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- Eaten Back To Life, the new remastered CD has a quicktime movie of "Born In A Casket" live on it. Now Playing: Born In A Casket |
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- Some pretty amazing numbers from a recent post on drag racing that came across the AlfaDigest mailing list. My father was a drag racer (Corvettes), and I used to watch it as a kid. It's impressive to see that year after year cars are going faster and faster. Years ago some theorized that the 6 second quarter mile would never be broken, and when it was 5 seconds became the barrier... then that was broken too. |
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- Another lonely Valentine's Day I can't believe things turned out this way And though I hate to see you go... |
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Have a Seat (Jan 06 2004 03:59 GMT) - I guess there's something irresistible about sitting in a big chair and having your photo taken... |
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Have a Seat (Jan 06 2004 03:59 GMT) - I guess there's something irresistible about sitting in a big chair and having your photo taken... |
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Have a Seat (Jan 06 2004 03:59 GMT) - I guess there's something irresistible about sitting in a big chair and having your photo taken... |
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- Judge for yourself Time for something similar at home here in the UK ?? |
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- Useit.Com: Ten Steps for Cleaning Up Information Pollution. All time-management courses boil down to one basic piece of advice: set priorities and allocate the bulk of your time to tasks that are crucial to meeting your goals. |
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- Check out this comment made on an old post a couple of days ago: Regarding your franchise dealer in Rolla, Missouri on Kingshighway Avenue: My husband and I were there yesterday for dinner, Friday January 2, 2004, at approximately 2:30 p.m. |
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- I read this and could hear Rush Limbaugh responding, "But war is war!" Yes, war is war (thanks for the... |
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- I haven’t really been following the SOA discussions much. Chalk it up to indifference. |
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- Ever since I installed Norton Systemworks, I've been having problems with my computer. Performance slows down, applications freeze, and at least a few times each day it seems as though the whole thing is about to crash and burn. Perhaps... |
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- Greensboro Demonstration against NAFTA |
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- Along with the film release page updating the other day, I've added a little feature to the Movie Review Index so that my one or two word rating shows as the tooltip when you hover your mouse over the title. Exciting, I know. Don't bust a gut trying to tell all your friends and neighbors. 234 entries in that database at the moment. I'll likely add the same thing to the book review index next time I add a review. |
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Why (Jan 06 2004 03:56 GMT) - My mistake was to put you first.... |
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- One small, but symbolic, Bakersfield problem solved. Happy Jack's installs ramp in wake of suit "Everybody said they're the best hamburgers and pie in Bakersfield," Harway said. "How many times have I driven by there and thought, 'I'd love to eat there,' but I can't get in the front door." |
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- British Official Sees Troops in Iraq till 2007 "In an interview on BBC radio, Mr. Straw said he could not offer a precise time for the withdrawal of the troops. "I can't say whether it's going to be 2006, 2007, …" |
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- A bigger problem looms on the horizon. A stationary station "You can see we're getting pinched in," Kern County Deputy Chief Nick Dunn said. "You can see the difficulty we have of responding from there." |
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- Yawn. No one ever does any research before buying. So, for the umpteenth time, here we go again .... Homeowners up in arms over apartments The apartments, which are being built by developer Greg Hornbuckle, elicited sharp opposition from homeowners when the plans became widely known last year. |
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- Workshops will shape new plan to stifle ozone A new plan to control ozone -- the main offender in valley smog -- is under development, and the public is urged to contribute smog-control ideas to the plan. |
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- S.F. use of Hetch Hetchy studied City doesn't need the Yosemite reservoir, grad student says. "Sidestepping a bitter, century-old debate, Null found that the Bay Area's far-flung water-delivery system could work without Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, a conclusion cheered by environmentalists and questioned by San Francisco officials." |
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- Mojave shares his choice for Democratic Party nominee for President. Dean's proposal to reverse Bush's tax cut |
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- Many legislators keep other jobs; critics see risks California taxpayers pay their legislators about $125,000 per year in salary and living expenses, yet more than 30 lawmakers own businesses or hold part-time jobs on the side, state financial disclosure records show. |
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- Governor's Budget Bill Comes Due Were voters to show an appetite for new taxes, the governor said at a news conference, he would be inclined to listen. |
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- Activists take case to meat eaters After years of waving their arms about the way beef cattle are raised and the health risks associated with eating meat, suddenly the nation was listening; |
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- New political climate awaits legislators With a number of contentious issues from last year still unresolved, laws addressing everything from driver's licenses for illegal immigrants to workers' compensation reform will loom large when the Legislature reconvenes today. |
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- Delano II: Critics say new state prison defies logic So it might seem like an odd time for the state to be erecting a new prison that will cost taxpayers more than $700 million to build and more than $110 million annually to operate. |
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- Fresno Brick and Boarders For years, the politicians, planners and dreamers who would revitalize downtown Fresno have lamented a missing ingredient: housing. Now, several groups of potential investors are stirring hope that three landmark buildings along Fulton Mall might soon figure into that equation. |
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- Fresno Co. Budget scalpel sharpened Also in question is whether Schwarzenegger's order to return the fees was legal. |
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- State services face hefty cuts Advocates for Californians who rely on public benefits such as welfare, food stamps and Medi-Cal say they are bracing for Gov. Schwarzenegger to call for far-reaching cuts and caps when he proposes next year's budget at the end of the week. |
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- A number of people have mentioned interest in my revised MT course templates, so here they are. (It’s a zipped archive.) I’m working on some detailed documentation to accompany them, which I expect to post tomorrow or Wednesday.... |
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- A school district that canceled classes after bullet marks found on two buses were linked to a series of highway shootings has reopened with extra security, which parents said helped calm their nerves. |
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eLearning (Jan 06 2004 03:54 GMT) - Stephen Downes' Forecasts for 2004. Stephen Downes' OLDaily tracks many of the important developments in online learning so it's worthwhile to hear what Stephen is forecasting for 2004. I'm especially interested in his predictions for higher education, "For all that, learning objects will come to the for in 2004 or shortly thereafter, but not as cogs in a centrally packaged learning design. Learning objects - or, as some will start calling them, learning resources - will begin to reach their potential outside the mainstream. When people who use informal learning - as much as 90 percent of learning, according to some estimates - the demand, and therefore the production, of learning objects will increase dramatically. |
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Cushman (Jan 06 2004 03:54 GMT) - I was introduced recently to a phenomenal historical collection of photographs by Charles W. Cushman. Hours could easily be spent perusing this site, which contains the diverse, difficult, and romantic imagery of a man who witnessed what the website describes... |
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