So I guess there’s been a lot of talk on the ’net about the new Amazon Service, Amazon Fresh. I wasn’t able to get a picture of one of the trucks like TechCrunch asked for, but I was able to get a picture of one of the bags filled with Fresh Goodness. Brooke [...]
I found an article on Forbes this morning that tells of the Apple Records recent deal with Apple Computers iTunes music store to sell part of the John Lennon catalog on iTunes. There has apparently been no John Lennon music on iTunes until now. Much of the John Lennon, post-Beatles work has been [...]
The Chinese are seriously trying to kill or maim our children. It appears as if Mattel is going to announce another series of recalls and people in the know say that it will be another round of Chinese manufactured children’s toys. I wonder if the Chinese let their own children play with this crap.
Another Big [...]
(This is the second instance in two days of a story about a non-American serial killer)
In nearby Vancouver, BC, the prosecutors in the Robert Pickton trial, have rested it’s case against the 57-year-old man accused of the murders of a total of 26 women. The prosecutors case against Mr. Pickton has lasted [...]
When you hear the term “Serial Killer” you almost always think of an incident from here in America. Whether it’s Wayne Williams, Gary Ridgway or Ted Bundy, it’s almost always an American incident. I lived in Italy for 13 years and was exposed to a much different daily news fare and as such I’ve heard [...]
In an amazing show of grit and determination, the Arbornauts Softball Club held off the third ranked Marinators for a 15 – 10 victory. This is the spunky underdogs first championship in 3 years of league play which involved spring, summer and sometimes fall seasons.
Summer 2007 Arbies
One spectator was heard to remark "They almost [...]
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
KEY DEPARTURES
Karl Rove, chief political strategist, leaves 31 Aug
Donald Rumsfeld, defense secretary, quit after 2006 mid-term elections
Andrew Card, chief of staff, quit March 2006
Paul Wolfowitz, deputy defense secretary, quit March 2005
Colin Powell, secretary of state, resigned after President Bush’s first term, Nov 2004
SURVIVORS FROM 2000
Dick Cheney, vice-president
Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, [...]
We’re heading out to spend the weekend in Portland but I thought I just had to post quickly about this news story from Australia. You really need to read the whole article. The additional commentary is priceless for those of us who are not in the publishing business. Here’s a link to [...]
In a completely unexpected move, the Universal Music Group (the worlds largest music company), will start testing a program in which it will sell parts of its music catalog DRM free! The subsidiary of Vivendi will start making ’thousands’ of it’s albums and songs available through various online retailers. As a non-iPod owner, [...]
Monday of last week I mentioned in my News You Can Use segment that a study by Greg Holland of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR, and Peter Webster of Georgia Institute of Technology was published which indicates that Twice as many storms had formed each year from 1995 to 2005. Well, today NOAA, [...]
An article on Information Week gives hope to Vonage customers everywhere. "We have substantially completed the deployment of workarounds for the two name translation patents and have completed the development of the wireless patent workaround," said Vonage chairman and chief executive Jeffrey Citron, in an e-mail message. "This is a significant step toward moving ahead [...]
California has taken the forefront on a new danger from our Chinese ’friends’. Starting next month the new law which bans lead in children’s jewelry goes into effect. The recent spate recalls, bans and boycotts of all things Chinese has not actually stopped them from either making the products or getting them into this country. [...]
After a heart-wrenching 48 hours it looks like I’ve managed to save almost all of my content. I’m not sure exactly what happened or why, but I lost most of my content and all of my WordPress formatting. The site was a mess. As of now, all I have to do is [...]
A Youtube Video:
Bush Finds Lips With Only One Hand, Still Needs Both Hands, A Map And The Secret Service To Find Ass
George W Bush announced today that we were at war with gravity. Congress has yet to comment on this brash act but is expected to pass a non-binding resolution to subpoena gravity to appear before the Congressional Committee on Natural Forces. Alberto Gonzales has denied any knowledge of gravity stating a previous commitment [...]
Florida’s optical scan voting machines are still flawed, despite efforts to fix them, and they could allow poll workers to tamper with the election results, according to a government-ordered study obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. [Link]
A state-sponsored study released last week that found that virtually all voting machines used in the state are vulnerable [...]
Representatives of three voting machine companies criticized a state study that found their machines could be breached by hackers, saying it had reached unrealistic conclusions. Their testimony Monday was countered by a University of California professor who helped lead the review and said it revealed "very real" vulnerabilities.[Link]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday adopted [...]
