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Since we are now the number 1 hit on Google I thought I would use our position at the top to speak about and down to all peasantry beneath our now godlike feet.

At number 2 this drawing: Now Deviant Art is a good site. They host a good deal of interesting and unique art from a eclectic collection of people. I actually think that user: supercrime’s “awen” is pretty good and it probably makes a cool tat. However, as for his creation being the symbol “worn by members of a vast army of “cursed children”.” I am somewhat skeptical. While I don’t want to brashly pass judgment on another’s prophetic vision I am doubtful of the authority of a prophetic figure who is thoroughly ungoogleable. Adrian Rane, the first man to experience the “supercrime prophecies” (a series of dreams and visions related to the apocalypse), returns only a single hit to a marketing firm which on investigation contains a simple misspelling of the name of Adrian Raine, a noted psychologist. Both Adrian Rane and supercrime fail to return hits on Everything2 and Snopes which leaves me befuddled about the existence of Adrian Rane and the supercrime prophecies.

So, I would like to put out the digital equivalent of an A.P.B. on Adrian Rane and all information leading to revelation of the supercrime prophecies. If you can find any information on this potentially important man and his revelations let me know and you’ll have earned yourself junior member status on the supercrime team.

The rest of the top ten Google hits are without much excitement with one exception.

At number 10 is Tone Milazzo’s personal site. Tone is an up and coming young comic artist whose book (comic book) Seize Him!: Confessions of a Hired Goon is worth checking out. I also found Tone’s 100 word story project intriguing, so take a look at that as well. As a budding writer who hasn’t written anything the 100 word story may be a good place for me to start. I contacted Tone about getting a copy of Seize Him! and he said that he has submitted the book to several publishers and some have expressed initial interest, but he is still waiting to hear back from some of the others. So, a possible publication appears to be several months in the future and Tone said he would let me know if/when that happens. I hope it does, and I’ll keep you updated.

symon

As half of the loyal supercrime.org readership, I’m always pleased when the site gets the respect it so richly deserves. And so I was ecstatic to learn today that we are now the number 1 hit for “supercrime” on Google. The snippet is taken from symon’s amazing first post:

supercrime.org. … Now, I don’t want to overhype supercrime before it really gets rolling, but it is going to be better than 10 superbowls. …

Sweet, sweet validation…

I’ll be sure to keep reading to solidify our position on top. Will you?

Here’s a sneak peek of the Gmail interface. The conversation view looks rather interesting, although details are a bit vague.

In other news, the hubbub continues. Despite this, Google is inviting subscribers of its Blogger weblog service to beta test Gmail, so it appears SkyNet is overcoming human opposition. Resistance is futile.

Google really seems serious about this, as they’re even letting the Mac folks come out and play…

Sure, you’ve heard 867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone, but did you know that the number 8675309 is a twin prime (along with 8675311)? I don’t know about you, but it makes me wonder if Jenny has a twin named Jenn{…

If you’re lost, ‘y’ + 2 = ‘{’ for ASCII characters.

Outstanding:

Cosmic 419er lost in space

While this is an extreme example, the reason we have to deal with spam is that people are greedy enough to actually believe this crap.

If the title of the article confuses you, check out 419 fraud@Everything2.com.

****Editors Note: Musings is a new category, it contains thoughts on subjects that are not fully formed and posts in this category will by nature be rambling and the grammar will be “untraditional”;. If they ever coalesce into a concrete rational idea they may be reposted in revised form in a different category. Read in their current state at your own risk.****

I chose this post title for a reason. For those who don’t know Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 film staring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Uma Thurman about seduction, adultery, and deceitful bedfellows. The movie reference is important because I’ve become increasingly agitated (or perhaps curious) over the blurring line between entertainment and all other media, although I am most specifically referring to news media.
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symon writes:

I thought you might want to post an update to your Gmail/SkyNet story. I would, but I’m at school right now and I don’t enter passwords for anything here that I don’t have too. Here’s the story:

Google May Change Gmail Advertising Model Due to Complaints

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The original Star Wars Trilogy is finally being released on DVD. Now that we’ve spent a fortune buying the theatrical release box set and the Special Edition box set, we will happily fork over another $40 for the DVD box set. You know this, I know this, and George Lucas knows this. However, many (including me) are not completely satisfied, because the DVDs will be based solely on the Special Edition (theatrical release not included). Of course, this could just be a ploy to make us buy the Special Edition DVDs first so that they can make a few more truck loads of money with an “Ultimate Edition” that includes the theatrical releases, but that would make far too much sense…

I found a great piece on this issue over at Binary Bonsai. The author praises Steven Spielberg for including both old and new versions with the E.T. DVD release (why are shotguns bad?) and makes some great arguments for why the Star Wars Trilogy DVD box set should include the theatrical releases. Although he somehow missed the controversial new music at the end of Return of the Jedi, he does bring up the “Greedo incident”. Look: Han was the first and only person to shoot. The change to make Greedo shoot first is completely ridiculous. How could he miss that badly? In any case, at the bottom of the Binary Bonsai piece is a link to a petition to have Lucas put the theatrical versions on DVD. If you feel so inclined, sign it.

I received yet another email from Barnes & Noble today. Since I became a Readers’ Advantage Member, they have sent me about 1 promotional email per week (determined from my email archive, which was made possible with the magic of the ‘:0c’ rule in Procmail). The vast majority of these are of the “get a free coffee at a participating Starbucks with a $25 purchase” variety, but the one I received today was different: it actually interested me. I consider myself an anti-spam zealot, so this was a rather big step for me. The subject of the email was, “A Neal Stephenson Bulletin from Barnes & Noble Membership.” As an avid Neal Stephenson fan, my curiosity was instantly piqued:

As a valued Member who has previously purchased a book by Neal Stephenson, we wanted to let you be among the first to know that this author’s new book, The Confusion: Volume Two of The Baroque Cycle is now available.

I must congratulate the Barnes & Noble marketing folks on a job well done. Not only did I click on that link and purchase the book, I also bought its predecessor, Quicksilver: Volume One of The Baroque Cycle. Perhaps SkyNet won’t be that bad after all…

I used to think that Courtney Love was nothing more than an overexposed pair of boobs. I thought that her only other marketable skills were suing people over the rights to Kurt Cobain’s music and being drunk and beligerent. I was wrong. With more eloquence than I could have imagined, Courtney has summed up the problems with the RIAA, the music industry, and recording in America in a way more deft than I could have managed. The article is from Salon.com and it is a bit old (2000), but it is by no means dated and it might still be considered forward thinking today. Her article is long and is worth reading in full. I was impressed by both the thought behind it and the delivery of it. Needless to say, read it. This is something I thought I would never say.

Courtney Love I salute you. And to make that point clearer, I’m going to go buy some Hole records.

symon