] Geek care and feeding is easier than many think, because
] we are generally healthiest when left to our own devices.
] This doesn't mean we can't do things together; but we do
] thrive when given a little time to do our own thing.
] (This conveniently frees you from having to be part of
] it.)

MSN Dating & Personals - Loving your geek, tolerating his hobbies

] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Methane bubbles from the sea floor
] could, in theory, sink ships and may explain the odd
] disappearances of some vessels, Australian researchers
] reported on Tuesday.

hasn't this been proposed before as a possible explaination to some of the ship disappearances in the bermuda triangle.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage

"This webpage will redirect you to a Google image search using a random search term based on the filename scheme used by many popular digital cameras. What results is the most random, random sampling of pictures."

What a playfield for our pattern-seeking brains!
"What is the story here? And now, what about them?"
Like a creativity tool for storytelling.

The Google random picture generator

Well I opened my inbox today to find this lovely little number from NetworkSolutions@info1.networksolutions.com and thought I would pass it along.

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Dear Valued Network Solutions® Customer,

Today VeriSign, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Network Solutions to a new entity formed by Pivotal Private Equity.

Please be assured that Network Solutions continues to be committed to providing superior products and customer service to our more than 4 million customers. You have seen evidence of this commitment in the numerous enhancements we have introduced over the last 18 months. This commitment remains strong today in our
600 employees, each focused on providing you with a superior customer experience.

Today's announcement will not impact the service you receive from us. Network Solutions is the industry's first and largest domain name service provider with over
8 million domain names under management. We will continue to support and enhance a full range of affordable Web related services, including domain names, Web sites, business e-mail, and more.

As to the transaction itself, the buyer, Pivotal Private Equity, is a provider of equity for middle market corporate acquisitions. Pivotal focuses on companies in the telecommunications and Internet services industries, among others. The purchase agreement is subject to certain closing conditions, which we expect to be completed in the fourth quarter. To view today’s press release and to get additional information go to http://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/index.html.

We remain committed to providing high quality services to meet your online needs and thank you for choosing Network Solutions.

Sincerely,

Network Solutions Customer Service

Please do not reply to this message. For Network Solutions customer service inquiries, contact us at: vip@networksolutions.com.

© 2003 Network Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

] Would today's tykes tolerate the classic games you grew
] up with? Kids do say the darndest things in this uncut
] version of an EGM article—now with a bonus game not
] included in the original story!

] Kirk: We're not going to play any mature games, are we?
]
] Tim: I think mushrooms are like steroids in this. See how
] you get bigger and stronger?

] Kirk: I'm sure everyone who made this game is dead by now

Kids Play

] Clear Channel is a product of the deregulation of radio
] in the United States through the Telecommunication Act of
] 1996, which overturned the rule limiting to forty the
] number of radio stations around the country that a single
] company could own.
]
] Today Clear Channel owns over 1,200 stations, or roughly
] one in every ten in the country, over 776,000 outdoor
] advertising displays, such as billboards and street
] benches, as well as 200 major concert halls across the
] nation. The company represents the biggest and most
] profitable bands and stars in the business, ranging from
] N'Sync, Tina Turner and Pearl Jam to sports legends like
] Michael Jordan and Andre Agassi.

If you aren't very familiar with the corporate machine that Clear Channel Communications is, please read. Many of our local stations in this area have banded together to keep Clear Channel's presence in this market to a minimum. Clear Channel needs to have their level of power cut back severely.

CorpWatch.org - Issues - Utility Deregulation - Articles - Clear Channel Rewrites Rules of Radio Broadcasting

] Parents of students who attend an Illinois school
] district are suing over the use of Wi-Fi technology in
] classrooms, alleging that exposure to the low-level radio
] waves may be damaging to students' health.

I wonder how many of these parents have and use cell phones and wireless home phones around these children?

Parents sue school district for Wi-Fi use | CNET News.com

For those of you that have used the Maxtor Utility PowerMax to diagnose a drive or just to get the code to send back for replacement. I found this little pdf describing a little about the error code that it spits out. If anyone knows where I can get a full breakdown of what the different errors codes mean I would love to see it.

maxtor_error_code_description.pdf (application/pdf Object)

] VeriSign Inc., the firm that operates a key piece of the
] Internet's address system, said it would temporarily shut
] down a new service that makes money off the typos of Web
] users after the Internet's oversight body threatened to
] take legal action against the company.

Thats great!

However, at the time I blogged this, the gtld's were still sending me to sitefinder..

VeriSign Freezes Search Service (TechNews.com)

Museum security guards stood by nervously Thursday as curators -- joking they hoped the gem's storied curse wouldn't rub off -- allowed a reporter and photographer to hold the diamond briefly after it was removed from its case for scientific study.

What does it feel like to hold such a priceless gem, one of the most famed in the world?

The first thought that comes to mind is "Wow!"

It's like holding a bit of ancient India, the French Revolution, Georgian England and Gilded Age America in one magnificent moment.
You cradle the 45.5-carat stone -- heavier than its translucence makes it appear -- turning it from side to side as the light flashes from its facets, knowing it's the hardest natural material yet fearful of dropping it.

Once part of the French crown jewels, the fabled gem is now the star of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. It normally resides in a special protective display case in a secure room.

For the testing it was taken to a museum laboratory, reachable down winding corridors and through three locked doors. It was only the second time in 20 years the Hope has been removed from its necklace setting, where it is surrounded by bright clear diamonds that intensify its blue color.

National Gem Collection Curator Jeffrey Post ordered the lights turned off and focused an ultraviolet beam on the Hope Diamond. Then he switched off the beam and, in pitch dark, the diamond glowed bright orange-amber.

It's that strong color, which lasts for several seconds after the diamond is exposed to ultraviolet light, that intrigues scientists. What causes the gem to fluoresce remains a mystery. Post speculates it's related to chemical impurities that give it that blue color.

But the Hope Diamond has inspired legends over the years and some may prefer those to sheer science.

Some say, for instance, that the glowing color reflects the blood of royalty spilled in the French Revolution and the trail of bad luck said to have followed the stone over many years -- including the bankruptcy of the Hope family for whom it is named and the death of the young son of later owner Evalyn McLean.

Hope Diamond glows with mystery