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Apart from the obvious magazine complaints that the August Issue of any magazine is made available within the fist week of July - especially technology magazines where the information is already outdated before the magazine is published (so why further outdate it by adding a month?) - I am puzzled by the odd promises made on the front cover in order to drive sales.
The latest issue of Playboy (August '07 - issued on July 6th) promises "Small-Town Triplets: 300% Nudity" and "Actress Garcelle Beauvais Rocks the Camera, Naked."
Well, all I can say is, "I hope so!" Its Playboy for goodness sake. If there wasn't good, clean, wholesome nudity, what is the point? If it were "for the articles" the cover would promise something different, no?
This is a test of Writely.com's ability to post to my weblog. According to the ABC News Story: REVIEW: Writely Mostly Hits the Mark, By JESSICA MINTZ AP Business Writer:
From: REVIEW: Google's Writely Mostly Hits the Mark, but It's No Word Killer: By JESSICA MINTZ, Oct 5, 2006 (AP)
With Google's backing, Writely has a jump on its competitors, which include AdventNet Inc.'s Zoho Writer and ThinkFree Corp.'s ThinkFree Write. (There are even rumors Microsoft will jump into the online word processor space.)
But as several substantial open-source alternatives have shown, it's tough to take market share from Microsoft Word. Even with the search leader's name attached, there's little danger Writely will crush Microsoft or its pricey boxed programs any time soon.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
So,...lets test if it hits my weblog. OK. It did. But I had to go back to my usual editor: Ecto and make some adjustments to things like "category", even though Writely said I could assign them and to the Title of the post - which I did adjust in Writely, but it didn't take - and I had to clean up the line breaks a bit as well as the "quoted" text. But, all-in-all, I would say that in a pinch, or when using another computer with internet access, it works.
I see that the US, in all its wisdom, decided to strike fear into hearts of man by bombing someone, someplace, something. While the US might be chanting praises and whoops of glory, the European view is a little different.
In a local paper, here in Zurich, an expert was asked a series of questions that went something like this:
Q: The Americans just bombed somebody,...who was he?
Expert: He was part of a terrorist ring. As people go, he was a very bad guy, as terrorist go, he was just a guy with lots of friends.
Q: Was he important?
Expert: Not really. Just unlucky.
Q: Will this bombing and the execution of this guy change terrorism?
Expert: No. It might make it worse. This was only one guy in a sea of thousands.
Q: Are Americans any safer today?
Expert: No. And it will probably get worse.
Q: Are Europeans safer today?
Expert: Not really.
Q: Then why did the Americans do it?
Expert: Bush needed a win to deflect the attention away from his horrible numbers and an eroding economy. Plus, he needed to make sure that everyone saw that they were actually "doing something" in Iraq.
Q: Will they ever catch Bin Laden?
Expert: Never. American politics needs an enemy.
What a difference it makes to not be exposed to the political machine of the US and its control of the media. I think I'll stay in Europe for a while. "Ra-Ra-Ree! Kick 'em in the knee! Ra-Ra-Rass! Kick 'em in the other knee!"
More on PodCasting: Wanna know what it is? Wish to see how its done? Interested in the biggest players in the PodCast sphere and how they work? Need a software client? Check out these articles, forget the spell check and grab a microphone.
How Podcasting Works: by Peter Rukavina: I've been doing a lot of talking about podcasting recently: explaining to people what it is, and how they can do it, and how they can listen, and how it works. I thought it might be useful to provide a very simple step by step illustration of how to "subscribe to a podcast."
Podcast to broadcast: Think podcasting is just for geeks and gadgeteers? Think again. Podcasting went mainstream last week when San Francisco’s KYOU 1550 AM began broadcasting listener-generated podcasts over the airwaves. Playlist’s Mathew Honan explores this bold radio experiment.
Wizards Podcast brings you the exclusive release announcement for iPodderX 3: It's a 'very special' Wizards episode, as the Wizards welcome August Trometer and Ray Slakinsky from iPodderX.com, who make the worldwide release announcement of their brand new podcast client,...
iPodderX adds features, gives away iPods: Thunderstone Media has released iPodderX 3.0, the third major update to its popular podcast client. Version 3 includes a host of new features such as SmartSpace file management, the NewsCaster text-to-podcast converter, complete integration with iTunes and iPhoto, Playlist Builder, full-screen video, and much more. In celebration of the release, Thunderstone Media is giving purchasers of iPodderX a chance to win one of four iPod shuffles or a grand prize iPod photo. iPodderX 3.0 retails for US$24.95 and is a free upgrade for all current iPodderX users. A 30-day free trial is available.
And now, if that wasn't enough. There's RoadCasting: Capture your friend's radio and tell him how you really feel. Or listen in to George & Martha's marital issues.
Watch for Roadcasting Rage: An in-car entertainment system is on the way that will allow drivers to tune in song collections from other vehicles as they whiz by. Roadcasting -- 'me-to-me' sharing -- could be perfectly legal. By Daniel Terdiman.
And then, there's always the drunk guy: He ruins it for everyone, but not anymore.
Steering Clear of Drunk Drivers: A patent is pending on a steering-wheel skin sensor for cars that tests a driver's alcohol level before allowing the car to start.
And you thought PodCasting was a fad!
While writing this I listened to the PodCast: [ ep 03.v ] foodies' revenge from the album "The Invincibles in "So... you want to be a foodie?"" by The Invincibles.
