Archive for September, 2006
I found Criders. Google Earth it and be amazed.
From Monday’s Daily News-Record:
Mock Search Trains Would-Be Rescuers
By Kelly Jasper
CRIDERS — For a girl who was never actually lost, search-and-rescue teams sure did a good job of finding 14-year-old Brandi, rescue workers said.
In a training drill deep in the George Washington National Forest, about 40 officers from area fire departments, rescue teams and […]
Posted: September 25th, 2006 under work.
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Unreal
In Friday’s San Fransico Chronicle:
Hewlett-Packard Says It Spied On Reporters
An investigator for Hewlett-Packard Co. secretly obtained phone records of nine journalists, including reporters for Cnet Networks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, adding a bizarre twist to a boardroom drama that has transfixed Silicon Valley and has prompted an […]
Posted: September 11th, 2006 under web, work.
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At 9/11, a journalist makes a tough life choice.
MSNBC.com reporter Martin Wolk published a piece online today about his decision to walk away from 9/11 five years ago. He escaped the south tower, where he was covering a business meeting, just after the first plane hit. The next day he left New York.
I have no idea what I would have done. Some days […]
Posted: September 10th, 2006 under life, web, work, world.
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In completely unrelated news …
The Associated Press released this Saturday:
MADRID, Spain - Spain’s top fashion show has turned away a slew of models on grounds they are too skinny — an unprecedented swipe at body images blamed for encouraging eating disorders among young people.
Organizers of the pageant, known as the Pasarela Cibeles, used a mathematical formula to calculate the […]
Posted: September 10th, 2006 under world.
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Cambiar
Aletheia released its new CD tonight at a block party in Harrisonburg. Pretty amazing. They teamed with Du RaG Ministries for a very cool rock/rap fusion show that drew hundreds.
Find more information on the new CD, “Cambiar,” or listen to some clips on the band’s my space page.
End sales pitch!
Posted: September 10th, 2006 under Uncategorized, life, world.
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resume update
I’ve updated the resume page with new job info. Besides the clips I post here, you can read clips from the new job at the Daily News-Record’s site.
Posted: September 5th, 2006 under web, work.
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Still mangled, just less so
To help me with my Dutch, I found this great little language speaking web thing. Real technical name, huh? Officially, it’s something like the Acapela Group HQ TTS Interactive Demo but let’s just call it the language speaking thing anyway.
Even if I can garner some idea of how a Dutch word is to be pronounced, […]
Posted: September 5th, 2006 under Dutch, Uncategorized.
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Finally, a redesign
Yes, it’s been two months and we’re already due for a redesign. I’ll keep my pride and won’t tell you how long it actually took (and how many e-mails to brad, subject line: help! help! help!) to figure this stuff out.
Posted: September 5th, 2006 under web.
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