Journal Journal: Foes List Finally Comes To Facebook 1
Slashdot did it years ago with zoo.pl, but now the Foes List is finally coming to Facebook. It's about damn time!
Journal Journal: Jack Valenti, dead at 85 1
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - MPAA leader Jack Valenti was found dead in his Washington home today. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
How Jobs Played Hardball In iPhone Birth 479
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Apple bucked the rules of the cellphone industry when creating the iPhone by wresting control away from normally powerful wireless carriers, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'Only three executives at the carrier, which is now the wireless unit of AT&T Inc., got to see the iPhone before it was announced. Cingular agreed to leave its brand off the body of the phone. Upsetting some Cingular insiders, it also abandoned its usual insistence that phone makers carry its software for Web surfing, ringtones and other services... Mr. Jobs once referred to telecom operators as "orifices" that other companies, including phone makers, must go through to reach consumers. While meeting with Cingular and other wireless operators he often reminded them of his view, dismissing them as commodities and telling them that they would never understand the Web and entertainment industry the way Apple did, a person familiar with the talks says.'"
Journal Journal: Eat eat you're so thin 4
Only in NYC: Fainting dieters cause subway delays.
Journal Journal: 2007 5
Finally! Am I the only one who has been thinking in 2007 for weeks if not months?
In any case, happy new year, all, and happy new beer to all who enjoy that sort of thing!
Journal Journal: "Peace Not Apartheid" 2
The anti-Carter campaign is predictable but off the mark. Anyone who follows the Israeli-Palestinian debate knows that the the term "apartheid" is commonly used by opponents of the wall that divides Palestinian communities in the West Bank. (Or the "separation barrier" as the Israelis call it.)
Journal Journal: Zakaria on Iraq 4
The always insightful Fareed Zakaria on what we should do in Iraq: secure Kurdistan, fight Al Qaeda, and contain rather than pretend to prevent sectarian violence while the Sunnis and Shiites fight it out. Korea is cited as an example - I would also include Bosnia which is peaceful now after the Dayton accords.
Submission + - Troops in Iraq to see real 'Friday Night Lights'
netbuzz writes: "Soldiers based at Camp Al Asad in Iraq will get a little taste of home on Friday when a classic West Texas high school football game is beamed live to them via videoconference using gear from the Freedom Calls Foundation, Tandberg and AT&T.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110206-frida y-night-lights-beamed-live-to-iraq.html"
Submission + - Boing Boing: Apple Drops Trusted Computing
macs4all writes: "Amit Singh has a fascinating technical article on Apple's use, non-use, and ultimate abandonment of the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). This is the core of the Trusted Computing initiative, a chip that can, depending on implementation, be used to lock you out of reading your own data on "unauthorized" applications, to allow network service providers to discriminate against users of alternative software (e.g., "You're using Firefox — go get Explorer and come back") and enforce DRM — Singh reports that Apple has dropped the TPM from its motherboard designs, with the new MacPros. Singh had created a free software driver for the TPM under OS X that allowed users to exploit its privacy features."
Journal Journal: North Korea 1
Journal Journal: "Spend more time with family" 4
What did the Hillary machine dig up on Mark Warner that caused him to quit the race?
Journal Journal: His Noodly Appendage In The Wild Blue Yonder 3
Journal Journal: Esther Snyder, RIP
A culinary giant passed away last week: Esther Snyder, co-founder of In-N-Out Burger. I enjoyed a Double-Double in her honor yesterday - Animal style, of course. Thanks Esther!
Journal Journal: Soriano
The Nationals did the right thing in keeping Alfonso Soriano rather than trading him. He's been a real asset to the team and - importantly - is getting butts into seats in creaky old RFK. And I get to see him tomorrow when he comes to SF!
Journal Journal: Think Safety 1
Oldie but a goodie, thanks to boingboing. (Make sure to read the archive, and also the sign PPTs.)
