got this news letter today :

Life imitates Seinfeld:

Authorities said they arrested 10 people and seized more than $500,000 in cash after breaking up a smuggling ring that collected millions of beverage containers in other states and cashed them in for 10 cents apiece in Michigan.

it’s our job to stop them breaking in

I sense a new slogan: "At Apple, stifling third party developers is job 1". Well played, Steve.

It's a small thing, but Domino's really needs to be stopped. An oreo cookie dessert pizza? No no no.

There. I feel much better now.

Do Migratory Birds 'See' The Magnetic Field?

NY Times Dining Out section has a feature article on Portland.

jim/mark et all maybe this is old news

gphone: the bought Andriod in 05 (mobilr phone software), in July bought Grand Central Communications (same phone # for life), filed a patent for a new mobile payment technology.....

Last week in Sehwan, a town in central Sindh, half a million Sufi pilgrams......They are followers, like most Pakistani , of the heterodox Barelvi school of Sunni Islam. And so they whirled, chantd prayers, blew kisses, and smoked massive quantities of dope.....We are so anti-Taliban, claimed Ahmed Bhutto, in a room thick with insence and rose petels. We stand for love, tolerance and the great infinity.....(the economist 9/16)

NICE!!!

Motorola Creates WiMax Chipset for Mobile Phones. Says it is more power efficient than current 3G chipsets, and will work with Sprints forthcoming XOHM WiMax network which will start to roll out in test markets by the end of 2007, with much more coverage slated for spring 2008. In short, WiMax means fast data on your mobile phone/computer.

This seems like a much faster time frame than I was expecting for WiMax (I was thinking 2009-2010.) You have any opinions on this Mark?

ken burns ww2 on now / are we watching this?

Light on the science physics article about the confirmation of parallel universes:

Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as "one of the most important developments in the history of science".

The parallel universe theory, first proposed in 1950 by the US physicist Hugh Everett, helps explain mysteries of quantum mechanics that have baffled scientists for decades, it is claimed.

In Everett's "many worlds" universe, every time a new physical possibility is explored, the universe splits. Given a number of possible alternative outcomes, each one is played out - in its own universe....

...Commenting in New Scientist magazine, Dr Andy Albrecht, a physicist at the University of California at Davis, said: "This work will go down as one of the most important developments in the history of science."

its season premiere week! its season premiere week! finally a reason to stay home and watch tv. heroes tonight @ 9. that, the office and 30 rock (which doesnt premiere this week) are the only things my tivo is yearning for from the nets.

history channel duz hillbillies. uhhh, last night. reruns on thursday.

I am not one for Indian food in NYC as its too heavy for me, greasy....
But last week went back to my old fav, Vatan!! and It did not disapoint.....
Not cheap at $40per (pre-fix, one beer, big tip), but yummy.....
29th and 3rd ave, south-west Indian, setting is a village in the restaurant.....

was overfed and over indulged by the new manager at gemma last night, the new restaurant at the bowery hotel. would have been a pleasant meal were it not for my bloated obnoxious boothmate. oh wait, that was me. very nice space. thought the food was good but not spectacular. and the service was helpful although slightly clueless. timeout was supremely unimpressed. im probably a little bit easier to please. the remnants of the nutella calzone will go well with the coffee ive left steeping in the french press for 20 minutes.

caught looking

The last Supreme Court term, which ended in June, was the stormiest in recent memory, with more 5-to-4 decisions split along ideological lines than at any time in the court’s history. In a series of controversial cases about abortion, racial integration in schools, faith-based programs and the death penalty, the court’s four more conservative justices prevailed, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy providing the crucial fifth vote. The four more liberal justices were often moved to dissent in unusually personal and vehement terms. “It is my firm conviction,” Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the case striking down race-based enrollment policies in public schools, “that no Member of the Court that I joined in 1975 would have agreed with today’s decision.” According to the gossip among Supreme Court law clerks, the level of tension among the justices is higher than at any point since Bush v. Gore in 2000.


Not long after beginning his tenure as chief justice in 2005, John G. Roberts Jr. announced publicly that he would try to promote unanimity and collegiality on the court. During his first months on the job, the court managed to achieve his goal, issuing a series of 9-to-0 opinions. But this past term, the court’s first full one with Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the brief period of harmony abruptly ended: the percentage of 5-to-4 decisions in which the four liberals were together in dissent rose to 80 percent, up from 55 percent in the 2004 term. For the foreseeable future, the court seems likely to be polarized, with the conservative bloc ascendant and the liberal bloc embattled.

Kustom Kar Kommando

Another solar breakthrough due real soon now.

a moment of silence

the faint praise gambit, well played

Here's another fun detail from Vicente Fox's upcoming autobiography: He says that despite President Bush's cowboy image, the man is actually scared of horses.

Fox tells the story of the two men meeting in Mexico in early 2001, in which he invited Bush to ride a large horse. Bush nervously backed away. "A horse lover can always tell when others don't share our passion," Fox wrote.

Fun fact: Bush's Crawford ranch, purchased in 1999 in order to help create a down-home image for his presidential campaign, does not have any horses.

http://www.goodgrape.com/index.php/articles/comments/2007_dictionary_new_word_entries/

help nominate spoofulated

President Bush, who was asked about the Jena case during a Thursday news conference, said he understood the emotions and that the FBI is monitoring the legal proceedings. "The events in Louisiana have saddened me," he said. "All of us in America want there to be, you know, fairness when it comes to justice."

Mysterious crater in Peru.