Monthly Archives: October 2003

Man drops cell phone in train toilet, jams arm: The man was on a suburban train from Grand Central Station on Wednesday night when he went to the bathroom to make a phone call, dropped the phone into the toilet … Continue reading →

Jeremy said it best: This is too funny: A man described by authorities as a known sexual predator was chased through the streets of South Philadelphia by an angry crowd of Catholic high school girls, who kicked and punched him … Continue reading →

It’s only fair that after talking about Apple’s new supercluster that I mention IBM’s. IBM’s $100 million Blue Gene program is directed at creating, by late 2005 or early 2006, a new family of supercomputers that will be able to … Continue reading →

eclecticism > Of blogging and unemployment I often explain to co-workers how dangerous IM/email conversations can be. They are open for all the world to read and see. Even worse, companies are starting to monitor this more and more. Be … Continue reading →

From this Slashdot article. Finally Varadarajan has put some hard facts on the speed of the VT ‘Big Mac’ G5 cluster. Undoubtedly after some weeks of tuning and optimization, the home-brewn supercluster is happily rolling around at 9.555 TFlops in … Continue reading →

More than 6,000 evacuees have flooded Red Cross shelters throughout Southern California since the fires erupted over the weekend. As ferocious firestorms burn in California, the American Red Cross is meeting the emergency needs of the evacuees. With our Disaster … Continue reading →

A survey found that 40% of women with breast implants want them out. Forty per cent of women who responded to a Canadian survey of breast implant patients, asked to have their implants removed because of complications — a figure … Continue reading →

This morning I watched a man (who appeared to be in his early 20s) ride up into the freeway off ramp shoulder on his $2,000 dollar, aluminum/carbon fiber, dual suspension mountain bike. He proceeded to hide his bike behind some … Continue reading →

These Satellite images were taken Oct. 26th by NASA’s Earth Observatory. This is a view of Los Angeles County. This is a view of San Diego County.

Every time I try to explain the current state of data privacy in this Country, people typically react that it is not something to worry about. Private Companies and Government Agencies are amassing huge amounts of information on individuals. With … Continue reading →