peter's blog

It was 17 years ago today, February 26th, 1993 the World Trade Center was first bombed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing It was a plot that did not work. Eight and a half years later the bastards succeeded.

Tiger Woods pushes Haiti off the front page!

Maybe Tiger should move to Haiti? Let them live in one of his houses? Play aid, not golf!

RG, what about " The disposal of high-level radioactive waste"?

http://www.nea.fr/html/brief/brief-03.html is an article from France about HLRW?

Join the cause! Keep local radio stations free from paying tribute!

Clear Channel aside, this is important. Evidently the RIAA is asking to get radio stations to pay a fee each time a song is played on the radio.

http://www.noperformancetax.org/en/Take%20Action/Join%20the%20Cause

Somebody's Mother

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/02/16

"If ever she's poor and old and grey,
And her own dear boy is far away."
"Somebody's mother" bowed low her head
In her home that night, and the prayer she said
Was, "God be kind to the noble boy,
Who is somebody's son, and pride and joy!"

Mad Science on the web

This is one of the posts on "Mad Sci": http://www.madsci.org/posts/1266245640.Ph.r.html

It seems like a fun place. Science is fun?

The dog survives!!

Word of the day "internecine"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internecine

I don't think I will often have a word of the day. Maybe I should have a "word of the moment"? One thing about hechtmail.com is we do not have internecine discussions. We barely have any discussion at all to the outside world.

In Denver, CO the sun will rise at 7:05 AM.

This is the web site I got it from: http://www.sunrisesunset.com/calendar.asp?comb_city_info=Denver,%20Color... You can change the city with the link at the bottom.

It is a web calendar with the month's of February, 2010.

Fifty Dollars in my shoe (Don't you want to be my baby tonight?)

This is an original song. Performed by Robby G and written by Pete E and Robbie G. All rights reserved. Copyright 2010.

Why are the Democrats afraid of a filibuster?

It seems to me odd that the leaders of the Senate don't allow the GOP to filibuster. It would appear they don't even want to entertain the option.

It seems cowardly to me. They don't need 60 votes. They need some courage.

One of the best quotes. Happy birthday Anton!

“Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out.” Anton Chekhov

Newsday's $4 million bad web site for 35 users.

Many newspapers are trying to make money off the net. This link: http://gatheringofthevibes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32465 talks about how Newsday spent $4 million for a new web site that filtered some content for subscription only viewing. The news is not how they only got 35 users, it is who was able to get $4 million to do the web site?

Many people left comments on the above site. Some are interestingly about the New York Times. Worthy of 10 minute review.

A new phrase for metro-sexual?

"A skirt in a shirt" is another way of saying "I'm a woman trapped in man's body." I thought that up myself.

Courage to face complexity

Albert Einstein is quoted as saying:

“Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction.”

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/any_fool_can_make_things_bigger-more_com...

Work, life and love is very complex. Is any one a genius, or even touched by one, to have the courage to move in the opposite direction?

A Drew Litton cartoon mixing sports and society

http://www.drewlitton.com/drews-views/2010/01/17/mlk-day-a-way-to-remember/

While not usually the way I think of professional sports, it still exposes our weakness for them.

Security on Facebook? Maybe

http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/09/16/16readwriteweb-5...

Is an article I found talking about security on Facebook. If you use Facebook, you can become a fan of NY Times Tech Talk. The site where I found the article.

Happy birthday to AM

He is well know contributor to hechtmail.com! Happy birthday AM!

A grateful source of music

http://www.archive.org/details/gd87-04-03.sennme80.clark-miller.24898.sb...

Is a link on Archive.org. You can download the show from "Grateful Dead Live at The Centrum on 1987-04-03".

It is one of the best shows I have heard.

Happy 234 to "Common Sense" by Paine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_%28pamphlet%29
I like the number 234. It makes common sense.

Big problems with the latest Quark XPress

http://mac.blorge.com/2010/01/07/big-problems-with-quarkxpress-on-some-m...

From the outside looking in, it seems that Quark needs to review the way it releases software. They are hiring for Quality Assurance, that might help.

Why does Quark even use "Activation Manager" that seems to be whole problem? They should either remove it or give the program out for free.

2009 in one word?

Wordle: 2009 In One Word

Just click on the image to see a bigger picture.

2009 was not that bad for me. Quark will never be the same with out me.

Adobe and Javascrpt don't work together

If you use Adobe reader, disable "Adobe javascript" in preferences. Once you log in you should see the image for how to shut it off on a Mac.

I believe in Santa Claus

Merry Christmas!!!

I have never seen Santa, but I am sure he exists. What could be the harm in that? Evidently, I am not alone. Galen believes as well! Even Norad believes! See

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