Sunday, July 31, 2005

 
Melee at Cairo protest / Security forces beat, arrest anti-Mubarak demonstrators

"What happened today was a massacre, a sick joke," said Aida Seif al-Dawla, a human rights activist who was among the demonstrators beaten on Saturday. "American people should understand that this is Mubarak, Bush's ally."

Friday, July 29, 2005

 
CBS 5: Some Delays At San Jose Grand Prix

The San Jose Grand Prix went nowhere fast Friday morning, thanks to track delays.

But qualifying got finally got underway about noon, after crews finished filling in some holes in the raceway.

 

BBC NEWS: Bush ally to back stem cell bill


Hmmm? Did Bill Frist actually use his own mind and heart to make this decision?

Sorry, independent thinking for him, is out of my cynical realm of imagination.

- Frank

 

FORTUNE Mag: The Great Real Estate Debate

The Great Real Estate Debate - FORTUNE Magazine

An article that illustrates, that no one knows what's next.

- Frank

 

Chips Ahoy—Inside a CPU Plant

Chips Ahoy—Inside a CPU Plant

GEEK PEEK



 

Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: One Bush

Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: One Bush

Although I've been harassed many, many times for taking photos (the camera goes with me virtually everywhere) this was the first time I was accosted by a security guard on a public sidewalk. - Thomas Hawk

Irritating and depressing, this really must stop.
- Frank

 

CNN.com - New Pontiac GTO on the way

CNN.com - New Pontiac GTO on the way - Jul 29, 2005

The new car is expected to begin production in 2008. likely in Australia, and it will be more striking in appearance than the current GTO, the newspaper said, citing unnamed company sources.

 

Interview : Leo Laporte: The PC and open source will outlive Windows

Interview : Leo Laporte: The PC and open source will outlive Windows


Ultimately, Leo thinks that the general purpose PC platform and open code will survive the Windows platform, in much the same way that the PC survived IBM's massive withdrawal from the consumer market segment.

 

The Total Taxi Rethink

The Total Taxi Rethink


The year 2007 will mark the 100th anniversary of the New York City taxi, and in honor of the occasion, a group of designers, urban planners, and city officials decided it's time to rethink the cab for the next century.

 
A creature with bite
Some 800 rattlesnake bites are reported in California annually, resulting in one to two deaths.

Thursday, July 28, 2005

 

N.D. Man Wins Annual Bad-Writing Contest

N.D. Man Wins Annual Bad-Writing Contest

A man who compared a woman's anatomy to a carburetor won an annual contest that celebrates the worst writing in the English language.

 

EFF: DeepLinks - Is Your Printer Spying On You?

EFF: DeepLinks

Imagine that every time you printed a document, it automatically included a secret code that could be used to identify the printer -- and potentially, the person who used it. Sounds like something from an episode of "Alias," right?

 

$1.5 Billion Giveaway Secretly Slipped into Energy Bill, Waxman Says

$1.5 Billion Giveaway Secretly Slipped into Energy Bill, Waxman Says:


In a letter to Speaker Hastert, Rep. Waxman writes that after the energy legislation was closed to further amendment in the recently concluded conference, a $1.5 billion provision benefiting oil and gas companies, Halliburton, and Sugar Land, Texas, was mysteriously inserted in the text.

"The subtitle appears to steer the administration of 75% of the $1.5 billion fund to a private consortium located in the district of Majority Leader Tom DeLay."



 

Motorola: Getting Its Groove Back

Motorola: Getting Its Groove Back:

"On July 19 the company reported that second-quarter sales had zoomed 17%, to $8.8 billion, while earnings hit $933 million, compared with a $203 million loss the previous year. "

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

 

When will mortgage rates rise?

When will mortgage rates rise?

Let the 10-year note be your canary in the cage when in comes to forecasting the end of low mortgage rates.

 

Discovery Channel :: Biggest Telescope Mirror in Making

Biggest Telescope Mirror in Making



The 72-foot-wide, earth-based Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will have 10 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope.

 

CA Supreme Court orders re-regulation measure back on Nov. ballot

CA Supreme Court orders re-regulation measure back on Nov. ballot

The proposition would re-regulate the state's electricity market, requiring electric service providers to be controlled by the PUC. It's supported by consumer advocates who believe the deregulation of California's utilities helped cause the blackouts and price manipulations that hit the state in 2000-01.

 

USATODAY.com - Study says echinacea doesn't help colds

USATODAY.com - Study says echinacea doesn't help colds


Echinacea, or purple cone flowers, has been thought a top remedy to battle the common cold. But new research says otherwise.
Jacqueline Larma, AP

 

SFGate: Day In Pictures- Tight Squeeze


SFGate: Day In Pictures

Emergency personnel try to reach a trucker who was trapped inside his cab when his rig smashed into a drainage culvert in Dodge City, Kan. The truck ended up about 85 feet inside the culvert.

 

U.S. Offering Kyoto Protocol Alternative

U.S. Offering Kyoto Protocol Alternative:

"Earlier this month in Scotland, the Group of Eight industrialized countries bowed to U.S. pressure by approving a declaration on climate change that avoided taking any concrete steps to fight global warming, such as setting targets or timetables for reducing greenhouse gas emissions."

tsk-tsk!
Once again, the secret, sleazy approach seems to be the only way our current government can find to deal with even the most global problems.

- Frank

 

USATODAY - 'Over There' brings the Iraq war home

USATODAY.com - 'Over There' brings the Iraq war home:

"Though many people will inevitably read their positions on the war into the series, Over There is careful to take no position of its own, other than to note that war takes an incredible toll on all involved. Surely a TV series should be allowed to make such a valid and obvious point."

Airs on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 10 ET/PT on FX channel

- Frank

 

Study: California will need 40 percent more water in 25 years

Study: California will need 40 percent more water in 25 years

...much of the water going for landscaping in the hot, dry inland valleys that will see the bulk of the population growth, a new study warns.

 

The Modesto Bee: As our water use grows, so does pollutants' reach

Modbee.com | The Modesto Bee

The most troubling aspect of the uranium polluting some of the water beneath Modesto is that it's not likely to stay put. The same is true of the arsenic, nitrates and other chemicals that have shut down a dozen city wells.

 

Playing Politics at Kids' Expense

Playing Politics at Kids' Expense

Thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative in children's vaccines, may be responsible for the exponential growth of autism.

Autism, Mercury, and corrupt government: What a combo!

- Frank

 

Larchmont Gazette: Village of Mamaroneck Considers Secession

Larchmont Gazette.com: Larchmont's hometown journal. Village of Mamaroneck Considers Secession

“I am in total support of the effort to get relief for the taxpayers,” said Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Phil Trifiletti.

 

PM: Jay Leno's Garage - May 2005 - Tire tearing Terror

Popular Mechanics: Jay Leno's Garage - May 2005

Conspiring with GM to raise a monster of a Toronado.

 

Three Years Later, A Look At Sarbanes-Oxley - Forbes.com

Three Years Later, A Look At Sarbanes-Oxley - Forbes.com:

"While the spirit of data-driven regulations like SOX were created with the best of intentions, they have had a tremendously burdensome impact on U.S. enterprises because they have imposed requirements that are complex, costly, confusing and often contradictory. "

Some think SOX SUX?

-Frank

 

New Zealand Herald: NZ and Australia in 'man drought'

The New Zealand Herald

"If you are a 34-year-old heterosexual woman in New Zealand you have as much chance of finding a male partner your own age as does an 85-year-old woman," Salt said. "This aligns precisely with what's happening in Australia."

 

Indians Recover 200 Bodies From Monsoon

Indians Recover 200 Bodies From Monsoon

I can't even comprehend... 37.1 inches of rain in one day.

- Frank

 

Your job: Signs you've stayed too long - Jul. 27, 2005

Your job: Signs you've stayed too long - Jul. 27, 2005


I finally quit, but that's the last time I'll wait for such a dramatic breaking point to take my leave.

 

Chico Enterprise Record - Real estate deal really was too good to be true

Chico Enterprise Record - Local News

Turns out the property was low-income government housing that a renter tried to pass off as her own.

 

Seth's Blog: Are blogs backward?

Seth's Blog: Are blogs backward?

Weblogs were designed to be like newspapers. The idea was that people would stop by and read some more every day, and that each post would build on what had come before... and that frequent readers would have no trouble keeping up.

 

Architectural Record | House of the Month | Steel Tree House

Architectural Record | House of the Month | Steel Tree House


The fusion of indoor and outdoor spaces was important to both the owner and the architect.

 

West Nile victim confirmed in Placer County, CA

West Nile victim confirmed in Placer County, CA

"This is a preventable disease and people need to be aware mosquitoes are most active in the evenings, so when you're outside, cover up and use repellent with DEET," he said.

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

 

Digital Darkroom Instruction: Color Spaces: Beyond Adobe RGB

Digital Darkroom Instruction

GEEK INFO

Choosing a color space for your images can be confusing when you’re new to digital imaging.

 

History sure does repeat itself


Frank & Ernest


Our government at work

 

Canadian lab to test 'sasquatch' hair - Yahoo! News

Canadian lab to test 'sasquatch' hair - Yahoo! News:


The debate over the existence of sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, an ape-like creature said to haunt the wilderness of western Canada has entered the world of modern DNA testing.

 

IBM's Billion-Dollar Baby - Forbes.com

IBM's Billion-Dollar Baby - Forbes.com: "There are a finite number of companies who can afford the kind of technology IBM is pushing. Whether IBM is truly successful in expanding the mainframe market beyond its existing customer base remains to be seen. "


There are a finite number of companies who can afford the kind of technology IBM is pushing. Whether IBM is truly successful in expanding the mainframe market beyond its existing customer base remains to be seen.

 

USATODAY.com - More hotels try fewer sheet changes

USATODAY.com - More hotels try fewer sheet changes

Fresh bed sheets every day aren't automatic in hotel rooms anymore.

Monday, July 25, 2005

 

Newsday.com: Man Killed in Subway Not Linked to Blasts

Newsday.com: Man Killed in Subway Not Linked to Blasts

This is really pathetic:

...The man shot at the Stockwell subway station was identified as Jean Charles de Menezes, 27. Witnesses said he was wearing a heavy, padded coat when plainclothes police chased him into a subway car, pinned him to the ground and shot him in the head and torso....

And this sounds like London's Mayor has taken spin lessons from Washington, DC:

...Mayor Ken Livingstone said the killing was a "human tragedy" that was a consequence of the attacks.

"The police acted to do what they believed necessary to protect the lives of the public," he said. "This tragedy has added another victim to the toll of deaths for which the terrorists bear responsibility."

 

'With Open Arms' - Newsweek National News

'With Open Arms' - Newsweek National News -MSNBC.com

Her husband may have his critics abroad,
but First Lady Laura Bush's trip helped take the edge off.

Newsweek - July 25th issue

 

San Jose Grand Prix -- MercuryNews.com

San Jose Grand Prix -- MercuryNews.com

This coming weekend: July 29, 30, 31

 

Room for Wal-Mart and Main Street?

Room for Wal-Mart and Main Street?


"Our Main Street is our treasure," said Connie Fondow, a Park Rapids teacher, as she emerged from Cottage Charm, a store constructed of logs with antique bicycles hanging on the outer wall. "But when Wal-Mart brings its superstore to town, I worry that Main Street as we know it will be gone forever."

 

The Doubtful Deals Driving CAFTA

The Doubtful Deals Driving CAFTA


No Honor Among Thieves

- Frank

 

Roberts Declines to Explain Group Listing - Yahoo! News

White Roberts Declines to Explain Group Listing s - Yahoo! News


Sheesh, you'd think that even by accident, maybe one person with ethics and the ability to provide a straight answer to a question might slip into...

...Oops, nevermind! Forgot about the "Birds of a Feather" Cliché.

- Frank

Sunday, July 24, 2005

 

Windows Vista draws jokes, scorn, approval | CNET News.com

Windows Vista draws jokes, scorn, approval | CNET News.com

 

Duluth News Tribune | 07/23/2005 | Swanson TV dinners changed the way American families interact

Duluth News Tribune | 07/23/2005 | Swanson TV dinners changed the way American families interact

Recent news stories announced the death of the inventor of the TV dinner in a Phoenix hospice at the age of 83.

"He was a gourmet cook," Mrs. Thomas told the AP. "He never ate the TV dinners."

Saturday, July 23, 2005

 

FT.com / In depth / Terror - Man shot dead ‘not connected to terror attacks’

FT.com / In depth / Terror - Man shot dead ‘not connected to terror attacks’


“For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets,” said a spokesman

 

China's Nanjing Automotive Buys Collapsed British Automaker MG Rover - from TBO.com

China's Nanjing Automotive Buys Collapsed British Automaker MG Rover - from TBO.com


PricewaterhouseCoopers, which took over administration of Rover when the automaker filed for bankruptcy in April, said Nanjing had bought the assets of both MG Rover Group and its engine-producing subsidiary, Powertrain Ltd.

 

Love-struck Kenyan awaiting Clinton's nod to marry only daughter, Chelsea - Yahoo! News

Love-struck Kenyan awaiting Clinton's nod to marry only daughter, Chelsea - Yahoo! News

Former US President, Bill Clinton, who was visiting Kenya, will probably never hear about it but he's being offered 20 head of cattle and 40 goats for the hand of his daughter in marriage.

 

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H1 Review - Introduction - Digital Cameras - 5 Megapixels - Designtechnica Reviews - Designtechnica

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H1 Review - Introduction - Digital Cameras - 5 Megapixels - Designtechnica Reviews - Designtechnica

Highs:
High quality 12x optical zoom; good image stabilization

Lows:
Poor software; uses expensive Memory Stick Pro media; low quality LCD screen"

 

Poll: Americans Say World War III Likely

Poll: Americans Say World War III Likely


Some question whether that war has arrived, with fighting dragging on in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the U.S. campaign against terrorism.

 

Beholders of a piece of art in Wellington of art are of two minds

Beholders of a piece of art in Wellington of art are of two minds

Wellington, FL -

Her arms are raised above her head like a ballerina's, and her frame — as slender as a whip —- is curved back and up in the shape of a teardrop.

But it's the part of her anatomy swelling — bounteously, unsparingly, abundantly — between slender neck and shimmery tail that has this village talking.

 

OfficialWire: OPOA Sets Out Agenda For Change

OfficialWire: OPOA Sets Out Agenda For Change


Whew! This group has quite a list of objectives:

A small group of Patriotic Americans are madder than hell and want to change America—they say—for the better.

 

The News-Press: Environment - White House moves to drill for oil off Gulf Coast

The News-Press: Environment - White House moves to drill for oil off Gulf Coast

The Bush administration is seeking to open for exploration and development an area of the Gulf known as Lease Sale 181 that was supposed to remain off limits until at least 2012, said Adam Sharp, a Landrieu spokesman who is familiar with the negotiations.

 

Poynter Online - Readers Speak: Journalists in Jail, Federal Shield Law

Poynter Online - Readers Speak: Journalists in Jail, Federal Shield Law

There's no consensus among newspaper readers over what reporters should do when forced to choose between jail time and revealing an anonymous source, and equally mixed reaction to a federal protection for journalists in such a position.

 

Russia to destroy its chemical weapons on its own - PRAVDA.Ru

Russia to destroy its chemical weapons on its own - PRAVDA.Ru


Russia should reprocess 40 thousand tons of poisonous materials

 

European Geography Level 2

European Geography Level 2


One example from this great site for learning or testing geography, vocabulary, and other skills. Link above is to a European Geography puzzle.

Main page for Sheppard Software - They say: "We make learning fun!", and after perusing their web site, I would strongly agree.

Have Fun!

Friday, July 22, 2005

 

CEOs are faking it, Stanford professor says - Computerworld

CEOs are faking it, Stanford professor says - Computerworld


"If you look at these Fortune 500 companies where they get paid a fortune, they have the least impact," Sutton said.

 

MercuryNews.com | 07/22/2005 | The best keyboard at Fry's

MercuryNews.com | 07/22/2005 | The best keyboard at Fry's


She began adapting her songs to the noise around her. The dun-dun-dun-dun of video games? Back beat. The pulsing music of the dance pad? Back-up.

 

FOXNews.com - Politics - Intel Officers: Bush Needs to Punish Rove for Plame Outing

FOXNews.com - Politics - Intel Officers: Bush Needs to Punish Rove for Plame Outing


WASHINGTON — Former U.S. intelligence officers criticized President Bush on Friday for not disciplining Karl Rove in connection with the leak of the name of a CIA officer, saying Bush's lack of action has jeopardized national security.

 

Online Extra: What's Your Dream Job?

Online Extra: What's Your Dream Job?


"One day I'd like to..." How would you answer that question?

 

Guardsman brings firsthand look at Iraq to Auburn

Guardsman brings firsthand look at Iraq to Auburn

One slide showed a thermometer's needle stuck at 130 degrees.

Thursday, July 21, 2005

 

Google Toolbar for Firefox

Google Toolbar for Firefox


It's free and installs in seconds

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

 

news @ nature.com�-�Data at your fingertips�-�Could your fingernails be used as credit cards?

news @ nature.com�-�Data at your fingertips�-�Could your fingernails be used as credit cards?


Researchers in Japan have managed to carve tiny numbers and pictures into a fingernail, in the form of microscopic dots burnt into the nail by laser.

Monday, July 18, 2005

 

Dvorak Uncensored � BushTurns into Clinton: Begins Parsing

Dvorak Uncensored � BushTurns into Clinton: Begins Parsing

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

 

USATODAY.com - Mobile home madness: Prices top $1 million

USATODAY.com - Mobile home madness: Prices top $1 million

Monday, July 04, 2005

 

SUNNYVALE - Web site on Bush drive to Iraq war, pressures media

SUNNYVALE / Web site on Bush drive to Iraq war pressures media

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