This is a classic Saturday Slant revisited. Take a trip down memory lane to your innocence. Do you remember your first kiss? Was it electric or static, mind blowing or no big deal? What was his or her name? How did the kiss come about?
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As in Maury Povich of the Maury Show.
In “The Cost of Page Rank“, Doug Bowman writes about the unique problem presented to blogs when Google gives too high a page rank.
Matt [Haughey] has a theory why so many people blindly believe they’ve found the right place to leave comments, or get in touch with some person or entity. And I agree with him. In fact, I’d take his theory a step further. To many people, the Google search box is synonymous with the browser’s location field. It’s the same thing to them. With the Google Toolbar installed in IE, (or because it pre-exists in other browsers) the search field is almost indistinguishable from the browser’s location field. “I type something into that field, and Google takes me where I want to go.”
I’m not a person typically allergic to things. Oregon, however, is the Land of Anti-Anti-Histemines. Stuff here makes even the hardiest of ircon-clad synuses go wonky.
So, I don’t know if I have a cold or some suddenly developed allergy. Hm. Maybe I’m allergic to my mustache. Regardless, I’m sick and blah.
I’m not the typical guy; I”m not dying of the common cold. I don’t need to be mommied (though Strawberry Blonde is so kind to me in a non-mommying way). I can still function sick (for the most part). I don’t whine.
I’m posting not to whine, but because, frankly, I’m trying to get into the habit of blogging more often. I post frequently to my professional blogs, but I want to post more regularly to my personal blog as well.
So, blah you have it.
>sniffle< >sneeze< >cough< >wheeze<
blah!
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you said it, babe, allergies ( aaachoo!) suck! Southern Indiana and (sniff) eastern Oregon were worse for me, though. Summer will be better, I promise. Gazoontite!
I’ve been following the Washingtonienne (aka Jessica Cutler, aka Washington Staff Ass) sex scandal saga. For the hell of it, I thought I’d give it to you just in case you…
A) Hadn’t heard about it, and;
B) Gave a damn.
For me, it was a trivial diversion from work for a few days.
So here’s the story:
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A business associate recently told me that in my photographs (top-left) I look like a magician. It gave me a chuckle—mostly because his observation made sense. I don’t stand in front of a camera ofen, but I had never seen my photos in that particular light before.
So, presto, chango! Thank you. Good night. My seven o’clock show is even better. Adieu. >poof<
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date: 05/21/2004 07:37:37 am
i would have to agree with you that you do have the magician thing going 
now take a picture with a top hat and a bunny and we will all be rolling over the floor laughing.
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date: 05/21/2004 03:09:18 pm
lol thanks, logtar.
most of the time i’m told I look like the classic depiction of Jesus Christ. This magician thing is new (and not quite as blasphemous). 
This week a Vatican astronomer postulated about the existance of extra-terrestrial intelligence and what such existance might mean to not only human religion but to alien religion—and cross-pollination between the two. The astrologer, Guy Consolmagno, described three scenarios: “We find an intelligent civilization and there’s no way in creation we can communicate with them because they’re so alien to us; we find the intelligent civilization. We can communicate.” And: “We find a dozen civilizations out there, and a bunch of Jehovah’s witnesses go up and convert them all.” An anonymous person on Slashdot then took Consolmagno’s comments a step further: “As agents of free-will, the aliens are self-aware of good and evil, thus convertible to some terrestrial religion. The question of whether an alien civilization might convert Earth to their religion, or become a religion unto themselves, is left unconsidered [by Consolmagno].”
I entreat you to explore what the Vatican’s astronomer did not. Extra-terrestrials and religion: what’s your Slant?
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I wish I had found this earlier. It would have made a nice Sunday morning feel-good read this Mother’s Day. I applaud Harry Denton for this unique and generous 10 year tradition.
From a press release by Harry Denton’s Starlight Room.
San Francisco — Sunday, May 9 (Business Wire)
WHAT: 53 homeless mothers living at Hamilton Family Center will be treated to a unique day of pampering to include a private Mother’s Day Brunch complete with live entertainment and served by Harry Denton himself at his famous namesake top-floor club — Harry Denton’s Starlight Room. This is a tradition started 10 years ago by Harry Denton.
In addition, the homeless mothers will have their hair styled and make up applied in the morning before brunch (provided by Koko Represents) and ride in motorized cable cars (provided by Bauer’s Limousine) to Harry Denton’s Starlight Room.
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Blogs are becoming commercialized. Beginning with simple Google AdSense Ads, Amazon referral links, and Cafe Press merchandising—often simply to defray the costs of site hosting—many bloggers have sought to make a little money from their blogs. Some blogs, like Daring Fireball, began with very commercial premises. Big Media is spinning up its own blogs (Slate, MSNBC). Commercial blog networks like Weblogs, Inc., Gawker Media, Corante, and AlwaysOn Network are building whole new profit models for blogs.
Somewhere between a journalist and the guy standing on the corner wearing a sandwich board, the commercialization of blogs is creating a new class of blogger: The Professional Blogger.
What’s your slant on the commercialization of blogs? Is it a good thing? Will commercialization increase public awareness of this all but hidden publishing medium? Will commercialization lead to over-saturation of the Internet? Is making money from blogging just plain wrong?
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As I sit here watching the coverage of the Senate Armed Services Committee interview of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld I feel overwhelmingly compelled to apologize to the world on behalf of my government. This feeling has been building within me for the majority of George W. Bush’s tenure as President.
I am one American apologizing for the actions of my government and my military. Though I did not vote for the current U.S. Commander In Chief or his cabinet, he works for me.
I would fire him if I could.
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Though I haven’t really a point or argument to make, I’m passing this along as more of an FYI.
Blogging is a new art form, and it’s a new a business form. Blogs are becoming commercial, make no mistake about that. While Big Media is trying to grok out the business model of blogs, a few savvy entrepreneurs are already out there running a model.
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Laughing my ass off at this ad.
This just released: 3 May, 2004; 7:30AM, Business Wire
WHO: IDG’s Computerworld, the Voice of IT Management.
WHAT: Computerworld’s 18th Annual Salary Survey evaluates IT salaries, including base pay, bonuses and total compensation packages, for key IT job titles. The survey also provides comparative salaries for a number of different industries, as well as regional comparisons.
WHEN: The survey is available online now through Wednesday, June 30 at 5 p.m. EDT. Survey results and feature stories offering actionable career advice will be published in the October 25, 2004, issue of Computerworld and online at Computerworld.com.
WHY: By participating in the survey, IT managers help Computerworld identify historical and emerging trends in IT compensation, provide benchmarks to managers on what they should be paying to stay competitive, and give advice to IT workers on how to get the best salary.
In addition, by completing the survey IT professionals enter
a drawing to win one of two $500 gift certificates from
American Express.WHERE: IT professionals wishing to complete the survey can visit:
www.computerworld.com/salary2004About Computerworld
Computerworld, the “Voice of IT Management,” is the most trusted source for critical information needs of senior IT management. Computerworld’s integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world’s largest (58-edition) global IT media network through its weekly publication, Computerworld.com website, focused conference series and custom research. In the past five years alone Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence surpassing its direct competition by an order of magnitude. Recognition includes a Jesse H. Neal Award for “Best News Coverage” and the 2004 American Business Media’s first annual Timothy White Award for journalistic integrity and editorial courage bestowed to editor in chief, Maryfran Johnson. In print since 1967, Computerworld is the source for information technology management with a guaranteed rate base of 180,000, a total print audience of 1,869,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS v.10.0), and an online audience of over one million unique monthly visitors (DoubleClick).
Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s leading technology media, research and event company. A privately-held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World, and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R), and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.
For your consumption:
Warner Home Video Gives New Life to the Undead on August 10 With More Than Two Hours of Bonus Features Including Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes, New Documentary, Five Featurettes and More
Click continued to read the Warner-Bros press release in its entirety.
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While out running errands I ran into an old friend the other day. This old friend (we’ll call her Spitfire), has four kids of whom I’m quite fond. I’m quite fond of Spitfire and her husband as well. Spitfire and I used to live together, and, when that didn’t work out, we embarked on a pretty keen friendship. I miss that friendship. I miss the kids.
Last year, about this time, we began to fall out of touch. There were a few reasons for this. In addition to nurturing my then brand new relationship with Strawberry Blonde, I was dealing with a stalker. How does the stalker relate to Spitfire? I’ll give you the Reader’s Digest version. I’ll try not to confuse you too much.
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You’ve been offered a full college/university grant, all expenses paid, for the school and study program of your choice. You can go to any school, anywhere, and study anything you want, without a single cent out of pocket for education, materials, or cost of living. Would you take the offer? Where would you go? What would you learn? Would you pursue a course of study related to your current occupation, or would you explore something all together new? Get your pencils and notebooks, let’s go back to school.
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