Archive for November, 2002



My respect for the bosses at The Report Newsmagazine went up a tiny bit yesterday. Note the use of the word tiny. While certain things about the magazine irritate me, I still read it. The irritations are minor.
My respect is up because the bosses know that four (yes, four!) of their staffers have blogs. Reporters [...]

Hurricane force winds, snow, sleet, and freezing rain wholloped the East Coast of Canada last night and will continue to do so today.
Over 100 thousand people were left without power, and crews have been called in to Nova Scotia from Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick to help out. Halifax was hardest hit.

Magazines
Well known [...]

It appears a math professor from India has taken the first step with factoring large primary numbers that may someday have an implication for computer security. Mindinra Agrawal worked three years to develop a method to determine with complete certainity if a number is prime. Computer encryption uses two large primary numbers and [...]

Pub regulars get ‘jobpint’ computer
A village pub is offering locals a new service with their pint - the chance to search for a job. A special computer has been installed by Jobcentre Plus so drinkers can look for work in the comfort of their local.
Hmmm … Makes me wonder if there’s been a problem with [...]

It’s offical.
I am certifiably nuts.

I’ve been blogging since May. I started at Martin Roth Online, (Martin Roth Christian Commentary) then moved to Bene Diction Blogs On in July. I’ve been posting at blogs4God.com since August. (note to self: Bene, that is a lot of blogging. Take a break!”)
I have the heart of [...]

While gathering some facts for my upcoming Moyer’s Fisk, I figured I’d warm up with a few pitches as that vaunted U.S. media ally, the Guardian Unlimited. Today’s anti-American offering, “Powell attacks Christian right“, is from that New York based paragon of unbiased reporting, Oliver Burkeman.

Arguably best known to us sacred cows for his [...]

Would you work for this firm?
Lawyers run amock.
I was going to say it speaks for itself, but that wouldn’t do it justice..it’s…it’s…oh my word.
Make. It. Stop. This isn’t even a bad joke.
Link via Jordon Cooper who gets a prize for putting up a picture of one of the most amazing pieces of [...]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Perhaps this one explains the history-bucking results of the mid-term elections in the U.S. two weeks ago.



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