Good Grief!

A very depressing link via today’s Best of the Web via Joanne Jacobs via Sheila Astray via Photon Courier…finally back to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Whew. Though this material has obviously been covered, it’s worth posting again. Marquis Harris, who interviewed for a teaching position in the Atlanta area, describes himself as follows:
I […]

Philips Electronics said yesterday that it’s going to mass produce slim display panels that can be folded or rolled-up.
The 5-inch display, which can show detailed images, can be rolled up into a pen-sized holder. If connected to a mobile phone, it can also be used to download web pages, a book or email.
Hey, that’s cool! […]

So the BBC has bought up all the “Hutton Inquiry” Google links. This is according to The Guardian’s website:

Despite being one of the main players in the drama, anyone searching for “Hutton inquiry” or “Hutton report” on the UK’s most popular search engine Google is automatically directed to a paid-for link to BBC Online’s […]

Very happy news–Mrs. Boss-across-the-hall delivered a healthy baby boy over the weekend (their first child). Best wishes to all! And remember, boss-across-the-hall, that you are entitled to three months of leave.

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Just can’t keep up with internet speed…Today, No More Mr Nice Blog had another Howard Dean mix (you’ll enjoy this one if you’re a Fatboy Slim fan). It turns out that there is actually an entire website for mixes that use Dean’s odd Iowa speech.

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George W. Bush caused the Cubs to lose to the Marlins in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series so that SUV owners could invade welfare recipients.
You can personalize your own Bush conspiracy or randomly generate one here. Link via BBspot.

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Yesterday Matthew Yglesias followed-up on the free-trade debate, mentioning the American IT (information technology) jobs that are being outsourced to countries like India. He points out that:
a narrowing of the gap between the US and, say, India is to be expected as a consequence of building a global market. Both countries will be better […]

Someone wrote to Dave Barry’s blog requesting an investigation into men’s underwear sizes.
You need to do us men a great service and use your clout to investigate the Great Men’s Briefs Conspiracy, namely that underwear size has nothing to do with your waist size, so they never fit, but most [respectable] stores won’t let you […]

Tomorrow, the fourth Sunday in January, is international Internet Free Day. This day is promoted as a day for “doing and being out in the real world:”
Get off your pad, dump your mouse and your electronic attachments for the day: the real world is open all day every day and would welcome a visit.
On […]

In this brave new year, Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, is planning to do some joint projects with the University of New Mexico and Caltech. Here’s the plan:
In 2004 we intend to integrate simultaneous four-person 128-channel EEG recording,” says [Sandia project manager Peter] Merkle, “correlating brain events, physiologic dynamics, and social phenomena to […]