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- OK, here's the poop: Apple is replacing the unit (an iBook 16 VRAM, 12" 700 MHz, 30GB) with one of ... |
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- I got a voicemail from my lovely Apple rep today suggesting that they may replace the iBook. I am now ... |
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- Chlorarachniophytes are marine protists that have acquired photosynthetic capacity by engulfing and retaining a chlorophyte green alga through secondary endosymbiosis. This process has been an important factor in eukaryotic evolution, yet the number and timing of these events remains unresolved. Full story: Gene acquisition in eukaryotes [GenomeBiology.com] |
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- How much damage does cosmic radiation do to frequent flyers? I don't really understand the explanation of how they are planning to measure a person's radiation exposure from the past - painting chromosomes or something - but it is good news: "If this works, we'll be able to take a measurement and see the lifetime exposure in that person," says David Brenner of Columbia University in New York. "Often there is no other reliable record of individual exposure." Source: |
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- Matthew is double right :-) Getting Internet access is a real pain these days in Boston :-)And the Twingle workshop was real fun. Lots of interesting people at the conference. I already met Ginaugo Rabellino, Michael Wechner and Paul Everitt. |
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- I have been loved unconditionally. I have a wife, three children and one three-year old grandson, plus my dog. I am the luckiest man in the world. In one respect, dogs and children are the... |
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ストリートで出合った (May 28 2003 23:58 GMT) - Ann Sallyのライブに行くと ギター、ボーカル、キ |
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Slow day (May 28 2003 23:58 GMT) - Sorry about the lack of posting, but today seems devoid of any important news. And of course with the fire... |
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- As you know the PC Party of Canada is having its leadership convention this weekend in Toronto. I will be... |
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- CNET News.com: Business application powerhouse SAP is tapping MySQL's open-source database software in a deal that should let the smaller company accelerate its development plans. The move, announced Tuesday, should permit MySQL to add higher-end features to its database software within two years, compared with the four years that it was previously expected to take, MySQL chief executive Marten Mickos said. |
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- CNET News.com: The Redmond, Wash., software maker said Tuesday that it has begun shipping Solomon 5.5, an update to the business application suite that it gained when it acquired Great Plains in 2001. |
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- InfoWorld: Following the industry trend of cutting costs through international outsourcing, PeopleSoft plans to open a new development and support center in Bangalore, India. PeopleSoft plans to invest $30 million to $40 million in the center, slated to employ 300 by the end of the year, according to a PeopleSoft spokeswoman. The Pleasanton, Calif., company is working with services firm Hexaware Technologies, which will establish and operate the center. |
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- CNET News.com: Information technology managers are moving ahead with their Linux installation plans while nervously watching for the legal implications of SCO Group's infringement claims against the upstart operating system. Linux has steadily gained a foothold in corporate servers during the past few years as companies have sought to save money and Linux functionality has improved. |
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- With positive news on the potential for Genentech's (NYSE: DNA) Avastin to treat colorectal cancer, its shares jumped 70% in six days to close at $63. |
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- The perfect fried rice technique. |
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- Can you tell I really love this? Badminton::Birdie Obsessive compulsive::Disorder Prosthetics::The One-Armed Man Sophistication:: |
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- "A rehearsal in which the actors deliver their lines and perform the action at a much higher rate of speed..." |
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- "A rehearsal in which the actors deliver their lines and perform the action at a much higher rate of speed..." |
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- A woman who allegedly robbed six banks in 48 hours was caught after receiving a ticket for not wearing her seat belt. Court papers released Wednesday say Pamela Kaichen, 43, admitted telling at least one teller she lost a loved one in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, then demanded money. |
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- Someone sent me a link to the e-bore-ometer today. I haven't checked it out yet, but it looks like a great tool to help guide those of us that might be boring. |
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- Despite server problems, the ever-diligent Dean Esmay has presented us with this week's Carnival of the Vanities. Check it out, and get yourself over forty bites of bloggy goodness! |
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- MacDevCenter on DNS and on using Mac OS X’s Network Utility app. |
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- Adas Amini has turned to desperate measures to protest Britain's recent decision to continue challenging his asylum application. By Sarah Lyall. |
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- "Patti LaBelle's Lite Cuisine" is more than a cookbook; it is a blueprint for the singer and her family on how to live a longer, healthier life. By Alex Witchel. |
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- In his new book, Douglass Shand-Tucci says that the environment Harvard provided for gays shaped their later contributions to American culture. By Dinitia Smith. |
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- Gigi Levangie Grazer's novel sends Thackeray's Becky Sharp to Beverly Hills and turns her scheming, striving maneuvers into hilarious mischief. By Janet Maslin. |
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- The designs Robert Irwin contributed to the Dia Art Foundation's new museum are not gardens. They are solutions to architectural problems. By Anne Raver. |
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Corrections (May 28 2003 23:55 GMT) - An article on May 15 about Ilse Crawford, the interior designer for Soho House, a new club in Manhattan, misspelled the surname of an intrepid stage and film character to whom she compared herself. It is Miss Jean Brodie, not Brody. |
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- Old photographs often show porches draped with a plant called Dutchman's pipe. Where does it grow well? By Leslie Land. |
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- After a contest that included 16 architects, a couple finally finds their economical and modern modular home. By Craig Kellogg. |
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- From Adironidacks to hammocks to sofas, furnishing the outdoors with seats of all kinds. By Marianne Rohrlich. |
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- Drought monitors in Denver are just one sign that the region is reeling from the worst drought in a hundred years and struggling to control its thirst. By Hillary Rosner. |
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- A modern look arrives in the Vienna suburbs, with elbows that aren't too sharp. By Alastair Gordon. |
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Spelling (May 28 2003 23:54 GMT) - The 74th annual Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee has come and gone. Allow me to direct your attention to #16 on... |
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Spelling (May 28 2003 23:54 GMT) - The 74th annual Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee has come and gone. Allow me to direct your attention to #16 on... |
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the pleaser (May 28 2003 23:54 GMT) - My essential life problem: I try to be the nice girl. I try to be considerate and mannerly and all... |
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Photoshy? (May 28 2003 23:54 GMT) - Orb was talking about Starbuck's' no-photo policy and linked to a really interesting post over at Op/EDit that goes into... |
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- 2 quick things before we go back to the sleep of the dead routine Fist off in all the great... |
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