Volume One, Number 1 · January 2000

Analyzing the Tempest in a Pint of Stout
by Niel Bornstein

11 January 2000

Sephardic Food
by Niel Bornstein

11 January 2000

The McCourt Family Business
by Niel Bornstein

11 January 2000

Good Riddance to Pacifica Foundation
by Kendall Clark

11 January 2000

U.S. Landmine Hypocrisy Exposed
by Niel Bornstein

11 January 2000

Fascism in the Heart Land
by Kendall Clark

11 January 2000

Elvis and Tricky Dick Save America
by Kendall Clark

11 January 2000

Who Owns What
by Niel Bornstein

11 January 2000

Free Lori Berenson
by Kendall Clark

11 January 2000

Swiki.net
by Kendall Clark
Swiki collaborative groupware
12 January 2000

Wither compassion?
by Kendall Clark
Will some journalist ask George W. these questions?
12 January 2000

Learn Smalltalk
by Kendall Clark

12 January 2000

Briefcases in a paperless world
by Niel Bornstein
What replaces the briefcase in the information age?
12 January 2000

PLWM: The Pointless Window Manager
by Kendall Clark
Python, Window Manager, X Window
12 January 2000

What have you done about democracy?
by Kendall Clark

12 January 2000

Software Porting Neologism
by Niel Bornstein
We need a new word for software that's hard to port.
12 January 2000

Obscure Book of the Day: The Concept of Time
by Kendall Clark

12 January 2000

Australian General Aviation Crisis Continues
by Niel Bornstein
Thousands of small aircraft are grounded in Australia after being filled up with bad fuel.
13 January 2000

Condom King Goes Euro
by Niel Bornstein
They say sex is the first industry to exploit new technology.
13 January 2000

British End Ban on Openly Gay Soldiers
by Niel Bornstein
The government announced a code of conduct for the military today that ends its ban on openly gay men and women serving in the armed forces.
13 January 2000

Only two weeks to go!
by Niel Bornstein
Robbie Burns' birthday is January 25. Don't forget to accompany your haggis with a wee drap o' whisky.
13 January 2000

Category Theory
by Kendall Clark
category theory, functional programming, ML
13 January 2000

Living Wage Campaign
by Kendall Clark
ACORN's Living Wage Campaigns seek to raise the standard of living of workers around the country by insisting that employers pay a living wage.
13 January 2000

Nader is Running
by Kendall Clark
Nader is announcing for President on Jan 19.
13 January 2000

Type Inference in Smalltalk
by Kendall Clark
Lex Spoon's type inference engine for Smalltalk.
13 January 2000

PDF Files of Patents
by Niel Bornstein
Fetch patents from the USPTO in PDF format.
14 January 2000

The Sopranos: As Good as TV Gets
by Kendall Clark
An excellent preview of the sophomore season of The Sopranos.
14 January 2000

TeeVee.org takes on MergerMania
by Niel Bornstein
"It just seemed like a natural to join forces," Eisnergatescasebezosmurdochellisonturner said. "By bringing together our capabilities in the entertainment, high tech, pharmaceutical, precious metals, automotive and other industries, we're better able
14 January 2000

Obscure Book of the Day: A Giacometti Portrait
by Kendall Clark
James Lord's book, A Giacometti Portrait, provides great insight into the work of artists.
14 January 2000

Dylan means Functional Objects
by Kendall Clark
Dylan is an advanced programming language that combines functional and OOP styles seamlessly.
14 January 2000

Welcome
by Niel Bornstein
We're more or less live.
14 January 2000

An Introduction to Scheme and its Implementation
by Kendall Clark
Paul Wilson's excellent online book about Scheme.
15 January 2000

Obscure Book of the Day: "Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation"
by Kendall Clark

15 January 2000

The Small-Monitor Blues
by Niel Bornstein
In which the author solicits strategies for dealing with a single, small monitor.
17 January 2000

Another Tibetan Lama
by Niel Bornstein
The Karmapa fled Tibet last month, embarassing the Chinese and providing an opportunity for the Tibetan government in exile.
17 January 2000

Sleeping Through a Revolution
by Niel Bornstein
We must all learn to live together as brothers - or we will all perish together as fools.
17 January 2000

MAN ESCAPES EXCREMENT ICE BALL!
by Niel Bornstein

17 January 2000

Brazilian Radio
by Niel Bornstein
Catch Brazilian radio station JB FM on the web in RealAudio.
17 January 2000

"Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare?"
by Kendall Clark
James Cone explores the meaning of Martin and Malcolm for America.
17 January 2000

"Reason" gets it wrong
by Niel Bornstein
This article is full of holes. That doesn't mean that I agree with eco-terrorism, though.
17 January 2000

Novell violates GPL?
by Kendall Clark
Novell violates the GPL?
17 January 2000

CourierWare: Indestructible Handmade Bags
by Kendall Clark
CourierWare makes damn fine bags!
17 January 2000

THE DEBT: What America Owes Blacks
by Kendall Clark
Randall Robinson makes a compelling case for black reparations.
17 January 2000

The Real MLK
by Niel Bornstein
Barry Saunders is tired of the "I Have a Dream" speech.
17 January 2000

"Letter From the Birmingham Jail"
by Kendall Clark
MLK's historic "Letter From the Birmingham Jail"
17 January 2000

Update: GPL and Novell
by Kendall Clark
Update on Novell and GPL issue.
17 January 2000

The one thing I hate about Clinton
by Mike Billips
Salon.com casts light on our Prez's dirty little secret. No, not that one.
18 January 2000

The Corporatization of America
by Niel Bornstein
Excellent piece on how America was founded not only to escape the power of monarchy and religion, but the corporation.
18 January 2000

The Heat is Online
by Kendall Clark
Global warming is a serious issue.
18 January 2000

"Markup Languages" 1.4 Abstracts Online
by Niel Bornstein
"Markup Languages: Theory and Practice" is published by the MIT press.
18 January 2000

Monkeyfist: Bad Router!
by Kendall Clark

18 January 2000

Davos SUCKS
by Kendall Clark
Davos is undemocratic, secretive and elitist.
18 January 2000

FreeBeOS
by Niel Bornstein
Be's going free.
19 January 2000

CarTalk's Lame Joke of the Week
by Niel Bornstein
It's about money. It's lame.
19 January 2000

Old School: NET.sources - ucf-cs.493
by Kendall Clark
Back in the day, Usenet was a nice place to be.
19 January 2000

Datatypes for DTDs (DT4DTD)
by Kendall Clark
DTDs get datatypes.
19 January 2000

Doris Parker Dead
by Niel Bornstein

19 January 2000

Those Krazy Kubans
by Niel Bornstein
Michael Moore takes on the U.S.'s Cuba policy.
19 January 2000

Take Down the Rebel Flag
by Niel Bornstein
It's time the Southern states recognized the hate behind the Confederate battle flag.
19 January 2000

Once again, the Man is keepin' me down
by Mike Billips
A mini-rant about the lack of DSL coverage in my ethnically diverse neighborhood.
19 January 2000

Star Wars Boondoggle
by Kendall Clark
"Star Wars" technology is a defense contractor boondoggle to the tune of $3.3B in the present budget and as much as $55B since 1983.
19 January 2000

NY Times on Davos
by Niel Bornstein
The New York Times addresses Davos, but asks no questions.
19 January 2000

Wesf in shorts?!?!
by Kendall Clark
Wes Felter in shorts?!!?! Run and hide.
19 January 2000

Davos and the Propaganda of Inclusion
by Kendall Clark
To understand the talk of inclusion in Davos, you have to understand what the implied boundaries of globalization are.
19 January 2000

Clinton says Confederate flag should come down
by Mike Billips
South Carolinians have a peculiar definition of "Southerner."
19 January 2000

FCC Set to Approve Low-power FM
by Niel Bornstein
The FCC strikes a blow against corporate radio stations.
20 January 2000

The Rain in Spain
by Niel Bornstein
Follow-up to last week's yucky iceball item.
20 January 2000

Salon on Low-Power FM
by Niel Bornstein
Salon goes a little more in-depth on the new low-power radio rules.
20 January 2000

New Abolitionist Society
by Kendall Clark
The New Abolitionists are traitors to the "white" race, and it's a damn good thing!
20 January 2000

High Speed in Da' Hood!
by Joel Skelton
A reply to Ol' Man Billips' conspiracy theories.
20 January 2000

The Rich Get Richer
by Kendall Clark
How can any politician take credit for this? The gap between rich and poor is shameful; why are Clinton and Gore so proud?
20 January 2000

Chocolate Egg Cream: Good For What Ails Ya
by Kendall Clark
Life got you down? Chocolate Egg Cream to the rescue.
20 January 2000

Someone remind me why Cuba is so terrible?
by Kendall Clark
I'd rather be poor or a person of color in Havana than in Washington D.C.
20 January 2000

Stackless Python 1.0
by Kendall Clark
Stackless Python 1.0 is 3--5% faster than Python 1.5.2.
20 January 2000

Is it universally galling to point at Wired now?
by Niel Bornstein
Uh, no.
20 January 2000

Spanish Iceballs
by Niel Bornstein
The Spanish iceballs get some mainstream media coverage.
21 January 2000

Obscure Book of the Day: Concurrent Programming in Erlang
by Kendall Clark
Concurrent Programming in Erlang is a guide to learning Erlang.
21 January 2000

Frozen Parking Brake
by Niel Bornstein
I've got one. Anyone got any suggestions for unfreezing?
21 January 2000

Just ignore this.
by Joel Skelton
A thought inspired by a salon article about Tourette's syndrom.
21 January 2000

Elian Gonzalez is For Sale!
by Kendall Clark
The rabid right-wingers who have essentially kidnapped Elian Gonzalez have now put him up for sale.
21 January 2000

Hmm, Socalist paradise?
by Mike Billips
A contrary opinion on the relative merits of young Elian's homeland.
21 January 2000

The Sources of George W. Bush
by Kendall Clark
George Bush's political ambitions, in Texas and nationally, float upon a never-ending tide of scummy money.
21 January 2000

Paradises Lost and Found
by Kendall Clark

21 January 2000

Intrinsically Safe
by Joel Skelton

21 January 2000

Hey, it's a free country.
by Rob Beauchamp
Unaccountably, not even the most desperately poor and discriminated-against Americans are availing themselves of the opportunity to live in Cuba.
22 January 2000

Jane, you ignorant slut.
by Niel Bornstein
We apologize for the divergent opinions. They will continue.
22 January 2000

Linguine with Tuscan Shrimp
by Niel Bornstein
My wife and served this tonight.
23 January 2000

Bayard Rustin
by Kendall Clark
Bayard Rustin is the most important Civil Rights leader you've never heard of.
24 January 2000

SurfNotes
by Kendall Clark
SurfNotes is a browser companion for taking notes on Web sites.
24 January 2000

It's Granny D.'s Birthday
by Kendall Clark
Granny D. is walking across America to bring attention to the problems of campaign finance reform. Oh, yeah, she's 90.
24 January 2000

The Near-Fatal, Life-Threatening Winter Ice Storm of Double-Ought
by Niel Bornstein

24 January 2000

Monkeyfist is Moving
by Kendall Clark

24 January 2000

NY Times is Shocked, Shocked! to Learn Nomination Process is Undemocratic
by Niel Bornstein
The Times seems to see a small problem with the huge number of early primaries.
24 January 2000

Daily Davos Web site
by Kendall Clark
Dailydavos.com is a Web site published by Newsweek.
24 January 2000

"Life is better without braces": The Eighth International Python Conference
by Kendall Clark
The 8th Annual International Python Conference is taking place this week.
24 January 2000

The Politics of Micro Radio
by Kendall Clark
The politics of Micro Radio don't look good.
25 January 2000

CD of the Week: Free Market Fantasies, Noam Chomsky
by Kendall Clark
Originally released via AK Press/ Allied; re-issued December 1999 by AT. A refutation of the fantasies marketed as the "American Dream." The gulf between reality and a "free market" where entrepeneurs can compete on a level playing field is growing da
26 January 2000

Coldstore: Object Persistence on Linux
by Kendall Clark
Coldstore is an object persistence mechanism for Linux. It isn't finished, but it's progressing nicely.
26 January 2000

"Homophobes in Robes"
by Niel Bornstein
I heard a bit of this song on Atlanta's WRFG yesterday. It tickled me. It's about the Supreme Court.
26 January 2000

JPython 1.1 available
by Kendall Clark
JPython is the 100% Java implementation of the World's Greatest Scripting Language, Python.
26 January 2000

What Happened to Burns Night?
by Niel Bornstein
I forgot.
26 January 2000

CD: The Prison Industrial Complex, Angela Davis
by Kendall Clark

26 January 2000

Book: Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West
by Kendall Clark
Canaries on the Rim tells an ugly story of environmental spoilage in the West.
26 January 2000

Dan Savage licks Bauer's doorknob
by Mike Billips
Salon magazine article shows how point-of-view journalism is often more informative than the "objective" variety.
27 January 2000

Congress opts for censorship
by Kendall Clark
Drug war's failure got you down? Why not violate the Constitution and censor drug speech?
27 January 2000

In Switzerland...
by Niel Bornstein

27 January 2000

Name dropping madness
by Kendall Clark

27 January 2000

Vile, Vicious, Voracious Vermin
by Niel Bornstein
I know what they mean; my house is just infested with cute, cuddly, little rats.
27 January 2000

Home Officers, relax
by Mike Billips
Wash Post article throws water on what had become a mini-cause celebre among some right wingers.
27 January 2000

JEmacs - the Java/Scheme-based Emacs
by Kendall Clark
JEmacs is a Java implementation of Emacs. Sound scary? Never fear, Per Bothner is here!
28 January 2000

It's the Slavery, Stupid
by Rob Beauchamp
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts explains what the Civil War was all about.
28 January 2000

Frugal Chips and Tiny Fuel Cells
by Niel Bornstein
Mmmmm, laptops that run for years without recharging...
28 January 2000

Salon Covers the Ice Balls
by Niel Bornstein
Salon lags behind the news.
28 January 2000

You sayin' we should spare the rod?
by Mike Billips
Observation gleaned from late night TV. Alabama bashing.
28 January 2000

Just run Junkbuster
by Kendall Clark
Stop all the whining and do something about the corporatization of the Web.
28 January 2000

SOTU Propaganda
by Kendall Clark
Clinton's 2000 SOTU was full of lies, half-truths and distortions, two of which were particularly tiresome.
28 January 2000

SAX2-Beta
by Kendall Clark
SAX2 Beta for Java is available.
28 January 2000

Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing
by Kendall Clark
It's a book about nothing and everything.
29 January 2000

The Motley Fool on The Wall Street Journal on Emory University on Coke
by Niel Bornstein
To diversify or not to diversify?
29 January 2000

Monkeyfist.eu?
by Niel Bornstein
The EU is proposing a new top-level ".eu" domain.
29 January 2000

Gassée Explains Be's Internet Appliance Strategy
by Niel Bornstein
JLG breaks his recent weeks of silence and talks about Stinger and the IP-enabled world.
29 January 2000

Car Talk's Lame Joke of the Week
by Niel Bornstein
A Sunday Drive
29 January 2000

James Fallows Survives the Belly of the Beast
by Niel Bornstein
Fallows spent six months working with the Microsoft Word development team, and lived to tell about it.
29 January 2000

Clinton Addresses WEF
by Niel Bornstein
The President inadvertently exposes the corporate hypocrisy and disproves the alleged egalitarianism in Davos.
29 January 2000

Ustashe and Catholic Church?
by Kendall Clark
Did the Catholic Church aid and abet Ustashe?
30 January 2000

Online Petition: Free All Political Prisoners in U.S
by Kendall Clark
Sign a petition expressing support for freeing of political prisoners in America.
30 January 2000

Media Giant Bertelsmann Concedes Nazi Past
by Kendall Clark
Bertelsmann, on of the largest English-language publishers in the world, admits Nazi past.
30 January 2000

Mr. Cranky Savages "Down To You"
by Niel Bornstein
Just a great line from Mr. Cranky.
31 January 2000

So, now what?
by Mike Billips
Musing on the census numbers.
31 January 2000

Spicy (Wasabi) Roasted Green Peas
by Kendall Clark
Wasabi peas are food of the gods.
31 January 2000

Jubilee 2000: A debt free start for a billion people
by Kendall Clark

31 January 2000

Open Source Writers Group: Updated Web Site
by Kendall Clark
OSWG is a good group of open source documentation folks. They are debuting a new Web site.
31 January 2000

Blackfoot Nation to declare its independence?
by Kendall Clark
Blackfoot Nation meeting to consider declaring its independence of the United States and Canada.
31 January 2000

Protests at Davos
by Kendall Clark
Protests in Davos on Saturday, but the AP wire reports should be read very critically.
31 January 2000

Lynx-friendly MonkeyLog
by Kendall Clark

31 January 2000

Say, buddy, got train fare to Davos?
by Mike Billips
The New Republic does a take on Roger Milliken, the billionaire South Carolina textile magnate who provides funding to anti-free-trade groups.
31 January 2000

The Republican Mosh Pit
by Kendall Clark
How did Michael Moore start a mosh pit for Republican presidential candidates?
31 January 2000

Psst, say, buddy, need an untraceable sniper rifle?
by Mike Billips
Some guy is selling antique "non-firearms" that can drop a deer (or a president) at 500 yards.
31 January 2000

Strike at Pacifica Radio
by Kendall Clark
Journalists strike Pacifica over censorship.
31 January 2000

Update: Pacifica Strike
by Kendall Clark
Pacifica strike details available.
31 January 2000