BEHIND THE CURTAIN: a day in the life of webloggers. Thanks garret for the banner, and to Susan, Andrea, and everyone else for getting things rolling. I agree with Andrea, this is gonna be fun! BTW, everyone is welcome, its … Continue reading
Mac Rebennack, also known as Dr. John, has a new album titled Duke Elegance, a tribute to Duke Ellington. [Time] Dr. John was one of the first musicians I remember listening to after I discovered an FM station, KBEY, which … Continue reading
STS-99 is wrapping up the mapping mission from space with Endeavour‚s crew scheduled to wrap up operations early Monday morning at 5:53 Central Time. As of noon today, 99 percent, or about 47 million square miles of the target area … Continue reading
The three day weekend is shaping up to be fairly uneventful for us. Thats OK, as there is a lot of thesis grinding to do. There was some more rain last night here in the desert. It always smells so … Continue reading
STS-99 looks like a go!The Shuttle mapping mission should be completed despite the radar mast thruster problem. NASA, CNN, Reuters, and don’t forget to have a look at the latest images from the mission. More about the Mac speed bumps … Continue reading
Quote from MacCentral: "Jobs announced a new iBook, a new 500 MHz PowerBook — the fastest Portable ever — and a new line-up of Power Mac G4′s with faster processors running at 400-, 450-, and 500-MHz.". There is bound to … Continue reading
LinuxPPC 2000 will be released Thursday. It offers a bootable CD-ROM and a new graphical installer that boots “as much as four times faster” and an option to directly boot into Linux (bypassing the Mac OS) as well as graphical … Continue reading
X-Files OK. I’m not sure anything was answered. Samantha was taken, Fox re-connected with her, and is ‘free’ now. I’m not sure I am ready to let go of that yet. I really admire Chris Carter’s ability to weave this … Continue reading
Mozilla will be Communicator 6.0? I’m confused! Link from slashdot. Tom Landry, Famed Coach of the Cowboys, has died. My mother is greiving. Story at Yahoo News, CNN. Musician Screamin’ Jay Hawkins dead at 70 in Paris. Link from Yahoo … Continue reading
"We’re ready to map the world" STS-99 The joint NASA and NIMA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. The U.S. space shuttle Endeavor finally left the launch pad on Friday to begin a mission that should produce the best-ever three-dimensional maps of … Continue reading
