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Some Knowledge is Power links:

  • How to write a UN resolution "United Nations resolutions follow a common format. Each resolution has three parts: the heading, the preamble and the operative clauses. It is one long sentence with commas and semicolons throughout the resolution and with a period at the very end." via growlers, who has a good post on the language of the lastest from the UN, including a randomly generated resolution. "For entertainment purposes only. Please do not submit these resolutions to the actual UN Security Council. Any resemblance of the draft resolution above to any actual resolutions is purely coincidental. To my knowledge, the UN Security Council has not authorized any of this. But then again, consensus on the Council is at a premium right now, and it does take nine votes to authorize things."
  • Artificially intelligent IA Improving the Information Architecture of your Movable Type entries. "The changes detailed above tell Movable Type to build date-based directories for your archives and name the archive files according to the title of your entry."
  • Social Science at 190MPH This First Monday article from a few years ago is a good primer on NASCAR's restrictor plate race dynamics, and how it applies to complexity theory, social network analysis, game theory and everyday life. Found linked in Slate's article "Fortune 500, Meet Daytona 500 What NASCAR can teach us about business" which focuses on the First Monday paper.

2_27_03 #

Snow

Now I know the east coast is having trouble dealing with it, and my parents are snowbound in a Connecticut casino, but I am a little upset that Chicago missed out on the fun, and my town of Evanston got nothing. Ever since I've moved from NJ, it seems that they get all the fun snow storms.

curiousLee has some nice pictures that make me jealous, as well as some links to others who have pictures. Even Deb took a break from foodblogging to shoot the snow.

Google buys Pyra

I really don't have anything to say about this news, other than I'm sure this will been seen as a milestone in the history of the Web. Evan explains: "to have access to these amazing resources (not just money, and servers, and bandwidth, and traffic, and the index, but incredible brains) is a dream scenario." Some interesting comments over at blogroots.

2_18_03 #

Random Links

Still Yet More random links

2_12_03 #

Random Links

More random links

  • A new Corante blog: Amateur Hour: the "me" in media "Whether blogging, creating flash animations, web commix or inventive hybrids, more and more people are turning off their TV and being inspired to make cool stuff instead. "
  • Chicago Tribune's hipness test via rah
  • That rabbit girl Smart, current Chicago blog on art and books
  • Damn, I forgot to celebrate Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

2_03_03 #


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A Weblog is a regularly updated page that links to other sites of interest to the Weblog author. The author of this Weblog is a male Web designer working in Chicago. The theme of this Weblog is the broad, vague concept of knowledge as power. The technology and art of the Web will be probably be the dominant theme, but any piece of information worth knowing will be considered. The more we know about the changing technology of the Web, and the information it provides, the more power we have over it. Knowing there's an airsickness bag museum that we can reference at any time makes us that much smarter than the common human. Unlike most blogs, KIPlog has no plan for daily updates and no dated entries, although the horizontal rules under each entry contains a mouseover dateline if you really want to know when I posted something. I find the best stuff during my own travels through the Web, but find most of the links on other blogs. I only give credit if I feel a blog has done an outstanding service by finding the link. The credit should really go to the content creator.

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Acquiring these links is a time-consuming task so any suggestions are appreciated since they increase the value and diversity of information provided here. I don't just want to copy links from other blogs and feature them here. Since I started this blog 3 years ago, I've discovered the most time consuming part of blogging, is the actual process of understanding and commenting on the things I find. The most valuable part of this whole experience has been when someone who knows what they're talking about sets me straight.



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