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April 18 to 24, 2005
Holographic storage technology is s
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ly making progress...
April 11 to 17, 2005
"A new generation of f
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er children keeps psychedelic folk alive...
April 4 to 10, 2005
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-power FM (LPFM) radio, devised by the FCC to provide an alternative to corporate-centric radio, is now being dominated by Christian radio networks, effectively limiting the diversity of loca...
The original article is gone, but traditional librarians are wondering what do to about the new "millenial" generation that is impatient with the s
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ness of research via paper...
The book "Shadow Cities" describes squatter cities - they end up being cleaner and safer than
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-income housing developments...
President Bush's approval rating is the
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est ever for a 2nd-term president. J-Walk provides a nice graph...
With 99% confidence, researchers have found that planetary biodiversity comes and goes roughly every 62 million years, and may be due to astrophysical causes. Looking at the graph, I think we're at ...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
What b
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s my mind is that many of the documents I examined and commented on came from the 1992 hypertext www-talk archives, which I helped archive in the first place, using software that I wrot...
For Web developers - this new simple PHP Bayesian filter al
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s one to develop spam filters, categorization tools, and technology that learns by example...
A small fake survey led 94% of respondents to give enough information to al
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a thief to empty their bank accounts...
Most streets in the U.S. named after Martin Luther King have turned out to be dead-end
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-income crack alleys...
March 21 to 27, 2005
No doubt the movie has star attraction (Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Streisand), but I like to think that people enjoy plots in which uptight conservative people (in this case, a paranoid ex-CIA operative...
March 14 to 20, 2005
New technology al
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s the paralyzed to move and communicate by thinking...
And here's photos of all those wildf
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ers that have been blooming in Death Valley lately...
March 7 to 13, 2005
Andrew Sullivan observes how the iPod is isolating society. Well, how about al
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ing others to listen to your iPod wirelessly, Apple? Unite the world with music...
A stylish (if s
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) way to browse photos...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
More on T-Mobile's security - an undocumented backdoor in their systems al
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ed a hacker to gain access to extremely confidential customer information, including people's data from their Sidekicks...
February 14 to 20, 2005
New groovy stuff from the DEMO 2005 conference! Here's Bubbler, an app that al
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s you to make your own multimedia blogs, from Five Across...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
While I'm on a rant, why can't digital camera makers emulate the design of the iPod and al
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charging via the USB/firewire cable? I hate having to buy a separate cradle and power brick just fo...
"World's Glaciers S
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ly Disappearing"...
January 24 to 30, 2005
How about a wi-fi cafe combined with a print-on-demand bookstore? Now that so many book sales are online, how about putting the bookstore in the cafe instead of the cafe in the bookstore? A suitabl...
Scientists have succeeded in turning stem cells into nerve cells. This may al
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cures for those with nervous system injuries and diseases...
Amazon adds 20 million pictures of storefronts to its Yel
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Pages search...
Bio-nanofibers and bio-luminescent transistors are al
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ing the development of transparent, flexible displays...
Tag graphing al
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s people to see relationships between topically-sorted content on the Web...
Using Skype (voice over the Internet), John Perry Bar
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was called at random by two young women, one in Vietnam and one in Korea, wanting to learn how to speak English. Here's his reflections on "th...
Whole-grain foods are becoming an industry trend. Wonder Bread now makes a whole-grain alternative, fol
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ing "unprecedented consumer interest in healthier foods"...
January 17 to 23, 2005
* I put the thing through some heavy stress tests (Logic, Pages, iPhoto) and it never got too hot or unbearably s
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. Here's some benchmarks...
Were Robert Johnson's recordings deliberately made faster? S
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his music by 20% to match actual guitar pitch and you get a whole new perspective on his amazing talents...
January 1 to 9, 2005
The State of Virginia al
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s hybrid cars to drive in high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, and this has led to so many hybrid vehicles being bought that now Virginia's HOV lanes are clogged with the...
Fluid f
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simulation software is now open source. Implications for cheaper environmental studies and wind/water energy generation prototypes...
December 6 to 12, 2004
The sparkline PHP graphing library al
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s Web designers to convey large sets of information in a compact, useful way...
John Perry Bar
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's fight against Homeland Security may set a legal precedent regarding searches...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
The most inclusive church ad I've seen is refused by TV stations due to controversy - the ad depicts the church al
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ing blacks, the disabled, and gays...
A new consumer surveillance tool al
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s people to view satellite images of the ground at a resolution of two feet...
Meditation proven to
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er blood pressure...
"Researchers compost old mobile phones & transform them into f
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ers"...
Scientists figure out how to make hydrogen from sunf
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er oil. Does this mean that one day I'll be able to power my car from my cell phone compost pile...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Meanwhile, here's an article on the democratic effects of the "blog revolution" in China. "...the information f
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in the blogosphere has its own Way. The Way is our strategy: personal, fast...
The worldwide effects of the sinking dollar, now at a nine-year
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November 8 to 14, 2004
Transmit your own TV station via
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-power TV broadcasting...
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" - a former respected international banker admits to helping the U.S. cheat poor countries out of trillions, al
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ing for economic takeover...
Communities offering "zero-energy homes" are popping up that al
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homeowners to cut as much as 90% off their utility bill...
"Biodiesel fuel attracts loyal fol
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ing in Islands"...
November 1 to 7, 2004
The Younger Generation Speaks Out http://www.jluster.org/entry/ok-this-is-so-going-to-b
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-u...
Boeing's high-tech 7E7 jetliner slated for a 2008 launch will finally al
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cabin humidity to approach humane levels...
iPodder al
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s you to browse audio feeds via RSS and download them to your iPod. For Mac and Windows...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Hypoallergenic cats and g
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ing deer...
A new prototype medical robot that's supposed to crawl through your intestines? Seems a little hard to swal
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...
October 4 to 10, 2004
The State of Hawaii just launched the "Hawai'i Business Express", which al
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s one to start a business easily online via all the relevant departments. Unfortunately, ending a business is still ...
More news on efforts to restore coral reefs via
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voltage currents, and sad statistics on worldwide coral deaths...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
The genuinely scary "Wacko Jacko" mask: http://www.frightcatalog.com/Hal
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een-Masks/Miscellaneous+Masks/36057_Wacko%2DJacko%2DMask.htm...
September 20 to 26, 2004
Using animal scents - rats for disasters and dogs for cancer: http://news.independent.co.uk/
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_res/story.jsp?story=565125&host=3&dir=5...
September 13 to 19, 2004
A new travel survey "found Hawaii consistently fell be
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most competitor destinations in offering good value for the money and unspoiled beauty. Also, Japanese visitors did not view the islands a...
A new radio modem is the size of a credit card and al
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s encrypted communications with a 40 mile range...
Spreading political activism in Colombia via dynamic
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-power radio networks on bikes...
September 5 to 12, 2004
It's good to know that some people keep things secret (and sacred). Here's the popular article and its fol
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up...
August 22 to 29, 2004
A new p2p network al
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s hospitals to share patient information...
An experiment reviving coral reefs with
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-voltage electrical current receives "remarkable results"...
August 15 to 22, 2004
RIAA lawsuits causing agony, "unexpected twists": http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/08/20/s
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_moving_lawsuits_over_music_downloads_producing_court_twists...
August 8 to 14, 2004
A good first step: lofts are al
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ed back in Chinatown! My grandmother was born in a Chinatown loft (which is now Soullenz Gallery) in 1917, above the old family store. Without mixed-use development...
New algorithms al
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projectors to project clearly on any surface, such as wallpaper and curtains...
August 2 to 8, 2004
New foot pontoons actually al
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you to walk on water. Great for fishing, water testing, workouts, and tourism...
All manner of new stamps have been appearing! The first stamps to use lenticular printing (which gives an interlaced 3D effect)...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
In the meantime, check it out. I've got searching, archives, topic filters, and an RSS feed for syndication. You can search for things like "nytimes 2003 tech", which searches for all technology item...
Water molecules can now be moved with light, al
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ing the rapid testing of blood and other liquids...
SecuritySpy - This Mac-based software al
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s one to install a cheap multi-cam security system for many thousands less than traditional systems...
July 12 to 18, 2004
Recent progress in 3D visualization technology al
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s "virtual excavation", in this case, the ability to completely examine the contents of a 3,000 year-old mummy without touching it...
During the summer, Office Depot is al
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ing people to drop off and recycle one electronics product per day, for free...
July 5 to 11, 2004
(
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quality, QuickTime, 24MB...
Sumo - a huge bed-sized pil
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June 28 to July 4, 2004
Here's a g
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ing piece on Firefox from Slate: "Are the Browser Wars Back?...
A new hypersensitive sensor has been developed in Israel, al
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ing heart readings from "several feet away" without physical contact...
This device al
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s you to swap out your car CD changer for an iPod and use it like a huge CD changer, with your existing controls...
June 21 to 27, 2004
Fol
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ing AT&T and BT, giant telco SBC Communications is moving to an all-IP network...
Real-time file sharing music popularity results reside at BigChampagne - this b
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s SoundScan out of the water, or could if the RIAA doesn't sue everybody...
June 7 to 13, 2004
Fol
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ing in the footsteps of AT&T, telephone giant BT is transforming its entire phone network to using IP (Internet) protocol...
"Bringing [wolves] back to Yel
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stone has triggered a cascade of unanticipated changes in the park's ecosystem...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
Hebrew U. researchers have devised a method that al
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s people to use a type of password that they don't have to consciously remember...
A new coating al
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s glass to be self- cleaning and non-fogging. It may help eliminate detergents in streams due to window washing...
An innovative new music video by up-and-coming musician Sam Bisbee. I don't know about the music, but this effect has never been done with live video before (I believe it was pioneered in the Beatles...
May 24 to 30, 2004
Beautiful photos from the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival, where it's be
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freezing over half the year...
May 10 to 16, 2004
In 18 months Kaufmann designed six versions of her prefab "Glidehouse", making use of recyclable, energy-efficient materials. It's designed to accommodate solar panels and looks and feels like ...
More groovy green efforts from San Francisco: an ink jet cartridge recycler and an industrial composting company. This is a great model for cities to fol
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to get small businesses recycling compos...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
Before you laugh, try a little thinking outside of the box: Hawaii needs
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-cost housing solutions - how about using used shipping containers? Many well-designed structures have been made worldwide...
April 19 to 25, 2004
A fel
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dot-com veteran invents a new "Clip-n-Seal" product in hopes that it will finally get him out of Web design...
April 12 to 18, 2004
The name for it is 3M Novec 1320, an "advanced halon replacement" - it also has "
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toxicity and environmental impact"...
April 5 to 11, 2004
Here's Wing (sorry, not Wings). For your own protection, limit yourself to one of any of the fol
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ing songs...
"The share of the economic pie going to wages and salaries has plummeted to just over 50%, its
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est level in at least the past 50 years, and perhaps longer....
Bioengineered weed-killer resistant grass is being tested on golf courses. Unless trimmed regularly, it may f
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er and spread to public areas...
March 31, 2004
While the islands have seen a few distinctive architects that were compelled, nurtured, and influenced by Hawaii's natural environment - Dickey, Ossipoff, Morgan - the last 40 years has been witnes...
Hawaii Kai is one of the most garish neighborhoods I've seen. Hawaii is not Greece, Italy, or Hollywood. So why build faux (stucco, fenced-in, highly paved) structures which are neither here no...
These projects are perfect for Hawaii - they are
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-cost, replaceable, expandible/evolveable, tough, and designed beautifully with a sense of environment. A number of them incorporat...
Hawaii construction and typical apartment developments use a lot of concrete, a material that John Lautner considered "most desireable" for his needs. But these developments often end up being block...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
Although expensive, mechanized parking is perfect for high-density areas
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on space. Someone in Honolulu urban planning should at least take a look at the data...
March 15 to 21, 2004
It's emerging as a serious childhood health threat in Australia, likely with other European and Western societies to fol
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...
Although silly bills are introduced all the time, this one's a whopper: "To al
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Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States Supreme Court...
March 8 to 14, 2004
...so here's a pill that al
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s you to do it - it speeds weight loss and helps smokers kick the habit at once...
These fake tattoo sleeves look pretty cool - would be great for Hal
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een, parties, or fitting in at the local biker bar...
A new sonic "construction set" has been released freely online which contains clips art and samples and breaks from the hip-hop artist Jay-Z. This al
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s people to create their own albums based o...
March 1 to 7, 2004
The first car designed by women for women was launched at the Geneva Auto Show, with emphasis on comfort, storage, and
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maintenance...
February 23 to 29, 2004
Face recognition technology will be incorporated into the MPEG-7 standard, al
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ing one to retrieve a scene with a specific person in a 24-hour video in one second. Of course, this has far-reachin...
February 16 to 22, 2004
Exposure To
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-level Magnetic Fields Causes DNA Damag...
(Also, if you have an iPod, note that a hack is likely forthcoming that will al
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them to play Windows Media files)...
February 9 to 15, 2004
(from Jan 3) Now that Oahu only has two art-house movie venues (with one whose fate is uncertain), will people be able to see movies like the ones be
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in the future? Or will we have to downloa...
A movie with four vignettes that explore what it means to be human in a world where robots are commonplace. It won the "Special Jury Award for Emotional Truth" at the Florida Film Festival as well a...
January 19 to 25, 2004
Amazon.com now al
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s you to contribute funds to presidential candidates with the ease of 1-click shopping...
December 29 to January 4, 2004
Happy New Year! S
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news week though...
December 22 to 28, 2003
Hope everyone had a happy 2003! Kev's News is now six months old. (Obligatory holiday picture link be
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)...
December 1 to 7, 2003
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-wage life is getting much worse for Americans: "Myths and Realities About
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-Wage Jobs"...
November 17 to 23, 2003
The first genetically engineered pet goes on sale - g
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-in-the-dark fish (called GloFish)...
October 27, 2003
"How I Met My Wife" - a mind-b
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ing play on words...
October 14, 2003
The main point of this is that now a single computer can replace an entire cellular tower's worth of expensive equipment. This means smaller installations and better coverage to rural areas. Plus i...
October 6, 2003
I was thinking about replacing my old Devo costume for Hal
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een and decided to see what was out there on the Web. A store with a very good selection is Hal
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een Mart, with decent prices as well...
August 12, 2003
S
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news week. Most of the new good stuff popped up today. This week's theme: trends on the edge of culture...
(Note: the Cacophony Society helped start the Burning Man - I had a great Hal
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een party at their "headquarters" once...
As people begin their life as a captured stream of digital documents, we'll be seeing more of this. A great idea would be to create software that al
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s people to create lifelong free-form digita...
July 8, 2003
I can't provide a link to this information since the sites in question are undergoing heavy traffic. So the text is be
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