Thursday, August 08, 2002

Schlotzsky’s Offers Wi-Fi On The Side   According to an article in today’s Austin American-Statesman, Austin based sandwich chain Schlotzsky’s will begin offering free Wi-Fi access at 10 of its Austin area stores this week. Users will be able to log on to the network from as far as four miles away.   After testing in Austin, Schlotzsky’s hopes to roll out free Wi-Fi access, dubbed Cool Cloud, at all 650 of its stores nationwide. 2:24:41 PM

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Vietnam's Most Famous Spy Dies [AP World News] So,  Phred is dead. Wonder if we’ll see a ‘Doonsbury’ tribute. 1:52:10 PM

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Mark Twain. "Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform." [Quotes of the Day] 1:50:38 PM

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Corky Siegel. "Life is too important to take seriously." [Quotes of the Day] 1:50:27 PM

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Federal Appeals Panel Upholds Vermont Limits on Campaign Spending. A federal appeals court panel upheld a Vermont campaign-spending law in a ruling that lawyers said could reverberate far beyond the Green Mountain State. By David Stout. [New York Times: National] This is but the latest defeat for the money = speech crowd. But if this issue ever reaches the SCoUS, the majority GOP partisans are likely to go through all sorts of constitutional contortions to please their corporate masters. 1:49:39 PM

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News Interceptor 0.96 Beta Released [BetaNews.Com] Here’s another cool new tool, especially for bloggers who closely follow breaking news. 1:47:57 PM

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Big Brother's Pizza Delivery   Lexis/Nexis, providers of massive database information services mostly to media, legal and law enforcement organizations, is hyping their new database service, BatchTrace, to track fugitives and deadbeats.   In addition to cataloging common info such as census records, driver’s license records, etc., this database includes pizza delivery records, tech support call records and grocery store discount card records.   Who knew you’d need an alias to order a pizza? Pretty funny/sad stuff in the Land of the Free. What’s next, a national pizza delivery ID, complete with thumbprint and DNA sample?   Thanks to Britt Sandusky for pointing us to this story. 1:06:43 PM

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National Briefing. WEST NEVADA: POLICE GROUP BACKS SOFTER MARIJUANA LAW The state's largest law enforcement group, the Nevada Conference of Police and Sheriffs, endorsed a ballot initiative to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying passage would give officers more time to investigate violent crime. [New York Times: National] Surely this is another sign of the impending apocalypse. A law enforcement group backing sensible drug laws? Maybe this Nevada legalization initiative has some legs, after all. 2:28:26 AM

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