Archives: November 2001
Saturday, 24 November 2001The radio silence around here isn't just from the holiday; it's that I've been migrating my laptop to Mac OS X (v10.1.1) and have been poking around the new system a great deal.Capsule review: big thumbs-up, just waiting for more of the apps I need to be re-released for X. More as I stop fiddling. Anybody know how I can make the Enter key be a command key like with ShadowKeys under OS 9?  Wednesday, 21 November 2001Worth quoting:David Letterman: "This is the busiest travel week of the year, especially if you're Osama bin Laden." Tom Negrino: "Laura Bush gave the weekly radio address today, standing in for the president. It was the first time a first lady had ever done so. Now, personally I don't have a problem with that. But could you imagine the stink the Republicans and Clinton-haters would have raised had Hillary ever done it?" Jim Roepcke: "The settlement will require cigarette companies to give away one billion dollars in cigarettes to the poorest schools... but only for 5 years, at which time students will have to buy their own cigarettes to continue their habits. In other related news, Microsoft is settling a suit..." Monday, 19 November 2001The ten least-safe toys for sale this year, according to W.A.T.C.H.Senator Jim Jeffords, Independent: "I am very concerned about my good friend (Attorney General) John Ashcroft ... Having 1,000 people locked up with no right to habeas corpus is a deep concern." [Washington Post] His book about his decision to leave the Republican/Enron Party comes out Wednesday. |  | Links, exploration and synthesis from Steve Bogart  photo by my wife If you want to be e-mailed when there's new stuff here, say "add me." Archives by week
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