Tuesday, December 07, 2004

USA Today: "IBM said Tuesday that it would sell its PC business to Lenovo, China's No 1 PC maker, in a $1.75 billion deal." 

NY Times: "Under Lenovo's ownership, the IBM personal computer business will continue to be based in the United States and run by its current management team." 

Rogers Cadenhead on Bush's ridiculous military jacket. 

Edward Dale explains the Slowly Spoken German News RSS Feed. 

I had coffee today with a bunch of people from the Seattle Times website. Turns out they have RSS feeds. I'm going to find out where they are and spread the word. They also have content they can turn into a podcast.  

It makes me even sicker than I am to think about the lying President we re-elected. In his speech to Marines today at Camp Pendleton he restates the lie that the war in Iraq is part of the "war on terror." 

A very short Morning Coffee Notes to illustrate how sick my voice is, and my mind. I suppose I should put some kind of warning on this. Not suitable for minds over a certain age.  

According to NPR, a group of game programmers have filed a lawsuit against their employers citing extreme job stress and health problems. 

There isn't an original idea in this 800-word piece about blogging in the Harvard Crimson. And to think that trees actually died so they could publish that piece. Oh the humanity!  

David Gilbert, a professor at Marymount Manhattan College, writes: "Our Art Mobs team is using mobile text messaging and podcasting to allow people to experience art in a new way. Along with the Department of Art and the mobile arts organization YellowArrow, we are hosting a gallery event on Wednesday, December 8 (tomorrow), here in Manhattan to showcase our technologies." 

The geek at Geek News wrote a soliloqy about spyware.  

Seven years ago today: "On Canada Appreciation Day we look to the north, and thank the better half of North America for putting up with our self-centered approach for so long. We ask them how we could do better. And we listen! We try to imagine what life would be like without Canada, and be glad that we don't have to find out."