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Sunday, June 30, 2002Very Soon@ 11 pm | PermaLinkVery soon now, I will be making journal entries from a new Mac... (Congratulations to Brazil on their FIFA World Cup victory.)
Sunday, June 16, 2002Clear Channel Communications@ 10 pm | PermaLinkFrom a mailing list I'm sub'ed to: ONE OF MY INTERESTS is "the media" in general. Long gone are the old days when one company could only own a few radio or TV stations. While you were sleeping, one company has managed to buy up *1,200* radio stations with over a billion listeners. Waldo in Virginia, a reader and friend of mine, alerted me to this -- as well as a new web site that's dedicated to letting people know what's going on. He notes: "Clear Channel's 1,200 radio stations control 60% of all rock programming, they own the vast majority of the musical venues in the U.S., they own the lion's share of billboards, talk show hosts, and popular musical acts. THEY decide what bands get famous, and what bands are doomed to play the bar circuit. If you don't understand why your favorite local band just can't seem to make it big, http://www.ClearChannelSucks.org (new window) has the answers. The music that you hear on the radio isn't played because it's popular, but because the labels paid for it to be played. If that's a problem for you, that site is the place to do something about it."
Thursday, June 13, 2002Newt-vana Reached@ 10 pm | PermaLinkHold onto your seats... I'm surfing the Net *wirelessly* from my Newton. *W-I-R-E-L-E-S-S-L-Y* Newton 2000 plus Lucent WaveLan Silver Wi-Fi card plus the recently released drivers. I am in Geek Heaven. The Palm VII I lug around has started looking... weak. This so rocks.
Wednesday, June 12, 2002The Devil and Mr. Mathematician@ 02 pm | PermaLinkRecently seen on a mailing list: "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of hell." - St. Augustine.
Sunday, June 2, 2002Wonderful Day@ 06 pm | PermaLinkI've had a simply wonderful day with Amy. Here's a nice vinette to wrap it all up: I'm sitting at a coffee shop, on the Park Blocks downtown. Amy has brought her Powerbook and we're using the wireless net connection put together by PersonalTelco. It's beautiful out, warm sunshine and green leaves filtering the heat. We're sitting next to my convertible while Amy reads out the play-by-play for the Sacremento/LA game. I close my eyes and... relax. Life is pretty damn good on Sunday afternoons.
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