sj's Longest Now [v.1]

Some new stories developing.  Let me know which strike your fancy.  I’ve also been getting lots of interest from you all about using Archive… check it out in action, applied to python-list. 

Hopefully David will write me back about setting up a new list as a general-purpose (but beautiful) mail-to-feed gateway — indeed.  And here it is.  Just Cc: any mail you find worth preserving [or bounce any old mail, with the permission of the original authors] to archive-feedme@neotonic.com.

Meanwhile, we (particularly Ken) have still been talking about more extensive networks of inputs and outputs, using an array of existing tools.  But it’s nice to have something up and working.

Also, one of my old friends turns out to be related to Meryl Streep.  Who knew? 

State of the world union:

• [pol] Texas House Dems flee state; video of FCC’s “Open Agenda” meeting
  
• [biz] MSFT licenses Unix;
  
• [mil] Iraqi and Afghani conflicts splinter; US discards Mosul PR chief
  
• [law] The long arm of Ben Edelman reaches popup bandits.

GYWO gets on some peace.  My new peacemaker is unstoppable… in this case, he is completely serious.

• The best tools for keeping yourself digitally secure (physical and metaphysical security to come). 


• archive.org notes legal barriers to archiving to forestall disaster (NYT).


• What fallback will suffice if those mad Long Island scientists transform Earth into “an inert hyperdense sphere…100 meters across”?

Sunday was for physical chains being rearranged and reassembled.  Rather gorey.  Suddenly, I feel twenty pounds heavier… but light on my feet.

Weights, balances, monitors; maint. records gleaned from usage, readouts of maint. tools; Inventory tracking, storage (hooks for transport), unification with continuous for-sale listings, shared libraries, more.

I need a private place to collate and track metrics, that will get used more often than my once-a-day lab notebook (which I don’t dare take out of the lab).  Time to do it in a googlish fashion.  And don’t forget the chains of peaceful ritual. (where have you gone??)

Tired of expressing yourself outright? Try virtual familiars  (program your own AIBO, develop agents and chatbots with Turing-test promise)  or trained animal familiars (parrots, dogs, chimpanzees, dolphins, students).  Somewhere these channels merge with the other end of the spectrum — quotations, writing, design/art, videos, speeches, followers.

Or just look at what the media lab is getting up to these days.