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Tuesday, July 31 2001

SUVs could be made more fuel-efficient fairly cheaply

Government report says that it would be relatively cheap for automakers to make SUVs much more fuel-efficient. But they also say (with some internal dissent) that more fuel-efficiency could lead to more traffic fatalities; which they recommend the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration do research on. (the report, and the press release.) (The report also talks about reducing traffic fatalities by creating disincentives for the manufacture of super-heavy SUVs.)

Friday, July 27 2001

Shanghai Noon sequel

Shanghai Knights - Jackie Chan and partner Owen Wilson go to Victorian England. "...Jackie in the wax museum, Jackie in a market in London, Jackie at the Tower of London..."

Saturday, July 21 2001

Jesus of the Week

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Wednesday, July 18 2001

Interesting Net articles

Salon.com: Thank God for the Internet - an interview with Michael Lewis, about trading privacy for convenience, the flattening of skilled professions, and kids who are at the tops of professional fields. Also: an excerpt from his upcoming book, Next, in which he talks about a 15-year-old who is highly rated for the legal advice he gives on AskMe.com.

Wired news: woman writes suicide note to her personal web page, takes a bunch of pills in front of her webcam, collapses over her toilet; her Net friends call the cops and paramedics, who break into her apartment and rescue her, live online.

Tuesday, July 17 2001

Chopped-up syndicated TV

Salon.com on how cable channels (as well as local channels) cut scenes out of old TV shows to make more room (time) to air more commercials; the broadcasters don't advertise that the shows have been cut, and viewers tend not to know they're being cheated.

Monday, July 16 2001

Schadenfreude

"a malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others." (pronunciation and example sentences.)

Thursday, July 12 2001

News from The Onion

From the un-linked "news" headlines at The Onion this week:

1. Jenna Bush's Federally Protected Wetlands Now Open For Public Drilling
   
2. Opening Soda Bottle Inadvertently Makes Man Loser
   
3. Keebler Elves Multiracial All Of A Sudden
   

Tuesday, July 10 2001

Chandra Levy

The Washington Post talks about the media obsession with the missing intern; Salon.com dissects the orchestrated PR campaign behind the story.

Friday, July 6 2001

Holy Fire

Finished Bruce Sterling's book _Holy Fire_, about an old woman living in a gerontocracy (government by the old) who takes a radical youth-giving medical procedure and then tries to live the carefree life she never had with her new 20-year-old body. Coincidentally, my grandmother died a few days after I started reading it.

"You don't understand anything," Olga said. "Life is patience. You are careless, you talk too much, you hurry too much. I know how to be patient. Grief is bad, but you get over it. Guilt is bad, but you get over it. You don't know that yet. That's why I'm wiser than you even when I'm a monkey."

Thursday, July 5 2001

Video-on-Demand problems

Economist article points out that streaming video (say, movies) costs more than consumers will ever pay; however, P2P streaming technology like Shoutcast could deal with the problem, as it distributes the bandwidth requirements.

Dominican Power

Wired news story on poor folks in Dominican Republic using relatively cheap solar power for their needs.

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

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