Fuzzy math in Apple harvest? | News.blog | CNET News.com
45% growth and climbing, less than 100,000 more units needed to catch PC maker number 4, IBM at 627,000 units. If your counting: 5. Apple 565k, 4. IBM 627k and 3. Gateway 830k. Now it is a way to get higher, but we’ll see. It is a big jump to get to 1. Dell at 5M and 2. HP at 2.7M.
First a new “TV” series on the underground world of movie pirating.THE.SCENE.05 follow a group of hackers as they flood the net with the lastest Hollywood has to offer.
Next if you can’t wait for the next installment in the Star Wars universe check out this Fan Film. Star Wars Revelations As the Jedi fight from being wiped out by the Emperor and his new apprentice Darth Vadar.
Finally see what a one guy can do with a digital video camera, a computer and some free time. CL.ONE, is a post-apocalyptic epic focused on the young leader trying to secure humanity’s survival.
These films true show what independent film making is about; a handful of dedicated individuals bringing life to their dreams through hard work and enginuity. If you think you’re watching and indepdent movie and it is starring, Jim Carrey, John Travolta, Matt Damon, Kirten Dunst, or a similar multi-million dollar star, it is not an independent movie. Just FYI.
This is a good article by Fred Kaplan at Slate.com. His balanced view is refreshing, given the partisian nature of cable news. I don’t fully believe that this is a modern version of Robert McNamara, only time will tell.
Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing – Why Paul Wolfowitz may be a good choice to run the World Bank. By Fred Kaplan
There are some interesting facts in this story. While I wouldn’t label Bush as Slate has, Bush has caught himself in a tagled web of pandering to special interest groups. It worked for him in two elections, but I don’t think it will work with Social Security. The best thing in this article is putting views from various minority groups in the proper perspective.
Different Social Security messages for blacks and Latinos.
Here’s a Smallville story from the New York Times.
The New York Times > Arts > Television > The Past Catches Up With a Future Superman
An amazing concept that I would have to see to believe. Talk about thinking outside of the box. WOW!
Pawlenty floats drug deal with Indians: “Imagine this: You go to a casino in Minnesota to play the slots and pick up your prescription drugs at the same time.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Wednesday that he has had preliminary discussions with leaders of northern Minnesota Indian bands to see if they’d be interested in using their sovereign status to act as wholesalers and distributors of prescription drugs.”
Esquire: ”
Dear Mr. President, Here’s How to…
…Make Sense of Your Second Term, Secure Your Legacy, and, oh yeah, Create a Future Worth Living “
Wired News has a great article about UCLA AIDS Institute using a genetically modified HIV o attack some cancer cells in mice. Defientely worth a look:
Wired News: Altered HIV Attacks Mice Tumors
Minnesota native, Maria Schneider, took home a Grammy Award last night for her album “Concert in the Garden.” It is great to see a fellow Minnesotan win an award, but even cooler for the entire venture to be delievered through the web. CNet News has the story: Check it out:
Web-only album wins Grammy CNET News.com: “Jazz composer Maria Schneider took home a Grammy on Sunday for her album ‘Concert in the Garden,’ without selling a single copy in a record store. “
interesting.
NewsForge | Dead disk drive? What would Fonzie do?: “In the ’70s TV show ‘Happy Days,’ the character Fonzie was so cool that he could make a dead jukebox play just by giving it a thump in the right spot. If Fonzie were working on computers today, he’d probably use some of these
tricks for getting a reluctant hard drive to come across with its data.”
Today’s New York Times has an article about a weekend visit to Minneapolis. I don’t know if it just me or if it is common, but the article sounds less fantastic, but more normal of a visit.
The article does a nice job of highlighting the classics of Minneapolis (Sebatian Joe’s, Al’s Breakfast, Lake Calhoun, etc). Maybe that is why it isn’t special to me, just normal. Hopefully those New Yorkers like and will try a summer visit to Minneapolis AND Saint Paul. I don’t hold much hope for most of them to want to try a Minnesota winter quite yet, it is better for them to try a June day first.
Check it out:
The New York Times > Travel > Escapes > 36 Hours: In Minneapolis: “Even today, the words ‘Minnesota winter’ send, well, shivers, as well they might, with the average temperature last month at around 13 degrees. But in Minneapolis it has all become bearable with the advent of polyester fibers, seven miles of glass-enclosed interlocking skyways that connect downtown buildings and an art and theater scene that doesn’t stop percolating just because the ice is two feet thick on the Lake of the Isles, where the former Vice President Walter Mondale can be seen daily walking his dog, come rain or blizzard. The favorite pastime in the Minneapolis winter is to quit your whining and go outside and play. “