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- Brian and Kristen are in town for the week and are able to stop in for a visit this Thursday evening. We serve a vegetarian meal for Brian. Since we don't get to see them all that often, we "fancy up" the meal with homemade pasta, among other things. |
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- Is Canada trying to subvert the American economy? That's what many worried Americans believe, and they may be right. It's quite possible that Canadians, and their money, are infiltrating the U.S. currency a few cents at a time. |
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- Yesterday marked one year of thought?horizon and I was lucky enough to spend it in reflection with a friend who had travelled with me along the way. When I started thought?horizon it was to organise the wealth of ideas that were pouring into my head from all sides on the topics of knowledge management and learning. Little did I know it would become a way of connecting with others and a history of my thinking. |
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- Researchers report that playing video games helps boost your visual skills between 30 and 50 percent. A new study suggests that action games might help rehabilitate visually impaired patients or train military personnel. I knew video games were good for you. (Arthur Bouie) |
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- <a name="200359675"> Study says: |
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- Palm Squeezes More Wireless Out of Orange. The two companies say they'll team up to add service and support for the Tungsten W in France this summer. [allNetDevices Wireless News] |
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- Heh...funny that when MSN Messanger was first released, AOL did everything in its power to *not* be interoperable.Comment from milbertus |
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"Whoa." (May 29 2003 23:58 GMT) - You are Neo, from "The Matrix." Youdisplay a perfect fusion of heroism andcompassion. What Matrix Persona Are You? brought to... |
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- FWIW, here's a comparison of geek test scores from friends of mine, ranked in descending order (edit: fixed Wendy's ranking,... |
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- Canada, U.S. to Talk Missile Defense Canada announced Thursday it will enter formal talks with the United States about joining... |
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- There's more than meat and cheese in that sub you're having for lunch today. Experts say your sandwich is a powerful key to your personality -- stuffed with more clues to your character than you'll uncover with an ink-blot test or an afternoon on a shrink's couch. [More] |
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- Blogtopix HotScripts Stuff you'll see around my site - not sponsors, but sites I support, use myself and endorse: !syndic8 eatonweb portal daypop! as always, more when I think 'em up. |
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- There's an old saying that there are no poisons per se--only toxic doses. Many things that are toxic in large... |
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- My latest Fox column is up. It's basically the same as last week's post on saving Columbia, but shortened and... |
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- I heard a couple of disturbing (well, at least they'd be disturbing if I hadn't had any previous NPR-listening experience)... |
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- When the body of Laci Peterson's baby was found, it had knotted plastic tape wrapped around its neck... |
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- The stars will be out to honor Bob Hope on his 100th birthday today... |
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- All civil lawsuits involving alleged sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests ... |
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- The gunman who surrendered after a three-hour hostage standoff in a Lakeside post office is behind bars today. |
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- The White House is defending President Bush's acceptance of a big, new tax cut package, even though it leaves millions of poor families out of a key tax credit. |
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- The U.S. economy performed a little bit better in the first three months of 2003 than first thought, growing at an annual rate of 1.9 percent. But even with the improvement, the pace of economic growth was still below normal. |
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- ISO called an early end to a Stage 1 electrical emergency. |
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- Two couples whose bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a small plane that went down in the Sierra Nevada range while en route to Orange County from Lake Tahoe were identified today. |
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- A bill requiring cell phone users to use headsets or other handsfree devices while driving was approved by the state Assembly Thursday. |
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- An ex-con accused of luring an aspiring actress to a "photo shoot," killing her and dumping her body in the Hollywood Hills was ordered held without bail today pending arraignment June 11. |
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- Another study suggests smoking is bad for your brain. |
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- 30 [i]are we devoted enough?[/i] Nope. Ha. |
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- <<[6] I toyed around with the idea of establishing a self-selecting group of Notes experts, with a working title of NotesGuild, where certifications would be based on peer-review of real-world topica... |
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- Microsoft ClearType Tuner: Customize Your Screen for Your Eyes. If you work on an LCD display and run Windows XP, this is a must try thing.... |
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Testing (May 29 2003 23:55 GMT) - Ignore this, as I"m just making sure this domain works okay. I'm shuffling all my domains around, and it's paining... |
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- The Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) has warned the opposition Movement forDemocratic Change (MDC) that it will not be "an idle observer" during nextweek's protests planned by the MDC. |
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- President Robert Mugabe's call for open debate over his successionwithin the ruling ZANU-PF party has led to a spate of media reportssuggesting that he could leave office before the expiry of his term in2008. |
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- Ethiopia celebrates the 12th anniversary of the beginning of the democratisation process in the Horn of Africa nation with renewed commitment to deepening and enhancing endeavours in the socio-economic spheres. |
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- LOCAL Members of Parliament (MPs) were the only legislators from the54-membrer Commonwealth grouping excluded from attending the club's jointmeeting with the World Trade Organisation held in South Africa lastweek. |
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- THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB), moved in swiftly to avert the collapseof the baking industry by importing 62 000 tonnes of wheat at an estimatedcost of $15 billion (US$18.9 million). |
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- THE government is to give $54 million to the Zimbabwe National WarVeterans' Association (ZNLWVA) to stage its long-delayed congress in Mutarenext month, a war veterans' leader said yesterday. |
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- THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday held crisis talks withbankers and exporters to discuss ways of rapidly raising hard-to-findforeign currency to import electricity and fuel, as Cabinet was reported tohave toyed with the idea of reviewing the price of fuel upwards to $700 alitre. |
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- OPPOSITION Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangiraihas asked ambassadors representing G8 countries in Harare to press theirgovernments to put pressure on President Robert Mugabe to immediately andunconditionally retire, to resolve the governance crisis in Zimbabwe. |
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- ARMED riot police yesterday stormed into the Zimbabwe Electricity SupplyAuthority (ZESA)'s Workington Power Station and beat up workers holding ameeting on the premises. |
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- SIX athletes from Zimbabwe will next month represent the nation at the2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games for people with mentaldisabilities. The games are to be hosted from June 21-29 2003. |
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- MANY sports enthusiasts countrywide will remember the goalkeeper wholast season raced from his goal area and ploughed a double-footed kung-fulunge into a hapless soccer referee and left the match official sprawlingonto the ground. |
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- LIKE sheep being led to the slaughter, Zimbabwe's two representatives incontinental club competitions - Black Rhinos and Highlanders - will trudgeonto the field of play this Sunday knowing fully-well that nothing short ofvictory will appease their followers after their pathetic performances intheir respective second round, first leg ties. |
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- THE 75 percent local content on Zimbabwean radio, soon to be increasedto 100 percent as announced recently by the Minister of Information inBulawayo, has been the most trumpeted "achievement" of the government inrecent years. |
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- MILK output for this year is expected to fall by almost 44 percentbecause of the decline in the national dairy herd, according to a topindustrialist. |
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- It is a known fact that Human Resources (HR) is still trying toreposition itself as a strategic partner in many organisations. With theadvent of the balanced scorecard concept many human resources professionalsthe world over have managed to put a strong case for HR as a strategiccomponent of the company's strategy implementation. |
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- The sugar giant awakened from its slumber last week as it breached the$100 mark. The counter surged 32.25 percent to reach $102.50 at the close ofbusiness Friday. |
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