"The Singularity itself will occur not in some distant Buck Rogers century but in the year 2045. That's right — during our lifetimes (if you're 50 or younger). By then, he writes, 'We will transcend biology — but not our humanity.' He estimates that the nonbiological intelligence created in that year will be one billion times more powerful than all human intelligence today."
Sunday, September 18, 2005
The Singularity is Near
New Media Musings: Review of Ray Kurzweil's 'The Singularity is Near':
I want my stimTV
stimTVnetwork™:
"The stimTV™ network is built on free content provided by media owners in exchange for the promotional and marketing benefits they receive for the exposure of their media or products on the network."If you click the above link, a guy starts talking to you about stimTV, so you might want to put on headphones if you're in an office.
via [ Reinvent TV ]
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Where am I?
plazes.beta:
"Plazes is a grassroot approach to location-aware interaction, using the local network you are connected to as location reference. Plazes allows you to share your location with the people you know and to discover people and plazes around you. It's the navigation system for your social life and it's absolutely free."
Story Structure 106: Five Minute Pilots
Story Structure 106: Five Minute Pilots:
"This model of story structure must never, ever be defied. Just kidding. But it comes in really handy when you're stuck."I just visited Channel 101 and saw that Dan Harmon has reviewed his story structure tutorial.
I enjoyed reading it the first time, so maybe you'll l ike this summary...
Read the blook
hackoff.com:
"New York, NY -- April 1, 2003 – (BUSINESS WIRE) hackoff.com (NASDAQ:HOFC) announced today that the company’s Chairman and CEO, Larry Lazard, was found dead in his corporate office of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Board of Directors has selected the company’s CFO, Donna Langhorne, as his successor. Controller Lew Marigold will serve as acting CFO replacing Ms. Langhorne."Tom Evslin is releasing his new book online. You can read it with a browser or feed reader, subscribe to it, tag it, comment on it, and link to it.
Get Ya Podcast Heah
New England Podcasting:
"Be part of the revolution. Check out 'casts from all over New England. These New England Podcasting shows rock, talk and make you laugh. Dig it."
Waiting for the train
It's Saturday morning and I'm at Penn Station in NYC sitting in the Amtrak waiting area.
It's 11:00 AM and I just went to the bathroom for the first time at a train station, while traveling alone in this post 9/11 world.
I mention this because most of the time, when traveling by train or plane, it's with my wife Carol.
This time I'm traveling on my own, and I've got two bags and a tripod. I've got a sweet seat with a power adapter, so I didn't want to give it up, and I didn't want to lug everything for a short trip to the bathroom.
So I asked a fellow passenger to watch my bag while I stepped away. He said he would, BUT he was only staying until 11:30. I told him I'd be back in 5 minutes.
As I made my way to the bathroom, I noticed police officers all around and then realized that I had just left unattended baggage! Oh my.
What if the guy I asked to watch my bags had to answer questions about the unattended bags? I'm sure all he could say was that someone that he didn't know, asked him to watch the bags.
At that point I'm sure that they'd evacuate Penn Station because of my unattended bag, and then I'd emerge from the rest room with a phalanx of police aiming their AK 47's at my head.
"Down on the ground," they'd yell.
While on the ground I'd realize that shoving my Powerbook power adapter into my suitcase with the wires hanging out probably wasn't the greatest idea.
Ordering a large cranberry juice at breakfast wasn't the greatest idea either.
That, combined with two cups of decaf coffee, lead to the unattended baggage ordeal, which ended up with me face down on the dirty floor of Penn Station.
"Let's see some ID," they'd yell.
As I would slowly open my wallet, they'd glance at the contents and immediately want to know why there were TWO Massachusetts drivers licenses peaking over their holding areas.
Note: I've got two licenses because we always order a duplicate for my wife and I always carry it in my wallet so she doesn't have to carry a pocketbook on the weekends.
"We've got something fishy over here!" I'd overhear the officer yell into a shoulder mounted walkie-talkie.
The next thing that would happen is that I'd be taken away for questioning and the bomb squad would be called in to destroy my suitcase with it's contents of shirts, shorts and camera equipment.
Upon questioning that'd want to know why I was in NYC. I'd explain that I was here to film a behind the scenes documentary for an internet TV show, evolvetv.tv. What type of show they wanted to know.
I'd explain as best I could that it was a talk show that was out to provide an alternative to the typical Sunday Morning talk shows. This show would feature intelligent conversations between the most respected authorities on a subject and a knowledgeable interviewer.
"We've got a liberal, atheist, artist over here. Code red! Code red! Get the Saudi Arabian torture express gassed up and ready to roll."
Oh my. Unattended baggage is a poor life choice.
That guy who watched my bags earlier, just asked me to watch his.
"Sure, no problem," I replied.
Time for my train.
It's 11:00 AM and I just went to the bathroom for the first time at a train station, while traveling alone in this post 9/11 world.
I mention this because most of the time, when traveling by train or plane, it's with my wife Carol.
This time I'm traveling on my own, and I've got two bags and a tripod. I've got a sweet seat with a power adapter, so I didn't want to give it up, and I didn't want to lug everything for a short trip to the bathroom.
So I asked a fellow passenger to watch my bag while I stepped away. He said he would, BUT he was only staying until 11:30. I told him I'd be back in 5 minutes.
As I made my way to the bathroom, I noticed police officers all around and then realized that I had just left unattended baggage! Oh my.
What if the guy I asked to watch my bags had to answer questions about the unattended bags? I'm sure all he could say was that someone that he didn't know, asked him to watch the bags.
At that point I'm sure that they'd evacuate Penn Station because of my unattended bag, and then I'd emerge from the rest room with a phalanx of police aiming their AK 47's at my head.
"Down on the ground," they'd yell.
While on the ground I'd realize that shoving my Powerbook power adapter into my suitcase with the wires hanging out probably wasn't the greatest idea.
Ordering a large cranberry juice at breakfast wasn't the greatest idea either.
That, combined with two cups of decaf coffee, lead to the unattended baggage ordeal, which ended up with me face down on the dirty floor of Penn Station.
"Let's see some ID," they'd yell.
As I would slowly open my wallet, they'd glance at the contents and immediately want to know why there were TWO Massachusetts drivers licenses peaking over their holding areas.
Note: I've got two licenses because we always order a duplicate for my wife and I always carry it in my wallet so she doesn't have to carry a pocketbook on the weekends.
"We've got something fishy over here!" I'd overhear the officer yell into a shoulder mounted walkie-talkie.
The next thing that would happen is that I'd be taken away for questioning and the bomb squad would be called in to destroy my suitcase with it's contents of shirts, shorts and camera equipment.
Upon questioning that'd want to know why I was in NYC. I'd explain that I was here to film a behind the scenes documentary for an internet TV show, evolvetv.tv. What type of show they wanted to know.
I'd explain as best I could that it was a talk show that was out to provide an alternative to the typical Sunday Morning talk shows. This show would feature intelligent conversations between the most respected authorities on a subject and a knowledgeable interviewer.
"We've got a liberal, atheist, artist over here. Code red! Code red! Get the Saudi Arabian torture express gassed up and ready to roll."
Oh my. Unattended baggage is a poor life choice.
That guy who watched my bags earlier, just asked me to watch his.
"Sure, no problem," I replied.
Time for my train.
What went wrong
Salon.com Books | What went wrong:
"In Anthony Shadid's extraordinary new book about the Iraq war, the Iraqis themselves finally speak. Their stories provide the most eloquent indictment yet of America's disastrous Middle East adventure."via [ Juan Cole ]
Audio: Sound Seeing New York City
MP3 File
In the spirit of Adam Curry's Sound Seeing tours of New York City, here's a brief audio post detailing the walk from my hotel, the Hotel Pennsylvannia, over to breakfast at the Stage Door Deli, one of my favorite places to eat in NYC.
Enjoy!
Friday, September 16, 2005
Fact Not Fiction
I'm in NYC filming a behind-the scenes documentary for evolvetv.tv.
Right now the site is just playing music and displaying a logo.
On Monday, I'll be able to share more and the site will have more content.
Stay tuned...
Right now the site is just playing music and displaying a logo.
On Monday, I'll be able to share more and the site will have more content.
Stay tuned...
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Vlog Soup: Episode 3
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Vlog Soup: Episode 3:
"Thanks for watching Vlog Soup Episode 3.Take a trip with me around the vlogosphere and watch some vlogs.
From the recent batch of video blogs I've watched this past week, here are some of the ones that stood out."
Video: New Mural At Zesto's
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: New Mural At Zesto's:
"New Mural At Zesto's
Boston City Councillor John Tobin went over to Zesto's Pizza and Grille and filed this video report on the new mural that was painted by the Mayor's Mural Crew and the kids from the new WGBH TV show Fetch!"
Beer Tasting
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: The Carol and Steve Show - Episode 38: Beer Tasting:
"We're lucky to live in Boston, home to two breweries, Sam Adams and Harpoon.Mmm... Beer.
Carol and I were invited to a tasting of a new Harpoon 100 Barrel Series release, Framboise."
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
UPS UPS
Power Play, Pt. 2:
"My new Uninterruptible Power Supply arrived today [UPS delivered my UPS. Ha!]"via [ Pattie ]
Fort Smith: Hyper-local To Be
Clint Sharp is bringing the new media world to Fort Smith:
Being a new media proponent and someone who is excited about how self-publishing is changing the world, I’m a strong proponent of the fact that it’s now possible to have interesting content published in a hyper-local verticals, and I want to bring that to area not known for its technology adoption. I want to drag Arkansasans kicking and screaming into the new media world of the 21st century and make it a place known for it’s adoption of new media publishing and subscription.Sounds great Clint. Good luck.
Google Blog Search Finds Me
Google Blog Search is now live.
Try it out for video.
Works for me since my video blog is #3 in the Related Blogs area they have at the top of the search results page.
Even better, my video blog stands alone in a search for video blog:
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Lycos - Search Katrina Missing Persons Sites
Lycos - Search Katrina Missing Persons Sites: 
"Hurricane Katrina has caused widespread destruction throughout the Gulf Coast, especially in New Orleans. As the flood waters begin to ebb, the region faces the challenges of rebuilding from this disaster and reuniting with loved ones.Lycos is still around?
Numerous sites are posting information about survivors and missing persons. In an attempt to help, Lycos will search these sites for information about victims of Hurricane Katrina."
Monday, September 12, 2005
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