LA Weekly has a long, interesting feature about a writer’s recent trip to Libya, which until recently was completely off limits to Westerners. I’ve only gotten halfway through, but so far it’s good stuff.
And by that nonsensical intro, I mean somebody came up with a way to roll RSS, instant messaging and mobile phones into one simple app, sorta. Check it out.
Remember Scott Ritter? The guy who said “uh, yeah, no WMDs in Iraq,” and got raked over the coals by the Bush administration for it, and then, surprise surprise, there weren’t any WMDs at all? Well, a while back he wrote an editorial laying out how the neo-cons are getting their ducks in a row for the eventual toppling of Iran. Scary, and quite plausible.
I got the iPod video for my birthday, and in between converting episodes of Dr. Who and scouring the net for .mp4 formatted porn (heh, not really, much to my surprise), I came across podguide.tv, a listing of ipod friendly vodcasts and other video to fill up your new toy with.
I give this kid serious points for balls but a big goose egg for sound judgement. He just up and went to Iraq, and nearly got himself killed in the process.
Sooner or later, silicon is going to hit its limit. When it does, we’ll be (apparently) using nanotech for our boxes that go bleep.
Apparently Apple Store employees in Japan are sporting funky t-shirts that may or may not be a hint about wireless earbuds or wireless connectivity on iPods. This would figure, since I just got an iPod with video for my birthday. On the other hand, the “Japan=crazy” theorem usually holds some water, so who knows what Uncle Steve is up to. Still, it is nice to see the Mac rumour mill again miss the point, if this is in fact something Apple has up its sleeve. 🙂
I dunno about you characters, but I listen to a LOT of audio on any given day (biking/commute, noon time walk, gym) and I’m very happy that podcasts emerged to help me consume that time with something other than the same damn tunes over and over. I was going to summarize my choices for the best podcasts out there, but instead I’ll point you to Wired’s summing up of some notable audio, and maybe we can use the comments section to compare notes on what we think are the best podcasts out there (assuming the rest of you listen to them too.)
The NYT casts its lidless, flaming eye on my adopted hometown’s urban planning, and pronounces it good. Included is the False Creek North/Yaletown neighbourhood, which is more or less where I’ll be moving into come the new year.
No real surprises here, but still fairly interesting.