Looks like the original turquoise was a bit optimistic. Instead, we get Beige. Anyone called Pantone yet?

Via Scobleizer “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, and Germany doesn’t want to go to war.”

Fun site with a huge selection of things kids used to believe about stuff like baths, body parts, etc. http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/

This is probably a good thing for Jeremy, but I doubt it will help Macromedia

Johnny Cash keeps churning out songs by alternative bands, and sometimes they’re brilliant. Here is a good example. Not sure I care much for the video, but musically, his version of Reznor’s song is great.

The technology behind Young Mike vs. Old Mike commercial. ESPN

Screw the iPod, I think I’ll get one of these instead. Finally, a good use for all those AK47s in the basement.

There are people who really don’t care for David Foster Wallace, probably because he’s simply a lot smarter than they are. His Infinite Jest consumed about a year of my life, one which I’d gladly give again to the experience. The LA Times gets an interview He’s working on a book: “… a nonfiction book on the inventor of set theory.” With comments like the following, it makes for an interesting read…

Oh you just know this is going to backfire. Doc Searls is right when he says… It seems ironic that a company would want to manipulate a phenomenon thatÂ’s so generally bent on exposing things," says alpha blogger Doc Searls.

Now there not just annoying, they’re deadly. CNN

The Modern Ruins website is an interesting collection of images showing decaying sites such as the 1964 World’s Fair, Ellis Island and others. Some of it is almost sad.

I’d have never guessed that Fred Rogers was an early, vocal proponent of fair use rights. Here’s an excerpt from his testimony during the Sony Betamax trial. “Some public stations, as well as commercial stations, program the ‘Neighborhood' at hours when some children cannot use it. . . . I have always felt that with the advent of all of this new technology that allows people to tape the ‘Neighborhood' off-the-air, and I’m speaking for the ‘Neighborhood' because that’s what I produce, that they then become much more active in the programming of their family’s television life.