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- Hells yeah...The Red Sox fought their way back to win the division series over the A's to set up a meeting with the hated Yanks in the ALCS. I can feel the fear in NYC (even my friend who is a rabid Yankees fan admits it). The game was not without drama (yes, that was me scaring all my friends, jumping up and down the entire game). It was 4-3 in the bottom of the 9th inning with Williamson pitching, giving up two walks with no outs (you have to love our relief pitching), when Little puts Lowe in to get the last three outs. |
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- Some 50,000 Australian sheep, stranded in the Persian Gulf since Saudi Arabia rejected them as diseased, will be brought home rather than slaughtered, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday. |
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- Home owners worried about house security can now watch live CCTV pictures of their property on a mobile. |
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- A system that uses soundscapes to map a blind person's surroundings is being developed at Philips' Labs. |
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- The UK technology sector continues to struggle, but the first glimmers of recovery are appearing in Europe, surveys suggest. |
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- The search for a missing three-year-old who police believe was abducted yesterday continues on the city's South Side. Marilyn Ali disappeared from her backyard after a stranger borrowed the family's phone. |
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Game Two (Oct 08 2003 21:58 GMT) - Fans hold out hope the Cubs will even the score with Game 2. The first pitch is at 7:18 p.m. at Wrigley Field. |
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- Bachelor Bob talks about his search for true love on the hit TV show "The Bachelor." |
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- Seniors and low-income families may feel some relief from property taxes. Mayor Daley is asking the state to pass millions of dollars in property tax breaks but some people say that's not enough. |
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- A portion of the Green Line was shut down for about two hours Wednesday morning after a body was found on the tracks. |
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- National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice says the team searching for weapons in Iraq "is finding proof that Iraq never disarmed and never complied with U-N inspectors." |
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- Cubs fans have been going to great lengths to see the team. One serious fan even sacrificed his job. |
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- Police are searching for clues in the murder of Charles Edward Jr., 32, and his son, Charles Edward III, 16. |
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- Chicago teachers could be headed to the picket lines. Delegates from the Chicago Teachers Union voted 4,002 to 289 against the city's contract proposal. |
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- Four Great Lakes down. One more to go. |
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- A judge has dismissed Chicago's efforts to get the makers of lead paint to help pay for treating children poisoned by the products. |
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- The new head of corrections in Lake County is a 14-year veteran of the sheriff's department. |
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- Striking trash collectors walked the picket line Wednesday for the eighth consecutive day as negotiators continued contract talks. |
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- It's not too soon to think about planning your winter vacation. Figuring out what you want to do and making reservations ahead of time could save you money. Your computer can help you find money saving deals, as well. Travel expert John Owens has some tips. |
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Be Nice (Oct 08 2003 21:58 GMT) - A state appeals court ruled a reverend can't be rude to the nude. |
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- A Queens man suspected of stalking singer Sheryl Crow was arrested after he sneaked into the arena where she was doing a sound check, police said. |
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- Beheadings. Maimings. Sliced hamstrings. A lopped-off skull exposing brains. Blood spurting from severed necks and arms like Vegas' Bellagio fountain. |
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- When Arnold Schwarzenegger stepped to the podium for his victory speech, the first person he thanked for helping him ascend to the governor's office was his wife, Maria Shriver. |
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- Pivotal and Talisma, a maker of multichannel customer-service applications, have announced an agreement to merge. Pivotal CEO Bo Manning told NewsFactor that his company has faced trouble in the marketplace as prospective customers evaluated its cash position and long-term financial viability, and the merger will eliminate that hurdle. |
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- Salesforce-automation application service provider Salesnet is pursuing its recently launched business-partner program with gusto. The company has announced that Manhattan-based Infinity Info System has joined its roster of partners, bringing the total to 15 resellers. |
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- You know you've been coding for too long without a break when you send an instant message to your... |
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- NetNewsWire 1.0.6b1 has been posted. We decided to a quick 1.0. |
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- Just been watching a documentary about high flying party organiser Johnny Roxburgh, founder of The Admirable Crichton, who flies round the world arranging parties for the rich and famous. Normally the sort of thing that would have me raging at... |
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- es ist komisch, aber irgendwie bin ich seit letzter woche der ansicht, dass ich nie kinder haben werde. ich kann es mir einfach nicht vorstellen. einerseits sehe ich kinder und denke mir, irgendwann, ja... und andererseits hänge ich viel zu sehr an meiner freizeit. |
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- We've been remiss the last couple of weeks about announcing the location of the Carnival of the Vanities. We are... |
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- Gulfstream : New G450 Business Jet (via PlaneNews) Gulfstream Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today introduced its newest business jet, the large-cabin, long-range Gulfstream G450. |
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- PlanetActionFigure.com writes: "We have in stock Durge w/ Swoop Bike, Clone Trooper w/ Speeder Bike, Red & Green Variations Clone Trooper Army, Destroyer Droid Battle Launcher, Jedi Knight Army and much more. Accepting presells on Clone Wars Assts 1 & 2 and much more." |
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- The computational efficiency of Sun Performance Library software approaches the theoretical peak for UltraSPARC processors. Matrix multiplication is the focus of this report, but the general conclusions can be extrapolated to other components of the library. |
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KWlan (Oct 08 2003 21:56 GMT) - News... |
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- Vanmiddag ging de eerste european Burger King franchise convention van start met een openings toespraak van Mike De Rosa, de ops tech Co-Chairman van de NFA. Het grappige was dat wij naast elkaar zaten op de vlucht van Amsterdam naar Barcelona zonder dat we van elkaar wisten dat we Burger King franchisee zijn. |
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- Cable industry responds to rule reversal ... |
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- Project description: SushiWiki is a WikiWikiWeb like Web application running on .NET platforms. It is written in C#, uses ASP.NET features and stores data in SQL databases or flat XML files. |
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- Project administrators: egroise |
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- Most recent daily statistics ( 5 Oct 2003): Ranking: 2775, Activity percentile: 79.39%, |
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- Most recent daily statistics ( 5 Oct 2003): Download count: 0 |
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- Public mailing lists: sushiwiki-devel |
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- Tracker description: Bug Tracking System |
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