Month: September 2004
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The Dark Voice of Internet Evil
A new worm is making the rounds of the internet and this one speaks to you. The Amus worm, which may be Turkish, uses the Windows Speech Engine, embedded on Windows XP, to play the following message: “How are you. I am back. My name is Mr. Hamsi. I am seeing you. Haaaaaaaa. You must…
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Soccer
Today was Tyler’s first day as a member of the Alameda Soccer Club. I have to say that they take things a bit more seriously here. It certainly isn’t Pee Wee soccer where the kids basically all run around chasing a ball or picking dandelions when they get bored. The uniforms are the first indication…
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North Korean Nukes?
Mushroom Cloud Reported over North Korea – do we have another member of the nuclear club, was it an accident or a test? Or is it just a forest fire? What disturbs me more than anything in this ever-connected world is that no on knows for sure and this is something that happened on Thursday!
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Fairyland
I’ve posted a few photos from our Labor Day outing to Oakland’s Fairlyland.
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Monitoring Blogs
The San Jose Mercury News did a piece this week on companies turning to new tools to track consumer opinions on blogs. More and more people are beginning to realize that the right blogs, if monitored correctly, can serve as an early warning mechanism for the PR flacks everywhere. With their finger on the pulse…
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Balloons
The presidential campaign is not even over but I think they’re right to say that this is the dumbest quote from the 2004 campaign: “Go, balloons. I don’t see anything happening. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Stand by, confetti. Keep coming, balloons. More balloons. Bring them. Balloons, balloons, balloons! More balloons. Tons of them.…
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Try, Try Again
Launched in August 2001, NASA’s Genesis was a delicate unmanned spacecraft designed to collect solar wind samples for further analysis on Earth. The pod was to enter the atmosphere and deploy a chute to slow down it’s speed and while drifting to the ground was going to be intercepted by trained helicopter pilots who would…
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From the ground up
The price of homes are so high and the opportunities for massive appreciation on the sale of a restored Victorian that those with time and money on their hands are buying old run down houses and giving them a complete makeover. We met one couple that had this dream and they would drive the streets…
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Blood Check
Tyler went to the doctor on Friday to get a checkup for Kindergarten. Along with various shots and pokes, they also pricked his finger and took out some blood to test for various things. Lots of yelping, screaming, and, on the way home, sniffles. Yesterday we told Tyler we have to go back to the…