Entries from July 2006The Posts You Asked For

The headline: Americans ‘too fat for x-rays’
The image:

(The link: Right here.)

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So much class it’s hard to measure.

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Anyone remember PeaPod? It was one of the first online grocery stores — well, sort of. The idea was that you could order online and a local PeaPod guy would do your shopping for you and deliver it to your door. It was an interesting concept, but it never caught on in a big way.
I [...]

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In my column this week for USA Today, I explain why the current form of RSS is behind the times, and why it will soon be obsolete. (I also offer a suggestion for how a successor will work.)
By it’s very nature, RSS gives control of the content you read to the content creators, even though [...]

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According to a New York Times story, TiVo will begin selling data about its users.
The service is based on an analysis of the second-by-second viewing patterns of a nightly sample of 20,000 TiVo users, whose recorders report back to TiVo on what was watched and when.
That’s certainly interesting, but there’s one tidbit in there that [...]

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So I get this odd voice mail on my cell phone the other day:
Hey Tim, it’s T-Mac. It’s 9:49 Eastern. Hot dog’s in the bun. Clear as crystal. I’ll talk to you tomorrow.
I checked my incoming call log, but it was listed as “Restricted.” But my phone has a neat feature: I can reply to [...]

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There oughta be a law. Makers of power supplies — the ubiquitous transformers that charge cell phones, cameras, electric screwdrivers, toothbrushes, or what have you — should be required to either A) clearly label the device they belong to, B) make them a light enough color that black ink is visible, or C) include a [...]

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Timmy’s fallen into the well! (No, really.)

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I had once heard that any cell phone, even if it’s no longer connected with any active account, can still call 911 (assuming it can get a signal).
I thought this might be an urban legend, of course, until I got to talk to the Verizon Wireless PR guy about it. Yep, he told me, it’s [...]

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In his first veto as President, George Bush refused to allow a bill to become law that would loosen restrictions on stem-cell research.
“This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others,” he said. “It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect.”
The [...]

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So President Bush will be vetoing a bill that would remove some restrictions on stem-cell research in the U.S. The bill does not have enough supporter to override said veto — in other words, there are a good number of Congressmen and -women opposed to stem-cell research.
OK, that’s fine. I don’t agree with them, but [...]

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There may be only so many hours in the day, but — at least for Taco Bell — there’s always room for another meal. Healthcare providers, rejoice! (Photo credit to Jeff Sturgeon.)

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This is the best headline they could come up with?
Hooters chairman found dead in home

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I cannot believe the play that this is getting. President Bush, while talking to British PM Tony Blair, cursed. He said “shit,” as in, ”They need to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit.”
And that made headlines. [sound of head whacking table]
Have we really reached the point when the President using a word that, [...]

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‘Cause even in the middle of a major fire, people still like to pull this kinda stuff (in this case, on KTVU in the San Francisco Bay area):

If you feel like seeing the whole thing, Mr. “Litoris” appears several minutes into the story.

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Hat tip to Dave Barry.

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Incredible. Lebanese, er, Hezbollah terrorists cross into Israel and kill and kidnap Israeli soldiers. Israel responds as any nation would: by demanding the return of their kidnapped citizens. Hezbollah refuses, and continues random attacks on civilians, launching rockets into Israeli towns, pell-mell.
So Israel attacks, sick and tired of the terrorism, the rockets, the random violence, [...]

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“Nielsen: Podcasts More Popular than Blogging” reads the headline at Podcasting News.
“Huh,” I said. “That’s odd.” Then I re-read the hed. Podcasts are more popular than blogging. That is, more people listen to podcasts than create blogs.
Sounds like comparing apples to oranges to me, and the article bears that out.
Nielsen//NetRatings announced today that 6.6 [...]

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It doesn’t make for much of a cover shot, but if one of us ever does manage to change the world, it’ll start with a puzzled glance at a computer screen, or a raised eyebrow while looking at a piece of paper. Instead of getting noisier, everything will get a lot quieter.
That’s from a post [...]

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It’s hard to beat people in the Middle East when it comes to threats.
Referring to the abduction of two Israeli soldiers by Lebanon Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz said, “If the soldiers are not returned we will turn Lebanon’s clock back 20 years.”

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