers!
The Quarter Shrinker uses a technique called high velocity electromagnetic metal forming, or “Magneforming”. This technique was originally developed by the aerospace industry in conjunction with NASA, and has been popularized by Aerovox, Grumman, and Maxwell. It involves quickly discharging a high energy capacitor bank through a work coil to generate a very powerful and rapidly changing magnetic field which then “forms” the metal to be fabricated. While it works best with metals of relatively high electrical conductivity such as copper or aluminum alloys, it will work to a more limited extent with poorer conductors such as sheet steel.
The tide is turning…
20-Oct-2004 by
And this should be a kick in the shin if the previous post wasn’t.
The tide is turning… || kuro5hin.org…
Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:
“I’m concerned about the timing. We’ve been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President.”
The worst sides of two nations on display || kuro5hin.org
20-Oct-2004 by
Okay, when other countries start taking an open, active (open being the key word) role in our politics you know something’s not quite right.
The worst sides of two nations on display
The UK newspaper The Guardian has undertaken a campaign urging its readers to write US voters in Clark County, Ohio and urge them to vote against President George W. Bush in the US presidential elections.
Ballmer: Cheaper PCs will stop piracy (and boost profits)
20-Oct-2004 by
GooOS has me a little apprehensive, but this is just scary…
Ballmer: Cheaper PCs will stop piracy (and boost profits)
Ballmer outlines Microsoft’s plan to curb piracy in the developing world by working with governments to offer inexpensive systems bundled with Windows.
Bluetooth a Mile Away – Popular Science
20-Oct-2004 by
Great, something else to be paranoid about.
Bluetooth a Mile Away – Popular Science
With a simple modification to a USB Bluetooth adapter, you can extend your wireless range to record-setting distances.
Slashdot | Neal Stephenson Responds With Wit and Humor
20-Oct-2004 by
Slashdot | Neal Stephenson Responds With Wit and Humor
There is nothing better than a Slashdot interview with someone who not only reads and understands Slashdot but can out-troll the trolls. Admittedly, the questions you asked Neal Stephenson were great in their own right, but his answers… Wow! let’s just say that this guy shows how it’s done.
Are you afraid to blog?
20-Oct-2004 by
I fear blogging about my job because what I say might come back around, but I would never know that the blog is what bit me. There’s a lot more to it than just convincing my manager (and his manager) that blogging would be good for the company’s relationship with its employees and customers; unfortunately, my company is in an industry which itself shuns change and fears that the public will discover their dirty secrets of inefficiency-at-the-public’s-expense. It’s a mess. We’re trying to fix it but you become like what/who you associate with and entropy is not on our side.
Corporate Fear.
Fear of being different. Fear of telling your boss your ideas. Fear of speaking up in meetings. Fear of going up to someone you don’t know and introducing yourself. Fear of doing something that might destroy your career.
Fear of weblogging.
It’s time we get over our fears.
I meet a lot of people around the industry. Almost everytime I meet someone, I ask them “do you have a weblog?” That’s my way of saying “I like you and want to hear more of your ideas.” Even deeper: I want a permanent relationship with you (and not of the sexual kind, either).
I’ve asked this question of people at Apple. Google. IBM. eBay. Real Networks. Cisco. Intel. HP. Amazon. And, yes, here at Microsoft.
Too often the answer is “I couldn’t do that.”
“Why not?” I ask.
“Because I might get fired,” is often the answer. I hate that answer. It’s an example of corporate fear. An artifact of a management system that doesn’t empower its employees to act on behalf of customers.
I find this fear disturbing. Imagine being a flight attendant with this kind of fear. “Sorry, I can’t talk to the passengers in this plane today cause I might get fired.”
I’m not the only one who sees it, either. John McCain, in the September 2004 Fast Company, went looking for courage.
Lately, more and more people, both inside and outside of Microsoft, have been asking me for ways to convince their boss to “get” weblogging. Translation: they are trying to
…excerpt from: radio.weblogs.com…