Archives for March 2002

Go Big Red!  Duke Falls to Relentless Hoosiers. Displaying patience, persistence and toughness, Indiana rallied to a spellbinding 74-73 victory over top-seeded Duke. By Thomas George. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Yeah, baby.  And I thought the Scientology shit was over with.  Sometime last night Google reinstated Xenu.Net. That’s very cool. No doubt there will be more challenges in the future. On Slashdot they noted that without exception the tech sites stood up for Google. That’s something to be proud of.   [Scripting News]

Pooper scoop.  Postal Rates Set for Summer Increase. The post office appears headed for a midsummer rate increase of perhaps 3 cents more to mail a letter. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Politics]

Yeah, well, try to get a T-1 in Taunton, MA.  $2038/month w/o the local loop. Bandwidth Shortage And The Telephone Company [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]

Zero Tolerance doesn’t work kids.  Morons in the News: Zero Tolerance Says Honor Student Expelled for Bread Knife. The bread knife was in the bed of the student’s pickup truck. It fell out of a package being donated to charity… [Morons Dot Org]

Pretty good article.  Be Your Own Boss. How would you go about soliciting your technical services to the local masses? In the current state of the economy, finding a job in the tech sector is difficult at best. Many unemployed, or soon to be unemployed, visitors to k5 may be interested in working for themselves, on their own time and by their own rules. Below I present an overview of what needs to be thought about, as well as a brief discussion on freelancing websites. [kuro5hin.org]

I had my picture taken with Ryan once.  Republican Ryan takes lead in Illinois governor race. Former Chicago schools chief, Democrat Paul Vallas ahead in early returns. Washington [USA Today : Front Page]