After creating a handheld version of Acts of Volition for your PDA using AvantGo’s fine software, I applied to be an ‘official AvantGo Channel’. Lured by the promise of free publicity and a free listing on the AvantGo Channel website, I attempted to submit the online form. This did nothing but spit out ugly server errors (apparently they were ‘upgrading the servers’). After a few days of trying, I finally gave up and emailed my submission only to receive this reply weeks later (note the intuitive subject line):

To: ‘Steven Garrity’
Subject: RE:
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:58:00 -0700

Steven,
   As the channel is currently built we cannot launch it on the service. There are a number of off-site links that need to be either removed or disabled. Otherwise, the channel is too large and provides a poor user experience. Please let me know when this has been resolved.

Thanks,
Daniel

No problem Daniel.

I really like my job. Some days I love my job. Today was one of those days.

We actually made the following presentation today at the Softworld 2000 conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia:

Ladies and gentleman, I respectfully request your attention for the next two minutes and forty three seconds…

Salon.com asks the question: Who Killed Biggie Smalls?

He ain’t dead folks. He ain’t dead.

media.org is an interesting and perplexing site. Definitely worth browsing.

The site includes an intersting article on intellectual property theft.

“If you do not turn on to politics, politics will turn on you.” – Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader can give a rousing speech after all. While I do find he sounds more like a politician in this clip than ever before, I think he has earned it. However, with 12,000 cheering supporters in Fleet Center in Boston I fear this may well have been the climax of his campaign.

Watch him speak at the rally in Portland and be moved. (RealVideo)

Truth in Advertising (requires QuickTime)

I think I may have actually been to that meeting.

Thanks to 37signals for the link.

Not only was Ralph Nader denied the opportunity to participate in the debate, they didn’t even let him sit in the audience.

Holy shit.

If the fact that the debate was boring as hell isn’t enough, I recommend you read Why voters will lose out in Tuesday’s debate by Ralph himself.

re: apple legitimizes amazon patent tomfoolery

Barnes & Noble is challenging the Amazon 1-Click Shopping patent.

Let’s see if the justice system works.

I missed Ralph Nader‘s rally in Porland, Maine by one day. Now I’m back home living under a boil-order.

While in Maine, I was encouraged to see home-made Vote Nader signs among the glossy Gore/Lieberman/Bush/Cheney signs.

Gore/Lieberman bumper stickers seemed to be the choice of discerning Cadillac drivers throughout the state.