Wednesday, April 09, 2003

Geek Chic: Java Roundup I) Java Ranch   If you are new to Java, like me, mosey on over to the Java Ranch, pardner, and git yourself a heapin helping of their hospitality. Discussion boards. Tutorials. Book reviews and more. All served up in a right friendly atmosphere. It's a popular stopover for Java greenhorns. II) Jbuilder 8 is out! Do these Borland people ever sleep? The latest version of their excellent Java IDE is out. A free personal edition can be downloaded after you register. 8:13:18 PM    comment [] Conspiracy Nation (Jay Kinney) "It used to be that an interest in conspiracies (real or otherwise) was restricted to the rather recondite circles of conspiracy buffs and the miniscule milieus of the far left and right. Ordinary folks just took the world at face value, trusted the official version of things, and went about their lives. However, at some hard-to-determine point in the past ten or fifteen years, what was once a rarified perception that "things ain't what they seem" has spread through the general population. Today, a bubbling brew of cynicism and suspicion seems the cocktail of choice for millions." Jay Kinney's article ("The State of the Conspiracy Nation", pg. 38- 40) in the Spring 2003 issue of the Whole Earth Review, presents 20 or so links to conspiracy oriented sites. I am providing the links below as a public service. Be warned: the sites herein range from the sensibly concerned about real issues to out and out wack jobs. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to tell me which are which. Submitted for your approval: Conspiracy Nation   CentrExNews.com - Alternative News   Guerrilla News Network   Consortiumnews.com   The SPECTRUM Website Deep Black Lies Centre for Research on Globalization   Crank Dot Net ("cranks, crackpots, kooks, and loons on the Web" -- extensive links to even more strangeness)   Digital National Security Archive Online, Home Page   From The Wilderness Publications on the web @ www.copvcia.com   New Dawn Magazine Home Page   Online Journal   Real History Archives Home Page   Sierra Times.com - Welcome to the News Ranch! 7:49:11 PM    comment [] "The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars. One of the basic and difficult lessons every artist must learn is that even the failed pieces are essential." (SOURCE: Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils and Rewards of Artmaking, David Bayles and Ted Orland. 2001, The Image Consortium Press) 3:52:20 PM    comment []

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