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Monthly Archives: March 2005
Books on Daylight Saving Time
Two books on the history of Daylight Saving (not Savings) Time were released earlier this month, within two days of each other. What are the chances of that? Spring Forward by Michael Downing Seize the Daylight by David Prerau
“Fit through fat”
CBS News reports on the Optimal Diet from Poland, which advocates even more fat and less carbs than Atkins: 250 grams, half a pound, of fat per day. New Diet: ‘Fit Through Fat’
A good remake of a British TV series?
NBC is airing an American version of the British comedy The Office, a faux documentary about a seriously dysfunctional workplace. So far, TV critics are saying the NBC version is actually good! But this sentence from a BBC article really grabbed my attention: In the 1970s, US remakes of well-loved British series Till Death Do …
Theme park based on TV series
Lately my family has been watching a South Korean TV drama series called Dae Jang Geum, aka Jewel of the Palace. The main character is based on a real person, Seo Jang-Geum, who is the only female doctor for the king in Korea’s history. But so little is known about her real life that the …
Campaigns taste better with Fuji-Cola
This is one of the more creative, if not bizarre, political financing schemes I’ve seen. Alberto Fujimori, the disgraced former president of Peru, says that Fuji-Cola will “quench the thirst of popular discontent.”
More about Microsoft’s ClearType Font Collection
Apparently I misunderstood Microsoft’s intent over its new ClearType Font Collection. John Hudson, the designer of one of the typefaces in the collection, says that these new fonts are supposed to be a bonus specifically for Longhorn users.
New fonts, and new controversy, from Microsoft
This won’t be news to font fanatics, but anyway… Microsoft will be distributing six new fonts, called the ClearType Font Collection, that are optimized for on-screen reading. They will start shipping with various Microsoft products next year. But these fonts won’t be freely downloadable (unlike Microsoft’s Core Fonts for the Web, for a while). This …
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KCBS is now webcast
This is more substantive than my previous KCBS posts (about the new jingle, etc.). KCBS started simultaneously streaming audio over the web today, along with 10 other Infinity radio stations. WCBS 880 started in December. I was pleasantly surprised, since Infinity (which is part of Viacom, the owner of CBS) has banned webcasts since late …
Bluegrass songs in Chinese
My previous post on an African-American boy who sings Chinese opera reminded Rich of a former Chinese scholar named Abigail Washburn who sings bluegrass songs in Chinese. She is currently touring China and getting a good reception.