August 4th, 2002
Human Computer Interaction audio:
totn_future_of_computing.mp3 – 47 minutes, 11 Mb
Streaming RealAudio version here.
This Talk of the Nation segment focuses on innovation in human-computer interaction. Guests include the late Dr. Michael Dertouzos, a pioneer in the humanization of technology and former director of M.I.T.’s Laboratory for Computer Science.
Highlights include Dertouzos’ inspiring plans to free people from the slavery imposed by their own tools. He describes MIT’s Project Oxygen, a $50 million plan to make computers easier to use, and to transparently mold them into people’s living environments.
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August 2nd, 2002
Add it to my wish list: Perfect Sideburns.
(Is this legal in Texas?)
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July 29th, 2002
“Everything I ever really needed to know I learned from ruthlessly torturing my captives.”
– Cooper Wiseman.
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July 27th, 2002
Supersnail (Julian Cash) creates fantastic Playa Freak portraits! Rumor has it, he works his magic from a secret white tent studio somewhere in Black Rock City.
His site supersnail.com is a great source of pre-Playa inspiration and it will cheer you up too. (Can you tell I’m excited about Burning Man? It’s less than a month away.)
He’s got great photos of Open Source geeks as well.
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July 19th, 2002
Nervous about that hot date? If it includes dinner in San Francisco, look up the restaurant here for a great icebreaker. Now you’re prepared for an enchanting dinner conversation about recent health code violations. Go get her, cowboy.
Thanks to Dav for writing the script that build the list — it pulls the business names from a Department of Public Health database.
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July 15th, 2002
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July 7th, 2002
“We are borrowing this planet from our children,
but we have to put their diapers somewhere.”
– Cooper Wiseman
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July 3rd, 2002
It’s a sex therapy site written in Engrish?! Thanks to Davezilla for finding it. An excerpt:
Q: Sir, my sexual activity to my wife is unsatisfied because my ejection is very fast is their any treatment to slow down my ejection
A: You can have sex for hours without ejaculation. You need proper treatment under sexologist.
NOTE: NO DOCTOR OR SEX THERAPIST IS HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. I am not at all associated with this “sexologist” and I’m not a sex therapist. So many people have posted comments about their sex problems after this post, that I’m not sure whether they’re joking. If you have a sexual health problem, please seek professional help.
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July 1st, 2002
let’s face it.
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