Month October 2003

East Coast bias alert From the NY Times, Can the Disney Hall help give Los Angeles a genuine downtown? While I rather like the architecture of the new Disney Hall, the New York Times is confused.  L.A. doesn’t need a…

Conservatives defend general who described war as battle against Satan We look forward to their cogent “logic” explaining why the universe was created in seven days.

Ancedotal evidence people are not crossing grocery picket lines I shop at a farmers market every Sunday in Encino, CA for fruit and veggies. It’s usually quite busy, however yesterday, by the time I got there at 11 am, many vendors had…

Massachusetts says Goodbye to Redmond Massachusetts adopting open-source software! Massachusetts Administration and Finance Secretary Eric Kriss last month instructed the state’s chief technology officer to adopt a policy of “open standards, open source” for all future spending on information technology.…

Brian’s Buzz Brian’s Buzz, a website and newsletter about Windows by one of the best in the business, has been detailing just how bad things are in the world of Windows security holes and endless patches. Oct 2. Exploit of broken…