Daily Archives: August 21, 2003
Ben Hammersley’s Dangerous Precedent
Armed only with a powerbook and some fine pipe tobacco, Ben Hammersley is a journalist, a writer, and an errant developer of semantic web technology. He is about to give all us armchair bloggers a lesson in pro-active blogging. He … Continue reading
Tripping the Light Fantastic
Dancers perform the opera "Liu Sanjie" along the Lijiang River in Yangshuo near Guilin, in China’s Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region. The 100 million yuan ($12 million) musical of traditional Chinese folk songs will have its premiere Oct. 1. The 12 … Continue reading
Struggle Continues Over 10 Commandments
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — State Supreme Court justices overruled Chief Justice Roy Moore on Thursday and directed that his Ten Commandments monument be removed from its public site in the Alabama Judicial Building. The senior associate justice, Gorman Houston, said … Continue reading
Summer Speculations
Lying in my hammock, slung between a tree and a telephone pole in a corner of our tiny backyard, I find myself thinking about the utility of pets, between futile slaps at the persistently pesky mosquitoes. Speaking of skeeters, I … Continue reading
Game of the Week
Office Space An ingenious little time waster with just two rules: collect all the missing folders and avoid supervisors. from Disarea.com
That’s a Whole Lotta Vice
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — Don Johnson, star of U.S. television show “Miami Vice,” may sue Germany’s Finance Ministry after news that customs officers found $8 billion when they stopped and searched his car was made public in March, Stern magazine … Continue reading
Can I Just Declare Bankrupcy Now?
The war against downladed music goes on. On one front, the proposed Author, Consumer and Computer Owner Protection and Security Act is working its way through Congress and if you care about this sort of thing you should let your … Continue reading