2007 May

The principal, Catherine Stephens, says the incident “involved poor judgment.” It seems to have involved gross stupidity:
“MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) — Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.
The mock attack [...]

Now Senator Brownback will remember that Brett Favre is revered in Wisconsin. It was a bit of a stumble, in Wisconsin, to say…
“”This is fundamental blocking and tackling,” he said. “This is your line in football. If you don’t have a line, how many passes can Peyton Manning complete? Greatest quarterback, maybe, in [...]

Kudos to Nola Ochs. She is graduating from Fort Hays State University in Kansas, with a history degree. Nola Ochs is ninety-five (95) years old and “will become the world’s oldest college graduate“.
link: 95-Year-Old Woman Graduates from College
With a degree, Nola has a job in mind. Needless to say, she has [...]

Associated Press and Sports Illustrated have announced that Dirk Nowitzki is the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 2006 - 2007 NBA season:
“Nowitzki’s victory also ends the two-year reign of his good friend and former teammate Steve Nash of Phoenix. After blossoming into star players together in Dallas, one of them has been the MVP [...]

Rory Sabbatini had some comments about Tiger Woods’ golf game. It is a challenge to Tiger. Rory Sabbatini is quoted as saying:
“Sunday (at the Wachovia) he struggled out there. He had to battle for that win. And I think that made me realise he is as beatable as ever.”
link: Outspoken Sabbatini claims [...]

On MSNBC, Ken Smith listed the top five games to play at work. I am sure your boss is thrilled. Here is Ken’s list:
link: Top Five Games
Does anyone (besides me) still play FreeCell? It’s not on Ken’s list!
Catherine Forsythe
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With your phone number in the Google Search bar, it is possible to find out your residential address. Google will pinpoint that further with a map - a Google map, of course. If this is somewhat disconcerting, it is possible to protect your privacy.
Google solves this problem with the Google Phonebook Name Removal. [...]

Hitachi is shipping a 200 GB notebook hard drive. And, for those people or government agencies with a propensity for losing laptops, “the drive is available with Hitachi’s “bulk data encryption” technology.”
link: Hitachi Ships Large, High-Performing Notebook Hard Drive
Having the encryption technology is one thing. That is not a guarantee that [...]

I know it is Mother’s Day coming. And the hackers out there know that it is Mother’s Day. It is a certainty that there will be some exploits and malware associated with the day. Send your mother an email note instead. Pass along the greetings of the day. Thank her [...]

The spread of the contaminated products into the human food chain is confusing. On May 8, 2007, there were reports that chickens fed with the unsafe, recalled pet food were safe for human consumption:
“”There is very low risk to human health” from consuming the chickens, according to a synopsis of the findings released by [...]