February 2002 Sixty-five posts

• 24-Feb-2002
  I have a Bacon number of 3. I checked it with The Oracle of Bacon at Virginia. I was an extra in Up From the Depths (1979) with Sam Bottoms Sam Bottoms was in Gardens of Stone (1987) with Elias Koteas Elias Koteas was in Novocaine (2001) with Kevin Bacon Therefore, my Bacon number is 3. What’s this about?

  Elias KoteasKevin BaconSam Bottomsvia-bloggerVirginia
• 23-Feb-2002
  The Long Con: Enron. Enron Designed Fake Trading Floor – Former Employee Claims No Trades Transpired. ( via Tom Tomorrow ) See also: The Sting, The Grifters. Amazing and appalling behavior. The lesson? The bigger the lie, the more likely it will be believed.

  Enronvia-blogger
• 23-Feb-2002
  Bebe Advertisements Site Updated and Moved. One of the most searched for things on this site is for “Bebe Ads.” Some time ago I became, well, obsessed about the wonderful photography contained in bebe ads. I’ve added some new ones, notably of Yamila Diaz, Nina Brosh, and Isabeli Fontana. I’ve also given them a home under the “fansite” directory of this...

  advertisingAOLartlung.combebebebe-adsCox.netvia-blogger
• 22-Feb-2002
  On a somber note. Chuck Jones, masterful maestro of many merrie melodies — which is to say many Warner Bros. Cartoons — died today. He will be missed. May his work live on.

  Chuck Jonesvia-bloggerWarner Bros
• 22-Feb-2002
  Terrorist -> Hippy E.T. The Extra Terrestrial’s questionable changes. No sir, I don’t like it. Clean the thing up. Don’t butcher it! What the hell are you thinking Steve?

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• 22-Feb-2002
  Ennui Jenny’s third day away. The cat looks at me like a detective — “What have you done with her?” he seems to ask. He looks at the front door with circumspection. This will be a brief trip for Jenny, but her absence is definitely felt here in our humble household.. On the upside, I’m getting...

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• 21-Feb-2002
  She’s Talking About Me! (source) Baby boomers–the cohort for whom Golden Age authors evoke fond recollections of childhood–currently dominate sf production and consumption. This supersized slice of the demographic pie has exerted hegemony over the pace and direction of cultural change for decades, but the Age of the Internet and the New Economy have, it seems to me, begun...

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• 21-Feb-2002
  Preach it Brotha! Scott Andrew speaks up for those who work the client side. Amen. I’m an odd case now, as I fit in both the server and client sides of the equation. But I like what he has to say about client-side experts. Lots of nuance on the client-side. It’s generally underestimated by those whose focus is...

  Scott Andrewvia-bloggerweb work
• 21-Feb-2002

  
  My big ol’ head… on avencom.com. Update February 2010: Since Avencom is gone, here’s what that screen looked like back in 2002, thanks Internet Archive!:

  AVENCOMphotosscreenshotvia-blogger
• 21-Feb-2002
  Referer vs. Referrer, Part II. Links inbound to this blog are now available.

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