http://www.jcg3.org Ramblings... nonsensical ramblings... wildly nonsensical ramblings... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:43:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you were wondering... it was "pop" where I grew up. Pop vs. Soda. http://www.jcg3.org/2008/08/pop-vs-soda/ http://www.jcg3.org/2008/08/smart-car-sighting/ From the NY Times: When Americans were asked in a 2007 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press to name the journalist they most admired, Mr. Stewart, the fake news anchor, came in at No. 4, tied with the real news anchors Brian Williams ... http://www.jcg3.org/2008/08/the-most-trusted-journalist-in-america/ Holy crap that's big. http://www.jcg3.org/2008/08/burj-dubai-2/ We've seen quite a few interesting things from China's government and the Olympic planning committee, but this one is not too surprising... From MaoXian: It’s worth noting that the “Hymn to the Motherland” sung (er, lip-synched) at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics was abbreviated, in part cutting out this ... http://www.jcg3.org/2008/08/who-invades-us-will-be-killed/ From Stratfor... The Georgian news Web site Civil.ge claims that it is “under permanent DDOS attack,” referring to a distributed denial of service attack that attempts to overwhelm a server’s capacity. After assistance from Google and Estonian computer security experts, it is now being hosted temporarily on a Blogspot ... http://www.jcg3.org/2008/08/russian-cyber-warfare/ Neat... the latest version of the iPod alarm clock rotates with your iPod Touch... so you can watch your videos while the iPod is in landscape mode. Note that it's not for iPhones... http://www.jcg3.org/2008/08/cool-speakers/ In case you're looking for a calendar sync-ing tool, Calgoo is now free. http://www.jcg3.org/2008/07/calgoo/ From Minyanville: http://www.jcg3.org/2008/07/5-stages-of-grief/ Let the mobile blogging begin... http://www.jcg3.org/2008/07/iphone/