People have been freaking out about gmail. The storage space, the privacy issues, and more recently, about the usability of the web client. People were offering up gmail invites as prizes or favors. It is all a bit silly. The gmail link has been sitting on my blogger account page for months now. I finally …
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SD hates people that don’t drive cars
My bus stop is near a seniors center downtown. That is a good thing. However, there is no outside seating for the center. This means that the seniors who still smoke (and there are a lot of them) come over to hang out around the bus stop. Uhg. This morning I counted 10 people smoking …
Adventure
A great story from NPR and Slate; First Into Libya. A group of 16 American tourists, the first to tour Libya in a long time. They did a good job on the story, it seems like an amazing place. Our main goal was to create a voice to prove that San Diego was not a …
Hi Kettle
United Nations-mandated auditors have sharply criticised the US occupation authority for the way it has spent more than $11bn in Iraqi oil revenues and say they have faced “resistance” from coalition officials. Mind you, the UN is being a bit of a pot, as it has its own issues with oil and corruption.
SpaceShipOne
The first private manned spacecraft to fly to the edge of space and back.