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Baseball Musings
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Bernie's Brain (Oct 05 2003 12:59 GMT) - Jack Curry in the NY Times offers a look into the head of Bernie Williams: In many ways, Williams, who has been an instrumental part of four World Series teams, symbolizes this team. He is still a formidable player, but... |
Blog of Rob
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PSV 4, Den Haag 0 (Oct 05 2003 12:57 GMT) - PSV simply outclassed Den Haag last night and went back to Eindhoven with the full three points, even after Kezman was sent off the field with a red card within half an hour. He still leads the leaderboard with 8 goals, but suspensions won't do him any good. The lead is ours again, but Ajax can regain it if they win in Groningen today. |
Burlington Times News
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W'boro library makes its debut (Oct 05 2003 12:57 GMT) - After getting their first look at the new Willingboro Public Library yesterday, many of the residents needed to find a thesaurus to come up with enough adjectives to de-scribe it. |
KGO ABC7 Salutes headlines
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Family Fights Daughter's Rare Disease (Oct 05 2003 12:57 GMT) - School districts around California have been hit hard by the state's budget crisis, but parents in Novato decided early on to fight back. They raised $450,000 to keep teachers from being laid off, and this weekend, they're holding a concert to raise more. Education reporter, Lyanne Melendez, reports on the parents of Novato and their commitment to their children's education in this ABC7 Salute. |
Gut Rumbles
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ha! (Oct 05 2003 12:56 GMT) - I guessed right the first time. If YOU didn't, check here. I LOVE pretty, red, feminine toes. BWHAHAHAHAHA! And read... |
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lame-ass (Oct 05 2003 12:56 GMT) - On friday we had a department-outing to a bowling alley. Pretty cool. I hadn't bowled in many many years. I... |
CoolB*Log
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Origami For Dummies (Oct 05 2003 12:56 GMT) - Canon has a page with tons of different origami-like projects you can print out and try.... |
Blog of Rob
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Halloween Decoration Contest (Oct 05 2003 12:55 GMT) - The Herald-Dispatch has a Halloween decoration contest. Entries can be submitted until Tuesday, Oct. 21.. I should get ready then. Unfortunately it's not possible to keep carved pumpkins around for ten days, so those will be missing. |
My Computational Complexity Web Log
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A New Genius (Oct 05 2003 12:55 GMT) - While on the topic of awards, we have a new "genius" in the theoretical computer science community. Computational geometer Erik Demaine just received a MacArthur Fellowship. Congrats! |
The LitiGator
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Mike Cox on affirmative action (Oct 05 2003 12:54 GMT) - Michigan's Republican Attorney General Mike Cox, in an interview with Bill Ballenger published in July 2003 in Ballenger's Inside Michigan Politics, was asked about his refusal to submit a brief for the State of Michigan on the Grutter and Gratz cases against the University of Michigan. He took a position which, if widely adopted, would |
Ecademy: user blogs
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Problems at Lloyds TSB [Patrick Brown] (Oct 05 2003 12:53 GMT) - This might explain why I can't log-on to my account! ============================== A number of fraudulent emails, alleging to be from Lloyds TSB, have been sent to customers and non-customers encouraging people to visit a website where card details are requested. Lloyds TSB never sends emails that ask for confidential information or security details to be recorded online. If you get such an email, please delete it immediately without responding. If you are concerned that you may have divulged any details please call our helpline on 0845 3000 116. |
Ecademy: user blogs
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Problems at Lloyds TSB [Patrick Brown] (Oct 05 2003 12:53 GMT) - This might explain why I can't log-on to my account! ============================== A number of fraudulent emails, alleging to be from Lloyds TSB, have been sent to customers and non-customers encouraging people to visit a website where card details are requested. Lloyds TSB never sends emails that ask for confidential information or security details to be recorded online. If you get such an email, please delete it immediately without responding. If you are concerned that you may have divulged any details please call our helpline on 0845 3000 116. |
Ecademy: user blogs
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Plaxo & FOAF [Dave Cross] (Oct 05 2003 12:53 GMT) - In case anyone jumps to the conclusion that my dislike of Plaxo comes from a general dislike of tools that facilitate networking, then I'd like to point out that my FOAF file is available to anyone and always contains my most up to date contact info. If your contact management software can't deal with industry standard formats like FOAF, then I recommend that you get better tools Dave Cross |
Ecademy: user blogs
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Plaxo & FOAF [Dave Cross] (Oct 05 2003 12:53 GMT) - In case anyone jumps to the conclusion that my dislike of Plaxo comes from a general dislike of tools that facilitate networking, then I'd like to point out that my FOAF file is available to anyone and always contains my most up to date contact info. If your contact management software can't deal with industry standard formats like FOAF, then I recommend that you get better tools Dave Cross |
JZip
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Another Really Good Idea To Ignore (Oct 05 2003 12:52 GMT) - Quote: "Yom Kippur is a day of introspection and not eating, and if there was ever a culture in need of introspection and not eating,... |
Res Ipsa Loquitur
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Thanks! (Oct 05 2003 12:52 GMT) - A big thanks to everyone for the happy birthday wishes. They were much appreciated. I had a great birthday, complete... |
Rant Central
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What part of "Do Not" was unclear? (Oct 05 2003 12:52 GMT) - The National Do Not Call list brouhaha continues apace. A Slashdot comment concludes with an absolutely priceless observation:Telemarketing is the act of peeing on thousands of people to find the one person who actually enjoys a golden shower. |
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