We are not allowed to complain. If something's bothering us, we must bring up a different subject. If we seek a solution, we can describe the situation factually, and ask questions about it ( Read more... )

So this morning, after getting my little tiger to daycare and putting on her tiger suit (OMG! The other kids all have costumes! I want mine too! [verge of tears...No problem--we'll get you a new diaper and put on your tiger suit]), I went to ScienceWizard's school for megillah reading ( Read more... )

I'm rereading 1984, which I haven't done in ages.  It had been my favorite book, and I think it still is.

Anyone think that the governments don't need telescreens when we have Google, Yahoo!, and MS tracking all our search data and lots of other personal info?  :-)

Yes, we cannot look down our noses any longer at those folks who say "panda bear." They're correct. We snotty folks weren't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda among other places cites it as such, though it used to be believed that they weren't bears.

Navigator...Netscape...3/1/08...has passed away:

They're (AOL/Netscape) recommending Flock as a new browser.

Waaah!

http://dojotoolkit.org/ (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dojo_Toolkit for more text on what it does) is a really neat toolkit that allows for Javascript based updating of webpages. Very neat. Things to play with when ( Read more... )

Apparently, AOL, RealNetworks, and Yahoo! will have to pay for streaming music ( Read more... )

"I go forward with the belief as others have said that as human beings our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."

Seems quite topical in terms of what he was caught doing...or do I just have a dirty mind?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080228/wl_time/geldofandbushdiaryfromtheroad

Turns out that W has been doing more to help Africa than the media lets on. By a lot!