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CHUCK SIMMINS NOTES that George ... (Jan 09 2005 23:54 GMT) - CHUCK SIMMINS NOTES that George Soros appears to be missing in action on tsunami relief. So are some others you'd expect to be giving. (Via Bill Hobbs). On the other hand, it's worth pointing out that Soros' foundation did a lot of good work regarding the Ukrainian elections.... |
Instapundit.com
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CHUCK SIMMINS NOTES that George ... (Jan 09 2005 23:54 GMT) - CHUCK SIMMINS NOTES that George Soros appears to be missing in action on tsunami relief. So are some others you'd expect to be giving. (Via Bill Hobbs). On the other hand, it's worth pointing out that Soros' foundation did a lot of good work regarding the Ukrainian elections.... |
HOOPLOG
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Cliff Robinson deal with Jersey on hold? (Jan 09 2005 23:54 GMT) - Nets continue searching for frontcourt help their pursuit of Cliff Robinson is on temporary hold. Figure the Nets make another run at the Warriors' forward near the trading deadline....... |
Ned Batchelder's blog
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The digested read (Jan 09 2005 23:54 GMT) - The UK's Guardian Unlimited has a section called The Digested Read, in which books are reviewed by way of condensing them into a single page in the style of the book itself. The whole thing is then snarkily summed up in a single sentence titled "The digested read ... digested". Judging by two samples from books I had actually read (Vernon God Little and Life of Pi), for some books they do a pretty good job nailing the tone and subject of the books. For others (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, for example), they seem to settle for mere parody. |
HOOPLOG
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Bulls rip Legler (Jan 09 2005 23:54 GMT) - The Bulls were in an uproar after being dissed by ESPN's Tim "I played the game" Legler. Legler predicted the Bulls would provide the Hornets their second victory of the season a few weeks back. When they didn't, the Bulls...... |
HOOPLOG
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Kwame hurting for Wiz again (Jan 09 2005 23:54 GMT) - Wizards forward Kwame Brown is out again. Brown, who has played just 14 games this season because of an assortment of ailments, turned his right ankle in practice Friday and Coach Eddie Jordan said he may be out seven to...... |
HOOPLOG
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Iverson a leader? (Jan 09 2005 23:54 GMT) - According to many close to Sixers guard Allen Iverson, the five-time all-star has shown marked improvement in his leadership skills this season. Last summer, he served as captain of the U.S. Olympic basketball team along with Tim Duncan of the...... |
TheMM or us?
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mathe sechs (Jan 09 2005 23:54 GMT) - sagt mal, haben die jungs in der regierung kein abitur? auf jeden fall sehen die ergebnisse eher danach aus, als hätten wir in der regierung eher personen ohne weitere schulbildung sitzen. oder wie lässt sich das hier erklä |
Netalive.org (topics)
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Living in the dark ages. (Jan 09 2005 23:54 GMT) - 44% of all American adults do not read one book in the course of a year. --U.S. Department of Education I'm not surprised. What's incredibly sad is that in my World History class, my intelligent teacher told us what separated Kerry and Bush in our last election. |
Slashdot
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Wish Cancelled (Jan 09 2005 23:53 GMT) - Shockeye writes "According to Mutable Realms' website, the Wish project has been cancelled after 'careful consideration of all the facts and analyzing all the data which we have gathered from the Wish Beta 2.0 test.' The beta test for the Wish project will close at 6pm EST. According to the message it also seems Mutable Realms will be closing as well. You can view the short message here, and over at f13. |
Gene Expression
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Tucker Reads Good Books (Jan 09 2005 23:52 GMT) - Tucker Max runs what has to be one of the top five funniest sites on the net. His tales of debauchery are legendary -- he has a book and an MTV spot devoted to them. But it was nice to... |
linkfilter.net - fresh links
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Mozilla/Firefox Vulnerabilities Identified (Jan 09 2005 23:51 GMT) - Users of the Mozilla and Firefox browsers and the Thunderbird e-mail client may be vulnerable to flaws that could allow an attacker to spy on or take over a system, according to security researchers. The most serious bug affects all versions of Mozilla earlier than 1.7.5, and could result in a system crash or the execution of malicious code, the Mozilla Project said. A boundary error in the way Mozilla handles "news: |
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