Four people are dead, hundreds injured and displaced after a devestating brush fire whipped through the capital of Canberra.
“We are still facing some very high to extreme fire dangers,” said Peter Lucas-Smith, chief fire controller for the Australian Capital Territory.
He said fires were under control but were burning northwest and south of the city. Some [...]

This is really funny for anyone with XP. Just click on the image and watch the mayham as the desktop icons have a knock down boot fight.

The New York Times profiles Glenn Reynolds, the grand daddy of all bloggers. Blogging since August 2001, Reynolds is in a class by himself, and has an energy level most of us just don’t have.
As the postings piled up, Mr. Reynolds’s omnivorous curiosity began to attract an increasing number of kindred spirits to his site, [...]

An exciting news portal is launching called HourEleven.com that has been several months in development.
It is designed to put the best political commentary at your fingertips, by linking to the latest political columns throughout the cyber world.
With several hundred pieces posted daily all over the web, it’s a chore to pick through them all [...]

In between my first cent and this second cent on the comment ‘controversy,’ I posted some real life news.
I think blogging, like any hobby, can help us grow.
Second cent
Let’s not get our exercise jumping to conclusions. Don’t assume. Look around you. Look at your computer. Do you think that everyone has the super-duper set-up [...]

The lead story in Canada last night wasn’t Iraq and the US or UN, it was our own problems with child pornography. Canada has a profoundly sorry reputation for it’s tolerance of this crime.
That’s why I found the press conference with this police official so stunning.
Turf wars abound between law inforcement here, and resources [...]

Now, this is controversial, and at this point a breaking story. 11 empty chemical warheads were found during UN weapons inspections in Iraq.
The US is saying this is a material breach. Here is an interesting take.
Inspectors said said they found the 122mm warheads when they were examining Iraqi bunkers.
The shells were scanned with [...]

I received this comment from Josh Sargent.
I’d be interested to see you post your opinion on the “Comments Controversy”….
Here is my email response.
Re: Your interest in my opinion on the comments controversy….
That’s fair…. I think I can add to the discussion.

I can’t promise when…..let me gather my thoughts, I think I’ve got two cents I [...]