OH MY LORD.

I so want THIS.

Too bad it is only scheduled to be released in Europe. I can still buy it, but then I couldn't watch them on my DVD player.. so that would be pointless.

Sigh.

A song (video/quicktime Object) from Barenaked Ladies new album "Everything to Everyone."

It is pretty funny :)

This looks interesting: MacHomer.com

And since it is being held at PENN I might go see it.

This is an awesome web comic: her! [girl vs pig]

I am now the proud owner of a copy of Amazon.com: Books: Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1).

I am also going to be attending a reading and signing by Mr. Stephenson on Oct. 4 at the UPENN's bookstore. Be there or be square.

Interesting article on the Tablet PC, which I think is a pretty good idea, but it needs to about as thin and light as a notebook and be able to recognize anyone's handwriting. Until then, I agree with what Steve Jobs had to say.

The story is here and Steve's qoute:

Steve Jobs, the head of Apple, said at a conference back in May that his company has no plans to make a tablet, despite all the hype. "It turns out people want keyboards. When Apple first started out, people couldn't type. We realized: Death would eventually take care of this."

Say one thing for Mr Jobs: he's blunt. He concluded: "We look at the tablet and we think it's going to fail. Tablets appeal to rich guys with plenty of other PCs and devices already. And people accuse us of niche markets."

AppleScript Studio Tutorial

Thanks to Compaq, you need not wonder where the any key is any longer.

Read about it.

Jeffrey Veen: Overheard:

A woman and man cross West 57th at 6th. She is gesturing as she speaks; he is looking off towards the park. She says, "And none of this -- none of this! -- would matter at all if we just went and bought the stupid Tivo."

That is too funny not to link to.

From the makers of Watson comes this very good idea: What if Safari detected RSS feeds?

I am not sure if RSS is ready for prime time though. How many ordinary users even know what the heck it is?

Might be a good space for a third party app though.

I find this to be very funny.

If you don't get it, well then bless your little heart ;)

Two things I like from L.L. Bean

L.L.Bean: Tropics Shirt, Mayan Print

CoolMax Jersey T-Shirt

The Philadelphia Inquirer Online

"It was gone way before the hurricane hit. It looks like it was stolen. It's really pathetic," said Adam Solow, whose rowhouse on the 2400 block of Pine Street had been home to the large yellow-and-black spider since August. The spider, an Argiope aurantia, had captured the interest of many of its human neighbors and became a bit of a community bridge.

Who knew I lived so close to a spider, and I didn't even get to see it before it was 'stolen.'

Philadelphia is an odd place.

CNN.com - Giant toothbrush hijacked, later found - Sep. 19, 2003

"I had high expectations I would get it back," he said. "It's hard to hide a 14-foot toothbrush."

O'Reilly Interviews Andy Ihnatko.

My favorite quote:

We thought it'd be funny to have the three editors-in-chief play a special Macintosh-themed round of "Jeopardy!" I wrote a HyperCard stack to run the game and wrote nearly all of the questions and answers.

(My favorite category: "Woz, Jobs or God." I assembled a list of quotes and the contestants had to identify the source as either Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs...or the Old Testament. The Woz quotes were easy to spot, but when people guessed wrong, they usually wound up attributing Old Testament quotes to Steve Jobs. No surprise there.)

AOL Time Warner drops AOL from name

In a widely anticipated move that has been rumored for months to be in the offing, the board of AOL Time Warner Inc. on Thursday voted to drop the AOL from the company name.

Raise your hand if you didn't see that coming.

Have any of those very usefull AOL CD's laying around? Check out this page: PowerLabs High Speed Exploding CDs!

Microsoft adopts latest Wi-Fi standard | CNET News.com

Microsoft announced Tuesday that it has updated its line of wireless-networking products, adding gear based on the latest Wi-Fi standard, 802.11g.

As usual MS is following Apple's lead, which in this case is a good thing. The more companies that support a standard the better.

CNN has this story about Sun's Java Desktop System.

Judging from the quick glance I gave Sun's pages it looks pretty nice to me, but then again I am a Windows tech trapped in a Mac User's body.

Dave Winer posted this great picture of Hurricane Isabel.

I have a hard time even grasping how big that sucker is!

I have to check this out, since I live within a few blocks of most of these places.

More details surface in off-campus robbery - The Brown and White

“I’ve never seen a Lehigh or Bethlehem policeman in the [east side] area,” Sutton said. “They seem to stick closer to Montclair and Birkel. I guess this area is a little closer to the ghetto, so to speak.”

Obey.

English people are crazy.

This weebls stuff is just plain odd. Click on the link and turn up your speakers!

Found via MightyE, who found it via Real Life Comics.

That is alot of linkin' right there.

This is pretty cool. And I can see many applications of this technology.

For instance, perhaps my starship was about to be boarded by Imperials. I could save a plea for help, hide in my droid, and send them off in an escape pod.