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C'mon over... LinkJim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1162350840835899792006-10-31T21:33:00.000-05:002007-05-14T12:19:29.772-04:00Busy as a Bee!Just a quick note to let everyone know that I started a new gig today as company cofounder and;Chief Marketing Officer / VP Business DevelopmentSwarmteams“Swarmteams™ is a unified global messaging platform that integrates internet and mobile phone communications to enhance the performance of teams, groups and social networks through intelligent sharing of information among member devices — Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1161283551014610682006-10-19T14:40:00.000-04:002006-10-19T14:45:51.040-04:00History of the PC in TV CommercialsHere's a great article from PCWorld that covers the history of the personal computer from the perspective of TV ads that ran throughout the years. Featured are Atari, Commodore, Coleco, Tandy, Apple, IBM, Packard Bell, Microsoft and others. The Ad above is a favorite of mine -- even thought it never mentions computers :-) Link via BoingBoing.Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1160844145783034252006-10-14T12:35:00.000-04:002006-10-19T13:06:08.300-04:00Lawyers... start your engines!With the dust settling on Google's acquisition of YouTube (in an all stock transaction last week) the boundaries of both business models and copyright law seem likely to get "reset" as massive media conglomerates (and the mandarins who run them) try to make sense out the emerging internet media landscape. This ought to be fun to watch...Link to VentureBeat.UPDATE: here's a Prof. Michael Geist Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1160427002822710802006-10-09T16:46:00.000-04:002006-10-09T16:51:37.796-04:00"GooTube" a done deal! Google to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock.Link to Yahoo! Finance (via Paul Kedrosky)Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1159891675817169072006-10-03T12:00:00.000-04:002006-10-09T14:52:37.146-04:00Surviving Midair CollisionThis is an amazing, harrowing and ultimately tragic story about surviving a midair collision -- which ultimately claimed 155 lives of the not so lucky. Link to report of the crash in Brasil.Link to NY Times with an excellent video piece.UPDATE: an interesting post from Philip Greenspun at Harvard.Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1159472267611024532006-09-28T15:35:00.000-04:002006-09-28T15:37:47.633-04:00When will the peanuts start to float?Richard Branson's SpaceShipTwo interior designs...Link to BoingBoingJim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1159305349474266632006-09-26T17:10:00.000-04:002006-10-09T14:53:34.323-04:00Human Cell AnimationWell, if any of you out there know a better way to exchange long protein strings, I'd sure like to see it ;-)Link to animation video.Link to BoingBoing post.Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1159193277583368012006-09-25T10:07:00.000-04:002006-10-09T14:58:00.620-04:00Clinton on Fox NewsVia the "Lost Remote" blog:"President Bill Clinton’s interview on Fox News Sunday is spreading like wildfire around the internet. (If you haven’t seen it yet, Clinton became upset when asked about bin Laden. “So you did Fox’s bidding on this show,” he told host Chris Wallace. “You did your nice little conservative hit job on me.”) Clearly, this is a viral video if there ever was one, yet the Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1159166969637631592006-09-25T02:47:00.000-04:002006-10-09T14:59:11.220-04:00Adobe Updater Updater UpdaterGotta love this Adobe dialogue box :-)Link via BoingBoing.Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1159166724006097172006-09-25T02:43:00.000-04:002006-10-09T14:59:42.693-04:00Steve Jobs goes "Boom"Via Wired "Cult of Mac" and "All ABout Steve"Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1158680383179576022006-09-19T11:36:00.000-04:002006-10-09T15:00:24.893-04:00Voting MachinesYeah, but what do those Princeton guys know about computers? ;-)Way to Go Professor Ed!(via Kevin Burton's FeedBlog)UPDATE: Prof. Felton responds to Diebold's response here.UPDATE: Rolling Stone has a related article here (via Engadget).Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1158609515932001662006-09-18T15:54:00.000-04:002006-10-09T15:00:58.486-04:00"White and Nerdy"Here's a little Wierd Al diddy that attempts to answer the musical question:"Kirk or Picard" ;-)(via Merlin @ 43Folders)Excerpt:First in my class here at MITGot skills, I’m a champion at D&DMC Escher - that’s my favorite MCKeep your 40, I’ll just have an Earl Grey teaMy rims never spin, to the contraryYou’ll find that they’re quite stationaryAll of my action figures are cherrySteven Hawking’s inJim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1157515276499977572006-09-05T23:54:00.000-04:002006-10-09T16:41:20.256-04:00Gordon LightfootIf you don't know Bob Lefsetz of "The Leftsetz Letter: First in Music Analysis" you should. It's a great blog and here's one of his Podcasts featuring the music of Gordon Lightfoot (with some interesting back stories) but hey, even before hearing it knew that the rights to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" are almost impossible to secure because Lightfoot donated all royalties to the survivingJim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1157509317829852942006-09-05T22:20:00.000-04:002006-09-05T22:21:57.860-04:00TubesockDownload YouTube videos to your iPod. Way cool.LinkJim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1157370792002451002006-09-04T07:45:00.000-04:002006-10-09T14:56:51.913-04:00PinotI watched "Sideways" again last night. What a brilliant film and screenplay, especially with lines like this, where Miles uses metaphor to subconciously describe himself to Mia:"Pinot is thin skinned, temperamental, ripens early, not a survivor, you know... like a cabernet, which can grow anywhere and thrive even when it's neglected. No, pinot needs constant care and attention. In fact it can Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1155829340001570362006-08-17T11:37:00.000-04:002006-08-17T11:42:20.160-04:00Marketing Terror / Managing AttentionA long and interesting hypothesis by Keith Olberman of MSNBC news via Kevin Burton's FeedBlog. Link to video.Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1155580614550228212006-08-14T14:32:00.000-04:002006-08-14T14:39:15.816-04:00Watching LebanonAn interesting New Yorker article (and worthwhile read) by Seymour Hersh. LinkJim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1155296728458133382006-08-11T07:37:00.000-04:002006-08-11T08:42:14.116-04:00The London PlotHere are a couple of interesting pieces on the foiled London bomb plot. Both touch on the issue of "emotionally potent oversimplifications" and the effect they have on us all. Personally, I subscribe to the concept of not being afraid.Link to an interesting video piece by Ze Frank (adult language). ">Link to a NY Times OpEd piece.(via Dave Winer)Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1155230090163763842006-08-10T13:09:00.000-04:002006-08-11T08:43:58.526-04:00Got Art?I just caught this browsing YouTube: A girl takes a picture of herself every day for three years. With the internet increasing in power and scope as a distribution platform, will user generated content like this lead to a kind of renaissance in art and communications? You be the judge.Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1155227152267243872006-08-10T12:19:00.000-04:002007-08-28T15:00:57.554-04:00Ontar-i-ar-i-ario!Here's some pretty cool vintage content (photos and videos) from the Government of Ontario, Ministry of Industry and Tourism's web page. I'm pretty sure I sang this song more than once on the way to the cottage when I was a kid ;-) Link to video. Link to main page (via Cory at BoingBoing).Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1155226380961600852006-08-10T12:11:00.000-04:002006-08-11T08:44:28.743-04:00Escher in LegoEscher's "Relativity" in Lego.Link via MeFi.Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933227.post-1154783595777686372006-08-05T09:07:00.000-04:002006-08-11T08:45:03.413-04:00Mein Kitty-KatHere's a great web site that absolutely delivers on what it promises. Link (via MeFi).A great example of user generated content.Jim Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09675412196437305014noreply@blogger.com