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- Last night Statia, Ericalynn, Kathy and Mr. Sphinx, and I went to La Castagne to celebrate Ericalynn's engagement. Did I mention that Ericalynn's engagement ring is gorgeous and made me want to run out immediately to have my ring cleaned? I have clean and shiny ring envy. So Statia and I walked back to Suburban Station to catch our respective trains. |
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- A Whodunit for the Digital Age. Suppressing a desire to read other people's e-mail? Play private eye, or voyeur, with a new e-book format that bases its plot on a string of e-mail missives, website visits and instant messages. By Kari L. Dean. |
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- This is a JURIST special report... BBC News says that the EU constitutional summit in Brussels has ended without agreement on a proposed draft constitution for Europe. Disputes over voting rights precipitated the failure. A representative of the Italian P |
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LS TxtEdit (Dec 13 2003 13:29 GMT) - "TxtEdit is a editor for text or Rich text files. It includes a spell checker. TxtEdit includes a send to - feature, which is useful to have a quick view on many different file formats. Start the Explorer, right click any file, and choose TxtEdit under send to! A task bar allows to switch quickly from one document to another. |
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- Manchester United leads by two at the interval in the Barclaycard Premiership match against Manchester City at Old Trafford. |
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- Ruud Van Nistelrooy scores a header for Manchester United in the Barclaycard Premiership match against Manchester United at Old Trafford. |
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- Leicester captain Matt Elliott was sent off for violent conduct before Clinton Morrison gave Birmingham the lead in a heated Midlands derby at the Walkers Stadium. |
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- Scholes scores for Manchester United in the Barclaycard Premiership match against Manchester United at Old Trafford today. |
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- I just glanced at my bookshelf. What I read was "From Rabbit to Jerusalem." Quick double take; did it really say that? No. |
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- Last night I went over to my parents to celebrate my mom's birthday (wednesday actually was her birthday). It was all rather ok, specially since Arno came over too after I hadn't seen him the entire week. Good good good!... |
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- The Sonic RioVolt SP60 CD/MP3 Player fell to $29.99 at Dartek. A $10 mail-in rebate from Dartek trims it to $19.99. Shipping starts around $10.... |
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- The Sonic RioVolt SP60 CD/MP3 Player fell to $29.99 at Dartek. A $10 mail-in rebate from Dartek trims it to $19.99. Shipping starts around $10.... |
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- "Slayings suspect's lawyers want T-U to pull Internet material; Motion also seeks order to halt reports on the deaths that are based on public records." The Florida Times-Union yesterday had this report. You can access that newspaper's in-depth coverage |
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-   Alors que la sortie prochaine du bêta test du SP2 (   Anglais only, pour le moment  :'(   ) pour XP se précise, on en apprends un peu plus sur les principaux changements qui seront apportés (mes commentaires sont en italique) :   Ce résumé est basé sur un document qui est susceptible d'être modifié, mais donne une bonne idée des principales fonctionnalités qui seront apportées par le SP2. Je ne reprends pas ce qui avait déjà été dit dans ma précédente news et qui n'a pas été changé. (voir le lien "Archive" à la fin de ce texte)   Le pare-feu (ICF) : |
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- Something that Andrew Sullivan said in his most recent begging-post raised an eyebrow: In fact, it has largely displaced a large amount of my paid work. If you care about the site, the viability of blogging as a professional enterprise,... |
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What's up? (Dec 13 2003 13:27 GMT) - The weatherman promises 6 inches of snow and ice on top of that and there is nothing on the roads... |
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- Subsidiary of Halliburton may have overcharged $61 million for fuel in Iraq; President praises Pentagon audit; Critics say case bolsters claims of favoritism for administration's backers |
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- They seize on low view of ally among Americans |
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- Maryland system called reluctant to cut back; Tuition increases challenged |
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- Voice: For decades, John C. Bogle has criticized colleagues for the sorts of abuses exposed by recent investigations. |
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- Shootings: While the 'prize money' waits to be divided up, one man takes solace in the gratitude of the public. |
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- Virus: An epidemiologist believes dying ravens are a sign that West Nile killed the Greek emperor. |
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- Walter Castle Jr. was so outraged that he broke down when he learned Rhode Island law doesn't allow for anyone to be criminally charged for the burns he suffered in a deadly nightclub fire almost a year ago. |
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- [4 Banalitaten] - Tra gli inutili font che potete trovare nell'ultima versione di Office, ce n'è uno, il Bookshelf Symbol 7, che presenta insieme agli altri caratteri due magnifiche svastiche. Con una pratica per lei rivoluzionaria Microsoft ha rilasciato una patch per rimuoverle dal sistema. Letto su Wired. |
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- Professor, Biotech Butt Heads. A teacher denied tenure at the University of California at Berkeley says he was turned down because the biotech industry didn't like his research into genetically modified corn. The school disagrees. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News] |
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- OK. So, I've added a little over 6500 words to my NaNo novel since the beginning of this month. Now... |
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- AH Married life, such fun it can be. Well the project for today is to get a computer ready for... |
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- Last post by Brie on 09:33 13/Dec/03 - Arrived today. A brilliant album, but we kind of knew it would be, didn't we? |
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- Last post by Spanish Fly on 09:17 13/Dec/03 - http://www. |
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- Last post by Peter Object on 07:40 13/Dec/03 - Hello. I have been pondering the Run DMC tune 'It's Like That', and have found myself wondering in there is any appreciable difference between their assertions that a) it's like that; |
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- Last post by Peter Object on 07:39 13/Dec/03 - The TV Personalities parody of The Smiths, apparently. Which I have only just discovered and have not had a chance to listen to yet, but the download is halfway down this page: |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Boston Globe Dec 13 2003 7:46AM ET... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - AME Info Dec 13 2003 7:35AM ET... |
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- The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined "Ex-Female Combat Pilot Can't Sue Critics"; "Judge Rips Lawyers in Detroit Terror Case"; "Trial Date Set in Abortion Clinic Bombing"; "ACLU Sues H. |
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- Thanks to Daily Summit.We'll tell you why. Ahmad Motamedi, Iran's Minister of ICT, has been in the summit media centre, talking informally to Iranian journalists and bloggers. Farshad, editor of Gooya and Gooya news, challenged the Minister directly to explain why one of his websites is blocked (and is only available to Iranians via a proxy server sponsored by the US government). "We want to know what the limits are," he told the Minister. |
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- Keiko is dead The world's most famous whale, the orca Keiko from the "Free Willie" movies, is dead. After the movie successes, a foundation was formed to return the killer whale "star" to freedom, a life he was never prepared for after a lifetime in captivity. Immediately after release on Iceland, the animal set course for the Norwegian fjords, and kept contacting humans instead of other orcas. The local population and the tenders had to feed and take care of Keiko, who became a local tourist attraction. Keiko |
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- Keiko is dead The world's most famous whale, the orca Keiko from the "Free Willie" movies, is dead. After the movie successes, a foundation was formed to return the killer whale "star" to freedom, a life he was never prepared for after a lifetime in captivity. Immediately after release on Iceland, the animal set course for the Norwegian fjords, and kept contacting humans instead of other orcas. The local population and the tenders had to feed and take care of Keiko, who became a local tourist attraction. Keiko |
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