May 2009
Souter Plans to Leave Supreme Court - NYTimes.com →
The retirement of Justice Souter would give President Obama his first opportunity to appoint a justice to the court.
Mr. Souter has been on the court since October 1990. He was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on July 25, 1990, to a seat vacated by William Joseph Brennan, Jr., and confirmed by the Senate on October 2, 1990.
While appointed by a Republican president, Mr. Souter, a...
Apple to Introduce Cheaper Macs? - Mac Rumors →
AppleInsider reports that Apple is preparing to introduce cheaper Macs as soon as this spring. The move reportedly comes in response to consumer buying patterns shifting toward cheaper computers, including those in the netbook category.
Still, people familiar with the matter say Apple’s move towards more affordable Macs isn’t so much a response to Redmond’s marketing antics as it...
Chrysler Bankruptcy Plan Is Announced -... →
President Obama forced Chrysler into federal bankruptcy protection on Thursday so it could pursue a lifesaving alliance with the Italian automaker Fiat, in yet another extraordinary intervention into private industry by the federal government.
Flanked by his automobile task force of cabinet secretaries and business advisers in the White House’s grand entranceway, Mr. Obama announced a plan that...
April 2009
Live Blogging the President’s News Conference -... →
Text of the news conference is available now.
Here’s the final count, Adam: The president took questions from 13 news organizations for nearly an hour. As he did at his first two news conferences, he mixed it up a little bit in who he decided to call on. Most notable shut-out: Fox News got no question, although the other four big television news networks did. Any relationship to the fact that Fox...
WSJ: Apple Isn’t Kidding About Making its Own... →
When Apple bought chip design firm PA Semiconductor a year ago, it sparked all kinds of speculation about what the acquisition might bring to the Cupertino Kingpins. Was Apple abandoning Intel hardware in Macs to make totally proprietary systems? Did they just need engineering talent. The answer, not-too-surprisingly, had nothing to do with Macs, and everything to do with the iPod and iPhone...
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I...
Will GOP Sleep Through Wake-Up Call? -... →
How much more can the Republicans take? Demoralized, contracting and lacking their own agenda, Republicans yesterday saw their ranks further thinned with the stunning news that Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is switching parties to run for reelection in 2010 as a Democrat.
The question now is whether Specter’s departure will produce a period of genuine introspection by a party already...
WWDC Sells Out in Record Time - Cult of Mac →
Chalk up one more exhibit for the case that Apple and its ecosystem refuse to participate in the global economic meltdown.
WWDC sold out Tuesday, the earliest date on record for which the annual conference devoted to Apple’s development community has reached capacity. Tickets went on sale just a month ago, and were no bargain — even the early-bird special was well over $1,000.
Interest in this...
Obama’s Stand in Auto Crisis Shows Early Resolve -... →
For a new president, the automobile industry crisis has tested the boundaries of his activist approach and the acuity of his political instincts. As with so many issues in his action-packed 100 days in office, Mr. Obama confronted choices few of his predecessors encountered. His ongoing intervention in an iconic sector of the economy offers a case study in the education, management and...
Jarvis Cocker, Angela
WatchTalks Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math that links coral, crochet and hyperbolic geometry
The Cure - “Pictures of You.”
Specter To Switch Parties - Democrats May Reach 60... →
Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said on Tuesday he would switch to the Democratic party, presenting Democrats with a possible 60th vote and the power to break Senate filibusters as they try to advance the Obama administration’s new agenda.
In a statement issued about noon as the Capitol was digesting the stunning turn of events, Mr. Specter said he had concluded that his party had moved too...
beastie boys- intergalactic
ACL Fest 2009 lineup announced | Austin Music... →
What: The lineup for the eighth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival was released today by concert promoters C3 Presents. SEE FULL SCHEDULE
Confirmed: The worst-kept secret in the Austin music scene — headliners will be Pearl Jam, the Dave Matthews Band, the Beastie Boys, Kings of Leon, Ben Harper and Relentless7 , and Thievery Corporation.
When: Oct. 2 to 4 at Zilker Park
Tickets:...
WatchNow in HD: David Garza’s ‘2 Sinners in the Garden’
Photographed by Dutch Rall and Todd V. Wolfson
visit: davidgarza.com
Obama Is Nudging Views on Race, a Survey Finds -... →
Barack Obama’s presidency seems to be altering the public perception of race relations in the United States. Two-thirds of Americans now say race relations are generally good, and the percentage of blacks who say so has doubled since last July, according to the latest New York Times/ CBS News poll.
G.M.’s Latest Plan Hinges on Debt Exchange -... →
G.M. said it would eliminate another 21,000 factory jobs, close 13 plants, cut its vast network of 6,500 dealers almost in half and shutter its Pontiac division.
By the time it is finished, G.M. expects to have only 38,000 union workers and 34 factories left in the United States, compared with 395,000 workers in more than 150 plants at its peak employment in 1970.
Enter Theatergoers, Gently Welcomed, at Public... →
The changes will seem subtle: inside, a mezzanine balcony that projects over the lobby, and outside, a new gradual staircase leading up to the entrance and a glass canopy to shield people from the rain. But these renovations to the Public Theater will be the first time that the building’s facade and entrance have been significantly changed since 1967, when Joseph Papp moved his theater for the...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Killing Floor
Live...
G.E.’s Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc -... →
The storage advance, which G.E. is announcing on Monday, is just a laboratory success at this stage. The new technology must be made to work in products that can be mass-produced at affordable prices.
But optical storage experts and industry analysts who were told of the development said it held the promise of being a big step forward in digital storage with a wide range of potential uses in...
Apple and Verizon in iPhone Negotiations for 2010?... →
This is just the latest in a series of reports that Apple may open the iPhone up to other U.S. carriers. AT&T has been said to be working on trying to extend their exclusivity into 2011. It’s no wonder, since AT&T’s most recent financial results showed that they had 1.6 million activations of the iPhone 3G in the 1st quarter of 2009 and 40% of those customers were new to...
WatchIn her studio in Düsseldorf, artist Angelika J. Trojnarski searches for beauty in the leftovers of a man-made wasteland.
Produced, photographed and edited by: Dutch Rall
for iNCONTEXT.TV a production of KLRU Austin PBS
“They have cramped keyboards, terrible software, junky hardware, very small...”
– Apple COO Tim Cook on netbooks
WatchPRESS TEASER: Ballet Austin’s Hamlet - KLRU-TV, Austin PBS
Stephen Mills’ contemporary ballet Hamlet will air on KLRU on May 14th, 2009 at 8:pm.
Produced by: Dutch Rall for iNCONTEXT.TV
War About Terror - Council on Foreign Relations →
Civil Liberties and National Security After 9/11: A CFR Working Paper
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