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- :: I was talking on the phone with my Mom the other day, and the conversation turned to how we lived in the 50s, and how we heated our home in the winter. I recall that we had a coal... |
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- im air force stationed in germany....anyone know of upcoming shows over her? SFU or CC? Now Playing: Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead |
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- Dec. 24 - Authorities say that the first ever case of mad cow disease has been found in the US. |
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- Dec. 24 - Organizers say there will be beefed up security for the Rose Parade on Jan. 1. |
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- Dec. 24 -- A teenager was fatally shot in El Monte Tuesday night. |
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- An 80-year-old South Texas man whose donkey had to be put to sleep after being mauled by pit bulls was given a new donkey Wednesday. Jesse Laing's 31-year-old donkey, Geranium, who starred in local school Nativity plays for years, was put to sleep Monday after being attacked by two pit bulls on Dec. 10. |
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- Movie: The Last Samurai Over two weeks ago, I got out to The Last Samurai, with Tom Cruise as post-Civil War mercenary in rapidly industrializing Japan. I liked it. Only one truly regrettable cliche, where Cruise's character lives through a suicidal charge that brings down all those around him, sparing him so that he can deliver the moral message at the conclusion of the film. But the rest of the film is certainly worthy of your dollars (or other currency). |
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- I'll be away visiting family over the next few days. And while our drug czar has not taken a vacation from his lies, I don't feel like reporting his comments at this time. So I leave you with this tree and some reading suggestions. Feel free to browse through the site and check out some of the longer articles, if you haven't gotten to them yet, such as Why is Marijuana Illegal, War on a Plant, and Frequently Asked Questions. For something on the lighter side, check out my parody Increase in Burger Abuse Seen. |
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- Anonymouse: "You can use AppleScript to create drag and drop icons for shell scripts or X11 applications."... |
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- Here's how to apply for the new cash prizes recently announced hereArs Electronica has expanded its international competition for cyberarts to include a new category called "Digital Communities," awarding projects of great sociopolitical relevance. Prix Ars Electronica, the foremost international prize for computer-based art, offers an open platform for the encounter with leading-edge trends in art, technology, and society. Over the last 17 years, more than 24,800 works from 87 countries have been submitted for Prix Ars Electronica consideration. With a total prize money of 130,000 Euro this year, and no participation fee, it is the highest endowed and most reknown competition in this field worldwide. The new category "Digital Communities" - to be awarded for the first time in 2004 - encompasses the wide-ranging social consequences of the Internet as well as the latest developments in the domain of mobile communications and wireless networks. |
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- One interesting side effect of SCO’s latest folly, is that it is providing some interesting insight into the initial development and maturation of some of the core of linux. Linus and other core developers have torn SCO another new one. Unfortunately the press, even the tech press, haven’t really come to understand the ridiculous nature of SCO’ |
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- One interesting side effect of SCO’s latest folly, is that it is providing some interesting insight into the initial development and maturation of some of the core of linux. Linus and other core developers have torn SCO another new one. Unfortunately the press, even the tech press, haven’t really come to understand the ridiculous nature of SCO’ |
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- MSNBC: No Macintosh video support. Sun's Simon Phipps: "MSNBC.Com has decided that non-Windows users are no longer welcome on its site - their technical help tells you that 'MSNBC video is unable to support the Macintosh or other operation systems (sic). |
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Dave Dudley (Dec 24 2003 23:34 GMT) - Obituaries: Musician Obituary |
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Hans Koller (Dec 24 2003 23:34 GMT) - Obituaries: Saxophonist Obituary |
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- Obituaries: Founder of the Barn Theater Obituary |
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- Earthquake that is. Small, 2.6, but literally right in my backyard. USGS says 5 miles ENE of Watsonville, which would put it on the piece of the San Andreas fault that I can see from the back deck. |
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- :: I wasn't really aware until this "holiday season", of how Politically Correct we've become in North America, regarding saying Merry Christmas and mentioning Jesus Christ at this time of the year (gosh, it's his birthday), instead saying "Happy Holidays",... |
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- A few weeks ago, i was looking through old issues of The Spectator and I found a piece by Mark Steyn from a little over a year ago. He was talking mainly about his dislike of the UN, and the silliness of Libya being at the time the newly elected chair of the UN Human Rights Commission and Iraq being about to become president of the UN Conference on Disarmament. (Looking back, I think Iraq... |
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- Nikon D1x w/35mm f1.4... |
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- Well, it looks like we're going to have a second straight white Christmas!! Doesn't our house look pretty?? This is... |
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- (Canada) Should Paul Martin continue with his plans to ease Canada's marijuana laws? [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(55%), $propaganda_theme1(55%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $cannabis(100%), $various_drugs(95%)] |
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- Authorities in Cumberland County spent Christmas Eve investigating the death of a newborn boy discovered in a trash dump just outside of the Fayetteville city limits. |
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- Minivans are indeed dangerous, but I also suggest keeping a safe distance from a certain green Cavalier..driver suffers from much lead in foot.. haven't a clue where she learned that.. |
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- Wishing Jahva and all her blogging buddies a very very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. oh yeah, and some updating would be nice both here and over there where the young man has no trousers.. |
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- I could stand spending the entire day in bed |
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- It was a pretty good year, survey via J., A-J, Tiff, and several others |
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- Mad Cow Disease in now in the USA !! click on the above link to read this new story! |
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- first, merry chrismas and a happy new year to all. off topic my wife has an empx mvp3 system with an amd k6-2 450. it originally came with a 10 g hd. the drive was beginning to show signs of failing we went out and th smallest we found was a 60g we saw a 120g on sale for a few dollars more. since it was dying we could not wait for a show- we went to an office store. |
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- Christians around the world are celebrating the birth of Jesus, except in one country. The Washington Post has this op-ed. |
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TWikiUsers (Dec 24 2003 23:31 GMT) - List of TWiki users Please take the time and add yourself to the list. To do that fill out the form in TWiki.TWikiRegistration. This will create an account for you ... |
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- Name: PiyaratSrisakda Email: piyarat pea@hotmailSTOPSPAM.com Company Name: Company URL: |
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- As if the West Bank weren't enough, apparently the Israelis are colonizing India now, too. I kid, I kid!"I feel very uncomfortable in my own village, like I am in Israel, not in India," he lamented. "When the Israelis are in a big group, they have no honor. They are rude and noisy. |
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WebcamNotes (Dec 24 2003 23:30 GMT) - Loren is working on a utility to capture photos from a webcam attached to his Tablet PC, jot down a few notes, and then post them to his weblog. He wants to use the application to capture what he sees while walking on the showroom floor at CES. Test blog posts are located at http://journals. tuxreports. |
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- Happy Holidays, everyone! I want to thank Kos and Jerome... |
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Open Thread (Dec 24 2003 23:30 GMT) - Everyone have a great holidays!... |
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