Very Local News

The Toyota Carola is the number one car purchased with the cash for clunkers program. Goes to show that people are not as stupid as the government of this country things. We have a Carola and so far we really like it. The only shortcoming is that it is not the size of a Tahoe. That is it's biggest advantage as well.

Median income in the U. S., adjusted for inflation, has dropped recently. That means most people in the U. S. are more poor than they were a couple years ago. First time this sort of thing has happened since the beginning of records on the subject.

Cricket is getting more popular in the U. S.. There are leagues popping up here and there. It is not British influence, it is middle east influence that is bringing it. Very interesting if you ask me.

Elle's first day of school is coming up. I remember my first day. I remember it because it was bad. I always hated first day of school. Nothing worked and shit was missing.  People were nerves and acting like jerks. Elle is more resilient than I was. I prey she is OK, finds true friends and learns.

Someone in a powerful position must have complained that the tech podcasts were giving too much information on some articles because several of the podcasts I listen to are deliberately leaving out some details. A couple of the casters have come right out and said they will not give all the details to make sure people still want to go check out the original article. ... It works dammit. Just last night I tracked down one of the articles and found Mint Linux.

In Europe, the credit cards are harder to hack. This has increased the number of hack attacks because the value of the information stolen has gone up. How Fucked up is that?

Recently set up a machine in Japanese for work. I found out how this sort of thing works. In linux, the GUI changes drastically, but the paths and commands do not. This is a good thing. In Windows, I set up a machine in German.Program Files turned in to a single word long word like so many things in German. It took some work to get things to act properly during installs. The same is true for Linux. One must be careful dealing with error messages because they come back in the language in the GUI, but not in the TTY terminal.

Some scientists have falsified DNA samples as are used in crime scene investigations. They were trying to prove that DNA is not the holy grail of proof of guilt or innocence. They did make it look easy.