What happened inside the Pentagon leading up to the War in Iraq

Salon.com | The new Pentagon papers
From the article:
I witnessed neoconservative agenda bearers within OSP usurp measured and carefully considered assessments, and through suppression and distortion of intelligence analysis promulgate what were in fact falsehoods to both Congress and the executive office of the president.

How News Travels on the Internet (really the blogosphere)

Stephen VanDyke » How News Travels on the Internet
Stephen visualizes how news and information travel the Internet. Interesting that he is really really referring to the blogosphere not the internet proper. If it was the internet proper he would be paying much more attention to the “Dark Matter”.
From Stephen’s page:
Here’s how I see news travel, I think it’s a pretty self-explanatory graphic, plus I’m too lazy to do a proper write up. Infer as you wish, maybe I will become the “source” one of these days.

Light Everything…

Lighted Costumes & Custom LED Fashion Section – Lightgod.com
LEDs and ElWire everywhere!
Light Up Ice Cubes, Lighted Wine, Martini, Margarita & Champagne Glasses + an Amazing Selection of Light Up LED Drinkware
Glow Lights, Battery Operated Lights, Flashing Jewelry, Body Lights & Light Up Toy Section
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Party Lights, String Lights, Neon Lights, Fiber Optics, LED Lights, Black Lights, Strobe Lights & Decorative Lighting Products
Lighted Costumes & Custom LED Fashion Section

Shooting People

Shooting People / Bulletins
From the site:
Shooting People is a very simple idea – that independent filmmaking is about passion, ideas, innovation and finding creative partnerships. By providing a web and email service that allows all groups of the filmmaking community to hook up with each other instantly, swap core advice, debate latest techs and develop creative partnerships

Nice intro to Internet Radio


Yahoo! News – Internet Radio Finds Its Groove
From the article:
Broadcast radio stations may be evolving into the aural equivalent of Burger King, offering the same focus-group tested playlists across the United States, but music fans looking for more flavorful fare can pick from more than 5,000 options on the Internet, where “Webcasters” offer everything from Iranian pop to hip-hop subgenres like turntablism.

Multi-network Instant Messaging

Cerulean Studios: The Creators of Trillian and Trillian Pro IM Clients
From the site:
The award-winning*, multi-network Trillian IM client allows you to seamlessly integrate all of your communications traffic in a single, sleek package. Stay in touch with contacts spanning multiple networks and grab the latest news, stocks, and other information with our versatile array of plugins.

DRM for MPEG4

Streaming Media Encryption Spec Published
From the article:
The non-profit ISMA said its Encryption and Authentication Specification v.1.0 builds on the core ISMA Specification 1.0 released in 2001 and sets a framework for the secure content delivery over IP networks. It effectively adds a legitimate digital rights management (define) spec for the MPEG-4 (define) digital media distribution standard.

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Wired News: Speed Meets Feed in Download Tool
From the site:
A demo publishing system launched Friday by a popular programmer and blogger merges two of this season’s hottest tech fads — RSS news syndication and BitTorrent file sharing — to create a cheap publishing system for what its author calls “big media objects.” The hybrid system is meant to eliminate both the publisher’s need for fat bandwidth, and the consumer’s need to wait through a grueling download.