Archives for May 2002

Heh.  Air marshals’ skills doubted. New hires allowed to fly without passing advanced firearms test. [USA Today : Front Page]

Seriously cool.  There is a really fascinating documentary on HBO right now about Hollywood Forever Cemetery.  These guys are remaking the death industry.  Really wild.

Slam!  Warren Buffett. “The only time to buy these is on a day with no ‘y’ in it.” [Quotes of the Day]

She’s a fucking communist who wants to take away my guns.  Let’s vote her out on that issue alone.  William Grosso nails it. “I’ve become something very close to a single-issue voter. Diane Feinstein, my local senator, is on Disney’s side. She is a co-sponsor of S. 2048 and that means I probably won’t be voting for her in the next election.” Amen to that. Same here. These people work for us, they need a reminder.   [Scripting News]

I’ve seen them.  They’re awesome.  One result: I have to pick up a CD or two of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Holy shit, do they cook. Great music to drive by. After drumming the dashboard ’till my hands hurt, I found an old chromatic harmonica in the glove compartment and jammed with the band. I sucked, but they had no idea. Left me in almost too good a mood to sleep. [Doc Searls Weblog]

Good Riddance.  Later, Bryant — Gumbel exits ‘Early Show’ [CNN]

This is too funny.  Dr Lessig tells a story. He wrote a scholarly paper. He launched a copy of Morpheus and put his paper in the shared folder. Went home for the weekend. On Monday he comes into the office and his computer is disconnected. Stanford security had paid him a visit. “That’s illegal,” they said. Heh. He’s the expert on what’s legal. He wrote the stuff. He wanted to share it. Gotcha.  [Scripting News]