"US prepares to use toxic gases in Iraq" [Daypop Top 40]

Interesting that these gases violate international conventions but that a government can use them on its own people. Weird.  4:35:46 PM    

" The Case of the Fake Shaihk--Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Was Already Dead" [Daypop Top 40]

Wait. He was already dead back in October. I wonder whose body it was. Do we really have the REAL Shaikh Mohammed? Maybe he escaped just like John Travolta did in Razorfish. I've seen too many movies.  4:26:14 PM    

Kudos to Bare Bones Software!. BBEdit Lite 6.2 is once again available from the company's site, along with a comparison between BBEdit Lite and the new TextWrangler app [Mac Net Journal]

Why I love Bare Bones. They respond to what their customers want. Their software realy does not suck.  4:20:35 PM    

Supervisor at Shuttle Plant Cites Pressure Over Repairs. A supervisor overseeing the application of an insulation adhesive on the shuttle Columbia's external fuel tank improperly documented a repair that his workers performed. By Edward Wong. [New York Times: Science]

Why am I not surprised that the contractors, who run almost everything now in the shuttle program, may have cut corners to save money? Little oversight can mean big problems. Let's hope the military contractors do not do the same thing.  8:31:50 AM