Day 521: And Here I Thought They Meant New Orleans
Posted on January 31, 2007 - Filed Under government, new orleans | 2 Comments
A CBSNews.com science-and-technology feed blurb announces, “… and bloggers buzz about a State of the Union omission.” To find out which bloggers were cited regarding the glaring non-mention of New Orleans, I paged through the linked article and found:
When President Bush delivered his State of the Union address last week, he left out a small suffix that […]
Day 520: Google’s Moonshine
Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under books, computing & internet, gizmos & hacks, media, project gutenberg | Leave a Comment
a.k.a. the perks of having a large, well-funded PR department.
The New Yorker: Google’s Moon Shot - The Quest For The Universal Library
Google intends to scan every book ever published, and to make the full texts searchable, in the same way that Web sites can be searched on the company’s engine at google.com.
… Google’s is not […]
Day 520: Mardi Gras Madness!
Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under culture-society-history, mardi gras, new orleans | 5 Comments
This time of the year is all about fun, relaxation and living up your vices before Lent, right? Wrong. Enter the season when D and I are overworked, sleep-deprived and make like headless chickens trying to get all things done before our respective krewe appearances. Add to this D’s computer debris, our never-ending pile of […]
Read More..>>Posted on January 30, 2007 - Filed Under blurbs, funny, movies/tv | 1 Comment
Today’s Funniest Overheard is from John’s review of Children of Men - “I felt like I was watching 28 Days Later - Special Tedious Cut.”
Read More..>>Day 519: Senate Subcommittee Hearing On Katrina Recovery
Posted on January 29, 2007 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, government, katrina, new orleans, recovery | Leave a Comment
The hearing at the Louisiana Supreme Court (400 Royal St.) started at 9am CST and is on WDSU.com right now. [LINK]
Read More..>>Day 519: Photo Backlog
Posted on January 29, 2007 - Filed Under family & friends, football, new orleans, pictures, recovery | 3 Comments
1. Saints vs. Bears NFC Championship Game Viewing At Fahy’s
2. Dinner with Earthlink’s Dave Coustan & Ken Womack at Liuzza’s on Bienville
Wherein Loki and dangerblond pooped out and Karen, Becky, Alan, Ken, Dave and I talked about New Orleans latest woes and scandals - the Uptown Gabrielle brouhaha, Mr. Russell a.k.a. chop shop owner a.k.a. city […]
Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under blurbs, government, new orleans, recovery | Leave a Comment
An explication from Professor Morris which makes me wonder even more why I’m happily second-lining with Chris Rose to the Den before the Krewe du Vieux parade.
Read More..>>Day 516: Challenges To Copyright Law Rejected By 9th Circuit
Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under government, media, project gutenberg, public domain | 1 Comment
Brewster Kahle, Chairman of the Internet Archive and board member of Project Gutenberg, is shut down by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. From beSpacific:
Stanford Center for Internet and Society: “Kahle v. Gonzales - In this case, two archives ask the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to hold that statutes that […]
Day 515: Dignity, All They Have Left
Posted on January 25, 2007 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, family & friends, government, new orleans, recovery | Leave a Comment
My fellow New Orleans blogger and father of Kalypso, Michael Homan, recently penned a Times-Picayune editorial on being treated with little respect when wrapping up paperwork at FEMA’s local recovery office, also known as the Welcome Home Center (everyone: shiny, happy now!). Note that many who have gone through the grueling process of acquiring […]
Read More..>>Day 515: The Resource Curse
Posted on January 25, 2007 - Filed Under culture-society-history, education, energy, global, government, new orleans | 4 Comments
World Oil Production: ~83 million barrels a day
World Oil Consumption: ~83 million barrels a day
As easy drilling and production declines, and operations move into deepwater, will promises by the United States, European Union and China to slash hydrocarbon consumption keep the production to consumption ratio stable and drive prices down?
While we wring, wave and chew […]
