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Tuttle SVC Tom Hoffman comes up with the best line I've heard about the Bush Mars proposal... Of course once we get there, we'll rename the Red Planet
Believe me, I'm as pissed as the next guy that the dream of Space 1999 has been deferred, but the timing on this proposal seems all wrong.
Chicago Tribune | Cops to patrol airports on high-tech scooters
The Daley administration has signed a $128,000 contract to buy 28 Segway Human Transporters, and most of the machines will be in service at Midway and O'Hare, zooming down concourses and cruising around terminals with officers at the controls.
Woke up to snow this morning. The most we have had in a long time. Still snowing as of this post.
MSNBC - A year of spam, spyware and worms
A year of spam, spyware and worms Dark side of Internet boiled over in 2003.
If my inbox is any indication, it looks like 2004 is getting off to a good start... Woke up to 6 virus/worm infested emails in my inbox. Looks like it is similar to the Sobig. Most of them came from Intel related addresses, so figure someone I know from my work there last year has a problem.
So tonight, I'm watching C-SPAN. A tape broadcast of John Kerry announcing his candidacy for President. My son, Fernando walks in the room.I tell him this man wants to be President. I ask him if he thinks he would be a good president. He says “Yes...” I ask why, He says “ Old people are good... Right? ” Who can argue with that logic... Kerry in 04!
For as long as we have lived in our house, there has been a 4th of July parade in the neighborhood. A local firetruck comes and as the truck drives slowly through the neighborhood, kids follow behind on bikes, wagons and on foot. Today was no exception. The image above is a panoramic image of the goings on at SE Salmon and 58th in Portland earlier this morning.
Happy 4th of July...
The Star-Spangled Banner An online exhibit from the National Museum of American History.
NPR : Why We Turn to the Flag NPR's Linda Wertheimer takes a look at the history of the flag in this country and how American's devotion to the banner has evolved over the years.
School Is Out in Oregon, but Not Everyone Is Rejoicing This affluent Portland suburb shut down its schools today for the summer, three weeks early, becoming the first of 84 Oregon school districts to close ahead of schedule this year for lack of money. If not for a voluntary 10 day pay cut by Portland teachers, my children would also be looking at a very long summer...
Kevin Sites Blog CNN correspondent Kevin Sites has a weblog... He is also using Audblog to make audio posts...
My name is Jose. I'm doing a report on the most common languages spoken at Buckman School. I interviewed... [Buckman ESL]
Mrs. Gunther's ESL students are beginning to post their writing...
NPR : Remembering Mister RogersFred Rogers, who for more than 30 years touched the lives of children and parents as host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died of stomach cancer Thursday at age 74.
All it takes is one quick trip around the television dial to make you appreciate the work that this man did for children...
New York Times Obit....Fred Rogers, Host of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,' Dies at 74
Just back from a trip to Germany. Took a video clip of the Munich subway on the
way out to the airport. Munich has a great subway system... very easy to get around.
Click the image above for a video clip... The clip was taken with a Canon S45...
a great camera...
Have been working here for a few
weeks.
Am starting to head back home today...
World Press Photo of the Year. Images that capture people and events... am in awe of the ability of those who can so eloquently capture a moment or an idea...
[by way of...Ben Hammersley.com]
The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine
GO BY TRAIN pleads one.
GO BY STREETCAR urges the other.
Something tells me we're not in Seattle anymore, Toto. No, we're in Portland, American headquarters of the "New Urbanism" philosophy that touts neighborhood density, walking and transit over the car. Portland is doing, almost routinely, what Seattle keeps dreaming and arguing about.
I have been traveling for a few weeks... came across this article about Portland and am now even more homesick... :-) Is always nice when someone confirms what you already knew to be true... now if we only could fund our schools properly...