] The truth--as we all so bitterly know--is that
] the IT world is filled with certified, credentialed and
] accredited idiots. I bet you've hired a few. I know I
] have. The fact that someone has an aptly named BS from
] Harvard topped off with a misleadingly named master's
] from MIT does not a good developer (or employee) make. We
] have to ask ourselves why we make the assumptions we do
] about individuals with "elite" credentials.

Hiding Behind Certification - Making I.T. Work - CIO Magazine Jun 15,2004

] A widespread electronic attack on a company that handles
] traffic for some of the world's most-visited Web sites
] knocked several high-profile sites offline for at least
] 45 minutes early Tuesday.

Yahoo! News - Attack Blocks Access to Popular Web Sites

] XM launched nationwide in November 2001, reached 1
] million customers in October 2003, and eight months later
] has topped 2 million.
]
] "The second million is even sweeter than the first," said
] Hugh Panero, President and CEO of XM Satellite Radio. "It
] took us almost two years to reach 1 million subscribers,
] and only eight months to double that figure. With more
] than 200 million vehicles on the road and 100 million
] households, we've just begun to scratch the surface of
] our market. Our rapid growth in both the retail and
] automotive markets puts us on our path to reach 20
] million subscribers by 2010."
]

w00t! I love my XM. :)

XM Radio - XM SATELLITE RADIO TOPS TWO MILLION SUBSCRIBERS

] He was quoted as stating that "competent physicists,
] chemists, chemical engineers and men knowledgeable of
] thermodynamics have known that natural petroleum does not
] evolve from biological materials since the last quarter
] of the 19th century."

WorldNetDaily: Sustainable oil?

] The discovery was made by chance by two biochemists
] conducting research into drugs for cancer and Alzheimer's
] in a medical laboratory at Vanderbilt University,
] Nashville, Tennessee.

Thought this was neat that two guys at vandy in nashville may have found a way to make a blue rose.

Telegraph | News

] Want a quick idea of how lenders are likely to rate
] your credit? Just answer the questions below! The
] FICO® Score Estimator, created by the inventor of
] the FICO® score -- Fair Isaac -- will evaluate the
] information you enter and estimate your credit score
] range based on that information.

A friend of mine just sent me this and it was helpful to know what they are looking at when they calculate your fico score.

The FICO® Score Estimator

While it's a well done costume, this is yet another case of costuming-for-your-body-type nightmare scenarios.

TRON Costume - 4 pictures you *don't* want to see

] The Utah Court of Appeals has backed Novell's
] breach-of-contract victory over the Canopy Group, but in
] so doing unveiled a once-secret pact under which Novell
] sought to sue Microsoft by proxy.
]
] That 1996 antitrust lawsuit by Canopy and its
] subsidiary Caldera (now SCO Group) brought a reported
] $250 million settlement from Microsoft in 2000. The
] litigation, the three-judge appellate panel found, came
] as an oral quid-pro-quo for the sale of source code for
] DR DOS, a computer operating system targeted by
] Microsoft's alleged anti-competitive practices in the
] early 1990s.

The Salt Lake Tribune -- Utah's Statewide Newspaper

] Anyway, I have decided not to cancel any shows
] -- the tour will continue as planned. However,
] I have decided to put a moratorium on all
] interviews and meet-and-greets for the time
] being -- I just feel like I need some time alone
] right now.

Just a little note from the man himself to his fans about his parents passing.

A Message From Al

] The elderly parents of parody recording star "Weird Al"
] Yankovic were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide
] poisoning Friday in their modest Fallbrook home.

] A blaze had been in a fireplace in the hillside house
] when three family members discovered the couple about 1
] p.m., said sheriff's Sgt. Conrad Grayson, a fire
] investigator.

North County Times - Parody star's parents die in Fallbrook