| |
 |
Wednesday, December 11, 2002 |
New toys at Google. Developers at Google have come out with a couple of new things you might like to try. Google Webquotes results show quotations about your search term from other websites. Google Glossary turns Google results into a rather helpful dictionary. (Example: what is PGP?) The weirdest new thing is Google Viewer,... [mirabilis.ca]
10:18:24 PM Permalink
|
|
Everything From Toy Guns That Spark...
The Jesus market. Christian merchandising today has many mansions. Start with faith-on-your-sleeve fashion, such as the T-shirts promoting J.Christ instead of J. Crew, Fruit of the Spirit instead of Fruit of the Loom, Christ Supreme instead of Krispy Kreme. This "witness wear," a manufacturer's rep explains, evokes the familiar logo. [mirabilis.ca]
...To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark. Easy to see without looking too far, not much is really sacred.
10:14:49 PM Permalink
|
|
Bush's Political Problem with Iraq. I may be in a minority, but at this point I am having trouble seeing how Bush will go to war this winter. There is no doubt that he wants to. The only question is whether the price may be too high—and if recent trends continue, it appears that the price of unilateral war is going up. There is a... [No War Blog]
Steve: I don't think there's going to be a war this winter, either. An actual war is a lot different than the saber-rattling we've got now, and I wonder if the real will is there to do it. And, too, it might be more useful for those in power to have a bogeyman around who they can use to scare us the next time there's an election. Bush I got in trouble because too much time passed between the Gulf War I and the election; I think these guys learned the lesson to keep the two closer together.
9:35:02 PM Permalink
|
|
© Copyright 2004 Steve Michel.
|
|
|
|
|
