Culture and Society

Maybe stuff like this: Mike Rowe thinks it’s funny that his catchy name for a Web site design company sounds a lot like Microsoft. ….”Since my name is Mike Rowe, I thought it would be funny to add ‘soft’ to the end of it,” said Rowe, a 17-year-old computer geek …

Our own Darren Rowse is always up to something over there in the land of Wonder, the land Down Under: Week 1 of Blogger Idol is here. Hoards of bloggers have signed up for this experiment and its now time to kick it off with some fun! Remember Blogger Idol …

This is certainly interesting, though it reminds me rather uncomfortably of Edward Nygma in Batman Forever – surf the brain waves too often or wrecklessly and you are sure to wipe out. Would you trust these dwids with your brain? And more: DECON3: (DE) CONSCIOUSNESS What if we took what …

If you’re a jazz fan you should know about the cool Jazz Corner site, with links to jazz-related sites, a busy bulletin board, reviews, profiles and news. Of particular interest is an incredible jam to be held on Saturday night, Jan 24th at the Iridium, 1650 Broadway at 51st St. …

From the ever-valuable ResourceShelf site, election 2004 resources: Iowa Caucus + Official Democratic Caucus Web Site ++ Caucus Quick Fact Sheet ++ 2004 Delegate Selection Plan ++ 2004 Caucus Locations + Caucus Guide (via Secretary of States Office) + Caucus History (PowerPoint Presentation) from Secretary of State + Iowa Democratic …

The MPAA made a big deal about tracking down the availability of Something’s Gotta Give to a screener sent out to an Academy member. Andy at Waxy.org did a little research and found this was hardly unusual: I compiled a list of every likely Oscar nominee, using these popular 2004 …

This is a GREAT idea, since I’d love to have my collection in digital form (though I am still not sold on MP3 per se), but, gee, where will I come up with the $20,000 or so it will cost to convert my collection? I guess none of the kids …

We have an impressive list of superlatives for 2003 right here. But if you want the grandest list of all lists for 2003 superlatives, you’ll just have to check in at Fimoculous. It’s just sick – in a good way.

I have no problem whatsoever with Adobe incorporating anti-counterfeiting technology into Photoshop: the downside for consumers is negligible and the upside that the currencies of the world aren’t flooded with perfect digital reproductions is pretty powerful. BUT, why didn’t Adobe just tell its customers about it in the first place? …

Friends o Blogcritics Dan Gillmor and Doc Searls arrive at similar views of the transformation of consumers into producers made possible by technology. Gillmor: During Super Bowl week later this month, a political advertisement will air on some TV stations. That’s no big surprise, given that the Iowa caucuses and …