Archive for July, 2006
Tim Bray on Ruby
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006Tim Bray of Sun has interesting observations about Ruby.
Middle East Cheat Sheet
Monday, July 24th, 2006Slate has an interesting graphic showing who is a friend (or enemy) with whom in the current unpleasantness in the Middle East.
You Could Be a Winner
Monday, July 24th, 2006There’s a clever contest over at Hanan Levin’s Grow a Brain. You may already be a winner of the $100 reward.
Checks and Balances
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006David Broder writes in The Washington Post about a speech by congressman Barney Frank.
My Bluetooth Headset
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006This weekend I finally took the plunge and set up a Jaber Bluetooth headset with my Palm Treo 700p. This was my first Bluetooth experience, and it went OK.
Air Traffic Controller Quotes
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Zoho Writer
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Zoho Writer is yet another word processing web service. It’s from AdventNet.
Review of Spore
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Steve Boxer (Next Generation) has a review of Will Wright’s Spore game in Business Week. That’s a long sentence. But you need to read Boxer’s review anyway.
Update: Jeffries Mideast Peace Plan and Israel II
Thursday, July 20th, 2006An (anonymous) Cloudy Thinking reader stimulated these enhancements to The Jeffries Mideast Peace Plan.
The Jeffries Mideast Peace Plan
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006The conflict between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah is complex. There is plenty of blame to spread around, on all sides, including the United States, Iran and Syria.
Kurtz: Who is Strumpette?
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Howard Kurtz writes in The Washington Post Who Is Strumpette?.