January 2003

Frodo has failed

January 17, 2003

This came to me titled “Frodo has failed.”

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Canada arrests dozens on child porn charges

January 16, 2003

Canada arrests dozens on child porn charges. I’m glad this is happening.  Kiddy porn is rampant on the internet.  The hard part is not going to be tracking down the folks who are stupid enough to leave a credit card number on a website, unfortunately.  Law enforcement is going to have to find a way [...]

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Amateur hour at the White House

January 16, 2003

Amateur Hour at the White House.   BAM!  The Washington Post takes Bush to task over his North Korea policy, or lack thereof.  Good, concise analysis of how they got to where they are.  Unfortunately, the way forward doesn’t seem like it will be easy.

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Apple keeps their mouth wide shut

January 16, 2003

Joel Spolsky in Mouth Wide Shut writes: When Apple releases a new product, they tend to surprise the heck out of people, even the devoted Apple-watchers who have spent the last few months riffling through garbage dumpsters at One Infinite Loop. Microsoft, on the other hand, can’t stop talking about products that are mere glimmers in [...]

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Gordon Campbell drank 14 drinks

January 16, 2003

Liar, liar, pants on fire! Alcohol test result adds to Campbell controversy. VICTORIA — Gordon Campbell had a blood-alcohol reading that was nearly twice the legal limit when he was charged with drunk driving in Hawaii, a disclosure that makes it even harder for him to hang on as Premier of British Columbia. Campbell drank [...]

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Tattos put dead dad in the frame

January 15, 2003

Tattoos put dead dad in the frame. Bizarre.

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Jupiter analysts now blogging

January 14, 2003

Jupiter Research now has their industry analysts weblogging…

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Marley Leger on the current

January 14, 2003

Marley Leger, wife of Cpl. Marc Leger, was on the news this morning while I was doing my workout.  I heard her interviewed again by Anna Maria Tremonti on The Current while I was driving in to work.  Today is the day that the trial of the American pilots who accidently killed her husband begins.  The [...]

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A Nation of Nihilists

January 12, 2003

A Nation of Nihilists.  This morning’s Ottawa Citizen editorial decries the erosion of the Liberal Democratic tradition into “Nihilism”.  When is tolerance not a virtue anymore?

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Senators Bankrupt

January 10, 2003

The last couple of days have seen a huge amount of coverage locally and nationally about the plight of the Ottawa Senators.  Despite being the number 1 team in the NHL today, and having one of the lowest payrolls in the league, they are bankrupt. They’re cashflow positive, if the debt is taken out of the [...]

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