Vanity Foul

Vanity Foul
Dedicated to the wanderings of an egotistical mind.

Friday April 08, 2005

Cookie Monster is a poor role model

Perhaps by now you've heard that Cookie Monster is changing his ways. Really, what kid takes C!M seriously; "hey, Cookie Monster stuffs his face with cookies, I will too". I grew up without Sesame Street (meaning I didn't watch it, though it was available) and I still stuffed my face with cookies whenever the opportunity presented itself!

Next they'll have Big Bird get a personal trainer, because he is rather wide at the hips you know.
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Thursday April 07, 2005

LYKFIP You, like, ya know, fucking, like, figure it out, ya know?
( Apr 07 2005, 02:54:48 PM ) Humor? Permalink
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Friday April 01, 2005

Introducing: Multilogue

So if a monologue is one person talking, and dialogue is two people talking, what's a multilogue? [What's Your Brand Mantra?]

I like it!
( Apr 01 2005, 02:30:54 PM ) Technology Permalink
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Monday March 28, 2005

on cybersquatting and trademark violation

Last night I stayed up far too late reading the interesting case of a wrongly-accused cybersquatter (that is to say, he was not squatting). Warning: about halfway through the case I started skimming, and it still took me over 3 hours to read.

This case is of particular interest to me because several years ago I set up a "convenience" site for a local paper. They are well known by an abbreviated name, but had never registered a domain name under that alias. So I registered it and provided a link to the official site. I provided a paragraph at the top explaining that it was not the official site followed by the link.

Where I erred was in providing weather information, games, and even a link to that paper's competition (further down the page). In any case, when I received the inevitable cease-and-desist I did so. I knew I was on weak ground, and cancelled my ownership of the domain name. I even suggested to the paper's attorney that they should recommend their client purchase the domain once the registration cleared. They never did, and now I see it belongs to a real-estate company in New York (not local).

Idiots.

Thanks go to Boing Boing for pointing out the case, and check out Seth Godin's take.
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Friday March 18, 2005

gu·ru (goo' roo, goo roo')

n. [Unix] An expert. Implies not only wizard skill but also a history of being a knowledge resource for others.[Dictionary.com]

Mike West is my javascript hero. Seriously, this guy displays some wicked javascript chops and creates something useable:

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Empty Post Day? Is this "Empty Post Day" and nobody told me? This is the second empty post I've seen in my aggregator today.
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RIP Andre Norton

I am saddened to hear that Andre Norton has died. I've only read a couple of her books, and she was far from my favorite author, but she was a prolific influence on the SciFi/Fantasy genre.
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