This should help you choose which computer you are going to buy: The country’s fourth-largest computer maker is taking to the airwaves in a bid to rally consumers against a copyright-protection bill that would prevent computers from playing pirated movies and music. Starting Wednesday night, computer maker Gateway Inc. will launch a radio and TV …
Is Ken Lay really broke,
Is Ken Lay really broke, as his wife asserted on national televison a month ago? This was an interesting read on asset protection. Mind you, I am not a lawyer or financial planner, so I can not delve into the veracity of the claims. In February 2000, Mother Jones has learned, the Lays paid about …
Will Warren eviscerates the logic
Will Warren eviscerates the logic of a bunch of tawdry, shameless Nobel Laureates in his latest offering: The wretched and poor can’t do wrong-don’t you see?- The successful can do no right; The downcast are blameless, new Sophists agree: All is justified by their plight. Set off nail bombs in pizzerias? That’s fine: The losers …
Still waiting for everything to
Still waiting for everything to get taken care of with the site re-design and the new domain name. It will not be long…. I hope..
Sorry for the absence of
Sorry for the absence of posts, but I do have an announcement: I am moving to Cornerhost and Movable Type. Should be done within the next week, complete with a new layout (designed by Helen Hart several months ago). I will let you know the new addy in a couple of days.
This is just beautiful. Will
This is just beautiful. Will Warren beats Alex Beam with a rhyme. I have not laughed so hard since the Heather Mallick poem. He’s the ’62 Mets of the features page, The de Havilland Comet of the modern age. As solid as the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, As sure as the Exxon Valdez, or Tom Ridge. …
Is this memo really necessary?
Is this memo really necessary? The State Department, citing a “deteriorating security situation,” warned Americans on Tuesday to defer travel to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza and said dependents of American diplomats in Jerusalem were being encouraged to go home. “The potential for further terrorist acts remains high,” the travel warning said. “The situation …