Month September 2004

9/11 From Baghdad Burning September 11… he sat there, reading the paper. As he reached out for the cup in front of him for a sip of tea, he could vaguely hear the sound of an airplane overhead. It was…

New search engines A9 This new offering from Amazon uses Google as the engine, but has a powerful front end. Features include the ability to save searches, create bookmarks, and keep a diary. There’s also full indexing of the Internet Movie…

Bats in the belfry My ears started ringing a few months ago, triggered no doubt by an ear infection. The infection is gone, the ringing, known as tinnitus, remains. At first it was a major deal, I had a few…

GOP mailing warns liberals will ban Bibles Campaign mail with a return address of the Republican National Committee warns West Virginia voters that the Bible will be prohibited and men will marry men if liberals win in November. Curses, how…

Why is Vaclav Havel saying Castro will be out of power “soon”? Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has opened an international conference in Prague on promoting democracy in Cuba. He told delegates that Cuba’s situation would change soon and that…