Whew, missed a day, again. I must work less so I can blog more :) I have a bunch of links here with Iraq- and Bush- and Kerry- related stuff; Condi Rice, polls, commentary from both sides, even alternative histories and Miss USA. And President Bush's press conference and reaction. But you know what? I'm going to bag it all. It's important, sure, but you don't need to get that news from me. I do have a meta-observation: It seems like the polarization in the U.S. is getting sharper all the time. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention - or maybe we weren't "at war" - but I just don't remember this level of acrimony and negativism in the last presidential election. I wish both sides would spend more time on the future, and less on the past. Whether you believe Bush is doing a great job or a horrible job, whether you believe we should have invaded Iraq or not, whether you believe the tax cut was helpful or horrible, it is what it is. Bush is president. We did invade Iraq, and are occupying it right now. We did enact the tax cut. So my question for both candidates and both parties is: given that it is what it is, what are your plans? This is so cool: The NYTimes reports With Tiny Brain Implants, Just Thinking May Make it So. "Cyberkinetics Inc., a medical device company, plans to implant a tiny chip in the brains of five paralyzed people in an effort to enable them to operate a computer by thought alone. The Food and Drug Administration has given approval for a clinical trial of the implants." Excellent.
VC legend Vinod Khosla discovers the microlending economy of India: Tiny Loans have Big Impact on Poor. The economics of microlending are pretty cool. Just like on eBay, a built-in reputation system is critical to ensuring the benevolent outcome of a prisoner's dilemma, and both lenders and borrowers benefit. [ via Cory Doctorow ] Adam Curry has nothing to report. From the Guerrilla News Network. I wonder how soon GNN will be publishing daily using an RSS feed? Seriously.
Dave Winer suggests search engines change the unit of the web from a page to a post, presumably by indexing RSS feeds. You would think Google might be doing this already, especially after their acquisition of Blogger, but they haven't - yet. Steve Gillmor thinks we're at the RSS Tipping Point. Could be. "If it's going to be true, it is true." [ via Robert Scoble ] I'm not a big moviegoer, but I have to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I just keep reading great things about it. And I loved Being John Malkovich, another bizarre masterpiece from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Who ever would have guessed Jim Carrey would end up doing "real" movies?
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