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- bummer. bandwidth problems always suck. but it is a positive sign: people want good comics news, and tom spurgeon's efforts are sure to pay off as soon as the site gets a comfortable home with lots of bandwidth.an old luddite myself, i agree with the mimeograph machines. |
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- James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier-Journal used Metropolitan Sewer District enforcement records and internal e-mails to show that "the agency often takes longer to act on enforcement cases than called for under the law - and it has been reluctant to issue fines." The MSD and developers say the approach ... |
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- The Rasmussen Tracking Poll has stabilized after yesterday's shocking 2-point Kerry lead. By my rough calculation, that means yesterday night's single-night poll had Bush back up by about 2 points.... |
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- Check out the new MSN preview (Inside Google>)! It has a load of hot new features, like the ability to rank by populary, date updated, and approximate relevancym, in addition to the old staples of search query restriction. Quite an improvement. Also, see the new interface, which ... |
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- Apple today introduced the iPod Photo, which adds a color LCD display and TV-out to the iPod format. It's priced at $499 for a 40GB model and $599...(more) |
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- Apple today introduced the iPod Photo, which adds a color LCD display and TV-out to the iPod format. It's priced at $499 for a 40GB model and $599...(more) |
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- The mitten crab may not strike terror into the hearts of the average American along the West Coast - yet. |
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- there is global fear that 350 tons of missing explosives from Iraq due to Bush-Pentagon incompetence could lead to terror attacks anywhere Independent News |
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- Below are the highlights from Apple's special music event with U2, which took place today at the California Theater in San Jose, CA. - Apple introduces iPod Photo - Apple unveils U2 iPod - Apple expands European iTMS; Canada in Nov. - Apple to offer iPod Socks - Apple releases iTunes 4.7; |
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- * Enterprise Update Scanning Tool for Bulletin MS04-028http://www. microsoft. com/downloads/details. aspx? |
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- I had avoided writing about the controversial bulge seen on President Bush’s back during the debates — until now. If you’re not familiar with the story — |
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Svíðingar (Oct 26 2004 20:58 GMT) - Er rétt að kalla föður sinn svíðing? Jú, því um helgina vorum við feðgarnir í málningarvinnu hér á Mánagötunni. Meðal verkfæ ... |
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Gervilimir (Oct 26 2004 20:58 GMT) - Er Live and Let Die lélegasta Bond-myndin? Svei mér þá, ef það er ekki bara svo! Margar hafa Bond-stúlkurnar verið slappar, ... |
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- Can't call them Music Events anymore. Glad to be back on stage. Watch the video with Bono and The Edge. Regarding iPod, some people expected video. Well, there are cell phones that pretend to do everything, you know, video, music, PDA... |
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- Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards More Than $6.7 Million to 304 Organizations Throughout California SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 2004--Continuing its commitment to the health and well-being of all Californians, the Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) has awarded more than $6.7 million in grants to 304 organizations throughout the state that exemplify the foundation's goals of preventing domestic violence, increasing health care access and assessing medical technologies that improve the health of individuals and communities. The recent grants are part of the $24 million the foundation expects to award to community organizations in 2004, compared with $8 million in grants disbursed in 2003. |
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- Murdoch defended Fox News Channel at yesterday's annual meeting: "It's full of Democrats and Republicans, the others only have Democrats. We don't take any position at all. We're not in the least bit biased, we're a fair and balanced company." The Guardian: |
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- I don't know enough about electronics to make any sort of informed guess about how well this "foxhole radio" would work, but anything that uses paper clips, razor blades, and pencil lead to pick up radio waves is worth a second glance, to me. (Thanks, BentPenguin!) Full Image (Note: Sort of Huge, 300K) [Gizmodo] |
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- The CodeLib is an application that helps you to easily find and use the code snippets. As a result, you can build a programs faster. Support Code Snippet, File, Note, Web, Picture save. |
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- REUTERS: Israeli Parliament Backs Sharon Gaza Pullout Plan Israel’s divided parliament ratified Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.After a fierce... |
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- REUTERS: Israeli Parliament Backs Sharon Gaza Pullout Plan Israel’s divided parliament ratified Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.After a fierce... |
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- A New Jersey Superior Court judge on Tuesday ruled that voters will be able to use electronic voting machines in next week's elections. |
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- There are a number of purported, and rather folksy, ways to predict the outcome of a presidential election. |
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- From wine connoisseurs to those who can't tell a merlot from a chardonnay, the wine industry is growing in popularity. |
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- Trouble on the tracks for Tuesday night's commute home. |
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- The two former Yankees involved in a bullpen brawl during the playoffs in Boston last year have agreed to a plea deal. |
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- its interesting that Allawi, clearly a choice of the Bush administration to rule Iraq, is attacking the US for "negligence" in recent Iraq atrocity; is he distancing himself from losing Bush regime or just covering his rear? Guardian | Allawi blames US ' |
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- My least favorite thing I have done this week? Bagged dog shit for vet analysis. So, my Dad heads to Chicago next week to get some tests done to determine if he can get in on this drug study. There are others if this one doesn't work out, but I'm hoping this one will. I gave him instructions to see the Shedd and Field Museum. |
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- Hør så her venner har indtil nu kunnet chatte med en veninde på ICQ,når hun altså sendte chatten,men har nu en router her D-link 604,som så også indeholder en firewall,hvordan er det så men får hul igennem ? OG LÆS VENLIGST DETTE !!! Hverken jeg eller min veninde er eksperter i computere,så hvis i kun kan svare i nørd-sprog og med superlativer som ingen fatter så lad være at svare,for det hjælper os en s... at få en masse fancy talk om at man bare skal det og det,ganske alm svar på DANSK udbedes så møj mange tak ;-) |
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Ha. Ha. (Oct 26 2004 20:55 GMT) - Chris has a great sense of humor. 'Tis one of the reasons I love him. This post explains it all. I just have to show this one to my mom - - it'll stop all her questions. |
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- Joel Spolsky is editing a Book about software, he had collected a lot of popular Software essays over the web, Nominations for the Best Software Essays of 2004. See full List here.... |
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- This article is just another piece of evidence that proves John C. Dvorak needs to shutdown his word processor and get out of the business. The information that he supplies about podcasting is so erroneous that it's hard to believe PC Magazine even published it. |
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- Hej. Jeg er spejderleder (FDF,) og vi har den seneste tid haft flere indbrud i vores kredshus. Er det muligt med et Web-kamera at gemme billeder/film på en PC'er, der er skjult i huset eller fx. via bredsbåndsforbindelse overføres til en webserver. Det vil være smart, hvis der kun gemmes/overføres, når der er bevægelse i billedet og det vil være smart, hvis man kan bestemme hvor lang en periode, der skal gemmes, inden der overskrives igen. |
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Overboard? (Oct 26 2004 20:55 GMT) - Update: Dougal got back to me straight away (aint the blogosphere and its wonders great?) and has put my fears to rest. I've reenabled the plugin, and I'll just have to stick it to the spammers. Gerrr! |
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- Platinum Studios isan entertainment company that controls the world's largest independent library of comic book characters, which it adapts and... |
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- In addition to the iPod Photo and U2 iPod, Apple also introduced today a set of colored "socks" for carrying iPods... |
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- Mark Steyn: What's so funny about decapitation? In Saturday's Guardian, Charlie Brooker concluded his analysis of the presidential election thus: "On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod's law dictates he'll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for ... |
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- Just like the media, PR Machine claims something one day and then ironically something opposite the next. Turns out that although VC investing nationally has fallen (see previous post) that in the New York region it has actually increased. So says Crain's |
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- Backcountry lodges in British Columbia, The Backcountry Lodges of B.C. Associat |
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