The NR Wife is attending the 2007 NATTAP Conference (link dead) in Columbus, OH. Last night she was choosing from the list of events to go to, trying to decide between “Welcome to the Club!”, a light-hearted welcome to a club nobody chooses to sign up for, or “Increasing Positive Interaction Between Typically Developing Preschoolers [...]
BBC reports that at the start of a World Trade Organization hearing, the European Union has complained that the U.S. government has subsidized Boeing, against WTO free trade rules. EU claims the subsidies have cost Airbus $27 billion in losses.
This is utterly rich. The U.S. already has a complaint in to the WTO that Airbus [...]
You may have heard about the judge who sued a dry-cleaning shop for $67 million over a lost pair of pants. Despite another judge denying that claim, AP reports that the dry-cleaning shop has closed anyway, citing a loss of revenue and the emotional strain of defending the suit. Thus, without even gaining a victory, [...]
Slashdot spreads word of a bug in Microsoft Excel 2007 that causes a formula that evaluates as 65535 to display as 100000. The bug was revealed in the public Google group microsoft.public.excel. The bug has been reported to Microsoft.
I may need to append a disclaimer to the spreadsheets I create:
Author makes no guarantee, expressed or [...]
It’s not October yet, but the current Lutheran Carnival (No. 59) features a statue of Martin Luther with a pumpkin helmet. This edition was rather enjoyable to read, also incorporating a biography of a past president of the LCMS.
Thank you for your efforts, d.w.c. It was great.
Got to watch the kids play soccer today. They may not be able to contest the ball yet, but both of them have a nice throw-in range for their age.
I did an ABA session with the younger daughter and saw two new cool things. If I told her to throw a ball, she’d [...]
…but that Canadian dollar just caught up with the U.S. dollar, Bloomberg reports.
HT: Drudge
Canada’s dollar rose to 99.88 U.S. cents at 10:36 a.m. in Toronto, from 99.76 U.S. cents yesterday, after earlier climbing to a three-decade high of $1.0064. The U.S. dollar buys C$1.0012. The currency has gained 2.65 percent this week and 16 [...]
We caught the first part of Survivor: China tonight and recorded the rest. In the opening ceremony held in a Buddhist temple, the host, Jeff Probst, was careful to say that the ceremony was not a worship service. Even so, Leslie, the Christian radio talk show host, refused to participate in the portion that required [...]
