Teen Wants to Sever Ties With His Mother's Killer: His Father (Los Angeles Times)

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Greenberg and A.I.G. Sever Ties

Greenberg and A.I.G. Sever Ties 03/28/2005 10:59 PM
American International Group severed all ties on Monday with Maurice Greenberg, the executive who had built the company into a global giant over four decades.

Out of Fire, Ties That Bind (Los Angeles
Times)

Out of Fire, Ties That Bind (Los Angeles
Times) 06/11/2004 05:03 AM
Los Angeles Times - HARBISON CANYON, Calif. — The Cedar fire leveled their red and white church in a whorl of flame, but the congregation continues to gather there for Sunday service. In a tent pitched under the shadow of a charred pine tree, Pastor Mark Mueller led the members of Emmanuel Christian Church in song one recent Sunday with palms raised:

How the Death of Judy's Father Made
America More Secretive (Los Angeles
Times)

How the Death of Judy's Father Made
America More Secretive (Los Angeles
Times) 04/18/2004 05:42 AM
Los Angeles Times - In a box delivered by rolling handcart on the morning of Feb. 26, 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court received 40 copies of a petition so unusual a clerk decided he couldn't accept it for filing. First, though, he turned through its pages.

Powell Tries to Mollify Russia on
Georgia Ties (Los Angeles Times)

Powell Tries to Mollify Russia on
Georgia Ties (Los Angeles Times) 01/27/2004 10:24 AM
Los Angeles Times - MOSCOW — Seeking to soothe fears of growing rivalry along Russia's borders with former Soviet republics, U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Monday said the U.S. has no plans to create military bases in Georgia.

N.Y. Child Killer Who Personified Abuse
Is Paroled (Los Angeles Times)

N.Y. Child Killer Who Personified Abuse
Is Paroled (Los Angeles Times) 07/01/2004 05:27 AM
Los Angeles Times - NEW YORK — Convicted killer Joel Steinberg left prison Wednesday, focusing attention once again on a crime that shocked this city nearly 17 years ago and came to symbolize the problem of child abuse nationwide.

Teen Film Students Caught in Freeze
Frame (Los Angeles Times)

Teen Film Students Caught in Freeze
Frame (Los Angeles Times) 08/19/2004 06:10 AM
Los Angeles Times - Seventy-four students at a specialized film academy at Jefferson High School in South Los Angeles find themselves caught in a bureaucratic battle that has put their innovative program in jeopardy.

Amid Probe, Berger Cuts Ties With Kerry
Camp (Los Angeles Times)

Amid Probe, Berger Cuts Ties With Kerry
Camp (Los Angeles Times) 07/21/2004 05:54 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Former national security advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger withdrew Tuesday as an advisor to the presidential campaign of Sen. John F. Kerry after the disclosure that he was being investigated for the mishandling of classified documents from his years in the Clinton administration.

Grand Jury Steps Up Inquiry Into
Possible Halliburton Ties to Iran (Los
Angeles Times)

Grand Jury Steps Up Inquiry Into
Possible Halliburton Ties to Iran (Los
Angeles Times) 07/21/2004 05:54 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — A Halliburton controversy erupted Tuesday, fueled by a grand jury investigation into whether the oil services giant violated federal sanctions by operating in Iran while Vice President Dick Cheney was running the company.

'When I was Garbage' - One Teen Mother's
Story

'When I was Garbage' - One Teen Mother's
Story 06/22/2005 02:58 AM
When I was Garbage by Allison Crews at age 17, teen mother advocate and activist. "I had become garbage, worthy only to sit in my isolated desk and cry to myself and throw up in a dirty bathroom stall. I was a pregnant teenage girl."
Allison died recently aged 22. She was active in girl-mom.co m, an online and in life support and education network for young mothers.
"To radically accept and defend a woman's right to choose, we must acknowledge the multiple ways that women come to make reproductive choices. By marginalizing teenage mothers, even within the feminist community, we are failing to recognize the realities of countless women and their children."
There's a report of her funeral and a website has been set up to collect memories for Allison's 7 year old son. {Allison's LJ} All of this comes via BitchPhD - her entry is also worth reading. (previous semi-related MeFi)

The New York Times > Business >
Media & Advertising > CNN Will
Cancel 'Crossfire' and Cut Ties
to Commentator

The New York Times > Business >
Media & Advertising > CNN Will
Cancel 'Crossfire' and Cut Ties
to Commentator 01/07/2005 04:15 AM
CNN is cancelling “Crossfire.” .. New York Times .. WON

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Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times 12/30/2003 02:57 PM
job creation .. reports .. my life

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We Eat; Therefore, They Are (Los Angeles
Times)

We Eat; Therefore, They Are (Los Angeles
Times) 08/10/2004 05:24 AM
Los Angeles Times - BETHESDA, Md. — Inside a packed ballroom at the local Holiday Inn, 13 government-appointed scientists sat regally around a table, debating servings of fish.

They're Off! (To the Gym) (Los Angeles
Times)

They're Off! (To the Gym) (Los Angeles
Times) 05/25/2004 05:16 AM
Los Angeles Times - VERSAILLES, Ky. — Just days after arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips from an inflamed ankle, the athlete was back in training, huffing hard as he jogged on an underwater treadmill.

At War With Their Bodies, They Seek to
Sever Limbs

At War With Their Bodies, They Seek to
Sever Limbs 03/22/2005 03:22 PM
Psychologists are struggling to define a rare disorder that makes people want to amputate their own limbs.

Citrix Terminal Sever for Linux

Citrix Terminal Sever for Linux 06/24/2004 03:09 PM
CitrixTS4Linux development planning

Going Away for the Gold (Los Angeles
Times)

Going Away for the Gold (Los Angeles
Times) 08/11/2004 04:42 AM
Los Angeles Times - It is a quintessential Olympic moment, hundreds of athletes marching into the stadium, drenching the field in the banners and colors of their nations. But when the 2004 Summer Games in Athens begin with this traditional opening ceremony, take a closer look.

The Los Angeles Times goes multimedia

The Los Angeles Times goes multimedia 03/21/2003 12:14 AM
The Los Angeles Times goes multimedia. For the past few weeks, the LA Times has begun a significant push into offering video, audio, and interactive Flash on their website. One of the most interesting aspects is that the paper has moved one step beyond simply replaying AP Television clips as many sites have done; the LA Times writers are stand before the cameras and microphones themselves and report stories in a stuttering, non-hairsprayed, introverted demeanor that I find very refreshing, though so far I have gleaned very little additional information from it. When does (or can) this mode of journalism on the web rise above gimmickry or 'just because we can' and add value to a written article? Can video/tv news rise above mere spectacle?

Far From Ready for More War (Los Angeles
Times)

Far From Ready for More War (Los Angeles
Times) 05/15/2004 05:51 AM
Los Angeles Times - FT. CAMPBELL, Ky. — From their first days as "Screaming Eagles," the 18,000 soldiers of the Army's 101st Airborne Division are taught to be ready for anything. As the force's proud creed goes: "First in, last out."

It Seems Everybody Has an Opinion About
Her (Los Angeles Times)

It Seems Everybody Has an Opinion About
Her (Los Angeles Times) 08/01/2004 05:16 AM
Los Angeles Times - BOSTON — Teresa Heinz Kerry is a political wife unlike any this country has seen. But can she affect an election? Some think it's possible.

More Than One Can Conceive (Los Angeles
Times)

More Than One Can Conceive (Los Angeles
Times) 12/30/2004 06:51 AM
Los Angeles Times - CLEVELAND — The elephant dung was no trouble at all. When the circus came to town, Percy Skuy simply showed up with a bucket and politely asked the keeper if he could collect a few droppings.

Cranking It Up (Los Angeles Times)

Cranking It Up (Los Angeles Times) 05/31/2004 05:38 AM
Los Angeles Times - On a Sunday they'd hoped not to work, the Lakers reported to their El Segundo practice facility and faced more of a Western Conference finals they'd hoped not to prolong.

Olé? No Way, Say Chinese (Los
Angeles Times)

Olé? No Way, Say Chinese (Los
Angeles Times) 05/11/2004 05:02 AM
Los Angeles Times - BEIJING — "Foreign Bulls Head for the Middle Kingdom."

Here, It's Ladies' Day Every Day (Los
Angeles Times)

Here, It's Ladies' Day Every Day (Los
Angeles Times) 06/12/2004 04:43 AM
Los Angeles Times - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — There is no heavenly sentry outside the Ladies' Kingdom, only a listless pair of khaki-clad policemen ready to run off any errant men. The women make their way past the gatekeepers, disappear behind frosted glass and step into a shopping center all their own.

Bluesman's Son Gets His Due (Los Angeles
Times)

Bluesman's Son Gets His Due (Los Angeles
Times) 06/02/2004 05:30 AM
Los Angeles Times - CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Miss. — Inside the pink brick estate he built with a blues fortune, 72-year-old Claud Johnson cannot shake the habits he formed when he was a poor man.

Fat, and Happy About It (Los Angeles
Times)

Fat, and Happy About It (Los Angeles
Times) 02/19/2004 06:41 AM
Los Angeles Times - The newspaper ad inviting fat people to learn about El Camino Hospital's new weight-loss surgery program held out the opportunity to be not just a thinner person, but a better one.

They May Protest Too Much (Los Angeles
Times)

They May Protest Too Much (Los Angeles
Times) 05/24/2004 07:52 AM
Los Angeles Times - MEXICO CITY — Shakespeare warned about the ides of March, and T.S. Eliot dubbed April the cruelest month. But they never lived in Mexico City, where May delivers a special kind of misery.

An Icon, and Then He's Gone (Los Angeles
Times)

An Icon, and Then He's Gone (Los Angeles
Times) 06/04/2004 05:47 AM
Los Angeles Times - BEIJING — For many foreigners, he is Tiananmen Square's most recognizable figure, outshining even Chairman Mao Tse-tung — whose body still lies in state at a far end of the vast public space.

Age Before Duty (Los Angeles Times)

Age Before Duty (Los Angeles Times) 06/08/2004 06:12 AM
Los Angeles Times - SACRAMENTO — This is the age of revolving-door democracy in California. It's the era of term limits and recalls and contempt for the Legislature, a time when an erstwhile action movie star can run the nation's largest state government and a freshman lawmaker can rule the Assembly.

Los Angeles Times - Registration

Los Angeles Times - Registration 12/02/2003 12:28 AM

Cingular, T-Mobile sever joint venture

Cingular, T-Mobile sever joint venture 05/25/2004 09:47 AM

Political Frenzy on Ice (Los Angeles
Times)

Political Frenzy on Ice (Los Angeles
Times) 01/18/2004 05:58 AM
Los Angeles Times - With polls showing four Democratic candidates in a statistical tie, the presidential campaign ricochets across Iowa.

Race Is Up to Iowans Now (Los Angeles
Times)

Race Is Up to Iowans Now (Los Angeles
Times) 01/19/2004 03:59 AM
Los Angeles Times - Top Democratic presidential hopefuls bear down in the dual effort to pull ahead and cut expectations. The caucuses are tonight.

Same Budget, Different Year (Los Angeles
Times)

Same Budget, Different Year (Los Angeles
Times) 01/19/2004 03:59 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Funding for almost half the government is teetering on a partisan brink in Congress, with its fate thrown into question by disputes over a motley array of issues including meat safety, overtime pay and media ownership.

The Cliff Dwellers (Los Angeles Times)

The Cliff Dwellers (Los Angeles Times) 09/06/2004 05:32 AM
Los Angeles Times - TIJUANA — A life capsized has stranded Jose de Jesus Torres atop these craggy cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Waves crash and dolphins dance as this modern-day cliff dweller waits for another opportunity to cross the U.S. border.

Most 'Arrested by Mistake' (Los Angeles
Times)

Most 'Arrested by Mistake' (Los Angeles
Times) 05/11/2004 05:02 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Coalition military intelligence officials estimated that 70% to 90% of prisoners detained in Iraq since the war began last year "had been arrested by mistake," according to a confidential Red Cross report given to the Bush administration earlier this year.

Smuggling Goes Underground (Los Angeles
Times)

Smuggling Goes Underground (Los Angeles
Times) 07/04/2004 05:58 AM
Los Angeles Times - MEXICALI, Mexico — Jose Mendoza came to this sun-baked border city to work at a used-car lot for his friend Raul "El Chino" Zepeda. When he arrived, he found the yard littered with junked automobiles and the inside of the office splattered with mud.

Williams Is Taking It Seriously (Los
Angeles Times)

Williams Is Taking It Seriously (Los
Angeles Times) 06/30/2004 04:57 AM
Los Angeles Times - WIMBLEDON, England — There was not a hint of a smile from Serena Williams. Not when she blasted a 126-mph serve, fastest by a woman in Wimbledon history, past a befuddled Tatiana Golovin. Not when she finished off the first set in 27 minutes by winning 12 of the final 15 points. Not when she won 19 of 21 points in a dominating stretch of the second set.

He's Fought for His Views, Now His Job
(Los Angeles Times)

He's Fought for His Views, Now His Job
(Los Angeles Times) 02/05/2005 10:15 PM
Los Angeles Times - BOULDER, Colo. — Ward L. Churchill has been angry for years, shaking a clenched fist at American power from the streets of Denver and the lecterns of academia.

Chairs Sit Well With Laborers (Los
Angeles Times)

Chairs Sit Well With Laborers (Los
Angeles Times) 05/26/2004 04:38 AM
Los Angeles Times - OAKLAND — For nearly a decade, Kwei Fong Lin tolerated numbness in her forearms. Like a great many Chinese immigrants who work in this city's cramped and poorly equipped garment factories, her neck and back ached from long days spent hunched over a sewing machine while perched on rickety folding chairs, stools or even crates.
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Coconut Grove Rotary Club Presentation

Coconut Grove Rotary Club Presentation 08/05/2004 05:22 AM
Speech: Current Happenings on the Internet: Blogs, Bots and News Aggregators by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.

Coconut Grove Rotary Club

Presentation Sources:

Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.
http://www.BotsBlogs.com

Searching the Internet - Online Streaming Video Tutorial
http://www.SearchingTheInt ernet.info

Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A., Executive Director of the Virtual Private Library™, author, speaker, consultant and creator/founder of BotSpot.com will be speaking on the latest happenings on the Internet with emphasis on the growing areas of bots and intelligent agents, blogs (weblogs), and news aggregators. Mr. Zillman will be showing these new resources live on the Internet and how they will relate to helping you search and find the information you require for both personal and academic research. His presentations are designed both for the “newbie” to Internet searching as well as the seasoned “Internaut”. The Internet continues to change at a record pace, and discovering the latest tools to make your Internet search both easy and competent is the goal of this presentation. Will eMail soon be replaced by RSS and news aggregators? Are blogs, currently the fastest growing area of the Internet, a fad or will they change the entire Internet landscape? These and other questions will be discussed during this presentation by one of the Internet’s pioneers and bot and artificial intelligence experts, Marcus P. Zillman. His latest links and resources are available by clicking here.

Time: 12:00pm

Date: Thursday, August 5, 2004

Location: Coconut Grove Sailing Club, 2990 South Bayshore Drive , Miami, Florida, 33133

MSN = AIM in Holland

MSN = AIM in Holland 02/12/2004 01:21 AM
Dutch Youth Use MSN More than SMS

"Holland counts 4 million registered MSN users out of an internet population of 11 million. With 26 million MSN users for Europe all together this puts Holland far ahead of other countries.

55% of the dutch MSN population is younger than 25 years, with a fast growing group between 15-19. With an average of 49 buddies it is not uncommon for dutch youngsters to reach the maximum of 150 peers on their list. These numbers are unheard of in the United States, according to the dutch MSN marketing manager Marc Hoenke, who recently requested Ms headquarters to add to the maximum.

Dutch trendwatcher, cultural sociologist Carl Rohde of the universtiy of Utrecht says that MSN is the most common means for young people in Holland to keep in touch with peers and relatives.

Today MSN Messenger is even more popular in Holland than sms-services on mobile telephones. This is due to the growing number of households with a broadband connection on either cable or ADSL. MSN manager Joost Nienhuis beliefs that MSN has the potential to become more popular than email. He expects that Holland's MSN subscriber base will grow to 10 million users." [Smart Mobs]

150 buddies on their lists? Just imagine the social networks these kids are going to have when they enter the work force and what kinds of expectations they'll have for interacting with them!

I wonder how many of these kids use MSN or similar services to contact the library?

Holland Daze

Holland Daze 12/25/2004 06:40 PM
Chris Caldwell's .. Holland Daze: .. (Link)

weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/059dar xx.asp
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Why I Really Want to Work at Fog Creek

Why I Really Want to Work at Fog Creek 05/17/2004 03:04 PM

About Fog Creek Software: I wanted to send Joel Spolsky an email today, and I was prowling around the Fog Creek site looking his email address when I stumbled onto this "About Fog Creek" page. It's well-worth reading (which makes it a glaring exception to the average "worthless by definition" corporate "About" page).

In it, Joel explains how Fog Creek seeks to be the place at which every programmer dreams of working. To do this, he describes the programmer's nightmare:

...when we looked around, we discovered that the very companies that whine about not being able to find developers have working environments so bad they make Dilbert's cubicle-land look like paradise.

It starts with the physical environment (with dozens of cubicles jammed into a noisy, dark room, where the salespeople shouting on the phone make it impossible for developers to have a creative thought). But it goes much deeper than that. Managers, terrified of change, treat any new idea as a bizarre virus to be quarantined. Napoleon-complex junior managers insist that things be done exactly their way or you're fired.

Corporate Furniture Police writhe in agony when you tape up a movie poster in your cubicle. Disorganization is so rampant that even if the ideas are good, it's impossible to make a product out of them. Inexperienced managers practice hit-and-run management, issuing stern orders on exactly how to do things without sticking around to see the farcical results of their fiats.

The bit about the cubicles is awfully funny. I used to work for CitiGroup, and I was sent to their Hagerstown, Maryland center for a week back in...1999, I think.

Upon entering the IT area (wing? compound?), I was stopped dead in my tracks by the site before me — a field of cubicles so huge you almost couldn't see when it ended (and I'm 6'4", so I could see over the walls to start with). I know you all think you've seen a lot of cubicles before, but this was so over-the-top that it bordered on the surreal.

I remember thinking at the time that it reminded me of that last scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when the custodian wheels the crated ark into a massive warehouse where you assume it will sit forever. This ocean of cubicles was so big it almost disappeared over the horizon. Had I not been standing there, I would have thought it was a matte painting.

So, Fog Creek is evidently a great place to work. We've talked about Joel' s offices before, and I get jealous if I contemplate them too much. This bit didn't help either:

We never hesitate to buy the tools we need to get our work done (dual LCD monitors are standard issue, for example).

Yeah, I feel great now. Thanks.

(Also worth noting — this "About Fog Creek" page prints really well. A lot of thought was obviously put into the CSS to make sure that stuff that's useless in print (the menu for instance) didn't make it onto a piece of paper. Well done.)

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Fog Creek Software

Fog Creek Software 11/03/2003 03:40 PM
It's site launch day again! Today's redesign is Fog Creek Software, purveyors of the popular CityDesk web publishing system and FogBugz bug database software. You've probably heard of Fog Creek's founder, Joel Spolsky, via his popular weblog, Joel on Software....

Another reason to move to Holland

Another reason to move to Holland 07/02/2004 01:23 PM

02/07/04: Dutch Parliament forces Minister Brinkhorst to withdraw support for software patents directive

Yesterday evening, July 1st, the Dutch Parliament voted to urge Minister Brinkhorst and Secretary of State van Gennip (Economic Affairs) to withdraw the Dutch vote in support of the Council of Ministers' text for the Directive on Software Patents.

The idea of allowing patents on software has been strongly criticized among SMEs, scientists and consumer organisations. They inhibit investments in Research and Development and contribute to higher prices.

This act represents an strong criticism of the Council of the EU's attempts to introduce broad patentability of software and label it as a compromise: Minister Brinkhorst, acting on behalf of the Netherlands, endorsed the Council's current proposal, which not only reiterated the terms of the European Commission's strongly criticized initial directive proposal, but went even further, directly rebuffing the clear stance assumed by the European Parliament, whichadded numerous amendments on September 24 2003 which lay down strict limitations and which express that logical algorithms and the ideas found in software cannot be patented.

This European Parliament's 1st reading asserted that patents would only be allowed for industrial inventions (e.g. washing machines) and would not be made possible for pure software. These limitations were removed in the Council of Ministers' controversal version and replaced by dummy exclusions which pose no practical limitation to what patent offices and patent attorneys want.

more.....

[via Seth Johnson on pho list]

Coldwater Creek Goes to the Mall

Coldwater Creek Goes to the Mall 05/21/2004 04:04 PM
The retailer makes a smart decision by expanding in a multichannel fashion.

Football: Sweden face Holland

Football: Sweden face Holland 06/26/2004 09:39 AM
Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrik Larsson aim to beat some familiar faces when they face Holland.

Lindows Allowed to Use Company Name in
Holland

Lindows Allowed to Use Company Name in
Holland 05/28/2004 08:03 AM

Football: Holland into semi-finals

Football: Holland into semi-finals 06/26/2004 05:34 PM
Holland beat Sweden 5-4 on penalties after a goalless quarter-final to set up a semi with hosts Portugal.

Euro 2004: Holland 3-0 Latvia

Euro 2004: Holland 3-0 Latvia 06/23/2004 05:31 PM
Ruud van Nistelrooy leads Holland to a 3-0 win over Latvia and a last-eight spot.

more illegal (according to the RIAA)
stuff you can do in Holland

more illegal (according to the RIAA)
stuff you can do in Holland 05/15/2004 08:29 AM
Those radicals in Holland have protected the right of a search engine to search for MP3. (Thanks to Branko Collin)

Stone Creek Coffee, Milwaukee, WI USA

Stone Creek Coffee, Milwaukee, WI USA 12/02/2003 01:02 AM
Rejoice, Cheeseheads!

Stone Creek Coffee, a local Milwaukee area chain of coffee shops, has installed free Wi-Fi internet access in all seven of their locations. Simply join the SSID "stone creek coffee", and you're on!

For photos of Stone Creek's Bay View store, plus a look at the quick reference card they provide to document the service, see Cape Macintosh's Stone Creek Info Page.

*These* guys really "get it"!

Also check out Cape Macintosh's Milwaukee Hot Spots List.

Glynns Creek tee times can be set over
Internet

Glynns Creek tee times can be set over
Internet 09/06/2004 07:22 AM
Qctimes.com - Mon Sep 6, 08:26 am GMT

From San Francisco to Holland and
finally back home...

From San Francisco to Holland and
finally back home... 08/22/2004 05:35 PM

So this is probably the last part of my little travelogue, so it's probably going to be a bit long and probably more than a little self-indulgent and rambling. And I've already written the whole thing once twice and then lost it due to an accidental depression of the power button on my Powerbook at an innopportune moment (and a subsequent random crash, of all things). And I'm also pretty tired and jet-lagged. So I guess some of my usual vigour might be a little lacking.

So when we'd last spoken, oh patient readers, I'd been out at a hip-hop evening at a gay bar in San Francisco that (it turns out) was being DJ'd by Ernie's bloke, although I didn't know that at the time. And after feeling a bit like everyone's dad, I'd collapsed back to the house of the most lovely Leslie and slept like one of your more sound-sleeping and reliable logs. Which was nice.

The following day was to be the last full day I would have in the city (and of the holiday) and I had a lot to pack in (which I did with varying degrees of success). I tried to start early and keep up the momentum. So first up I went off to this really big Starbucks with loads of space and wifi and about a billion Apple Users in it down on 9th and Howard to meet up with Jim Speth, the creator of iCommune and hopefully a future collaborator. So we talked for a while, which was neat and then met up with Ben Cerveny and ex-Barbelite Schlomo for an awesome, but slightly disturbingly enormous lunch (see terrifying pictures) down in a caf&eacuate; in an industrial dockland area of San Francisco.

From there Jim and Ben swapped travel buddies and Ben dropped me off near Union Square so that I could meet up with Mella and wander around the place. We got the trolley up towards Castro after roaming around downtown and then had one of the most awesome Cheesecakes I've ever had in my life (with strawberry goo) and then walked up to Haight Ashbury where Mella did some shoe-shopping. And after a slightly unfortunate delay in the centre, we again returned to Leslie's to relax and watch TV for a bit. And once we'd gone our separate ways I wandered to an evening's entertainment at "Tranny Shack" - a highly entertaining evening at a bar down on Harrison. And then bed, and muchos sleeping.

My final morning saw me wandering around the shops a little and then heading off to the airport where there was enormous and useful amounts of wifi. On the flight, I managed to watch Hellboy and sleep for seven hours (thanks for the tips, Heather) before we landed in London. And I know this is almost unbelievably interesting to you people, but then I went into work for a few hours and then I came home and then basically I went to bed!

I'm going to speed things up a bit now, because otherwise we might be here all night. So after staying up jet-lagged until around four in the morning, I got a full hour of sleep before wandering off to the airport for the next leg of my trip to Enschede in Holland with a group of other geeks to talk about geek stuff, which involved a number of interesting talks, driving around a go-karting track, avoiding foam parties in nearby clubs, watching the Olympics with Hammersley and playing Zendo.

Anyway, I'm back now, and I can't quite believe the difference that this last couple of weeks has made to me. I feel astonishingly relaxed, clear-minded and calm. Lots of the doubt and anxiety I've been stuck with over the last few months has disappeared completely and my mind seems ... well ... I guess my mind seems quiet. Peaceful. Which is all really cool and nice and everything, I guess, except now I've got a new fear - that I'm going to get as wound up and tense and unlike myself again when I return to work in the morning. And that's scaring the crap out of me.

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Kline Creek Farm to fire up thresher

Kline Creek Farm to fire up thresher 08/15/2004 09:36 AM
Chicago Tribune Aug 15 2004 12:13PM GMT

Anne Frank's Friend Recalls Prewar
Holland (AP)

Anne Frank's Friend Recalls Prewar
Holland (AP) 06/12/2004 03:12 AM
AP - The story of Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager whose diary became the voice of Holocaust victims, is also to some extent the story of Eva Schloss, her childhood friend.

Holland Bans AMD's 'Virus Protection'
Campaign

Holland Bans AMD's 'Virus Protection'
Campaign 12/29/2004 01:38 AM

Stocks 2005: Plum Creek Timber vs.
Audible

Stocks 2005: Plum Creek Timber vs.
Audible 03/23/2005 03:50 PM
It's easy to measure growth by trees. A digital audio company can prosper, too.

International Cataloging Conference
comes to Battle Creek, Michigan

International Cataloging Conference
comes to Battle Creek, Michigan 07/29/2004 02:49 AM
Bethlehem, Pa. � The Electronic Commerce Code Management Association (ECCMA) will hold its annual International Cataloging Conference from October 26 to 27 at the McCamly Plaza Hotel in Battle Creek, Mich. The city is also the site of the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center, home of the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS). [PRWEB Jul 29, 2004]

Daily Download: "Your Ever Changing
Moods," Summer at Shatter Creek

Daily Download: "Your Ever Changing
Moods," Summer at Shatter Creek 03/28/2005 09:58 AM
Atmospheric, baroque bedroom pop

Elizabeth Arden Stops the Clock

Elizabeth Arden Stops the Clock 06/04/2004 12:37 PM
Elizabeth Arden's 2004 contains some surprises -- like several fewer months.

Elizabeth Arden Trounces Estimate

Elizabeth Arden Trounces Estimate 12/05/2003 09:01 AM
TheStreet.com Dec 5 2003 8:47AM ET

Elizabeth Arden outsources operations to
IBM

Elizabeth Arden outsources operations to
IBM 11/04/2003 09:54 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 4 2003 8:32AM ET

Elizabeth Smart found alive

Elizabeth Smart found alive 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
Elizabeth Smart has been found - alive - in a restaraunt in Sandy, Utah, MSNBC reports.

Father of Web Knighted by Queen
Elizabeth

Father of Web Knighted by Queen
Elizabeth 07/17/2004 04:33 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jul 17 2004 8:04PM GMT

Stock Madness 2005: Plum Creek Timber
vs. Apple Computer

Stock Madness 2005: Plum Creek Timber
vs. Apple Computer 04/04/2005 03:20 PM
Will Plum Creek cry "timber!" when challenged by the mighty Apple?

Sheraton Dubai Creek improves I.T.
infrastructure, selects HP & Cisco
Solutions

Sheraton Dubai Creek improves I.T.
infrastructure, selects HP & Cisco
Solutions 12/30/2003 01:36 AM
AME Info Dec 30 2003 0:32AM ET

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee Knighted by
Queen Elizabeth II

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee Knighted by
Queen Elizabeth II 07/16/2004 09:53 AM
2004-07-16: Queen Elizabeth II has dubbed Tim Berners-Lee a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) during an Investiture at Buckingham Palace in London on 16 July. UK Honours are available to all who give service to the United Kingdom. Sir Timothy, a British citizen who lives in the United States and is Director of W3C, was knighted in recognition of his services to the global development of the Internet through his invention of the World Wide Web. Please read the congratulations and press release. (Photo: BCA Film, used with permission. News archive)

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to Be
Knighted by Queen Elizabeth

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to Be
Knighted by Queen Elizabeth 12/30/2003 08:54 PM
2003-12-31: Buckingham Palace today announced that Queen Elizabeth II will make Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). UK Honours are available to all who give service in the United Kingdom. Mr. Berners-Lee, a British citizen, is being knighted in recognition of his services to the global development of the Internet through the invention of the World Wide Web. (Photo: LeFebvre Communications. News archive)

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