Monthly Archives: February 2003

After two years of living with endless and growing SPAM on my Hotmail account, I’ve found web-mail Nirvana.  OddPost has an Outlook Express-like three-paned interface, strong SPAM filtering, no advertising, 50M of space for e-mail, access to your POP3 accounts, responsive support, … Continue reading →

Two recent editorials, one in Scientific American (March 2003) and another in Harper’s Magazine (February 2003), have pointed out both the scientific and political folly of the administration’s Total Information Awareness (TIA) program, headed by John Poindexter (of Iran-Contra infamy). … Continue reading →

Matt brought blueberry muffins from Arabica this morning.  A bit cake-y, clumps of not-so-flavorful blueberries, cap not crisp enough, dough not sweet enough.  Nice try. Jim’s Rating: 4 Disappointing. I had high hopes for this muffin. It had tasty sugery … Continue reading →

Blue sky.  Before 7am.

Let me tell you a funny story… On Sunday, Teresa and I did a little shopping for decorating our bedroom.  We usually leave our back door unlocked when we hop down to the grocery or bank, so when we got … Continue reading →

Stephen’s division is in midst of loading their equipment on ships to head to Kuwait.  He has the opportunity to pack care packages with the equipment that he can’t take with him on his own flight, so Teresa is headed … Continue reading →

Teresa talked to Stephen yesterday.  He’s currently in Richmond, VA, at Fort Lee.  It looks as if he’ll be headed to Kuwait in the next two to three weeks.  His group is following the 10th Mountain Army Infantry Division, out … Continue reading →

In the last week, I have heard many commentators worrying about the safety of manned space exploration.  Daniel Shore, of NPR fame, has twice pointed out that only three astronauts were ever lost during Apollo and now 14 have been … Continue reading →