November 2009
8 posts
Willing to Pay a Fee for Access to News Articles?
As I’ve been perusing online since the time when the Mosaic browser ruled the web, I continue to be astonished at the recycling of this meme about the tragedy of noble newspaper guardians going extinct at the expense of gluttonous online readers taking for free what print subscribers previously paid fees to receive. Inevitably, the discussion meanders into solution space speculation —...
Thanksgiving 2009 Thankfulness
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Things I’m thankful for:
My smashingly beautiful, unreciprocated giving, deeply loving wife.
My wonderful family.
The roof over my head, the clothes on my back, and blessed with sufficient food and water.
Our church and fellow caring brothers and sisters.
Friends that I’ve had to pleasure to share life with, interact, influence and be influenced. In...
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Hot Bubbling Gore
The conservative media sphere has been ablaze the past week over a Al Gore gaffe on the earth’s interior temperature. Yes, Gore blundered — it’s thousands of degrees, not millions. Social networking organs and conservative talk radio bastions are gleefully roasting Gore and deriding his “scientific blunder” and bolstering their climate change denial talking point chest.
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Test Your Global IQ →
How much do you know about the opinions of people around the world?
I only tallied 5 correct answers (out of 12 total)…
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Laws of the Internet
1. Godwin’s Law:
“As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.”
2. Poe’s Law:
“Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humour, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism that someone won’t mistake for the real thing.”
3. Rule 34:
“If it exists, there is porn of it.”
4. Skitt’s Law:
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PodCampAZ 2009 Roundup
Another PodCampAZ, the “Relevant Media Unconference”, is in the books. The 2009 edition did not seem as lively to me, especially on day 2 when the session load seemed to be rather light. Maybe it’s due to the present economic climate, or perhaps because of a major auto race and Arizona Cardinals game were also scheduled on the same day. Or diminished presence of...
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About AZplace
Blog about politics, computers, technology, radio, Arizona, science, justice, war, world affairs, globalization, economics, sports, history, and whatever else catches the fancy of me or other contributors.
I am Naum, amateur writer and rabble rouser, professional programmer and website developer. I have a bachelors degree in Computer Science, and minor in mathematics, and that renders me totally...
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Welcome to the new, refurbished AZplace!
AZplace has made the move to Tumblr.
A shiny, new web locale for my mind’s output.