Palming It

I mentioned the other day, the Palm Treo 650 I picked up recently.  Here’s an update for you, after the break.

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This is the ‘Fool for the City’ edition. A nod to Foghat, who I happened to be listening to when I wrote

I note via Glenn Reynolds, an article on Time’s website:

Dodd is looking increasingly vulnerable. The silver-haired father of two young girls is facing his toughest re-election fight ever, and he doesn’t even have an opponent yet. (Though CNBC

Just got a note from some guy claiming to be running a search optimization company. His concern? I am not listed as number one under the search of “Truck Parts”.

Gee, I can’t imagine why I wouldn’t be listed as

• Forsighted people, these founders of ours #
• DST was invented as a grand experiment; what happens if we put the whole east coast into jet lag?  #
• ANyone know how I can get just a subset of tweets to my

This week, Bruce examines the story behind SFC Frederick Rowell. You need to read this one.

Project Hero, is a worthy attempt on McQ’s part to remind us that we have heroes among us. Further, that these need to

History tells us that the original idea for daylight savings time was proposed in an essay by Ben Franklin .

To be honest, in my weirder moods, I’m not totally convinced that the old boy didn’t have some ulterior  motive

Me, at OTB just now:

I’ve been a fan of the Buffalo Bills for 30 years.

No longer.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Terrell Owens needed only two days to find another place to play.

The Buffalo Bills decided to take a chance on the

More proof that Global warming is a hoax:

A major scientific report by leading Japanese academics concludes that global warming is not man-made and that the overall warming trend from the mid-part of the 20th Century onwards has now stopped.

It’s interesting;  since I made the prediction that Barack Obama would emulate the policies of George W. Bush, written just after the inauguration and posted at Pajamas Media, it is flat out amazing the number of people who have

Well, I finally got my Treo 650 working. There are a few odd issues with it, (And we’ll discuss those later) …but for the most part the thing is wonderful, particularly given the $50 I paid for it.

I’ve gotten

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This is the “Boy am I looking forward to spring” edition.

It’s getting warmer around here. It started this morning above 50

There’s a rumbling below decks on the good ship Obama.

Geithner’s choice as his deputy has pulled out of the running.  Sanjay Gupta  has also withdrawn his name as Surgeon General. Charles Freeman is about ready to give up

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This is the “Would you buy a used car from this Blog?” edition.  Rmemeber, no down payment and 72 years to pay.

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