james replies to scoble on the issue of tablets versus pads of paper. i like the storytelling aspect of these "back and forth"s - "As to emailing, let me introduce Scoble to scanner technology. Cheap, easy to use, creates a nice document I can push anywhere I want. It allows me to use the *best tool for the job* (paper), and then send it along if I needd to. As to searching, maybe that's something he needs for these type of things - in my experience, such diagrams are mostly one-off exercises, rarely something I need to save. Certainly not enough to justify a Tablet."#

atrios links an essay from Bad Attitudes about Bush/Lies/etc - (who then links Belva Ann Prycel #

The editors and the producers were waiting for the body bags, simple as that. Only when the public began to ask its own questions about the war did the papers and the talking heads dare to pile on. Only then were the lies of Bush and his men seen as worthy of a full-court press.

Much the same thing happened in Vietnam, a fact little noted nor long remembered. By now the general perception is that the professional skeptics of the Saigon press corps kept throwing the ugly truth in our faces until finally we understood the folly of our leaders.

But most coverage of our engagement in Vietnam was supportive throughout most of the war. While many correspondents pointed out early on that we were waging the war stupidly, few argued that we shouldn't be waging it at all.

tracy address effectiveness - easy, good, fast - choose two.#

andrew grumet links an article about 3D printers - "In 10 years, you might be able to fax a toy car to a favorite niece or nephew. It could even be sooner than that." - and he makes me laugh with the comment, "Oh God, I can see it coming. Toy car EULAs. Toy car Napster. Toy car infringement lawsuits."#

new alertbox from Jakob, called Information Pollution - "Saying less often communicates more. Our lives are littered with extraneous details that smother salient information [...] Each little piece of useless chatter is relatively innocent, and only robs us of a few seconds. The cumulative effect, however, is much worse: we assume that most communication is equally useless and tune it out, thus missing important information that's sometimes embedded in the mess. [...] Most instruction manuals are littered with "important" warnings that caution against obvious stupidities, burying actual dangers amid a mass of irrelevancy. An out-of-control legal system has made a joke of the entire warnings concept; products are now less safe because nobody bothers to read warnings anymore." - *and the best part* - "The Web is a procrastination apparatus: It can absorb as much time as is required to ensure that you won't get any real work done. Sites overflow with either low-value stream-of-consciousness postings or bland corporatese. "#

tony - "britney murphy came over last night when i least expected it. and i know what you're going to say, "isnt she crazy?" but show me one person who isnt crazy and i'll show you someone who's so dull that its not even worth the time. [...] shes not crazy. shes hot. lots of people confuse the two."#