Gore to Announce That He Will Not Run for President in 2004. Al Gore has decided against running for president in 2004, ending a month-long flirtation with another candidacy, according to associates of Mr. Gore. By Adam Nagourney. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
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IM Thoughts
I use IM extensively at home and for keeping in touch with friends, business partners, and so on.. Haven’t really looked at jabber but am going to take a peek. I use trillian for my current IM tool – works great!
IM in the Enterprise?. Phil Windley is talking about IM in the Enterprise and says something a bit stange: I’ve been wanting an enterprise IM tool for some time, but couldn’t justify the cost. Now, its part of Groupwise, so that helps the ROI… [Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]
Gimme my Raise!
Gruntle. It’s that time of year again: annual performance reviews (aka, “how big is my raise?”) It happens every year, just before the holidays. However, things are different this year. A few months ago, it was suggested that managers tell their… [Jeremy Zawodny’s blog]
Rosemary’s Steamers
50 Most Loathsome People. Don’t miss the Beast’s 50 Most Loathsome People in America –it’s funny, provacative and just mean enough without being ugly…. [Steve’s No Direction Home Page] [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]
FUCK
Ever wondered what FUCK stands for?.
Google Glossary: “In old England, anyone caught in illegal cohabitation was charged with ‘unlawful carnal knowledge’—that was the technical term. It was a very common offense and, on the blotter, instead of writing out that so-and-so was being held ‘for unlawful carnal knowledge’ they would just write, ‘F.U.C.K.’ No idea on when it became a ‘dirty’ word. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]
How appropriate to come back from a 3 day hiatus, then to finally figure out what FUCK stands for. Thank you Adam for the elucidation.
[Marc’s Voice]