No class today, but everyone was strongly encouraged to come the day before to make sure their computers will handle the software I’m teaching.
This morning the classroom was used for a safety meeting. Someone asked why they needed the projector, and sensing the joviality of the crew, I said, “so he can hook his laptop [...]
Dan the Geologist, while under the weather, has posted the seventieth edition of the Lutheran Carnival. The Carnival is going to take a break of undetermined length after this edition.
It’s been a nice run of about 1-1/2 years, a millennium as far as things on the Internet go. The first necessity of the Carnival, to [...]
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On October 6, 2006, the Associated Press reported that then House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) would “drain the swamp.” On the first day they would “break the link between lobbyists and legislation.”
Today TheHill.com reports that lobbying revenue is up, up, up. Seven lobbyist firms are over the $20 million dollar mark [...]
UPI reports that Japan has launched the WINDS satellite, which promises internet service faster than today’s normal broadband service.
“Among other uses, this will make possible great advances in telemedicine, which will bring high-quality medical treatment to remote areas, and in distance education, connecting students and teachers separated by great distances,” the statement said.
While I was [...]
The Times of London reports:
A diocese of the Church of England is giving an unprecedented £250,000 towards a multi-faith building in which the largest amount of worship space will be reserved for Muslims.
The Guildford diocese is one of the wealthiest in the UK. The Bishop of Guildford, the Right Rev Christopher Hill, today handed over [...]
