Things added in November, 2004
Whoa! Five years of blogging!
Just realized that I've been writing this blog for 5 years -- my first post was November 4, 1999, using Blogger -- quite the novelty at the time. I blogged ...
Orrin Hatch: Zombie?
Is it just me, or is Sen. Orrin Hatch (R.-Utah) seeming more and more like one of those unstoppable monster-movie zombies that just keeps coming at you no matter how many times ...
Bad face.
By popular demand: Clara's "bad face" costume for Halloween. Here she is with Mara, the purple princess.
If at first you don’t secede . . . .
Michelle Goldberg's longish piece in Salon is the most thoughtful reaction to the whole Red State-Blue State divide that I've seen yet: If at first you don't secede. Honestly, I'm a ...
Purple America.
State-by-state election returns make the U.S. look like a deeply divided country--red Republicans in the South and middle; blue Democrats on the coasts. (The division is eerily reminiscent of the division ...
Coke: Effective pesticide?
Indian farmers have discovered that spraying their fields with Coca-Cola may be as effective as--and lots cheaper than--spraying with pesticides. An Indian agronomist says: "I think Coke has found its right ...
Sierra Wireless Voq Professional
Get ready to meet the next big innovation in mobile communications technology: the hinge.The Sierra Wireless Voq Professional phone is a rather ordinary-looking, somewhat bulky handset with a traditional 12-button keypad. Flip ...
Research in Motion BlackBerry 7780
Research in Motion turned the corporate world on its ear with the first BlackBerry pagers, which gave middle managers the power to hound subordinates 24/7, no matter where in the world the ...