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Four killed in Iraq bomb attack (Dec 24 2003 12:59 GMT) - World: Four people were killed and at least 20 wounded today when a car bomb exploded outside government buildings in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil. |
Fembat.Net :: Journal
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Slip slip away (Dec 24 2003 12:59 GMT) - Both myself and Jezabel are in a bit of pain today. The alternating weather has made the yard so slippery it really has become a hazard, ironically worse on the indoor barn where Jezabel and Dublin are stabled. Last night... |
The Samurai School of Appliantology
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Yes! The Samurai and Mr. Appliance are Working Christmas Day! (Dec 24 2003 12:58 GMT) - Cooking your Christmas turkey and your range dies? Never fear, Samurai Appliance Repair Man is here! From his world-wide headquarters here in beautiful and genteel New London, New Hampshire, the Samurai will come into your home via phone, fax, email, and online chat to help you fix your range, refrigerator, or any other major appliance that threatens to darken your holiday cheer. The Samurai can help you fix it now in a !Live Appliance Repair Help Session. |
GoodShit
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Weight Watchers recipe cards, circa ... (Dec 24 2003 12:58 GMT) - Weight Watchers recipe cards, circa 1974 Weight Watchers is a multi-billion dollar company that has helped millions of people drop unwanted pounds. But 30 years ago it was a different kind of company... or at least it offered different kinds... |
M L C
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Security Level: High Risk of IntoxicationGreetings ... (Dec 24 2003 12:58 GMT) - Security Level: High Risk of IntoxicationGreetings from the confines of the reference desk. After a 45-minute wait at security at the Vegas airport and a much delayed take-off, I arrived back on home turf at about 12:47pm. Cabbing directly to the library, I made my appearance in the reference room right around 1: |
Celsius1414
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So This Is Christmas (Dec 24 2003 12:58 GMT) - At the moment I am listening to Vatican radio which is playing an interesting polyglot Christmas medley sung by a boys choir, the first part of which was John Lennon's song 'So This Is Christmas.'This is either the End of History or just another day in the life of the Internet.Here are the lyrics to John's song, as appropriate now as it ever was. |
Mark Michaelis' Weblog
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Command Line Utilities in WindowsXP and Windows 2003 (Dec 24 2003 12:56 GMT) - EventTriggersAllows you to create commands that are triggered by particular entries into the event log. Cool! Setx (Windows 2003 only as far as I can tell)Nice in theory but doesn't seem to be available ForfilesIterates through a set of files fsutil hardlinkGreat for creating a hardlink (a secondary name for a file in any location) but doesn't appear to have an equivalent delete and doesn't work on directories like the junction. |
The Agonist
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U.S. Says Terror Threat Serious in Run-Up to Xmas (Dec 24 2003 12:55 GMT) - U.S. Says Terror Threat Serious in Run-Up to Xmas Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said a threat of possible year-end terror attacks against the United States was serious, while other parts of the world were also on alert on Christmas Eve. Washington told its citizens in Bahrain (1, 2) there was a terror threat in the Gulf Arab state during the Christmas holidays, Turkish police issued a similar alert to companies and banks in Istanbul, Indonesian police stepped up patrols in Jakarta, and Cypriot police beefed up security around a Christian television station. The US has already warned of end-of-year terror threats in Kenya, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. |
Opinions of the Wolf: Opinion
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Chocolatey Goodness (Dec 24 2003 12:52 GMT) - Brad Lennox was draped over a seat on the underground platform awaiting his train. It was a carefully arranged pose, practised and honed for optimum pulling power, but currently going to waste in the late night emptiness of the station.... |
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