Month: April 2004

Iraq declared irony-free zone

U.S. general, quoted in the New York Times. “Clearly we will not tolerate the presence of foreign fighters,” Abizaid said.

Why things must be great…

… on the desk at the Dallas Morning News: A memo about the “Revolution” in the newsroom there mentions the copy desk only once, in regards to the boss of the copy desks now ruling the design/visual realm as well.…

An item for your spring Brides section

This guy got more than 3 grand for his ex-wife’s wedding dress. All he had to do was pose in it. (Link via Mme. Paquin) Update: More on the seller, thanks to Sheila Lennon’s blog.

Google to auction shares in IPO

Appropriately enough, check out the Google News roundup of stories about Google’s plan to auction its shares rather than hire investment bankers to allocate them to their fatcat buddies. My understanding of how the auction works is that a pair…

On getting closer to the action

This morning I read an article about wireless access at the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark. It interviews the Giants’ chief technology officer, who explains that the team got religion on WiFi when it learned that SBC (the park’s namesake these…

For all you stock hounds

If you’re hoping to make a killing on the Google IPO, consider these thoughts from a trader pal of mine: My concern with this IPO is that it’s over-hyped and the little guy will be left holding the bag. No…

Mixing tenses makes me tense

I stopped by Side Salad‘s employer’s Web site to see if his co-workers provided any blogworthy offenses. Found something on the first try, just like the last time I tried this. Maybe I’m just too picky, but this annoys me:…

Finding our WMD

Fred Kaplan in Slate says the Cold War never ended for U.S. nuclear weapons spending, which is as high as it’s ever been, in constant dollars. The report raises anew a question that always springs to mind after a close…

I love this

Why are so many American suspicious of Saudia Arabia? Because certain oil billionaires have been bankrolling the spread of fanaticism for more than a generation? Of course not. It’s because the U.S. news media are tools of Al Qaeda.