Author: Vince Kimball

Senator Robert Byrd, again. Here's another speech by Senator Robert Byrd: Truth has a way of asserting itself despite all attempts to obscure it. Distortion only serves to derail it for a time. No matter to what lengths we humans may go to obfuscate facts or delude our fellows, truth has a way of squeezing… Continue reading Senator Robert Byrd, again

Far-Flung Artworks, Side by Side Online. A cooperative effort by 39 museums has put images of more than 100,000 artworks online. By Matthew Mirapaul. [New York Times: Technology]

Buffy auction. Fox is auctioning off various bits of Buffy on eBay. You might buy Bad Willow's Bustier for a mere $3,500. [Mark Bernstein]

Jeremy Zawodny: E-mailing myself. Quote: “Am I the only one who does this? I get an idea (sometimes via browsing or a suggestion from someone on IM) and don't want to lose it. But I also don't want to be interrupted by taking my hands off the keyboard. So I just send myself a quick… Continue reading Jeremy Zawodny: E-mailing myself

802.11g's Low Throughput: No Surprise. ComputerWorld notes that 802.11g will have 10 to 20 Mbps throughput, not 54 Mbps, but…: This has been known all along. The 54 Mbps rate is the raw symbol rate, or the number of symbols per second including all framing, error correction, etc. The net throughput rate of 10 to… Continue reading 802.11g's Low Throughput: No Surprise

Tiny Seaside Town Goes Wi-Fi. At first glance, the coastal California municipality of Half Moon Bay doesn't exactly seem cutting edge. But a small ISP there offers everyone in the center of town wireless Internet access. Elisa Batista reports from Half Moon Bay. [Wired News]

A Spy Machine of Darpa's Dreams. A defense agency information-gathering project code-named LifeLog looks, to some national security experts and civil libertarians, like a successor to the controversial Total Information Awareness initiative. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]

The man behind the Slayer. “Buffy” creator Joss Whedon talks about why Buffy and Angel couldn't be together, how Willow might have stayed straight, and the end of the series that redefined cult TV. [Salon.com]

Bye-bye, Buffy!. Let's salute “Buffy the Vampire Slayer's” greatest accomplishment: A girl who not only kicked ass, but rejected the lonely-guy way of being a superhero. [Salon.com]

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