Michael A. Stone wrote:
>
> hey gang -
>
> i've been on a binge-reading spree lately. it's a habit that kicks in
> during times of stress, and is a fairly good barometer of my mental state.
> (aka: when mike goes through _Atlas Shrugged_ all in one sitting, he's in
> a BAAAAAD mood)
>
> anyhoo, i finally picked up a copy of Tom DeMarco's _The Deadline_
> yesterday, and started flipping through it after dinner. by the end of
> the first page, i was hooked, and didn't stop flipping pages until there
> were no more left to flip.
This explains why I haven't been getting my normal quick email
responses *chuckle* And here I thought while I'm out here slaving away
in DC, Mike wasn't answering email because he was locked up in the
office battling network demons or something . . . oh well, as long as I
get a good book reference in the end . . . :)
Had a good shopping experience myself. Stumbled across a brand-spanking
new DEC Alphastation 4/233RISC at an online auction yesterday for $319.
Oooooo baby, Linux will run so much nicer on that than on the 486/33
I've been struggling with. Some days I like the net more than others.
Main reason for message (inasmuch as a reason is needed) is two little
ditties I picked up this morning. The first is a story on the pres's
speech last night. This one was buried in the web version of the Post,
but plastered on front page print version. It has little to do with the
actual events--more with the circus-like atmosphere that permeates this
town when such things happen. A funny read (too bad you don't get the
pictures).
Anyway, after accidentally (honestly!) flattening two journalists in a
domino-like collision outside the offices of Monica Lewinsky's lawyer on
the way from the metro station this morning, and watching 15 passers-by
and two cops belly laugh at them as they were sprawled on the ground,
this story highlighted the weird spin on things we get here that I'm
just getting used to again. A refreshing pace from the actual news
coverage:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-08/18/143l-081898-idx.html
On the second note, also tucked away in the netherlands of the Post was
an interesting article on virtual advertising (which is actually the
on-topic part of this post). Seems that more and more, when you watch a
sporting event, those walls in the background are actually blank . . .
and the TV stations are 'creating' the billboards for their local
advertisers and others and pasting them in digitally. Fascinating, but
also kind of disturbing (in that TV is learning from the net). This one
was worth the read for the FYI factor (warning, though, you'll go nuts
trying to watch TV after reading it as you uncontrollably ponder what's
real and what's not).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/frompost/aug98/virtualads18.htm
I wonder if one can, using this technology and WebTV, project an actual
interactive website onto the screen, in a small "window" . . . might be
a cool thing for documentaries, the news and other things with static
screen elements to their broadcast.
Anyway, happy news perusing.
B
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