Tuesday, October 15, 2002

Unattended Laptop on Plane Triggers Military-Jet Evacuation. A United Airlines flight from New York City landed under military escort after a crew member found an unattended laptop computer under a seat, an airline spokeswoman said. The computer posed no danger, officials said. Passengers were evacuated as a precaution as soon as the plane landed Monday evening at... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes] The terrorists have won, and this proves it. We're in such a state of hysteria that the slightest thing will set off a mass panic. Let's have a bit of common sense, OK? 11:22:07 PM    Comments []

I'm posting this from Archipelago, an external editor that works with Radio Userland. 10:11:50 PM    Comments []

I have a new favorite CD: "Specialist in all styles" by Orchestra Baobab. It just arrived from Amazon today & I've been listening to it continuously. They're a classic Senegalese group from 1970-1987 known for smooth laid-back Latin-tinged dance music. They just reunited with almost all of their original members, with the notable exception of Laye Mboup who died in a car accident, and Thione Seck, who now has a successful solo career. The new CD is produced by Youssou N'dour and features updates of several classic tracks. It also features N'dour & Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer on one track. 3:56:38 PM    Comments []

SlashDock 2.3. SlashDock is a lightweight news aggregator that displays headlines from RSS feeds (including MacMegasite) in your dock. [MacMegasite] 3:08:42 PM    Comments []

Burningbird's The Parable of the Languages is hilarious. [Nerd wannabe computer skills required] [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 1:53:31 PM    Comments []