Day February 11, 2003

A 500 gb hard drive….

A 500 gb hard drive. And it’s portable! Via [The Shifted Librarian] “Your Life on Disk. John Robb wants his information to shift with him, and I don’t blame him. I do, too, which is why I was floored to…

Great moments in American justice

Great moments in American justice “State can make inmate sane enough to executeThe New York Times says the federal appeals court in St. Louis ruled yesterday that officials in Arkansas can force a prisoner on death row to take antipsychotic…

Bush bravado backfires

Bush bravado backfires China has joined Russia, France, Germany, and Belgium in opposing an Iraq war. Saudi Arabia plans to stop allowing US troops there. Dubya’s plan to cow the world into submission by demonstrating the US has the mightiest…

NYC denies march permit for…

NYC denies march permit for Feb 15. There will be a rally on Feb 15. near the U.N. in New York City – but no march. The City cited “security risks” and a judge agreed. What nonsense. NYC routinely has…

Shelter from the storm

Shelter from the storm Beautiful things or that which is not Inferno From the Viridian mailing list “By the time we send out our next Viridian Note, the United States may be at war.  This is a sad and ugly…