Thursday, July 18, 2002

As long as Melissa doesn't switch the words around before I make my proclamation, turning it into "Dr. Pepper-Free Fridays." This started as a short post, but then it got longer, and then I decided to save it for my future amusement and revision: If I Were In Charge of Everything. 11:06:48 PM

Guardian: "No search engine, no matter how good, can be all things to all people."  [Scripting News] 8:11:03 PM

Got an e-mail from dad today. One more reason to know how to code: We finish training this week -- finally!! I am in Punta Gorda, far south of the country doing IT techie and teacher training. Definitely softer than Jane's assignment -- building worm farms and composting toilets and camping with no facilities in the outback. 12:11:43 PM

Or, what happens if you create a volunteer spy network and nobody shows up? The U.S. Post Office says they won't participate in Operation TIPS, at least according to this report on CNN. 10:26:43 AM

Isolated incident or disturbing trend? This was below the fold of the NY Times this morning, and on metafilter yesterday. The Vermas could have been any family flying into New York City for the first time. Looking down on the glittering island, Ravi Verma delivered an excited monologue in Malayalam, pointing out the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and the skyscrapers of the financial district to his wife and two daughters. [...] But other passengers on American Trans Air Flight 204 from Chicago Tuesday night feared that the family had a more sinister purpose. Acting on a nervous passenger's suspicions, the authorities called in two fighter jets to escort the plane to La Guardia Airport, where it landed at 11:05. The entire family, two traveling companions and another man were taken into custody for several hours of questioning by the joint terrorism task force. 10:02:13 AM

Song of the morning, repeated several times, bumping up the volume each time: Walk On. 10:01:04 AM