Does one have to apply the principle of moderation in moderation?  ¶ 12/31/2003 04:06:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

I'm tired of division by zero being undefined. Same with zero to the zero power-- also undefined. Webster and his dictionary people need to finally get on this problem.  ¶ 12/27/2003 02:52:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

How's this for targeted advertising: From: "Ed Guy" To: bcarroll Subject: trolling blogs. Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:31:12 -0500 Brian, >I think the next generation of marketers will troll through >16 year-old's weblogs, spidering the slang to dynamically create >McDonalds slogans and Britney Spears lyrics. Gee, and I'm trolling weblogs to find expats who need to know about the free world dialup. (fwd.pulver.com) For the holidays we've added free and unlimited calling to the US and Canada. After the holidays, we'll revert to Internet only calling. The catch: we hope that some of the 90K members of the free world dialup love the service and buy a phone from us. but the service remains free to all. Happy holidays, /ed   ¶ 12/20/2003 08:08:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

The problem with the end of the world is that you can either have lots of sex, or be a materialist, but not both. If everybody knows it's their last living day, there might be a big orgy, but certainly no one will go into work to feed you your lobster dinner and sell you Rolexes. If you're the only one in the know, you'll never convince the supermodels that tomorrow's the end and that hedonistic abandon is now necessary. It's a hopeless dilemma.  ¶ 12/20/2003 08:03:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

I wonder if there's such a thing as a regicidal maniac. People that just lose their head and go on a killing spree whenever they're around kings and royalty.  ¶ 12/16/2003 06:08:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

I think the next generation of marketers will troll through 16 year-old's weblogs, spidering the slang to dynamically create McDonalds slogans and Britney Spears lyrics.   ¶ 12/15/2003 08:13:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

World-changing media originates in LA. More so than other cities, image is important, it's a thing you own. You pour energy into it. It's like NetWorth=Capital+Image. The capital side of the equation is very thin. People are poor fiscally but extremely wealthy imagewise.   ¶ 12/08/2003 08:00:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

hmmm . . . life programmer. could a "life programming" language be developed? I create habit structures that repeatably produce human living goods. there are certain engineering objectives: need music, nutrition, excercise, intellectual stimulation, etc. the good programmer looks at the environment, looks at the person and begins writing habits and behaviors that live up to spec. These lifestyle modules should not need to be recreated by every human being. We could create an online database of home ec. structures. People could download various weekly routines and try them out. Right now people just inherit their living structures from their parents, and while these are often a good fit, they often don't match the job, the geographic location, or the individual. As we start moving further away from our upbringing, or as the technology changes increasingly rapidly - our parent's routines stop working and break down. We need systems in place to change our personal software out more rapidly. The slow pace of contempory America means that most people's habits are bad. I'd like to create habit science: personal lifestyle structures that enable people to create awesome lives. You could package them in boxes: rock star. playboy. CEO. it could be a compendium of interviews that culminate in reusable lifestyle habits. I could make a large book with cliff's notes - kind of like the "for dummies" series. Object oriented living.  ¶ 12/06/2003 12:03:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

One of my special joys in life is watching the Windows disk defragmenter in "details" mode. With much grunting and whirring, the disc doctor goes through your hard drive and reorders all the little file fragments, lining them up next to each other on the disc. Entropy is thwarted, and for a brief moment order reigns supreme over chaos.  ¶ 12/02/2003 11:20:00 AM 0 comments links to this post