Thursday, May 19, 2005
from Technique Feb 4, 2005: "Skirt Appreciation Day"--guys dressing up in suits to show appreciation for girls in the hopes that they will dress up too.
(Bizarre, says a lot about gender dynamics on campus, though may be fringe)
Also article on git.alt.flame
11/14/05 cartoons: Dilbert--Cell phones with cameras banned from workplace even though most information in digital form can be emailed anywhere., rest on paper that can be scanned, an intern points out not een banning regular cameras
Doonesbury: making fun of apprentice, "So what do you think? Old guy flunky? woman flunky?""Whatever you say Mr. Trump""I think apprentices are ready for a challenge that isn't completely phony.""How about having them try to save one of your bankrupt casinos?""You're fired"
La Cucaracha--museum of american indian, white guy keeps relics, called vegas
3/2/05--WSJ, Uraguay singer snubbed at Oscars, banderas sung instead, bofetada- sin mano
1/18/05--Thai ghost sitings after tsunami (WSJ)
Budget Airlines in Asia: jetstarasia.com,airasia,valuair,nokair,tigerairways (WSJ)
LeapFrog Pen reads handwriting, talks back, answers math problems, translation, for ages 8-13, Swedish tech firm Anoto
WSJ 1/17/05: "Word Processora Offer Too Much Fancy Stuff: Basics Are What's Key" Apple showing off Pages, emphasized how easily the software could be used to combine pictures and text into fancy newaletters, brochures and school reports. In apple's wprds "Like you had a design team working round the clock" Apple's assumption seems to be that every user of a word-processing program is a frustrated graphic designer. .The more accurate notion, I think is that your average word-processing users are mediocre typists and miserable spellers, a downtrodden lot in need of all the help they can find simply getting words down on paper; spell-checking provided for me by Word is for me one of the towering achievements of modern science, right up there with satellites and ATMs.In fact Word has so ably democratized good typing and proper spelling that miss its steady helping hand when I'm using other programs including instant messaging. But Chhris Pratley, the product manager who thinks about these things for Microsoft, pointed out to me that spelling correction may be the last thing people need in an IM program. Bad spelling--or at least good IM-se, like "OIC" is a trait of an experienced Imer, one that takes time and practice to acquire,...laments switch of control and caps lock, customizes to accomodate
(Bizarre, says a lot about gender dynamics on campus, though may be fringe)
Also article on git.alt.flame
11/14/05 cartoons: Dilbert--Cell phones with cameras banned from workplace even though most information in digital form can be emailed anywhere., rest on paper that can be scanned, an intern points out not een banning regular cameras
Doonesbury: making fun of apprentice, "So what do you think? Old guy flunky? woman flunky?""Whatever you say Mr. Trump""I think apprentices are ready for a challenge that isn't completely phony.""How about having them try to save one of your bankrupt casinos?""You're fired"
La Cucaracha--museum of american indian, white guy keeps relics, called vegas
3/2/05--WSJ, Uraguay singer snubbed at Oscars, banderas sung instead, bofetada- sin mano
1/18/05--Thai ghost sitings after tsunami (WSJ)
Budget Airlines in Asia: jetstarasia.com,airasia,valuair,nokair,tigerairways (WSJ)
LeapFrog Pen reads handwriting, talks back, answers math problems, translation, for ages 8-13, Swedish tech firm Anoto
WSJ 1/17/05: "Word Processora Offer Too Much Fancy Stuff: Basics Are What's Key" Apple showing off Pages, emphasized how easily the software could be used to combine pictures and text into fancy newaletters, brochures and school reports. In apple's wprds "Like you had a design team working round the clock" Apple's assumption seems to be that every user of a word-processing program is a frustrated graphic designer. .The more accurate notion, I think is that your average word-processing users are mediocre typists and miserable spellers, a downtrodden lot in need of all the help they can find simply getting words down on paper; spell-checking provided for me by Word is for me one of the towering achievements of modern science, right up there with satellites and ATMs.In fact Word has so ably democratized good typing and proper spelling that miss its steady helping hand when I'm using other programs including instant messaging. But Chhris Pratley, the product manager who thinks about these things for Microsoft, pointed out to me that spelling correction may be the last thing people need in an IM program. Bad spelling--or at least good IM-se, like "OIC" is a trait of an experienced Imer, one that takes time and practice to acquire,...laments switch of control and caps lock, customizes to accomodate
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