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Sunday, September 16, 2001
Frank Roque, a dumbass in Arizona, killed a gas station owner from India and fired at the Lebanese owner of another gas station. Police are investigating the possibility that this was some sort of retaliation for the 9/11 attacks. Mister Roque evidently believed that pretty much any dark-skinned person with a funny hat was an Afghan terrorist. I used to believe that any restrictions on gun ownership violated the spirit of the Second Amendment. Now I think there should be restrictions on gun ownership, for a simple reason: most Americans are too dumb to be trusted with handguns.posted by Mitch Patterson / 11:40 PM
Friday, September 14, 2001
Amazing weblog by a New Yorker who's helping a friend search for her husband, who worked in the WTC.posted by Mitch Patterson / 1:24 PM
Jerry Falwell has done his own investigation of the WTC and Pentagon attacks, and has concluded that pagans, gay people, the ACLU, feminists, and abortionists provoked God. So, is Jerry an Islamic extremist now?
posted by Mitch Patterson / 11:36 AM
XEphem: The Astronomy Software for UNIX and Linux
posted by Mitch Patterson / 11:28 AM
The United States leads the world in aid to Afghanistan. Of every ten dollars of aid, nine came from the USA. But don't take my word for it; here's the summary from the US Department of State. In June, 2001, we contributed forty-three million dollars to Afghanistan for drought relief.
posted by Mitch Patterson / 11:25 AM
The Taliban warned of revenge if the United States should attack Afghanistan. They're calling on all Muslims to unite against the United States.
posted by Mitch Patterson / 11:23 AM
The New York Red Cross needs computers, peripherals, and services for its field workers and operations centers.
posted by Mitch Patterson / 9:45 AM
Thursday, September 13, 2001
Fool.com: Character of a Foolish Investor [Rule Maker] September 13, 2001posted by Mitch Patterson / 5:39 PM
corporate travel management, business jet, executive jet charter - FlightTime.com
posted by Mitch Patterson / 3:04 PM
Read this article in The Atlantic about why it's so difficult for Western intelligence services to get good information about Islamic extremists. It was written by a former CIA case officer who spent time in Peshawar. Here's a quote:
A younger case officer boils the problem down even further: "Operations that include diarrhea as a way of life don't happen."
posted by Mitch Patterson / 12:51 AM
Wednesday, September 12, 2001
What might have stopped yesterday's horrible attacks?posted by Mitch Patterson / 2:50 PM
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Tutorial on building a JTreeTable. This is the third of three articles; it has links to the first two articles.posted by Mitch Patterson / 8:57 AM
Monday, September 10, 2001
LimeWire is written in Java and uses the Swing toolkit. That's a mighty fine-looking application.posted by Mitch Patterson / 3:03 PM
Can you give me an code example of drag and drop?
posted by Mitch Patterson / 2:37 PM
Neat article on how rewritable CD-ROM's work.
posted by Mitch Patterson / 1:11 PM
Yahoo! News reports that an Oklahoma jury has sentenced Keith LaJuan Jones to 1,050 years in prison for running over Vivian Williams and dragging her more than 700 feet. He'll be eligible for parole in about 460 years.
posted by Mitch Patterson / 10:51 AM
Microsoft gobbles up another good product.
posted by Mitch Patterson / 10:11 AM
SimpleDevices
posted by Mitch Patterson / 9:55 AM
Waffle Woman!
posted by Mitch Patterson / 9:25 AM
Here's a neat app: it graphs historical trends in posts to craigslist. Watch job opportunities disappear as the dot-com nuclear winter gets worse: chart-o-matic.
posted by Mitch Patterson / 8:50 AM
Sunday, September 09, 2001
GLOW-IN-THE-DARK FISH ARE FUN AND TASTY!!!
posted by Mitch Patterson / 2:43 PM
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