Posts from December, 2002

  • 11
    Dec    0

    Brian Finucane
    I read in my hometown daily that an Eastern Kentucky native was among the thirty-two Rhodes Scholarship winners. Brian Finucane was also a DJ at WRFL 88.1, UK’s student-run radio station. I was delighted to see a fellow WRFL alum receive such a prestigious award. He is currently a student at Cornell in Ithaca, NY. [...]
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  • 6
    Dec    1

    Enough Politics, Let’s Talk About Me
    I just Googled myself. Admit it–you’ve indulged in this sort of ego glorification too. It’s kind of surreal to read your own quotes from several years back. On April 1st, 1999, I was mad that the University of Kentucky didn’t have a link to our beloved college radio station on the school’s homepage. “But it [...]
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  • 5
    Dec    0

    Christopher Hitchens vs. Katha Pollitt
    Thanks to Brian N. for passing along this great exchange between Christopher Hitchens and Katha Pollitt. The subject matter surrounds Hitchens departure from The Nation, his disdain for neutralism and tolerance of tyranny, and his general disgust of some familiar luminaries. Some highlights… Hitchens: “I have been doing some work with the Iraqi and Kurdish [...]
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  • 4
    Dec    1

    Hook ‘em Horns
    Ziff Davis has obtained a peek at the current build of the Windows “Longhorn” OS. They conclude, “Based on our analysis, the next Windows desktop version should be riddled with XML, contain tighter integration with the web, and be even easier on the eyes. Alas, at this stage no extremely dramatic interface departures can be [...]
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  • 3
    Dec    1

    From Big Boom to Big Blue
    JACK NEWTON – AUSTIN,TX My former boss at Works, now he’s with IBM What do you miss about the dot-com era? The first thought which came to mind was the possibility that you could do anything ? any job you could talk yourself into ? as long as it brought value to the company. People [...]
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