Monthly Archives: March 2003

MIDWINTER SPRING

Posted on March 20, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Midwinter spring is its own season Sempiternal though sodden towards sundown, Suspended in time, between pole and tropic. When the short day is brightest, with frost and fire, The brief sun flames the ice, on pond and ditches, In windless … Continue reading →

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CANDLE POWER

Posted on March 19, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Joel at Pax Nortona has put a flickering candle (animated .gif file) on his website as a virtual analogue of the worldwide Candles for Peace campaign. As you can see at right, I’ve picked it up and will leave it … Continue reading →

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WE ARE THE MEDIA

Posted on March 19, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Well, the propaganda war has begun, and, fellow bloggers, you may have already been co-opted. For the next while, we are the media and it behoves us to be very skeptical about what we report in our journals. I’m going … Continue reading →

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CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES EXPLAINED

Posted on March 19, 2003 by Dave Pollard

This is an old joke, but at a time when many people are making outrageous generalizations about people in other countries, I thought a bit of levity was in order: Cultural Differences of English-Speaking Countries Explained On being mistaken for … Continue reading →

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REINVENTING ‘KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT’ : PART ONE

Posted on March 18, 2003 by Dave Pollard

The field of Knowledge Management (KM) has existed for about a decade, and after an initial flurry of enthusiasm (at one point six of the top ten business best-sellers were about KM) it has fallen into disarray. Part of the … Continue reading →

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OH CANADA

Posted on March 17, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Hurrah! Our Prime Minister Jean Chretien has announced that, since the UN and the Security Council do not support a war on Iraq, Canada will not participate in the war in any way. The old geezer keeps on surprising and … Continue reading →

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THE MEDIA AND THE WAR

Posted on March 17, 2003 by Dave Pollard

  We’ve all read the reports about how Bush’s military will have total control of all media activity relating to the war. Since the war starts tomorrow, it will be interesting to see how these two possible exceptions to complete … Continue reading →

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WHY EASTERN EUROPE SUPPORTS WAR WITH IRAQ, PERHAPS

Posted on March 17, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Following is the explanation of a Romanian named Calin Morar, responding to my previous blog post, suggesting why some of the governments and people of Eastern Europe have allowed themselves to become part of Bush’s ‘coalition of the willing.’ Sometimes … Continue reading →

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SONY VS. SONY

Posted on March 16, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Sony and Phillips have announced new recording systems that will allow users to copy 30 hours of .mp3 music onto a single blank CD, or 100 hours of .mp3 music onto a blank DVD,  according the the New Scientist. The … Continue reading →

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PROPAGANDA

Posted on March 16, 2003 by Dave Pollard

The following quote has been kicking around the blogosphere for a week or so, now, but I still think it’s chilling: We got around to the subject of war again and I said that, contrary to his attitude, I did … Continue reading →

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