The Clever Shark

George W. Bush as the ‘seagull’ commander-in-chief. A seagull swoops in, makes a lot of noise, craps all over everything and then flies away. It’s an interesting metaphor, but what’s especially compelling about this editorial is that it was published in MilitaryWeek. Is Dubya’s reputation with the troops suffering?

Violence feared at upcoming Al-Qaeda convention. Security to be heightened so as not to let non-terrorists dictate the organization’s message.

DHS head Tom Ridge reported to have wide-ranging investments in companies which do business with the DHS. No wonder he feels so good about the department.

Is Google working on its own browser? Interesting rumor, but it seems incredibly unlikely. Mozilla’s Firefox already includes a Google search box as part of its main interface, so why fragment the non-IE market even further?

What if America were Iraq? It’s an interesting premise which often goes unconsidered in this conflict.

EPA mercury memo found to mimic lobbyist memos, almost word for word. But one shouldn’t think that the White House is letting the inmates run the asylum, it would be a very cynical thing to imply.

1999, the year the music died. A very interesting (although longish) article on how small is beautiful in today’s music industry.

Canada: seniors are increasingly adopting the use of the web and other internet technologies. Well that’s one reason that would explain the increasing number of spam messages for Viagra, Cialis and other “boner helpers”.

What are you voting for? Well, Dick Cheney did say that Americans should be careful about voting for the right guy in November. After all, look at what happened after the wrong guys won in 2000.

Woohoo! I passed my MySQL Core Certification exam today. It’s been quite a bit of studying, but it paid off in the end. I guess I am “certifiable” after all 🙂