Monthly Archives: March 2003

Washington Post’s guide to warblogs.

Edwin “Louie” Deason got 90 days in jail for stabbing a pet Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. Prosecutors pinned the crime on Deason solely based on his drunken, belligerent comments to sheriff’s deputies. One deputy testified Deason was covered in blood and … Continue reading →

Well, there is turmoil here in PlasticLand. On Tuesday I got laid off, then the next day I discovered that my car had been stolen. It’s okay though because I got it back (the car not the job). Anyway, I … Continue reading →

From Mozilla bug 94035 I found this innovative way to block Flash ads. [Update: Fixed the link.]

Oooo, Neverwinter Nights Linux Client Beta is finally out. Now, if only I had a chunk of free time to play with it.

The Arrogance of Power Senator Robert Byrd again speaks out against war. What is happening to this country? When did we become a nation which ignores and berates our friends? When did we decide to risk undermining international order by … Continue reading →

Boston Consulting Group is studying how to apply the general lessons of open source software to other businesses. And what have they discovered? So far the group is focusing on three areas: the way open source takes advantages of networks … Continue reading →

A group at the University of Hawaii have put together a campaign to stop SEVIS.

Can Farscape fans reinvent TV? On the one hand, it’s heartening to see the do-it-yourself ethic of the Internet applied to the sick-unto-death broadcasting industry. It’s also sad to reflect that no one even considers involving government agencies — like … Continue reading →

Vegetarians live longer, says study.

What a headline: Girl Emerges from Coma During Bryan Adams Concert.

MSNBC has an awesome slideshow of photos taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft of Jupiter and its moons. I especially like the one of the lava flow on Io.

Today is the 100th anniversary of Bix Beiderbecke‘s birthday. NPR had a pretty good tribute to Bix this morning.

In case you missed it as I did, the Immigration and Naturalization Service is no more and is now part of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Department of Homeland Security. Now how are we supposed to … Continue reading →