The author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, etc. has a great op-ed piece
on Star Wars as a reflection of our culture, and how normal people
depend on the geeks (the Jedi) to sustain their way of life, but just
like with the Jedi, the normal people don't necessarily like us all
that much. here's an
Check out my wife's site, www.lajollahomefinder.com. She subscribes to some
service that provides her with content to put on her site. All the stuff
under Buyers and Sellers is third party content. I haven't taken the time to
pull in new stuff, but there is a steady stream of new content, I think.
My suggestion is to find a good local wine shop and ask the staff for help.
Give them your price range and ask for their recommendations. If you have
preferences for types of grapes or styles of wine, let them know. Then just
try something that they have recommended and see how you like it. I have
OK, I had to post this one. No nudity, but...
http://steelstanding.blogspot.com/
Here's an excerpt from an entry titled Ask the Trainer Part II: Common
Fashion Mistakes in the gym:
Till this day, every night I have this recurring nightmare of middle-aged
men chasing me along the beach in
Funny, I have special setups for various email lists. Because CF-Talk and
CF-Community have such high volume, I have inbox rules that send all the
mail right to my Deleted Items folder. I generally keep the email client
that monitors the list open on a PC, and if I want to clean out the old
Wow. I'm no military expert, but RDX is serious stuff.
In a twisted way, this is a good thing, good in the sense that it puts the
Indian public on alert that they are in the front lines of the War on
Terror. And with all the tech center development in India, they have skin in
the game. Not that
We are in a contest of wills against an enemy whose brutality is boundless,
an enemy that will use any possible tactic, however vile, to gain advantage
over us. An enemy that is bent on our destruction. The morality of the
rendition enterprise is a question of choosing the lesser of two evils. Do
getting to the point where the Big Dig is actually started to look like it
might get finished (if they can plug the leaks in the tunnels). With the
Big Dig out of the way and North Station buried it opens up something like
5
acres of new (mostly parkland) right down the middle of downtown.
What a hack job.
- Original Message -
From: Andrew Grosset [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Community cf-community@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:14 PM
Subject: Onward to Iran
This article should be read by anyone concerned with energy supplies and
the middle east
DC is great if you are convenient to the Metro's stops. I lived at 6th and
F(?) Southwest, then 2nd and C Southeast, and I rode the Metro everyday to
work and back. Never used my car because even late at night you can get a
cab home for reasonably cheap if you live close to the center. However,
It sounds like a warhead storage facility rather than a warhead production
facility. Does the missing EIC shed any light on that? This article is kind
of short on details - National security, right?
Personally, I would feel much better if they were building a nuclear power
plant, but there has
The Nazis were huge on symbolism, and the symbols they chose were forever
tainted by their association with the Nazis. I was in India with my wife
(then fiance) in Kerala, southwest India, and when we drove around Kerala,
everywhere we went I saw swastikas on various shacks/buildings on the side
Check this out. I didn't even realize this, but the Bank of America
corporate site uses CF. The online banking system is something else, but
look at this page:
http://www.bankofamerica.com/index.cfm?page=corp_bofacom
- Original Message -
From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2723492,00.html
~|
Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite
http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66
Message:
Not just source control, but change control as well.
- Original Message -
From: Raymond Camden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Community cf-community@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: There is no WE!
Then again - it may be more helpful to simply tell
OK, I can't resist. Put George Bush in as your search term and build the
montage. Instant punk band album cover!
- Original Message -
From: James Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Community cf-community@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 8:47 AM
Subject: Another Google
If someone else is footing the bill, take a cab. The Metro is great for
getting around- except if you have luggage. With luggage, Metro is a giant
pain in the ass, especially because you would need to switch lines along the
way. Schlepping your stuff around Metro Center at rush hour is no fun at
Interesting, I wonder where the truth is. I do find it unlikely that the
kidnappers released the hostages and were somehow still arrested. That seems
off kilter.
- Original Message -
From: Larry C. Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Community cf-community@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Monday,
Definitely winter, although I agree about the colors. The darker blue
borders and menu links in particular do not match the rest of the color
scheme. I like the brown color of the links in the Locations section, but if
you are going for winter that might not work. The slate/blue background
combo
Here are a couple of palettes to look at:
http://www.adampolselli.com/2005/
Adam's grey/purple palette is good for ideas.
OK, just trust me on this one. Cosmetics companies spend more money than
just about anyone figuring out color schemes. Here is this company's winter
color palette:
Look at Adam Poselli's Desaturated color palette in his site. The colors are
close to what you have chosen, but they are more muted and reminiscent of
winter.
- Original Message -
From: Ian Skinner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Community cf-community@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Sunday, February
It isn't really the same kind of site, but I love the Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/
They have an attractive, well laid out site, and (true to the business of
being a librarian) they have spent a tremendous amount of time and energy on
the site taxonomy and usability. I am always
thoughts on this:
-the ad should be the same width as the right column. if the sponsor wants
more real estate, just make it a taller image, but at this width it just
doesn't fit the site.
- you should drop the bezeled edges on the menu links and images.
- i still don't like the royal blue, it's
There is a larger issue in question- how does copyright law adapt to the
realities of an all-digital, connected world? That raises a deeper question
that the world must deal with over the coming decades. What is the inherent
value of intellectual property?
I am sitting here watching Harry Potter
OK, this is OT but I spent the last couple of nights figuring this out, so I
thought I would share. I have my hosting setup at home fairly complete,
including a mail server running XMail (www.xmailserver.org). After much
grappling, last week I managed to get SpamAssassin installed and
Who is John Galt?
Thinking people need to know the answer to that question and what it means
for us all, now more than ever.
One of my favorites. I read Atlas Shrugged in high school at the
suggestion
of gasp a teacher. G Not an assignment; just something he thought I'd
enjoy. And I did.
congrats!
- Original Message -
From: Larry C. Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Community cf-community@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:21 AM
Subject: Please Welcome Alexis
Hi All.
I'd like to introduce Alexis Morgan Lyons-Morris. Alexis was born
9:15 pm on
Yes. AP apparently had a big story about it.
It actually gets even stranger. From what I understand the person who wrote
the message on the banner in the background probably has a very poor grasp
of Arabic. It seems that the whole thing could be a prank of sorts on the
media, possibly perpetrated
Perhaps, although it is perfectly legal and part of the accepted practice of
the industry. But that is beside the point. The question he needs to ask is
whether it will affect his earning potential in future tournaments. If it
will, he needs to make a judgement about whether the tradeoff in
I have been in the process of setting up my own services at home, here is my
current state of affairs.
Connectivity
I would not bother with a T1 unless you lack cable/DSL as options. I have TW
Roadrunner cable, 4 MB down/384-512 up, 5 static IPs. Way cheaper than a
T1, you don't have to sign a
There is some goofy reporting in that story. They make a lot of estimates
about turnout but they fail to describe how they came by their numbers.
Listen to this: In Basra, Iraq's second largest town, the turnout was
32-35%, although Iraqi election officials claimed 90%.
But they never describe
Yeah, that guy is infamous. He's probably looking at a jail term at this
point.
- Original Message -
From: David Lakein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Community cf-community@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: I now live with a millionaire
Speaking of
In academics, there are two schools of thought on the issue of undergraduate
education.On the one hand, liberal arts schools believe in exactly what
Larry suggests - producing well-rounded people. The basic philosophy is that
you teach people how to learn, give them a broad overview of the world
I live three miles from MCAS Miramar. Around here people pay special
attention when casualty notices come out of Iraq. The son of a good friend
of mine just got back home after being in the Fallujah area for a full year.
- Original Message -
From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [EMAIL
Batman pretty much remains the gold standard. Not only was Nicholson a
genius, Michael Keaton was widely acclaimed in Hollywood for producing the
kind of brooding, haunted Bruce Wayne/Batman character that the movie needed
and deserved. Overall I think the same rules apply to comics turned movies
Yes, but the seller pays the fee off the top from the proceeds of the sale.
The buyer does not bring any additional money into the transaction, just
what they pay for the home. In one sense, the buyer pays the entire fee
because they are, in fact, buying the home. In order to conclude that the
36 matches
Mail list logo
