Category Archive: September, 2005

  • NYT's Truman Capote Archive - 09/29/2005

    The New York Times online has what appears to be a dedicated archive about Truman Capote. Entitled Truman Capote, His Life & Works, the thing is a veritable tribute to Capote … both his writing and especially his lifestyle.
    The Truman Capote section bears the following notation: "The reprinting of these articles was paid for […]

  • Giant Squid: a myth no more - 09/28/2005

    Remember the old stories of wooden boat sailors returning to land with tales of giant sea monsters? Always sounded ridiculous, superstitious, a bit daft, you know?
    But there's actual proof that giant squid exist. The BBC News is among those covering the news of the filming of Architeuthis by T Kubodera and K Mori of Japan: […]

  • Rock Bands: the Second Act - 09/28/2005

    The International Herald Tribune's article Rock bands finding their voices — again notes that Queen has been touring Europe with Paul Rodgers as lead singer.
    Sure, a change like this will have some fans protesting due to love of and loyalty to the original lineup. (Ever notice how some media always want to present the […]

  • Opera Browser Now Free - 09/25/2005

    We covered the Opera browser in our post entitled Better Internet Browser Programs … but the good news is that Opera is now free. That's Opera, without ads, for free. Opera.com.
    InternetWeek tells us that Opera Gives Away 1.6 Million Browsers "since the application was offered up free to any taker on Tuesday" … […]

  • Julien's: Lennon & Ono & Jimmy Page, et al. - 09/20/2005

    Nice one: Julien's Auctions' Autumn 2005 Sale (set for October 29, 2005) features a number of important entertainment memorabilia items from John Lennon, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Page and others.
    We especially noted John Lennon's white suit from the Abbey Road album and a photo of Marilyn Monroe as a young girl (not to […]

  • Glam.com Fashion Finder Site - 09/20/2005

    Hotsy totsy. Just in from CNET (via MarketingVox), Glam.com is set to un-prerelease its website. (We guess that the "pre-release" of an already-launched website is what the Web and computer worlds call a Beta version.)
    According to CNET, Glam.com is:
    uot;run by a group of Internet and fashion industry veterans, offers pages of sleek women's fashion […]

  • Washington D.C. Trash Talk - 09/18/2005

    We've got to hand it to Wonkette; they have style. A broad-coverage blog about Washington, D.C. and politicians, Wonkette pulls no punches.
    Half the time, we don't know what they're talking about, as we have no connections in the beltway, but it's good gossipy fun all the same. Kudos.

  • California Schools Junk Food Ban - 09/15/2005

    So Breitbart announced Gov. Schwarzenegger's ban on junk food in schools. Now, while the Guv seems (at least, from the article) to be mostly concerned with childhood obesity, we can think of a couple of other benefits from replacing bad food with good:

    It's kinda hard to study when you're all spaced out from improper […]