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- For Sarah's weekly visit, we try something a little special - soft shell crabs. We know that Sarah likes soft shell crabs and we've never made them before, so we were eager to give this meal a whirl. And it worked quite nicely. |
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- Michael Beam has returned to the web with a column on programming with sockets and NSFileHandle. |
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- The battle for the leadership of both arms of the National Assembly may take a different shape if current moves by some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some senators-elect to rezone the Senate Presidency to the North succeed. |
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- As scientists battle to unravel the mystery surrounding the latest of the killer viruses, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), now ravaging the world, a Biological Scientist has enjoined Nigerians to take more interest than ever before in the cleanness of their homes and environments. |
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- A man pleaded innocent Tuesday to charges of arson and terrorism involving a string of fires and vandalism at houses of worship in Los Angeles. Farshid Haji Tehrani, a Jewish Iranian immigrant, was arraigned on numerous criminal counts, most of which were labeled hate crimes in the complaint. He remained jailed on $750,000 bail. |
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- May 13 - Secretary of State Colin Powell deplored a series of terror bombings in Riyadh, saying the attacks bore the "earmarks of al-Qaida." |
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- May 13 - Mock patients acting out flu-like symptoms of a mystery illness began showing up at hospitals in the Chicago area as part of the national bioterror drill. |
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- May 13 - A lawsuit has been filed against Nabisco claiming their Oreo cookies are unhealthy for children. And he doesn't mean if the kids eat too many. |
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- May 13 - Attackers shot their way into three housing compounds in synchronized strikes in the Saudi capital and then set off multiple suicide car bombs. |
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- May 13 - The $20 bill got a facelift Tuesday, as the U.S. Treasury Department unveilled a new, more colorful banknote. |
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- May 13 - President Bush denounced the bombings in Saudi Arabia that killed scores of people, including Americans, as the work of "killers whose only faith is hate." |
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- May 13 - Prince Saud al Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, expressed sorrow over the terror attacks and vowed to cooperate with the United States in fighting terrorism. |
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- May 13 - Iraqis pulled bound and blindfolded bodies, thought to be Shiites, out of a newly discovered mass grave outside the southern Iraqi city of Basra. |
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- May 12 - Can't get enough of Clark, Lana, and the rest of the "Smallville" cast? Then hit the web for some very special webisodes. |
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- May 13 - Jay Leno and Katie Couric switched jobs on Monday, with Leno handling news duties on "Today" and Couric going for flirtatious laughs on "Tonight". |
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- May 13 - Katie Couric turned into a sexy if nervous comedian as she swapped seats with Jay Leno. Here's a bit from her opening monologue. |
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- The UN Security Council votes to send a new peacekeeping mission to Ivory Coast, but postpones a council visit there. |
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- Aides reject speculation that Argentina's ex-president will pull out of Sunday's election, after poor poll showings. |
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- May 13 - A San Francisco lawyer has filed a suit against Nabisco, saying that their Oreo cookies are unhealthy for children to eat. |
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- May 13 - The $20 bill got a facelift Tuesday, as the U.S. Treasury Department unveilled a new, more colorful banknote. |
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- May 12 - The most extensive bioterrorism drill in U.S. history began Monday with the explosion of an imaginary radioactive 'dirty bomb' in Seattle. |
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- May 12 - Jose Santos was cleared Monday of wrongdoing in his Kentucky Derby victory after officials found he had nothing in his hand besides his whip. |
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- May 12 - An Illinois high school suspended several students involved in a brutal off-campus hazing melee and will recommend that the students be expelled. |
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- May 12 - More tornadoes tore through the South and the Midwest over the weekend. Meteorologists say more than 300 twisters have touched down so far this month. |
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- May 13 - Mock patients acting out flu-like symptoms of a mystery illness began showing up at hospitals in the Chicago area as part of the national bioterror drill. |
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- Interesting press release from Opera and Kyocera. Since Kyocera smartphones (7135) are based on Palm OS, does it mean that there will be an Opera browser for other flavours Palm OS? |
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- These competitions are closing this weekend. Registered users should enter soon! More Geekzone competitions coming next Saturday. |
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- For US$ 9.95 a month, users of Fastchat can have all the Instant Messaging, Picture Messaging and e-mail they want. And unlimited push-to-talk too. |
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- The companion versions (Windows and Linux) for the Pocket PC TextMaker word processing are now available. |
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- May 13 - Mock patients acting out flu-like symptoms of a mystery illness began showing up at hospitals in the Chicago area as part of the national bioterror drill. |
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- I waited for this to happen since I was told that the BMW 7-series runs on Windows CE: Thailand's Finance Minister Suchart Jaovisidha had to be rescued today from inside his expensive BMW limousine after the onboard computer crashed, leaving the vehicle immobilized. Once the computer failed, neither the door... |
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- May 12 - Sites like NetFlix offer members a chance to rent movies without the hassle of the video store or late fees. Is this business model a threat to Blockbuster? |
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- May 12 - The music industry is getting tough on online pirates as new legal ways to obtain online tunes are being unveiled. |
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- May 12 - The wedding industry is a 72-billion-dollar a year business. This week's Your Money looks at ways couples can save money on wedding day. |
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- May 13 - Mock patients acting out flu-like symptoms of a mystery illness began showing up at hospitals in the Chicago area as part of the national bioterror drill. |
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- May 12 - Can't get enough of Clark, Lana, and the rest of the "Smallville" cast? Then hit the web for some very special webisodes. |
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- May 12 - The man dubbed the 'smiling terrorist' went on trial in Indonesia on Monday for last year's deadly bombings of two Bali nightclubs packed with tourists. |
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- The Hivelogic Narrative is done. He’ll be back, they always come back. ;) Seriously, its a good thing to eventually stop blogging for a bit. |
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- I've been having fun with this sign builder link found at Michele's. (Okay, so I had fun with it on... |
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- Nýkominn með meiri áhrif í hendurnar heldur en flestir aðrir þátttakendur í því samfélagi sem hann er hluti af. Hann sagði ... |
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- Occassionally I get a little homesick living in Sydney, but then someone sends me a little gem from home as a reminder and I feel a whole lot better, lick this little beauty - a reminder of what I am missing in my home city! |
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Outlook Tip (May 13 2003 23:56 GMT) - Want to create "sticky notes" on your desktop without buying or downloading another program? Create a new Note in Microsoft Outlook or open an existing Note. Close Outlook without closing the Note. The Note will remain on your desktop and you can drag it to any location. To create a new Note without launching Outlook, click the icon in the upper left-hand corner of the note and select New Note. |
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- A rogue badger attacked five people during a 48 hour rampage in a quiet suburb in the UK. One man required two skin graft... |
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- Much has been made elsewhere (snarky press releases and so on) about President Bush's ambition that Iraqis be given medical... |
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- Sprint's new president and CEO was also handed chairmanship of the carrier Tuesday upon the retirement of longtime chief William Esrey. |
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