Month: December 2004

The news about the earthquake/tsunami in Asia is devastating. The current death toll is 23,000 – but it seems to be constantly rising.

The fellow behind the wonderful site Asterisk has assembled a list of relief organizations that could use your help.

On one of my forums, we’ve been talking “gadgets” and the wonders of the iPod. So, I decided to go ahead and put this page up even though I don’t have it working just like I want it to. (For example: Where’s the search?) But, it’s been sitting there waiting for me to finish it forever…

It’s good to see studies that are proving what people in the open source community have thought to be correct all along.

According to a four-year analysis of the 5.7 million lines of Linux source code conducted by five Stanford University computer science researchers, the Linux kernel programming code is better and more secure than the programming code of most proprietary software.

And, another interesting story on an entirely different topic: If You Move to America, You May Get Fat.

Long-term exposure to American culture may be hazardous to immigrants’ health. A new study found that obesity is relatively rare in the foreign-born until they have lived in the United States — the land of drive-thrus, remote controls and double cheeseburgers — for more than 10 years.

Wouldn’t this be embarrassing?

Retired Army colonel, 70, sent to Afghanistan:

“Today, Caulfield, a colonel from Satellite Beach, Fla., is an example of how the continuing demands of keeping ground troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are forcing the military to go to extraordinary measures to keep its ranks filled.”

Here’s a fascinating article on traffic flow design and how removing traffic signs can actually make roads safer. Okay, I know you are thinking, “fascinating? traffic flow?” — but trust me. It’s interesting!

My favorite weird news story of the day.

The seeminly never-ending page of kittie pictures.