A useful overview of ways to quiet down a PC on the front page of the Wall Street Journal today (6/2/05).

Why does a single browser window need 100 megabytes of memory to function?

Hey, Fatty! Are you really using a sitar as a metaphor for courage? Are you actually claiming that risk is the only safe investement in game design? Could you truly be advising people to do what they like? Are you still talking about the Game Developers Conference...even though it's already after E3??? Fat Man, this time you've gone too far.

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I've started blogging at siliconvalleywatcher.com specifically on the subject of digital video. This link goes to an excerpt from my book on digital rights management for internet video. It's written in the form of a movie script and is an extremely entertaining read.

About incompatible uses of XML Schema

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Linkin Park wants out of its contract with Warner Music group, saying they have no confidence in WMG's IPO plans and may distribute their music via the Internet instead.

INVESTOR ALERT: With the proliferation of the Internet, access to information appears to be decreasing in value. We recommend that our clients consider reinvesting their funds into quirky habits, interesting tastes, cowboy hats, green shoes, and other stuff like that, because The Fat Man says it would be smart for some reason, which is explained below.

Sports Illustrated poll suggests that Americans are more tolerant than many give them credit for