Leno on the Global Market
> Bill Gates made a speech earlier this week where he said that he was surprised
that more people aren't becoming computer programmers. Maybe that's because they
don't want to move to India.
Eric Scheske
Payola Redux
Today's hits are so gosh-awful bad. We figured big industry interests were
merely swaying public opinion through mass marketing (we've mentioned this in
connection with our American Idol criticism). Now, it appears much of it has
been just good ol' payola, of the Alan
Kiosk
Just a reminder: The TDE Kiosk is up. It is meant to be the electronic
equivalent of those big concrete pillars you find on college campuses, where
people post messages about frat parties, apartments for rent, stereos for sale,
whatever. We encourage commentary about our posts, new topics, advertisements
for
Communist Capitalist Confusion?
We find this fascinating:
> Suicide is the number one cause of death among people aged 20 to 35 in China,
where an estimated quarter of a million people a year -- or 685 a day -- take
their lives, state media said Monday.
> Each year an additional 2.5 million
Fitting
Many fraternities have become little better than drunken brothels. Why exclude
the segment of our population that appreciates loose living more than anyone?
> Five years since it appeared on campus, the gay fraternity at Arizona State
University has become the first national, collegiate-based organization of its
kind in
No Word Yet from William Hung
"She Bangs" singer Ricky Martin has promised Arab youths that he will defend
them in America:
> "I promise I will become a spokesperson, if you allow me to, a spokesperson on
your behalf. I will defend you and try to get rid of any stereotypes,"
Odd Consumer News
Man, we don't even own a camera phone yet, much less a tripod for it. When is
the first camera-phone art festival?
> Cellpod is a quick-attach, quick release tripod for your cell phone camera.
Cellpod is a product that is small enough to carry with
Humbled NBC
NBC has expressed regret about its horrible ratings. We wonder if it'll have an
effect on their humiliating and humorless treatment of Christianity, especially
Catholicism. Link
[http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/business/article.adp?id=20050724194809990004].
Excerpt:
> "OK, we're in fourth place ... what are
Scruton (It's Not a Salad Topping)
The Independent has run a delightful article on the conservative intellectual,
Roger Scruton. Link
[http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/interviews/article296509.ece].
Excerpt:
> "One of the great distinctions between the left and the right in the
intellectual world," says Scruton, who has held chairs in aesthetics
Unbelievable
The neo-cons at the White House are probably doing back flips and toasting
champagne:
> Actress and activist Jane Fonda says she intends to take a cross-country bus
tour to call for an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq.
> "I can't go