2007 December

It’s staggering. The British government is reporting another data breach. This time, there are three million people at risk:
“LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government suffered new embarrassment over missing data on Monday when it revealed one of its contractors had lost the details of 3 million learner drivers.”
link: UK [...]

It becoming tougher and tougher to play the role of Santa Claus. Some people object to the red suit. And some feel that Santa should no longer say “ho, ho, ho“…
“A 70-year-old man working as Santa Claus says he was sacked from a Cairns department store for saying “ho, ho, ho” and singing [...]

I continued with my assessment of the Asus Eee. The point at which I left off from the previous review was adding USB plug ins. That went flawlessly. However, before I go on, I will provide a caveat. I have not tested the XO Laptop (One Laptop Per Child). I [...]

If you are flying this month, there are some things to remember about packing and passing through security with less stress:
1. Don’t wrap your gifts. Even if the present goes in checked luggage, don’t wrap it. If your luggage is tagged for inspection, gift wrapped presents just cause more problems. It [...]

Golf prides itself as a game of rules and etiquette. It is a sport in which a player will report to an official his/her own infraction. There are written rules and there are the unwritten rules which all players know. Then there is Rory Sabbatini:
“…In a move that left players shaking their [...]

It’s probably a universally known factoid: Santa is associated with a red suit. However, it seems that this is disturbing to some and a change is needed:
“Father Christmas has been given a makeover - after one school decided his red suit was a symbol of “modern commercialism”.
The outfit would remind pupils of [...]

Here is an example of how the educational tax dollars are used in northern California:
“SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Officials in a Northern California school district might not think Tiggers are such wonderful things after agreeing to pay $95,000 in lawyers’ fees to five families who sued the school over its dress code.”
link: Tigger Socks [...]

At some point, the RCMP officer must have thought the situation was dangerous. It seems that the officer used a Taser on a sixty eight year old man in a traffic incident:
“Kelowna RCMP have apologized to a 68-year-old man for an officer who made a “serious error” by using a Taser on him while [...]

A school in Florida has shown a ten year old girl what is the meaning of “zero tolerance”. She used a knife at lunch time:
“A ten-year-old student at a Marion County school in central Florida was arrested earlier this week on felony charges for bringing a knife from home to cut her lunch.”
link: [...]

“It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball’s wounds are self-inflicted.”
Bill Veeck
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