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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad OIC speech

There has been a lot of press today over a speech given by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad at the opening of the tenth session of the Islamic Summit Conference. The Prime Minister’s office has the full speech available online. While the world media has focused on Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s comments regarding the Jews, in a larger context his speech is about the power of the Islamic world today and the abilities each of them know they are capable of. He uses the issue of Palestine as an world problem to unify his group and something that can be solved…

First iTunes album purchase

I just purchased Sarah McLachlan’s Live Acoustic EP 2003 from the iTunes Store. It is an iTunes exclusive, but not listed anywhere on her discography….

My first online music track purchase

I just bought Miles Davis So What from the iTunes Music Store. Also available as a free MP3 download from Miles Davis’ Web site….

Apple iTunes for Windows

Today I downloaded the new Apple iTunes for Windows.

R.E.M.’s high tech concert tools

CNN Headline News details some of the behind-the-scenes magic of an R.E.M. show. Tablet PCs, wireless Internet, and R.E.M….

Experience Visual Studio .NET Free Online

Microsoft has an online version of Visual Studio .NET 2003 running on a full-featured Windows Server 2003 hosted online. Three hours to play around….

Wynalda goes off

Wow. Eric Wynalda let it all out in this week’s column. “Bocanegra has been so much better than every other defender in MLS, it’s sick.” “April Heinrichs’ position needs to be reevaluated. She has lost the Olympics and lost the World Cup. Anywhere else in the world she’d be fired and looking for a college job right now. I can tell you what was wrong with the team ? it is run by four individuals who have nothing to do with the coaching staff.”…

Agents of Creation

Intelligent agents can be utilized by individuals to carry out a well defined goal on their behalf, as introduced in a recent Economist article….

Bit Torrent concerts

Sharing the Groove is a message board for the exchange of full concerts in audio and/or video. Radiohead, Grateful Dead, John Mayer, Led Zeppelin. Good variety….

Tablets in the Alias briefing room

Last night on Alias I noticed the computers in the briefing room were HP Tablets with docking stations. I have not been able to find any screen captures for confirmation….

Soulseek

Soulseek is an ad-free, spyware-free, just plain free file sharing application….

Book Promotion Tours on $0 a Day

Wired News article about book promotion tours which take place in the blogosphere at no cost….

Editor’s Note – Picture This

Smithsonian Magazine has a amateur photography contest. Catgeories are Americana, The Natural World, People, The Arts, Travel….

Kate Isenberg

Tonight I saw an acoustic rock performance by Kate Isenberg….

Microsoft Dissatisfaction Running High, Users Contemplate Switch

Internet Week asked its readers if they “seriously plan to dump Microsoft software.” Only 28% of respondents described themselves as satisfied Microsoft customers. I want Microsoft to drop legacy support with Longhorn. Launch a Virtual PC version of a legacy app if you need to, similar to OS X. Scoble mentions how manager performance is tied to users loving Microsoft. You will piss a lot of people off by forcing them to upgrade, but it’s best for everyone….

For Schwarzenegger, the Last Piece of a Master Plan

“Mr. Schwarzenegger began planning for politics 35 years ago. At a pancake restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., Mr. Schwarzenegger disclosed to his friends what he called his ‘master plan’: become a movie star, make millions of dollars, marry a glamorous wife and hold political power over people.”…

Sony PSX

Sony’s new entertainment console, the PSX, looks pretty sweet. I wonder why they still license TiVo and even Windows XP Media Center Edition with all of their GigaPocket technology in place….

The New Yorker: Fact

Very thorough history in the New Yorker on suicide and the Golden Gate Bridge. Most people have no idea what a suicide barrier would look like. I imagine it would be under the bridge and a net to catch people within a jump range of 10 feet or so. No big deal, there is always construction out there anyways and some sort of safety net for the workers….

Bush Cheney 2004 Blog

The George W. Bush reelection campaign now has an official blog. There are specific RSS feeds on the economy and national security as well….

DepicT!

DepicT has a short film by Tony Roche : How to Tell When a Relationship is Over. My favorite bit is “You Find the Other Person Annoying.”…

Marriage Protection Week, 2003

The White House has a press release stating the week of October 12 through October 18, 2003, as Marriage Protection Week. Is a society, and therefore a country, and better off through the institution of marriage? Are Rosie O’Donnell’s adopted children less well off for their adoption into a lesbian household? The definition of a family should make for an interesting debate topic in the 2004 Presidental campaign….

Forbes.com: Creating A Killer Product

Forbes has a book excerpt on creating a killer product. What is your true competition? I like the Theodore Levitt quote : “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole.”…