Friday, March 14, 2003

categories: War Arab League puts off Iraq visit Gulf News - The fate of an Arab ministerial committee came under strong doubts yesterday as Bahrain's foreign minister announced its crucial visit to Baghdad was put off, saying the Iraqi authorities asked it to 'delay' the visit. Hussein Controls Prime Time With Cool, Confidence Washington Post Arab push to get Saddam to disarm fails in disarray International Herald Tribune   2:59:30 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Biz DSL broadband boom hits Asia Times Online - China added 1.985 million broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) subscribers during 2002, a massive 845 percent growth in the year, according to figures prepared by London-based analyst firm Point Topic for the international DSL Forum. UK sees strong DSL growth The Register DSL Leads Global Connections InternetNews.com   2:54:27 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: SciTech Feedster Feedster is a search engine that indexes RSS feeds. I like it! If you're a Huevos user, you can add it to your search engines list . And I hope to do some sort of integration with NetNewsWire. It's an obvious thing to want to do, I think. One idea is searches that update their results just like any other RSS feed. There are other possibilities, too. (After 1.0.1 ships I'll take a look at this.) [Ranchero] I know the developer of Feedster. He deserves your support and much success.   2:37:37 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: War US may drop Iraq resolution The US secretary of state suggests American attempts to force a vote on a new UN resolution backing military action could be shelved. [BBC News]   2:31:46 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Politics House cafeterias change names for 'french' fries and 'french' toast It's reprehensible that our government officials are acting in such a petty manner. But then, you always get exactly what you voted for in a democracy.   2:28:41 AM  Google It!  comment