<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&amp;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>

<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>

<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&amp;friendID=5113648&amp;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>

<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>

<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>

• alaska / hawaii (u.s.)
• russia
• south korea
• india
• bhutan
• hainan
• brunel
• malaysia
• singapore
• indonesia
• australia
• vanuatu
• swaziland
• lesotho
• guinea
• uganda
• algeria
• libya
• egypt
• sudan
• eritrea
• somalia
• syria
• jordan
• oman
• yemen
• italy
• france
• switzerland
• u.k.

<p>
  <strong>dark blue (smallest possible):</strong>
  </p>

• greenland (denmark)
• falkland islands -- off the south eastern tip of south america (u.k.)

<p>these truly are sensational times we live in.</p>