30 Sep 2004
INdTV:
TV can be better. Much better.
Want to see more than just reality television? Tired of news outlets that cover celebrity trials instead of tackling critical questions? Bored with shows that don’t challenge or engage you? So are we.
The sad reality of TV is that young adult viewers are coveted, but not really asked to participate. You can be characters, but rarely creators. We want to change all that. And with your help, we will create shows that are bold, irreverent, intelligent and relevant to the passions and experiences of our audience.
They have the delivery problem licked. If I was planning on starting a new show I would look into setting up a system with ASUS DigiMatrix boxen (you can get them ready to go at cappuccinopc for $583.00) + RSS + BitTorrent, and you’d be set. Wait a year or two and that $538 will be more like $50 and you really have something.
29 Sep 2004
I’ve often seen people post their Myers-Briggs test results, as if it would somehow explain who they are to the rest of the world. Salon has an interview with the author of a book that it’s BS, that many personality the test don’t match up to reality.
[Q: ] Or when a test indicates someone would be a successful employee, you’d check to see whether that person turned out to be successful or not?
[A: ] Yes, you’d want to compare what the test said to real-world results.
The other criterion, reliability, is when a test delivers consistent results when given to the same person on a repeated basis. There again, a lot of personality tests are very unreliable, in part because people are complicated and dynamic and do change over time and according to situation. Proponents of the Myers-Briggs will tell you that your personality type, as represented by the four dimensions, is inborn and unchanging. But in fact, research shows that when given more than once to the same person, as many as 75 percent of test takers will get a different personality type on the second administration.
10 Sep 2004
The Reloader
A Java based project to capture and review critical ammunition reloading information for rifles, pistols, and shotguns. Also supports printing of barcoded labels offering critical load data at a glance while sorting through your boxes of ammo.
Information management for the 2nd amendment aficionado. Maybe we need a new Tove topic: “Other/Gun Nut”.
03 Aug 2004
My Beef With Big Media by Ted Turner
The FCC says that we have more media choices than ever before. But only a few corporations decide what we can choose. That is not choice. That’s like a dictator deciding what candidates are allowed to stand for parliamentary elections, and then claiming that the people choose their leaders.
02 Aug 2004
Firefox (and all other browsers I know) are missing a feature that I would find really useful when I upload stuff via a HTML form: How much longer will it take? There is no progress bar with an ETA. There is a bug about this on bugzilla, and I’d like you to go vote for it. Maybe if you are a c++ god and have some time you could make a patch.
Me? C++ would explode my brain (I know I’ve tried).