Coyote Gulch

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Beer Hall of Fame
A Curious Stranger writes, "Who even knew there was a U.S Beer Drinking Team, but they appear to be searching for a home for the Beer Hall of Fame. Vote Denver!"
8:06:47 PM

Open Source Frontier
Dave Winer: "My concern was when will UserLand get around to enhancing and improving the "kernel" -- the large base of C code that runs Manila and Radio -- the scripting language, object database, verb set, server, multi-threaded runtime, content management framework. It's been several years since there was a meaningful update of that code."
6:42:33 PM

2004 Presidential Election
Juan Cole: "By now most persons with a television and an interest in US affairs will have seen the bizarre scene in which Deputy Press Secretary Emily Miller, an aide to Colin Powell, attempted to pull him off camera and stop him from answering a question put by Tim Russert of Meet the Press."
Meanwhile, Blogs for Bush is pointing out that Howard Dean has flip-flopped on his opinion of Senator Kerry.
Update: Ed Quillen (Denver Post) "But when it comes to marriage, Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate in the nation."
6:41:49 AM

Colorado Water
State reservoirs are filling, albeit slowly, according to the Rocky Mountain News [May 18, 2004, "Conservation efforts appear to be paying off at reservoirs"]. From the article, "Snowpack levels are watched closely in Colorado and other western states because melting snow provides about 80 percent of the state's fresh water. Last year, for instance, the state's extensive reservoir system was down by more than 1.2 million acre-feet. Its total capacity is about 6.4 million acre-feet, according to the Colorado Division of Water Resources. This year, reservoirs have begun seeing water levels rise, with a shortfall measuring just 550,000 acre-feet. An acre-foot equals about 326,000 gallons, enough water to serve up to two families for one year...But Colorado hasn't seen an average snow year since 1997, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Mike Gillespie, snow survey supervisor at the conservation service, said the annual spring runoff this year will be finished by the first week in June, three to four weeks ahead of schedule."
6:23:08 AM

Denver November 2004 Election
A new tax on cigarettes is the aim of a group that launched a drive Monday to get a tax increase on the November ballot, according to the Denver Post [May 18, 2004, "Tobacco tax hike proposed"]. From the article, "A ballot initiative campaign launched Monday seeks to ask voters Nov. 2 to raise the state's cigarette tax from 20 cents a pack currently, the second-lowest in the nation, to 84 cents, about the national average...Backers hope the tax will keep 1,500 of the estimated 10,800 Colorado kids who start smoking each year from taking up the habit."
6:10:07 AM

e-mail John: