Spider-man 2
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004It’s out, it looks awesome and I want to see it.
When will I?
Who knows?
I still haven’t seen Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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Archive for June, 2004
I’m Harry Potter and I’m in Gryffindor
Tuesday, June 29th, 2004Continuing on the Harry Potter theme, I’ve taken a few Harry Potter quizzes and here are the results.
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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is Book 6 Title
Tuesday, June 29th, 2004JK Rowling has confirmed that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince will be the title of Book 6 of the Harry Potter series.
She is doing some great things with her site, such as revealing this title on it. For info on how to find it, check out the guide at TLC.
Interesting title. She says that the Half Blood Prince is neither Harry, nor Voldemort…
Via MuggleNet.com.
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Political Tidbits
Tuesday, June 29th, 2004Michael Moore simultaneously on voter rolls in New York, Michigan.
New York City Board of Elections records show that Moore, 50, registered to vote in Gotham in 1992, checking off “Democratic” as his party affiliation (below you’ll find a copy of his original registration form). He listed his address as the swanky Upper West Side building where he owns a multimillion dollar condominium (Moore’s office is on West 57th Street). The filmmaker’s New York registration remains active, though he has not voted since an October 2001 Democratic runoff election.
Now here’s the good part: Moore is simultaneously registered to vote in Michigan, where registrants aren’t even given the option of party affiliation (so he’s not an Independent there either). According to Antrim County records, Moore registered last April from his lakefront spread in northern Michigan, where he reportedly splits his time, but has yet to vote in Michigan. He transferred his drivers license to Michigan from New York around the same time, though Moore has a Volkswagen Beetle registered from his Manhattan home.
Pretty funny. Doesn’t necessarily mean anything, but it’s still funny.
9/11 Commission: U.S. Terror War has Stymied al Qaida.
The Sept. 11 Commission has found that the Bush administration’s war on terror has severely impaired al Qaida’s ability to organize another spectacular attack against the U.S. homeland by capturing or killing the deadly terror group’s key leaders, drying up their financial resources and severely limiting their ability to “strategize, plan attacks, and dispatch operatives worldwide.”
The bombshell finding, buried at the end of the Commission’s Staff Statement No. 15, should have been hailed in the press as evidence that we’ve at least turned the corner in the war on terror - and may indeed have the enemy on the run. Instead, reporters have ignored this particular Commission finding since its release on June 16.
Yeah, it was buried. I don’t pretend to read the newspaper every day or anything but I do go to Google News daily and I found this my total accident. It’s good to hear.
I don’t mind we’re doing well, we’re not doing so well… but, I don’t really care for looking for an individual to throw mistakes on. I don’t see what it all accomplishes. I’d prefer them privately coming up with ideas to improve. We could be doing awesome and be hit by something at any time because you can never protect everything.
William Safire: Rogue staffers hijacked 9/11 commission .
“Were there contacts between Al-Qaida and Iraq?” Kean asked himself. “Yes … no question.” Hamilton joined in: “The vice president is saying, I think, that there were connections … we don’t disagree with that” — just “no credible evidence” of Iraqi cooperation in the 9/11 attack.
The Zelikow report was seized upon by John Kerry because it fuzzed up the distinction between evidence of decade-long dealings between agents of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden (which panel members know to be true) and evidence of Iraqi cooperation in the 9/11 attacks (which, as Hamilton said yesterday, modifying his earlier “no credible evidence” judgment, was “not proven one way or the other.”)
I think there must have been some sort of connection, as Kean said, but to what extent… who knows? I wasn’t there. It would seem that hatred of America could unite this duo, but that is strictly speculation on my part. I’m not going to say anything except that it might be best if people wait to jump to a decisive conclusion as to whether or not Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were linked.
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Contreras Brilliant Against Mets
Sunday, June 27th, 2004In his first game since reuniting with his family, Jose Contreras pitched 6 strong, shutout innings and allowed just 2 hits and 4 walks to get his 5th win of the season. The Yankees beat the Mets, 8-1.
Great story. I hope he can keep it going, I hope this is the start of something good.
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I’m not some kid…
Sunday, June 27th, 2004If I had a dime for every time I contacted someone on a guideline violation on one of my sites and they responded by telling me they weren’t some kid, they were 30 years old and doing this or that in life. Or, we’re all adults, right? Let me tell you - I’d have $10 by now.
I feel like responding… well, hey - I am some kid. I was some kid when I started my network and I’m some kid now. I work on things I consider great and I’m still some kid. I wish I could always be some kid, but I’ll inevitably become an old man. I don’t weigh the value of a person, their contributions or their attitude on their age. I’ve known brilliant 14 year olds and I’ve known hopelessly immature 40 year olds. I’ve known hopelessly immature 14 year olds and brilliant 40 year olds. Age doesn’t matter to me. What matters to me is what you do.
(Disclaimer: Yes, age matters to me as far as “elders”. I show the proper respect to people older than me that I do not know in the situations that demand it. But, I show that kind of respect to all folks I don’t know).
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“I’m glad we lost the World Series,” Rivera said, “because it means that I still have a friend.”
Friday, June 25th, 2004Awesome piece in New York Magazine. An excerpt from Buster Olney’s new book. Although I disagree with the title - this most recent Yankee dynasty isn’t over until we miss the postseason.
I didn’t know about Enrique Wilson’s flight. Something else.
Via Alex.
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Yahoo! to Trillian: Talk to the Hand
Friday, June 25th, 2004Yahoo to Trillian: Talk to the Hand.
Yahoo on Wednesday began blocking Cerulean Studios’ Trillian software from communicating with its instant messaging service in its latest step to fence its popular client from third-party integrators.
As they should. They are Yahoo!’s users. I have always felt that Trillian was acting inappropriately in allowing people access to Yahoo!s network. Unless Yahoo! says yes, you shouldn’t do it. Start your own network. The sad thing is because of this piggy backing, Trillian may now big enough to start its own network and be relatively successful.
Via Common Craft.
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Adam’s Photo Mouseovers
Friday, June 25th, 2004I really love the black and white to color mouseover effect Adam has on his photos (toward the bottom). Simple, but with the color in the photos… it is just such a awesome, neat little effect.
Call me weird, but I mouse over the photos a few times every day when I visit his blog.
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Contreras reunited with family
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004A bit of heart warming news, today. Link via Replacement Level Yankees Weblog.
How would you pitch with your family in such a situation? It may have affected you, or it may have not. Would have affected me. Will he pitch better? Maybe, who knows. You have to be happy for him, though.
Cuba. Man, what a place. Tons and tons of people risk their lives in makeshift boats just to get a chance to become U.S. citizens. A continual reminder of how lucky most of us are.
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