Daily Archives: July 10, 2003

I like to play the market. Sometimes I play the Star, sometimes Stop ‘n Shop. I think of my technique as investing in a sort of Super Market Index Fund. My method is simple; I buy whichever of the major … Continue reading →

Microsoft has been selling the Xbox, a gaming box which includes a hard drive, at $179 as a loss leader, making their profit on game sales.  Now enterprising hackers have discovered how to convert the Xbox into a PC running … Continue reading →

An Italian soldier of the 7th NBC (chemical, biological and nuclear warfare) regiment inspects the ground around the White Horse barracks where the Italian ground forces headquarters are located, in the outskirts of the city of Nasiriya in southern Iraq. … Continue reading →

Bowing to pressure from school officials and students who would be denied diplomas, California yesterday delayed for two years implementation of the exit exam graduation requirement. Will other states follow suit? “It needs to be an outright cancellation of the … Continue reading →

Word on the street is that dealers and users are bracing for a flood of high-test hydroponic cannabis from our friendly northern neighbors. The Canadian Government is supposedly already hard at work with the scales and baggies….According to this Boston … Continue reading →

The University of Delaware’s new approach to preventing illegal file sharing and minimizing the spread of computer viruses is a series of television ads featuring the school’s mascot telling students about the potential consequences of such actions. The ads are … Continue reading →

Very cool exploration of the relationships inherent in meaning, image and lexicon. An exploration in language and learning, the Thesaurus is a visual representation of the English language. It creates constantly changing webs of related words and concepts.

Chuck Fehlis of San Antonio captured this image on his digital camera shortly before 11 a.m. today. It shows a black ring that National Weather Service officials first believed was a halo effect produced by the sun. The weather service … Continue reading →