The International Space Station will totally eclipse
The International Space Station will totally eclipse Jupiter, but the “path of totality” is only ~260 feet wide. Last bit of the article: “Bright. Silent. Inhabited. Don’t miss it!”
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Entries for May 2004
A few digital photography hacks
A few digital photography hacks. The camera strap tripod idea is genius.
Another big game for Kobe after a day in court
Another big game for Kobe after a day in court. It would be interesting to get a psychologist’s take on what that might say about his guilt or innocence in the case.
And then there was one (RSS feed)
As promised, I’ve done away with all but one of my RSS feeds for the main weblog. The RSS feed for kottke.org is located at http://www.kottke.org/index.xml (RSS 2.0 format, if that matters), contains all posts except the remaindered links (rl feed here), includes only a short excerpt of each post, and contains no HTML, not even links (except for the book posts).
You shouldn’t need to worry about this, but I’ve used Apache’s mod_alias module to automatically and permanently redirect your newsreader from the old feed URLs to the new location. You shouldn’t have noticed a thing (PulpFiction handled it like a champ). Apologies if your newsreader didn’t make the transition as smoothly as I intended it to…it probably doesn’t handle 301 redirects properly (i.e. it’s busted). If your newsreader didn’t handle it well, please update the RSS URL for kottke.org to http://www.kottke.org/index.xml. Thanks!
I think we should probably stop calling it syndication
I think we should probably stop calling it syndication. People are still confused about this.
More on Blogger’s redirection of links within comments
More on Blogger’s redirection of links within comments. The redirects combat comment spam and ensure PageRank fairness.
More on Flickr’s photo annotation
More on Flickr’s photo annotation. They’re working on importing/exporting JPEGs with annotations intact.
How does a man on a motorscooter
How does a man on a motorscooter catch a runaway ostrich?. Answer: he doesn’t.
The knuckleball is getting its groove back
The knuckleball is getting its groove back. Red Sox GM and Moneyballer Theo Epstein currently has two more knuckleballers in the pipeline with which to torment the Yankees.
Adam Gopnik talks with Jane Jacobs on
Adam Gopnik talks with Jane Jacobs on her return to New York and her new book.
“States with higher IQ vote Democrat” meme is a hoax
“States with higher IQ vote Democrat” meme is a hoax. Stupid gullible liberals!
New version of the excellent They Rule
New version of the excellent They Rule. Create your own diagrams a la Mark Lombardi.
Doug Bowman on the Blogger redesign
Doug Bowman on the Blogger redesign. The “publish thoughts, get feedback, find people” explanation of blogging on the front page of the site is as good as I’ve seen anywhere.
New version of Blogger launches
New version of Blogger launches. With new features — like comments and single page archives — and the now-ubiquitous double drop shadowed design.
First season of Dukes of Hazzard on DVD
First season of Dukes of Hazzard on DVD. Looks like Knight Rider and A-Team DVDs are available as well. What, no Diff’rent Strokes?
The Great Mahakali Write-A-Thon
The Great Mahakali Write-A-Thon. Contestants have 58 hours to write an entire novel. Takes place next weekend (May 14-16).
Is Bush sorry or “sorry” for the Iraqi prison abuse?
Is Bush sorry or “sorry” for the Iraqi prison abuse?.
Will Andy Kaufman return from the dead after 20 years?
Will Andy Kaufman return from the dead after 20 years?.
NBC’s weird Friends scheduling hosed many TiVo
NBC’s weird Friends scheduling hosed many TiVo users, if you’ve got it on TiVo, you probably missed the last 5 minutes. I expect we’ll see a few news stories about this today or tomorrow.
Wired News on Sam Arbesman’s Memespread Project
Wired News on Sam Arbesman’s Memespread Project. Boy, is my wishy-washy rambling ill-suited for quoting or what?
Read Print, a collection of public domain
Read Print, a collection of public domain books, poems, and short stories. This is how Project Gutenberg should look/work.
Pizza Party is a command line program for ordering pizza
Pizza Party is a command line program for ordering pizza.
Genius
This seems familiar:
It made Feynman think wistfully about the days before the future of science had begun to feel like his mission — the days before physicists changed the universe and became the most potent political force within American science, before institutions with fast-expanding budgets began chasing nuclear physicists like Hollywood stars. He remembered when physics was a game, when he could look at the graceful narrowing curve in three dimensions that water makes as it streams from a tap, and he could take the time to understand why.
Jason is the 24th most common male
Jason is the 24th most common male name in the US, but there are also about 2550 US women named Jason. There were 4 Jasons in my 11th grade World History class. The teacher resorted to pointing and calling everyone “you”.
A reading list for a hypothetical Economics and Philosophy class
A reading list for a hypothetical Economics and Philosophy class.
Disney is blocking Miramax’s distribution of Michael
Disney is blocking Miramax’s distribution of Michael Moore’s new film, Fahrenheit 911.
Finding the speed of light with marshmallows
Finding the speed of light with marshmallows and a microwave oven.
Faux prototype of wristwatch iPod + phone
Faux prototype of wristwatch iPod + phone. Complete with wireless earbuds.
50 big moments in the 50 years of pop history
50 big moments in the 50 years of pop history. A bit Brit-heavy, but then so is the history of rock and roll.
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