Monthly Archives: November 2003

Last night at dinner, following the Thursday Berkman meeting, Dave was commenting on the exotic culture and social habits of programmers and software developers. Although he has been hanging out with a lot of programmers lately, the Dowbrigade is in … Continue reading →

Who knew these critters even existed? The Dowbrigade must, however contest the assertion that they are the only know cold-blooded mammals. I believe some of the girls I dated in college, as well as the vice president, would qualify. Good … Continue reading →

width=”299″ height=”268″ align=”left”>LONDON — In what is arguably the oddest scandal to hit the British royal family in recent years, Prince Charles has denied allegations that he and a male aide were discovered in bed together by a former butler." … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) Ancient Americans were changing corn genes through selective breeding more than 4,000 years ago, according to researchers who say the modifications produced the large cobs and fat kernels that make corn one of humanity’s most important foods. In … Continue reading →

Or wilder than Howard Dean, at any rate. Talk about jumping the shark! At this rate John Kerry may be jumping the grand canyon next. It’s a sad day when action figures become governors and presidential candidates want to be … Continue reading →

One of the nicest perks of this education business is hearing from ex-students or people who attended one of my sessions who write to say thanks or just Hi!. This partially compensates for the slave wages, sweatshop working conditions and … Continue reading →

Here is a page I just put together for the class I will teach tomorrow in the Multimedia lab, called "Ten Things I Bet You Don’t Know About Google". Of course, all of YOU already know all of these tricks … Continue reading →

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Home to the Vikings of yore, Denmark said Wednesday it will let a group that worships Thor, Odin and other Norse gods conduct legally-recognized marriages. The 240-member Forn Sidr, which worships Odin, Thor, Freya and the other … Continue reading →

Picking up a loose thread from last week, which began when Halley noted with some disbelief a survey which claimed to show that almost no one reads web logs: ““I keep reading statistics about how there are more and more … Continue reading →

Question from the lovely Norma Yvonne, an Ecuadorian economist striving to understand American ways. Why are the instructions at the drive-up ATM also in braille? Hmmmmm

Now here’s a FlashMob I could get excited about. Even knowing that something like this COULD happen might breath some life into this moribund phenomena. Jane’s Addiction performed a surprise "flashmob" gig in central London.When the band turned up they … Continue reading →

This week, accused D.C. sniper Lee Malvo may become the latest in a string of criminal defendants to plead not guilty by reason of "The Matrix" Basically, if even part of your believes that what we perceive of as reality … Continue reading →