Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Blogrolling 2006-09-13

Items of interest from the blogroll.


If you'd like to share an item via TrackBack, please feel free to do so, as long as your submission follows the TrackBack policy.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Headline News 2006-09-12

From ABC News:
Concerns Raised Over Web Sex Ad Replies
Worried there may not be "lonely women waiting to meet you"

From ABC News:
Naked Cowboy's Got the Music CD in Him
To be extracted at hospital

From ABC News:
Thief Takes 348 Pounds of Pig Meat
Michael Moore's loses right arm

From ABC News:
Man Writes of Launching 'Feline Jihad'
Finally achieves life's goal of getting pussy

From ABC News:
10 Stingrays Killed Since Irwin's Death
Al Qaeda recruiting suicide fish

From ABC News:
Scientists use new ultrasound tool to find gas
"FartFinder 4000" introduced

From ABC News:
Experts unable to find Gulf War Syndrome evidence
BDS still rampant

From ABC News:
At Least 42 Dead, Scores Injured in Yemen Crush
New soft drink not expected to replace Orange Crush

From ABC News:
Beatles Album Covers Made Into Stamps
Error with White Album printed upside down goes unnoticed

From ABC News:
Ban on skinny models shocks fashion world
Star Jones finally gets revenge

Blogrolling 2006-09-12

Items of interest from the blogroll.


If you'd like to share an item via TrackBack, please feel free to do so, as long as your submission follows the TrackBack policy.

Monday, September 11, 2006

Microsoft Wants Me!

Well, maybe Microsoft doesn't really want me.

But I sure found this interesting.

It's a site at Microsoft that looks just like this little blog. Or it was. It seems that, as of this writing, they've done away with it. But here's a screenshot of what they had.



Yes, that's what this little blog looked like on September 1st. And what that Microsoft Research site looked like. That URL you see is for real.

I have no idea what they were up to. It indicates it's in their community section. And under the "smater_blogroll" directory. Then, this little blog listed.

I suspect the research team was just doing some testing of a blogrolling functionality that they'll add to MSN Spaces or something. Why they'd pick this little blog is beyond me.

That Microsoft thing ... along with the e-blogzone site that Conservative Cat wrote about the other day ... makes me wonder what's going on.

Eblogzone? Looks like a bunch of spammers to me. Using my content. I guess I should feel honored. But I don't.

But Microsoft using my content for research? Hmmm. Perhaps I'm just reading more into it than I should. Maybe. Maybe not.

Maybe Microsoft does want me.

Hey, I'm easy. And cheap.

But I use Firefox. So I'm screwed.

UPDATE:
Microsoft has explained to some degree:

This directory is being used for a temporary internal research project on blogging software, and will be removed by 9/17/2006.

Microsoft does not claim intellectual property rights over this content, nor do the pages stored here necessarily express the views of Microsoft or its employees.


It doesn't explain why they're using Firefox to check us out. In which case I'm not screwed. Maybe they do want me after all?

Nah.

Headline News 2006-09-11

From ABC News:
Anna Nicole Smith's Son, 20, Dies in Bahamas
Cause of death: embarrassment

From ABC News:
Where Is Osama Bin Laden?
New children's book outsells "Where's Waldo?"

From ABC News:
Sleep-Deprived Panda Accidentally Crushes Cub
Bush blamed

From ABC News:
Trio Accused of Gunpoint Prayer Session
Methodist Jihad underway

From ABC News:
Woman in Wheelchair Shoots Alleged Mugger
To be charged in drive-by shooting

From ABC News:
'Rabbits' Appear on Vermont Roads
Bullwinkle's missing hat found

From ABC News:
Victim's Father Seeks O.J. Simpson's Name
Wants to be known as "That Damned Killer O.J." Goldman

From ABC News:
Al-Zawahri: Gulf, Israel Next Targets
Renews fears that violence may come to those peaceful regions

From ABC News:
In the Battle of the White Meats, Pork Wins Low-Fat Fight
Jesse Jackson calls study 'racist'

From ABC News:
Emma Thompson Gets Inside Ferrell's Head
Finds nothing

Open Trackbacks 2006-09-11

For a variety of reasons, still limited Internet access today. So I only have time to present one item of interest from my blogroll. It's the blogger whose interview questions close this weekend. And, of course, it's related to 9/11. You'll see many posts about 9/11 today. And many about one of the 2,996 that died that day.


If you have an interesting post about today (or about 5 years ago today) that you'd like to share, please leave a TrackBack to that post.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Max Art

I have a friend named Max. Actually, he usually goes by another name. But he also goes by Max. Like some eccentric artist or something.

Max is an artist. Not exactly wildly eccentric. But a little. Just a little.

Anyway, Max draws, paints, and sculpts. He has some topics that are favorites of his. And one is the World Trade Center.

The events of September 11th, 2001 has an impact on him ... like they impacted us all. And, we all reacted in different ways. Max has expressed the impact in his art. He's done many drawings and paintings ... and sculptures ... of and about the World Trade Center.

Just so you know, the WTC isn't his favorite topic of his art. And, in the future, I plan to share some of his other works.

But, because today is September 11th, I'm going to feature one of his WTC paintings.





To me, it says that we need to remember what we lost ... and who we lost ... on that day. In an instant, nearly 3,000 were doomed. We lost Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents, Christians, Jews, Muslims, athiests, Blacks, Whites, Orientals, Hispanics, Men, Women, Gays, Straights ... we lost nearly 3,000 of us.

The people that took down those towers had planned for 8 years to do that. And on September 11, 2001, they succeeded. They attacked us.

Let us never forget.