Archive for January, 2002
Wednesday, January 30th, 2002
I love these little “big
I love these little “big things gonna fall from the sky but probably won’t land on us” news stories.
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2002
A couple of random news
A couple of random news stories I found interesting:
- The Devil in Florida?
- Support For A National I.D.
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Monday, January 28th, 2002
The forces of eclecticism have
The forces of eclecticism have been interrupted of late by the necessity of work — including tackling an unfortunate mildew problem in the hall bathroom. A couple of years ago I spent the greater part of an afternoon searching the Internet to find out at what relative humidity mildew ceases to grow (the answer is [...]
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Sunday, January 20th, 2002
Several Odd Items I’ve Picked
Several Odd Items I’ve Picked Up
My friend Pam knows I’m always up for strange web links and emails them along to me. This one will take you to the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Online, probably a good precursor to seeing the film The Road to Wellville.
Caught in the dregs of re-runs last night I [...]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2002
This is an interesting special
This is an interesting special report from CNN on the level of preparation against terrorist attacks in American cities. The comparison link (right hand side about the middle of the first screen) shows Dallas-Fort Worth as “prepared.” Good to know, eh?
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Sunday, January 13th, 2002
This morning, prompted by a
This morning, prompted by a question from an EBay buyer about my name, which he says is Arabic (Turns out is is, meaning “to gaze or to look upon.” It’s also Hebrew for Catherine, and Spanish for queen or ray of sun depending on spelling.) I poked around a little on the web and found [...]
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Friday, January 11th, 2002
When the initial reports came
When the initial reports came out about the “shoe bomber” my reaction was, “Oh, a terrorist wannabe.” Now the sophistication of the device has authorities pretty rattled, especially as a unique mixture of explosive compounds was involved. I was especially struck by the last few lines of this CNN story suggesting such explosives could be [...]
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Thursday, January 10th, 2002
Now here’s a good bit
Now here’s a good bit of Sept. 11 related news. Lisa Beamer had a baby girl named Morgan. We’ve seen a lot of incredible people come to the fore in the wake of that awful day and this lady has been nothing short of phenomenal.
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2002
Great, as if I don’t
Great, as if I don’t worry enough, now this guy wants to make sure my computer is worrying too!
And check this out, all the catalogs you could ever want at catalogs.google.com. When you search for something, like “black turtleneck” it searches all the catalogs! It’s a beta version so if you have suggestions, contact them.
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2002
Now here’s a cheerful little
Now here’s a cheerful little tidbit on our recent close call with an asteroid. I was blissfully ignorant of this one.
