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- Most recent daily statistics (13 Oct 2003): Commit count: 0; Add count: 0 [Web-based access to repository] |
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- Today's Engineer published an article that I missed last month, titled Global Issues Cloud Job Market. The most interesting part of this article is how the definition of a bellweather... |
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- This evening, an alert reader pointed out that the link I provided to the CNN story on the Palestinian bombing that killed three Americans in Gaza did not contain the quote I attributed to it. Here is the section in question: "The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv said it was... |
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- AOL to introduce discount version of service(AP) -- Trying to fend off cut-rate competitors, America Online plans to introduce a discount version of its dial-up Internet access service early next year that will carry the Netscape brand name, a person with the company said Tuesday. |
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- LOS ANGELES -- Train and bus mechanics for the nation's third-largest mass-transit system walked off the job Tuesday, stranding hundreds of thousands of Southern California commuters already burdened by a supermarket strike and sporadic sickouts by sheriff's deputies. |
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- Oil & GasOctober regular unleaded gasoline prices trend lower -- Utah residents and businesses continued to see price relief at the pump as gasoline prices continued their downward trend in October amid rising crude oil prices. Prices of regular unleaded gasoline in the Provo/Orem area now average $1. |
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- ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines said it is selling 11 planes and delaying delivery of eight more aircraft as it reported a narrower loss in the third quarter amid signs more financial challenges may lie ahead.The nation's third largest airline said Tuesday it lost $168 million, or $1. |
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- SALT LAKE CITY -- Claiming media outlets were misusing the data, Utah Realtors have blocked public access to a popular database providing average home selling prices in neighborhoods along the Wasatch Front.The data removed from the Wasatch Front Regional Multiple Listing Service's Web site at http://www. |
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- An activist group for people with disabilities sued several Utah developers and real estate companies over residential developments in Utah and Salt Lake counties that allegedly failed to meet access requirements for the disabled. The Disabled Rights Action Committee filed five lawsuits last week in U. |
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- Eric Norlin, Peter Biddle, Steven Sprague (and guest appearance by Cory Doctorow) Peter Biddle: Perimeter security no longer works. Enterprises are porous. Laptops disappear. CEOs use phones to do transactions with no proxy security, no WEP. |
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- Grey type and dashed-line boxes are the Kai's Power Tools of the early double-oughts.... |
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- I'd intended to finish writing about Jim Whitehead tonight, but my beautiful wife, bless her, convinced me to go see Randy Newman--without her! at which... |
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- Darl Funeral's upcoming show that was originally scheduled for October 29th at the Scala in London has been cancelled. It has been reported that there was a mix up between the band and the shows promoters and the gig will now NOT go ahead. Also dropp... |
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- This is a table about Australia -- Queensland Weather Update |
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- This is a table about Cash Grain Bids in Utah |
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- This is a table about U.S. Gulf Export Bid Prices |
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- This is a table about Australia -- Victoria Weather Update |
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- This is a table about Australia -- Western Australia Weather Update |
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- This is a table about Australia -- New South Wales Weather Update |
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- like derek, i've always had sprint and thought they were pretty good. i've heard horror stories and i've been put through the grinder with their cust svc a couple times but every time my contract is about to expire i tell them im leaving because i have no incentive to stay and they give me something. this year i got $100 towards a new phone when i signed the new contract. also, in the past (in sd), i remember switching my contract around a couple times and i didnt have to resign to do it. By Rachelle BowdenWednesday, October 15th, 2003 @ 9: |
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Damn (Oct 16 2003 04:33 GMT) - I want to cry ::sigh:: Maybe next year Chicago. Maybe next year. Oh - and pick up some pitchers for... |
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- "The arts are important, we are told, not just for our inner lives but for the positive effects they have on education, on the economy and on the future of the region. But do arts leaders really have a place at the table among the power players in Hartford?" . . . |
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Next Year. (Oct 16 2003 04:32 GMT) - Tonight is a night for alcohol. Lots of it. I don't believe I'll ever be happy again.... |
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Next Year. (Oct 16 2003 04:32 GMT) - Tonight is a night for alcohol. Lots of it. I don't believe I'll ever be happy again.... |
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- Moonspell vocalist Fernando Ribeiro has spoken out about the band’s excitement over their much-anticipated return to the U.S. after a two-year absence: “If someone told the pessimist in me that we would go on this wonderful tour together with Cra... |
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- After the dot-com collapse, most Mac sites are struggling to pay their bills. By David Zeiler (Baltimore Sun via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Floor trading system viewed as less efficient |
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- His attorney depicts him as victim of bank's lawyers |
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- Maker of equipment for dredging expected to expand, add 40 jobs |
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- Baby food manufacturers are urged to change the way they package their products amid fears over cancer. |
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- I'm off to Pop!Tech early Thursday morning. Assuming all goes well, it's about an 10-hour trip, door-to-door, and those hours don't include Internet access. Conference organizers, do, however promise Wi-Fi once I'm there, so I'll try to blog a bit... |
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- Maybe he wants to be Arnold. Texas Governor Rick Perry has taken up acting. From the Dallas Morning News report: Tuesday, production trucks lined up outside the white antebellum mansion where Mr. Perry pretended to be the governor for... |
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- Dan Weintraub reports that The Washington Times has caught up with Rick Henderson and is speculating that David Dreier might challenge Barbara Boxer. But, asked several readers when I first blogged this, why would he leave a secure House seat... |
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- After a book tour hiatus, I've resumed contributing to D Magazine's blog. Check it out, especially if you live in the Dallas area and admire Milton Friedman.... |
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- It's pledge week at KERA, our local NPR affiliate, which reminds me to remind readers to support this site. The easiest and cheapest way is to place Amazon orders through any of the links to the left. I receive at... |
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- The Pacific Garden Mission has been home to legendary evangelists like Billy Sunday, a famous weekly radio drama and thousands of homeless men who are offered a meal, a bed and a prayer. |
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junk food (Oct 16 2003 04:30 GMT) - Ananova: bears baited by sweets suffer health problems "the addicted bears suffered from tooth decay, hair loss, weight loss and... |
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- Nasum have posted the following at their official website: “Monday 13th of October, just one hour before we were supposed to go to Uppsala, Sweden and play with Tragedy we had a break in in our car. In broad daylight, in a calm area just outside A... |
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- Thunderbird has been updated to v0.3. "Mozilla's Thunderbird mail client is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component." Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign |
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new monitor (Oct 16 2003 04:30 GMT) - Although not as beautiful and elaborate as these, it is my first TFT monitor (outside of the great screen on the now-sold iMac and the Powerbook). I purchased this 18” Advueu 18A, an 18.1” LCD display with silver bezel and black base. |
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