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Tuesday, June 20 2000

TV increases teen alcohol use?

An old article at Stanford's online mag says that the more TV and music videos teens watch, the more likely they'll start drinking within the next 18 months.

Chess hero

Gary Kasparov's website - Club Kasparov. Chess news, advice, etc...

Monday, June 19 2000

Friends = Much Ado About Nothing; Rambo = Iliad

Free article at The Chronicle of Higher Education: Richard Keller Simon talks about how he uses contemporary/pop culture (sitcoms, Jerry Springer, etc.) to get his students into "good" literature (Shakespeare, etc.) and how he uses those traditional old texts to give students better perspective on the media which we consume today. Choice quote:

"'The students who come to us now exist in the most manipulative culture human beings have ever experienced ... They are also sadly deficient in certain kinds of historical knowledge that might give them some perspective on the manipulations that they currently encounter.'"

Chicken Run

The official U.S. Chicken Run site sucks (unless you go to these things just for Windows wallpaper). The official UK site is a little better. The Dreamworks site is better but sparse.

Monday, June 12 2000

American Mena

Mena Suvari, of both American Pie and American Beauty fame, has a new movie (about which I can find little mention) coming out: American Virgin (aka Live Virgin).

Tuesday, June 6 2000

Failed startups

Startup failures - a "community" for those who've been in failed startups. I wonder how long it'll take their site to flop...

Mindy Klasky on SFFNet

You've probably never heard of her, but: Mindy Klasky, a fantasy writer whose first novel is being published this year; and who is (was?) in a local DC writing group with me; has a website up at SFFNet. I haven't read her first novel, The Glasswright's Apprentice, but I was impressed enough with another manuscript of hers that I'm sure it's worth buying...

About this site

This is the personal web site for Edward (Ed) Piou. Consisting mainly of a blog (operational since 1999) and various photos.

Some online projects I'm working on

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A while ago, I decided to put my money where my mind is on a (roughly) monthly basis and give to:

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Public events documented through pictures...