“The long-term goal is to eventually create autonomous, programmable molecular computing devices that can operate in vivo, eventually inside the human body, and function as ‘doctors in a cell” United Press International: DNA computer sets Guinness record
“Levi’s Europe, meanwhile, has just produced a limited-edition teddy bear complete with a peace symbol attached to its ear.” MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | Wolves in doves’ clothing
From the country that brought you the three armed sweater, the transparent skirt. In actual fact these skirts are not transparent but have an image printed on them to appear so. Does your bum look big in this?
If you think the UN or NATO may be farcical, what about the Nobel Peace Prize. This year, both Bush and Chirac have been nominated, but this hardly compares to 1938 when both Ghandi and Hitler recieved nominations. Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Ignoble peace prize
With the majority of their revenue coming from two partners who have destination sites and therefore can beat Overture down on revenue split (or ‘cost of traffic’ as Overture call it in SEC filings), Overture needs a destination site, but Google is way ahead of Altavista in terms of users. This consolidation is bad news for FAST, Microsoft could possibly buy them for MSN, but if inclined to buy at all they may look at AskJeeves. So what does the search space look like now: Google Syndicated and destination site search, paid listings (adwords) and relevance ranked search. Yahoo Syndicated (Inktomi) and destination site search, paid listings (they are probably thinking of building their own) and relevance ranked search. MSN Destination site search Overture Syndicated and destination site search (Altavista), paid listings and relevance ranked search. Possible acquisition targets: AskJeeves (Microsoft); FAST (Microsoft); Espotting (Overture or Google) Is this Overture’s…
The two most important things on the web are publishing and searching. Three and a half years ago when I stepped off the plane at SFO with my carpetbag, I had two meetings lined up, one with Autonomy and one with Evan Williams from Pyra, a search behemoth and a tiny publishing (actually collaboration software) startup. Pyra was more exciting. Evan and Meg Hourihan had developed a product that was designed for people who needed to update websites often and easily. To do this they had to produce a beautifully elegant piece of software. Blogger along with Manila seemed to point to something profound, what happens when the web becomes two-way. Weblog publishing tools allow you to create embedded meaning within documents and they embed that meaning where it is relevant – in the nugget of information that is published as opposed to a web page. RSS syndication and the…
A load of bull or bollocks, perhaps both. “The circus trapeze artist had tried to emasculate the man using the steel pincers after accusing him of having a relationship with his former girlfriend, a 46-year-old belly dancer who performed in the same circus.” Reuters, trapeze artist attack
“Among the highlights are commentated explanations of penguin procreation – along the lines of “Mr and Mrs Penguin then get it on together” – and an indiscreet peek at the zoo’s elephant “members,” according to Chan.” I’ve heard they even have some educated fleas. NEWS.com.au | Zoo offers Valentine’s sex tours (February 15, 2003)
“As it becomes evident something is approaching, the entire news staff will be placed on standby, even when you’re not working. In your off hours listen to KFBK, KGO, and KCBS, watch CNN, MSNBC. Not only will this help keep you posted on war and possible attacks you will find some terrific story ideas. News immersion. Watch, listen, read!” Internalmemos.com
“So while 3 launches on 03/03/03, I suspect we’ll be waiting until 06/06/06 before we really feel we’re part of something new.” Guardian Unlimited | Online | Preparing for 3G day
“Up to 10 million people on five continents are expected to demonstrate against the probable war in Iraq on Saturday, in some of the largest peace marches ever known.” Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | 10 million join world protest rallies