2008 April

“There is no such thing as a difficult dog, only an inexperienced owner.”
Barbara Woodhouse
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Google’s home page is a tribute to minimalism. It is simple and to the point. Some would call it bland. Well, now art meets Google:
“SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.’s once-austere Web site is turning into an eclectic art gallery.
Hoping to spur more customization of its home page, the Internet search leader has [...]

The BBC has an article where prominent people in the development of the internet look back and look ahead. For example, Sir Tim Berners- Lee says:
“…The future is always in the past and for the web particularly. In a hundred years, 15 years will seem to be just the infancy of the web, when [...]

During the 2007 NBA playoffs between the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio Spurs, Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw were suspended for one game for leaving the bench. Steve Nash had been knocked down. Stoudemire and Diaw had stepped away from the bench area. Many argue that the one game suspension altered [...]

Every day the gas prices fluctuate. On occasion the price drops but the usual trend is upwards. For the oil companies, this means huge record profits:
“…Trouncing analysts’ expectations Tuesday, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s largest oil companies, delivered record profits for the first quarter of 2008. Anglo-Dutch firm Shell netted $7.78 billion [...]

Steve Ballmer says one thing. And Microsoft appears to refute it in its next public statement. It leads to confusion and Microsoft customers are left wondering. Jared Proudfoot from the Microsoft lifecycle group attempts a clarification:
“…Windows XP will remain in what Microsoft calls “mainstream support” to April 14, 2009, and continue in [...]

This is a ‘James Bond-ish moment’. The printed text is there and, later, it vanishes. Poof! It’s gone:
“…Scientists demonstrated paper that can be reused after printed text automatically deletes itself from the paper’s surface within 24 hours. Instead of trashing or recycling after one use, a single piece of paper can be [...]

It seems like a long time since Annika Sorenstam won a golf tournament. Injuries and recovery have slowed her on the tour. However, she’s back:
“…Sorenstam’s par on the lone extra hole Sunday was good enough to beat Creamer and win the Stanford International Pro-Am, her 71st career victory on the LPGA Tour and [...]

Rev. Jeremiah Wright is dominating this news cycle, both in the print media and on telecasts. There is no issue with Rev. Wright speaking. He is exercising his constitution civil rights. He has an interested audience.
In a salient article by Kate Phillips for the New York Times, there is one point that [...]

Opportunities to train the dog do not have to be limited to formal, scheduled training sessions. There are a myriad of opportunities to train effectively and efficiently for about thirty seconds or more and have the cumulative effects be very significant.
‘Quid pro quo’ is the concept of receiving something of value in [...]