They said that after Sept.2002.01.14

They said that after Sept. 11, news reporting would never be the same. That it had made us more serious, and less enamoured of the "media blitz" effect seen in stories like Chandra Levy and Clinton with what's-her-name. Too bad that's not actually true. I really could have done without knowing the US president choked on a pretzel and now warns Americans to chew their food before swallowing. I'm not making this up, I swear to God. With stuff like this, comedians don't even need imagination. They can rip their jokes right from the headlines. Ugh.

Thankfully, I ran across this MP3 of my favourite poet, e. e. cummings, reading a few of his poems. Ahh. Intelligence to counteract the effects of the previous story.

Harry Potter - themed church services. Should be almost enough to send those book burners into a tizzy. Yippee! :) (Link via BoingBoing)

The Slayer bites the awards dust - again. I wish that the voting groups for these awards could see past the silly name and come to understand how phenomenal the show is - excellent writing, tremendous acting, and a willingness to try things no-one else has ever tried before.

Evangelizing the use of open-source document formats over Microsoft Word, particularly for email attachments seems like a good idea, but I'm skeptical of its adoption. Frankly, I'd just be happy if we could convince people to stop sending HTML email.

Finally, an interesting letter from Universal about their new anti-copy CD "technology" and one "consumer's" very intelligent response. How I wish the megamusic labels would listen. (Link via Doc Searls)

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