Daily Archives: October 7, 2003

As Good As It Gets

Exquisite fall day in New England today, the kind etched in memory as typical but in reality rare and to be treasured, I took my Business students to Harvard’s Peabody Museum after a breif tour of the campus.  The students … Continue reading

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Glenn Reynolds Realtime Instafeed, Only $4.95/hr

If a blog is a window into another person’s world, then what is the ultimate blog? Many science fictions stories have speculated that eventually we will be able to port, record and broadcast (or narrowcast) the sensory information arriving at … Continue reading

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Fear Factor Home Version

Snakes writhe around the head of visitor Luis Hernandez in a new extreme Halloween attraction at Universal Orlando, October 3, 2003. At the new attraction, snakes, scorpions, rats, worms or cockroaches are dumped into a plexiglass box placed over the … Continue reading

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Anti-Pirating Tech My Cat Could Break

A new technology that’s supposed to help music companies fend off illegal file swappers can be defeated literally by the touch of a button, according to a Princeton University researcher. The technology is designed to work only with computers using … Continue reading

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Schwartznegger Campaign Goes Worldwide

Reacting to the latest polls showing Governor Gray Davis closing the gap, Arnold has pulled out all the stops and is mounting a worldwide campaign to promote his political future and get out the vote. The woman in the photograph … Continue reading

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Blog Lovefest Exposed

And now, for the OTHER side of the story, Oliver Willis (Like Kryptonite to Stupid) argues that the Blogger bubble is just like the Internet Bubble, but without the money. He makes some good points but his assertion that candidates … Continue reading

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