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<p><a href="https://gmail.google.com/gmail">gmail</a> is now successfully <a href="http://veganstraightedge.com/articles/2006/07/10/4/gmail-help-straight-dissing-me/">popping down</a> for <a href="mailto:veganstraightedge@gmail.com">me</a>. rock.</p>
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<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/tofuequalslove">http://feeds.feedburner.com/tofuequalslove</a>
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<p><a href="http://news.com.com/Firefox+cutting+into+IEs+lead/2100-1025_3-5463513.html?part=rss&tag=5463513&subj=news.1025.5">this</a> reminds me of <a href="http://www.parascope.com/mx/wtoseattle/wtoseattle10.htm">this</a>.</p>
<p> kind of.</p>
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<ul>
<li>
<strong>one app to find them all, and in the darkness bind them.</strong>
<ul>
<li>open to anyone. dependent on no one.</li>
<li>like mac os x's <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/softwareupdates.html">Software Update</a>
</li>
<li>extensible</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<strong>simple plugin interface</strong>
<ul>
<li>format<br>
<code>
<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<application>
<name>Delicious Library</name>
<host>delicious-monster.com</host>
<updateInfoURI>http://delicious-monster.com/softwareUpdate/update.xml</updateInfoURI>
</application>
</pre>
</code>
</li>
<li>optional nodes<br>
<code>
<pre>
<updateFrequency>daily</updateFrequency>
<updateFrequency>weekly</updateFrequency>
<updateFrequency>monthly</updateFrequency>
<requiredMinimumVersion>2.0</requiredMinimumVersion>
<requiredMinimumUpdated>20040118</requiredMinimumUpdated>
</pre>
</code>
</li>
<li>plugins by users or developers (partying together)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<strong>server side : update.xml</strong>
</li>
<ul>
<li>single app<br>
<code>
<pre>
<host name="delicious-monster.com">
<application>
<name>Delicious Library</name>
<updated>20041118</updated>
<version>1.0.5</version>
<updateURI>http://delicious-monster.com/downloads/DeliciousLibrary.dmg</updateURI>
</application>
</host>
</pre>
</code>
</li>
<li>multiple apps<br>
<code>
<pre>
<host name="ranchero.com.com">
<application>
<name> NetNewsWire</name>
<updated>20041022</updated>
<version>2.0b6</version>
<updateURI>http://ranchero.com/downloads/NetNewsWire2.0b6.dmg.gz</updateURI>
</application>
<application>
<name>MarsEdit</name>
<updated>20041116</updated>
<version>1.0b12</version>
<updateURI> http://ranchero.com/downloads/MarsEdit1.0b12.dmg.gz </updateURI>
</application>
</host>
</pre>
</code>
</li>
<li>optional nodes<br>
<code>
<pre>
<updateFrequency>daily</updateFrequency>
<updateFrequency>weekly</updateFrequency>
<updateFrequency>monthly</updateFrequency>
<requiredMinimumVersion>2.0</requiredMinimumVersion>
<requiredMinimumUpdated>20040118</requiredMinimumUpdated>
<endOfLife>true</endOfLife>
<endOfLife>false</endOfLife>
</pre>
</code>
</li>
</ul>
<li>
<strong>download prefs</strong>
</li>
<ul>
<li>respect server side unless overwritten client side by user</li>
<li>update frequency : all items</li>
<ul>
<li>daily</li>
<li>weekly</li>
<li>monthly</li>
<li>manually</li>
</ul>
<li>enable / disable : item specific</li>
<li>auto download : item specific</li>
<li>auto download : item specific</li>
<li>admin password : save in keychain (BOOL)</li>
</ul>
<li>
<strong>auto open files</strong>
</li>
<ul>
<li>resolve decompression</li>
<ul>
<li>if zip, gz, tar, et al : decompress internally</li>
<li>if sit, sitx : farm out to stuffitexpander</li>
</ul>
<li>replace old version</li>
<li>backup older version pref (BOOL)</li>
<li>keep originals pref (BOOL)</li>
</ul>
<li>
<strong>issues to work out</strong>
</li>
<ul>
<li>initial lastUpdated date for each app</li>
<ul>
<li>from the app's 'date modified' data?</li>
<li>sounds like good enough to me</li>
</ul>
<li>xml namespaces</li>
<ul>
<li>are namespaces necessary?</li>
<li>beneficial?</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<li>
<strong>benefits</strong>
</li>
<ul>
<li>for users</li>
<ul>
<li>easy maintenance</li>
<li>stay up to date</li>
<li>open to all apps</li>
<li>
<a href="http://growl.info/">growl notifications</a>
</li>
</ul>
<li>for developers</li>
<ul>
<li>can easily migrate existing check for update systems</li>
<li>inexpensive deployment</li>
<li>inexpensive maintenance</li>
<li>inexpensive bandwidth</li>
<li>keeps user base up to date</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
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<p>software update for non apple products. when? someone should make this. i wish i had the time to do it.</p>
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<p>i have an sickness. it's called LGS or in technical terms: "latest greatest syndrome." i'll admit it. because of this ailment of LGS, i'm always on the lookout for little apps that can make my computing life better, more efficient, more productive, prettier, et al. </p>
<p>i recently did a clean wipe and rebuild of my mac. in doing so i always wipe away all the apps i've installed, tried, never used again. and i also try to migrate to the apps that i've been meaning to but was <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=trepidacious">trepidacious</a> for some reason or another. so here's the rundown of what's changed and what i like about said changes.</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="http://jumsoft.com/process/">process</a> in, <a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnioutliner/">omnioutliner</a> out</li>
<li> <a href="http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/">quicksilver</a> in, <a href="http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html">launchbar</a> out</li>
<li> <a href="http://panic.com/candybar/">candybar</a> in, ...nothing had to go for that</li>
<li> <a href="http://ecto.kung-foo.tv/">ecto</a> in for <a href="http://veganstraightedge.com/articles/2004/11/19/1/i-love-you-secret-admirer/">about two seconds</a>
</li>
<li>
safari inputManagers:
<ul>
<li> safariSource </li>
<li> sogudi </li>
<li> PithHelmet </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> subethaedit updated</li>
<li> delicious monster </li>
</ul>
<h3>ok, the rundown.</h3>
<p>
delicious monster
delicious monster is sweet. everything i expected it to be. they updated, almost right away, to 1.0.5. just bug fixes. but important ones.
</p>
<p>
subethaedit udpated
subethaedit was awesome to begin with. the collaboration mechanism is awesome. local network. over internet. whatever. solo mode [ non collaborating ] is awesome, too. syntax coloring is generally pretty good. it flakes out on closing
tags sometimes. i think its pretty fast. some people complain about its speed in rendering text as compared to, say, bbedit or something. because subetha uses NSTextView. iāve tried bbedit, smultron, textmate and others. but none of them really do anything for me. and it plays well with others.
</p>
<p>
ecto
i blogged about this earlier. and then again.
</p>
<p>
candybar
candybar is made by panic software, the same folks that make the best ftp client ever. basically, candybar allows you to easily customize icons systemwide. meaning you donāt have to do a Get Info (CMD - I) on every icon you wanna change. plus, it will cascade down to new instances of the same kind, eg, dvds, new folder, textclippings, etc. in early version you HAD to drag in each icon into its spot in candybar. now you can import one file: a candybar iContainer. and the iconfactory has bunch of iContainers already to go.
</p>
<p>
quicksilver in, launcbar out
i have been using launchbar for quite awhile. i really like it. i rarely used my dock or applications folder or recent items menu to launch apps anymore. it was all CMD - SPACE, launchbar would pop down then iād hit a couple letter abbreviation and off it went.
i kept hearing about quicksilver. i knew iād prolly like it based on what i had heard and from whom i heard it. but still, i had vested a lot of time and energy and emotion in launchbar and didnāt wanna jump ship. and why break what isnāt broken, right? well, i finally gave it the olā 1-2 try [iām not real sure what i mean by that]. immediately, i was blown away by how much faster it was than launchbar. so much more responsive. and honestly, itās a LOT prettier.
i liked the preference options. everythingās really customizable. good stuff. right now itās primarily a launcher [above], but they seem to have plans to make it much much more than that, noting that they donāt call it a ālauncherā on their website. they call it this : āAn evolving framework for accessing and manipulating many forms of personal data.ā it offers learning training to you.
<br>
<br>
it does a little 'what this new song playing in iTunes is' kind of stuff.
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153385997/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/51/153385997_e35d9ec686_o.jpg" alt="QS now playing in iTunes"></a>
<br>
<br>
but one of the coolest, most exciting and interesting things for me is the commands you can do in it. like this example: grab this file (preview.jpg), perform this action (open with), this app (preview). there's a lot of power here to be harnessed. this is but a very simple example. <a href="http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/docs/">more info at the blacktree site</a>.
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153385988/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/62/153385988_63be0fe6a2_m.jpg" alt="QS commands"></a>
<br>
<br>
</p>
<p>
<strong>process in, omnioutliner out</strong>
<br>
<a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnioutliner/">omniOutliner</a> was good. and still is. it just hasn't bee updated in a long time. and <a href="http://jumsoft.com/process/">process</a> is a lot better. in a lot of ways. just look at the screenshots of each. most notably, its a lot better for serving my podcasting needs. i talk about that a bit in my upcoming podcast so i'm not gonna blog about it here.
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153386053/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/45/153386053_4f013fdad1_m.jpg" alt="omniOutliner Screenshot"></a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153386055/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/55/153386055_e32996d395_o.jpg" alt="process Icon"></a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153386063/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/51/153386063_f57daf12eb_m.jpg" alt="process Screenshot"></a>
<br>
<br>
</p>
<p>
<strong>finally, the safari extenstions[?] i'm using</strong>
<br>
<a href="http://www.tildesoft.com/Misc.html">safariSource</a> colors the source of a page when doing a 'view source.' helpful for debugging.<br>
<a href="http://culater.net/software/PithHelmet/">PithHelmet</a> blocks ads (and other media, if you want it to) which is so fucking sweet.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153385979/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/75/153385979_da76c28e59_o.jpg" alt="PithHelmet"></a>
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.atamadison.com/w/kitzkikz.php?page=Sogudi">sogudi</a> allows for faster and more flexible searching from the address bar. for example: <code>wiki gender identity</code> in the address bar would run a search on the <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">wikipedia site</a> and ultimately <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity">land you here</a>. <code>a catch me if you can</code> searches amazon for 'catch me if you can'. and so on. comes with a bunch of built in defaults but can VERY EASILY add your own.
</p>
<p>
jesus, fucking, jesus. this was a long goddamned post. sorry.
</p>
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<p>"The Army's new <a href="http://www.liberalsagainstterrorism.com/wiki/index.php/Counterinsurgency_Operations">Counterinsurgency Operations manual</a> as a Wiki. Excellent."</p>
<p>(Via <a href="http://jrobb.mindplex.org/">John Robb's Weblog</a>.)</p>
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<p>until now it didn't really make much sense to me. i just thought it was a similar thing to RSS with a little bit of a different format. and proposed as an IETF standard. </p>
<p>but then i read the <a href="http://bitworking.org/projects/XML2004/presentation/pre.html">slide notes from the XML2004</a> talk about it. man, this looks exciting. it makes so much sense now. seems very intuitive. i, actually, have some ideas of how i might use this in the near future.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30510"><img src="http://www.army.lv/photos/3986.jpg" alt="soviet union star wars"></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/2004/11/strongbushs_cru.html">http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/2004/11/strongbushs_cru.html</a></p>
<p><img src="http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/images/clips/benhur1.jpg" alt="bush's crusade"></p>
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<dl>
<dt><a href="http://news.com.com/Copyright-sharing+group+delves+into+science/2100-1025_3-5447531.html?part=rss&tag=5447531&subj=news.1025.5">creative commons</a></dt>
<dd>gets into science licensing stuff</dd>
<dt><a href="http://developer.apple.com/macosx/tiger/">apple's developer site for tiger</a></dt>
<dd>mainly PR type stuff now. getting a little tech.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://developer.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlight.html">spotlight</a></dt>
<dd>how spotlight works behind the scenes</dd>
<dt><a href="http://news.com.com/Apple+details+plans+to+Spotlight+desktop+search/2100-1016_3-5447469.html?part=rss&tag=5447469&subj=news.1016.5">c|net news</a></dt>
<dd>Apple details plans to Spotlight desktop search</dd>
<dt><a href="http://wiki.blojsom.com/wiki/display/blojsom/About+blojsom">os x server tiger blog software</a></dt>
<dd>a java version inspired by <a href="http://www.blosxom.com/">blosxom</a>
</dd>
<dt><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/phposxom/">PHPosxom</a></dt>
<dd>PHP version also inspired by <a href="http://www.blosxom.com/">blosxom</a> which is PERL</dd>
<dt> <a href="http://www.keyhole.com">keyhole</a>/</dt>
<dd>google owns this now. i wish they'd port it to the mac. it looks sweet.</dd>
</dl>
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<p>marsedit expired. i'm not dead. trying out ecto until i can afford marsedit and netnewswire.</p>
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<p>imagine cranking a film projector for two hours to watch napolean dynamite or the motorcycle diaries. now imagine doing it with just your thumb and no breaks. slacker. </p>
<p>watch this: <a href="http://ev.engadget.com/sw.mov">http://ev.engadget.com/sw.mov</a></p>
<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/04/11/11/185246.shtml?tid=133&tid=176">via /.</a></p>
<p>clever hack, though.</p>
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<p>
for those people who were/are disappointed that i didn't go to bloggercon myself, you're in luck. ITconversations is building an <a href="http://www.itconversations.com/series/bloggercon2004.html">archive</a> of all the bloggercon sessions in mp3 / AAC format for our ipodding pleasure.
</p>
<p>
btw, the rss feed for this with AAC enclosures is:<br>
<a href="http://www.itconversations.com/rss/category-rss.php?k=bloggercon2004&e=2">http://www.itconversations.com/rss/category-rss.php?k=bloggercon2004&e=2</a>
</p>
<p>
mp3 users subscribe to this one:<br>
<a href="http://www.itconversations.com/rss/category-rss.php?k=bloggercon2004&e=1">http://www.itconversations.com/rss/category-rss.php?k=bloggercon2004&e=1</a>
</p>
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<p>this is really good news. i like the idea of gmail. but i need to use a POP3 client. a la <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/mail/">Apple Mail</a>. so now, it looks like the proverbial cake and eating. i wonder how they'll handle <a href="http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6603&topic=-1">feeding you ads</a> on new mail or if they even will. if they don't how is this gonna affect the business model for 'free' email supported by inline ads?</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/AnilDash?m=94">gmail goes pop</a>: Well, one more barrier to me using gmail just fell away... they've added free POP support to their mail service. I still don't use gmail, but they're making it harder and harder to resist. (Via <a href="http://www.dashes.com/anil/">anil dash in atom</a>.)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>so once this is rolled out completely, maybe i'll actually use <a href="mailto:veganstraightedge@gmail.com">my gmail</a> account more. here's their online support for setting it up on the <a href="http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273">gmail end</a> and <a href="http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12103">your end</a>. at the moment, no <a href="http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=10339">IMAP support</a>, though.</p>
<p>still hands down, the best web based mail available. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMHO">IMHO</a>.</p>
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<p>i want <a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/72404/wo/BX1qijDLf1yo2MTjQ0wwLQpYXY5/1.0.0.11.1.0.6.10.5.0.1.0.1.1.0.1.0.3">these</a>.</p>
<p>
<a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/72404/wo/BX1qijDLf1yo2MTjQ0wwLQpYXY5/1.0.0.11.1.0.6.10.5.0.1.0.1.1.0.1.0.3">
<img src="http://static.flickr.com/63/153384766_ae5be0a7b7_o.jpg" alt="ipod sock in six fruity colors">
</a>
</p>
<p>feel free to get them for me. nudge, nudge. wink, wink.</p>
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<dl>
<dt><a href="http://www.sorryeverybody.com/">sorry everybody</a></dt>
<dd>liberals in america apologize to the rest of the world.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2004-10-13/google/">mathworld answers to Google Labs Aptitude Test</a></dt>
<dd>how to go about solving the math questions on the <a href="http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/09/pencils-down-people.html">GLAT</a>
</dd> </dl>
<p><strong>for the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=5113648&Mytoken=20041108213512">roomie's</a> election fraud research.</strong></p>
<dl>
<dt><a href="http://www.thehill.com/morris/110404.aspx">the hill.com</a></dt>
<dd>dick morris's on exit polls.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002282.shtml">lawrence lessig</a></dt>
<dd> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/">creative commons</a> creator on exit poll data</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/">red and blue maps</a></dt>
<dd>a collection of those 'how the country voted' maps</dd>
<dt><a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2004/11/10.html#a945">how to save the world</a></dt>
<dd>Dave Pollard's thoughts on exit polls and vote counts</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2004/11/view_election_2.html">state by state exit polls</a></dt>
<dd>broken down by state and network.</dd>
</dl>
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<p>UPDATE: this podcast never really went anywhere. and has since been taken down. sorry. </p>
<p><img src="/blog/images/badges/podcast.png" alt="liberation frequency"></p>
<h3>my first podcast.</h3>
<p>the show is called <strong>a liberation frequency</strong>.</p>
<p>in this podcast:</p>
<ul>
<li>post presidential radical politics in america</li>
<li>where do we stand?</li>
<li>what are we up against?</li>
<li>where do we go from here?</li>
<li>'fighting for our lives' serial</li>
<li>runtime: ~17min</li>
</ul>
<p>this is my first one. i'm pretty about happy the format, generally. i'd like to cut the length down to maybe 7 or 8 minutes. i imagine i'll also get more comfortable talking into a mic and being recorded. the sound quality on my spoken parts is a little hissy. it can get better. i've been working on this for a few days trying to make it real perfect. you know, first impressions and all. but rather than perfect forever and still not be perfect, i was reminded of the <a href="http://www.extremeprogramming.org/">extreme programming</a> development cycle of '<a href="http://www.extremeprogramming.org/rules/releaseoften.html">release early, release often</a>.'</p>
<p>so i released early. i will try to release often. hopefully, in doing so this gets better and better.</p>
<p><img src="/blog/images/badges/podcast.png" alt="liberation frequency"></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.sacom.us/">STRATEGIC ARMCHAIR COMMAND</a> has a nice <a href="http://m3.typepad.com/strategic_armchair_comman/WorldMiller17.swf">"global war map"</a> in .swf (flash movie) form. it's not animated or interactive. just countries color coded by the level of war they are at. red being the highest. red also being the color of the u.s. (minus alaska and hawaii which are a mere orange), iraq, iran, afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia, israel (and palenstine, even though it isn't listed as its own nation -- i guess, this is based on NATO or UN recognitions of statehood) and north korea.</p>
<p>
<a href="http://m3.typepad.com/strategic_armchair_comman/WorldMiller17.swf">
<img src="http://static.flickr.com/68/153384309_ccba2e4602_o.jpg" alt="global War Map">
</a>
</p>
<p>
<strong>orange countries:</strong>
</p>
<p>
<strong>dark blue (smallest possible):</strong>
</p>
<p>these truly are sensational times we live in.</p>
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<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153386565/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/53/153386565_c29dbc2cd3_o.gif" alt="rebel alliance symbol"></a>
</p>
<p>with the opening of <a href="http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/incredibles/index.html">the incredibles</a>, the world has had access to the trailer to the new star wars movie: episode three - return of the sith. oh god, it's hottness.</p>
<p>you can watch the <a href="http://www.aol.com/starwars/trailer/index.adp">trailer here</a>. </p>
<p>here's my thoughts / predictions:</p>
<ul>
<li>notice the wookies, we see a lot of wookies in this one, maybe even a young <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/chewbacca/index.html">chewie</a>.</li>
<li>we definitely explore more <a href="kashyyyk">kashyyyk</a>, the wookie homeworld, pretty extensively.</li>
<li>we might get cameos of very young versions of <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/hansolo/index.html">han solo</a>, <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/landocalrissian/index.html">lando</a>, <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/bobafett/index.html">boba fett</a>. but keep in mind episode three is about 20 years before episode four. so if we do see them, they would be very young. maybe even just kids.</li>
<li>obviously, we will <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/anakinskywalker/index.html">anakin</a> as <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/darthvader/index.html">vader</a>, finally. </li>
<li>the lava pit: there's been a rumour for a long time ( cirac ep1) that the final showdown between <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/obiwankenobi/index.html">obi wan</a> and anakin leads to anakin in a lava pit. somehow he's pulled out by the emperor's mininions and is transformed into vader. more machine than man.</li>
<li>those droid walkers approaching the lava might be how he's pulled out.</li>
<li>the vader voice still sounds like <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0000469/">james earl jones</a> who did the voice in the original trilogy.</li>
<li>anakin kills <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/countdooku/index.html">dooku</a>. thus, finally fully embracing <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/organization/thesith/index.html">the dark side of the force</a>.</li>
<li> <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/macewindu/index.html">mace windu</a> has a serious fight scene. ...with anakin? maybe dooku. but my money's anakin.</li>
<li>we see <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/yoda/index.html">yoda</a> fuck shit up again.</li>
<li>the imagery continues along the path to looking like the stuff from first trilogy. for example, clone troopers look more and more like storm troopers. fighter ships start to look more and more like <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/tiefighter/index.html">tie fighters</a> and <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/tieinterceptor/index.html">tie interceptors</a>. even some early versions of the <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/xwing/index.html">x-wing</a>. and maybe the less popular <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/awingstarfighter/index.html">a-wing</a>, <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/bwingstarfighter/index.html">b-wing</a>, <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/ewing/eu.html">e-wing</a>, and <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/ywingstarfighter/index.html">y-wing</a>.</li>
<li>in the big battle between obi wan and anakin, before obi wan ultimately 'defeats' anakin into the lava, he cuts his hand off. a la, vader versus <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/lukeskywalker/index.html">luke</a>. </li>
<li>we catch a glimpse of the <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/millenniumfalcon/index.html">millennium falcon</a>. well, not actually the falcon. but the same kind of ship: a mere <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/corellia/eu.html">corellian</a> freighter.</li>
<li>sidious / palpatine actually does some <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/technology/lightsaber/index.html">lightsaber</a> fighting himself. instead of just mind control and lightning fingers. seriously, ANYONE can shoot lightning from their fingers.</li>
<li>big space battle right at the heart of the galaxy around the city planet of <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/coruscant/index.html">coruscant</a>. </li>
<li>we'll see the birth of the anakin / <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/amidala/index.html">padme</a> kids. twins luke and <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/leiaorganasolo/index.html">leia</a>.</li>
<li>the subsequent hiding of those two kids with their respective surrogate parents. luke with <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/owenlars/index.html">owen</a> and <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/berulars/index.html">beru</a> lars. leia with <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/bailorgana/index.html">bail organaa</a> who is a senator, first chariman and viceroy of alderaan and eventually a founder of the <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/organization/rebelalliance/">the Alliance to Restore the Republic</a> (rebel alliance) with <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/monmothma/index.html">mon motha</a>.</li>
<li>obi wan goes into hiding on the planet of <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/tatooine/">tatooine</a> relatively near owen and beru.</li>
<li>some new vilians.</li>
<li> the most exciting thing i think that can happen is another young boba fett appearance. under the tutelage of dooku. at the end of this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0439339278/ref=ase_theultimatstarwa/102-6206614-9456939?v=glance&s=books">boba fett book : The Fight to Survive</a> after <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/jangofett/index.html">jango fett</a> was killed by mace windu at the battle of <a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/geonosis/index.html"> geonosis </a> boba follows his late <a href="#dad">dad's*</a> <strong>* - </strong> instructions on what to do and who to see in the event of jango's death. eventually he meets up with count dooku who takes him in to look after him and have him trained further as a bounty hunter like his predecessor, jango. </li>
</ul>
<p>here's something really interesting, though. the trailer for the <a href="http://progressive.stream.aol.com/aol/us/moviefone/movies/2004/lucasfilm/hyperspace/ep3game_trailer01b_dl.mov">episode III video game</a>. this, of course, is not exactly what will happen in the movie, but it can give us some more clues to possible happenings.</p>
<p>por ejemplo:</p>
<ul>
<li>anakin will kill mace windu.</li>
<li>anakin and dooku have it out right in front of palpatine, a al vader and luke in episode six.</li>
<li>anakin kills multiple jedi</li>
<li>anakin and obi wan have their climax battle on a platform above the lava.</li>
</ul>
<p>noteworthy links:</p>
<li>
<a href="http://www.starwars.com/databank/">official star wars databank covering all the movies and the expanded universe [ books, comics, et al ]</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.darkhorse.com/zones/starwars/timeline.php">dark horse comics timeline</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.theforce.net/timeline/">the force dot net's timeline</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/starwars/timeline.html">del rey's star wars book timeline</a>
</li>
<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153386565/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/53/153386565_c29dbc2cd3_o.gif" alt="rebel alliance symbol"></a>
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<a name="dad">
</a>
<p>although, if you think about it jango is not really boba's dad. more of his surrogate daddy, as boba is an unaltered clone of jango. thus, boba's biological father is jango's dad (whom we meet very, very briefly during a jango fett comic called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1569716714/102-6206614-9456939?v=glance">open seasons</a>). so to recap, boba fett's dad is actually is grandad. take that!</p>
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<p>got enclosures with <a href="http://wordpress.org/">wordpress</a> worked out. thanks to <a href="http://www.bernardflach.com/">the</a><a href="http://www.ipportunities.nl/wordpress/">folks</a> that put together the <a href="http://www.ipportunities.nl/wordpress/index.php?p=49">hack for it</a>.</p>
<p>also, put together the format for the podcast. now, all's that's left to do is work out the kinks and start doing it. i'm still getting over my voice sounding weird to me recorded. and talking to a mic rather than a person. soon, though. soon.</p>
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<p>got a call tonight from the girl. her dad has a <a href="http://www.cosmobridge.com/korea/products/ip.asp">talkbox</a> (sorry, couldn't find an english page for it. actually, i don't know that this is even it.) and she called me from it. the number shows up as "unknown", something the telecom world will have to work out sometime as more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voip">VoIP</a> is used. otherwise, it was pretty seamless.</p>
<p>the content of our conversation was more interesting, though. <a href="http://todayspodcast.com/">her brother, scott</a>, is getting into the world of <a href="http://ipodder.org/whatIsPodcasting">podcasting</a>. his good friend is doing a podcast called <a href="http://www.coverville.com/">coverville</a> which is, as it sounds, all cover songs. and he's <a href="http://www.ascap.com/">ASCAP</a> legal, too. that was a smart move, i think. as podcasting blows up more there'll be all kinds of legal battles over content, surely. good for him for beating them to the punch. heading them off at the pass, as it were. it was fun slash funny to hear both of them sooo excited about podcasting. truely this is the beginnings of something big. and the people that are in the loop know it. and that's why this thing is so electric to everyone right now.</p>
<p>it was also funny to hear how disappointed both of them were that i didn't go to <a href="http://www.bloggercon.org/">bloggercon</a>.</p>
<p>and, yes, they convinced me to start podcastinng. i've started laying the groundwork. my biggest technical hurdle is figuring out how to do enclosures with <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>. i'm sure it can be worked out.</p>
<p>coming soon:</p>
<p><strong>LIBERATION FREQUENCY</strong><br>we don't just want airtime.<br> we want all the time, <em>all of the time</em>.</p>
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<p>this is from <a href="http://blog.wirearchy.com/">john husband's blog</a>. i thought it was pretty.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153389154/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/62/153389154_91eb89ceac_o.jpg" alt="pretty tree"></a></p>
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<h3>these are for my own benefit as much as they are for anyone else. enjoy.</h3>
<dl>
<dt><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/79C6AF22-98FB-4A1C-B21F-2BC36E87F61F.htm">bin laden video transcript</a></dt>
<dd>more poetic and articulate than most people give credit for.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/000829.php">get some, fuckers!</a></dt>
<dd>civillian video footage of american soldiers fighting near the american consulate. </dd>
<dt><a href="http://plaza.ufl.edu/gtmcknig/fun/everyonehashadmoresex.swf">everyone has had more sex than me</a></dt>
<dd>new link for the cartoon music video starring a bunny with issues. since old one got borked.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.straightedgelifestyle.moonfruit.com/download/4512754820/40107081e150955817d3e8198aaddfabb020a0608000106030b0a071/guest/4004486629/4507953340/BBC%20Straight%20Edge%20Documentary.mp3">straightedge documentary by bbc radio at straightedgelifestyle.com</a></dt>
<dd>found this thanks to <a href="http://gtmcknight.com/log/archives/2004/11/3/lalalinks_113.php">GtmcKnight</a> who makes <a href="http://www.gtmcknight.com/buttons/">awesome buttons</a>, but apparently can't have fun sober.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/">global guerrillas</a></dt>
<dd>John Robb's Weblog where terrorism, technology, and market analytics intersect. really great forward thinking stuff. he's writing a book, too. bonus.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://jrobb.mindplex.org/images/mirror.jpg">UK paper after election</a></dt>
<dd>for those that care. [i think the number should be twice that much]</dd>
<dt><a href="http://rawnandshyan.blogspot.com/">sean and ryan's blog</a></dt>
<dd>high school friends</dd>
<dt><a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2004/11/07.html#a941">new america</a></dt>
<dd>red == bush, blue == kerry, purple == mixed. counties / states are weighted based on their electoral size.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://mena.typepad.com/dollarshort/2004/11/canada_20.html">canada 2.0</a></dt>
<dd>i've seen other 'new america' maps, but this is my favourite. by mena from six apart.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=1551&u=/041019/photos_pl_afp/041019225452_2cjh39fh_photo0&printer=1%3Cbr%20/%3E">how the presidential 'race' went down</a></dt>
<dd>in chart form</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.urbanape.com/software/Thumbscrew.html">thumbscrew</a></dt>
<dd> <a href="http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/i/Thumbscrew.zip">download it here</a>. it's what i use for making thumbnail images.</dd>
</dl>
<p><strong>for the roomie's <a href="http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=5113648&Mytoken=20041108213512">fraud 2004</a> link list</strong></p>
<dl>
<dt><a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5897">for the roomies about voting machines</a></dt>
<dd>add this to your repository of voting fraud docs.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1106-30.htm">and another</a></dt>
<dd>about voter machine hacking.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/08/1910250">slashdot posting</a></dt>
<dd>it has lots of election fraud links. some are already on the list.</dd>
</dl>
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<p>
<a href="http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/10/extension_quiz.php">
<img src="http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2004/10/file_extensions/html.jpg" alt="You are .html You are versatile and improving, but you do have your limits. When you work with amateurs it can get quite ugly.">
</a>
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<p>Which File Extension are You?</p>
<p>
i'm ok with that. it would've been cool to be an .mp3, instead.
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/10/extension_quiz.php"><img src="http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2004/10/file_extensions/mp3.jpg" alt="You are .mp3 The kids love you. You get along with just about everybody except the music industry. You really make yourself heard."></a>
</p>
<p>though, i was really hoping for a .png. but there wasn't one.</p>