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Are Podcasters Selling Out?
On a long enough timeline, anything that is ever dubbed “underground” will eventually succumb to the far less cool tag “sellout.” It happened to Grunge, it happened to The Stones, and it even happened to Tarantino. It only makes sense that podcasting would be next: Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. announced Monday it will launch a…
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The role of technology in China’s recent anti-Japanese protests
Rebecca MacKinnon has an interesting post today: Xiao Qiang of China Digital Times has now posted his excellent essay originally written for the Wall Street Journal about how the role of technology in China’s recent anti-Japanese protests. The government certainly allowed these protests to happen, and even encourages the rise of anti-foreign and especially anti-Japanese…
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Barry Bonds’ 700th Home Run Ball for Sale…Again
Barry Bonds’ 700th home run ball is once again up for sale: An unidentified bidder first purchased the ball for more than $804,000 through Overstock.com after it was caught by a fan at SBC Park last Sept. 17. However, the consignors of the upcoming auction have conservatively estimated the ball will sell for for between…
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My 20-gigabyte fourth generation iPod
This is my 20-gigabyte fourth generation iPod. I have almost 2000 songs on it, and I use it to store and transport every digital picture and electronic document I own, including my portfolio and my website. It works seamlessly between my notebook PC, which runs WinXP, and my Mac-Mini, which runs Mac OSX Tiger. I…
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May 8, 2005
Still trying to get caught up on end-of-the-semester grading. Shouldn’t be hard to get caught up on time. Two out of three of my classes are now complete. Two As so far. Let’s see if I can go for the trifecta and ace this semester, properly closing my last semester of graduate school. Spent lots…
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Tony Pierce reflecting on the rejection of his graduate school application
Tony Pierce reflecting on the rejection of his graduate school application and the termination of his employment at the E! Channel: i am a chicago cub fan. i have dealt with rejection and misery and sadness my whole life. just the other day the cubs were up with two games left to play with wood…
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May 5, 2005
Spending a good part of this week getting caught up grading freshman comp papers. Also, I only have two more items to complete before I am completely finished with my Masters — unless I made a terrible mistake and forgot to turn something in. I will be completely finished this time next week, and the…
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Tiger Notes
I made it to the university computer retailer 5 minutes before they closed to pick up a new copy of Mac OSX Tiger. The stayed open until 7pm tonight in order to meet demand for customers who insisted on picking up a copy of the OS on its launch date. So far I’m pretty impressed,…
Michael Castellon 