From the other weblog...
Scott Peterson a fugitive?...
Has Scott Peterson fled to a foreign country? In a recent article in the Modesto Bee Peterson was reported in Mexico for a trade conference but his whereabouts are currently unknown. [CampinGuy.com] 

The beauty of Code...
When I first visit a page I take a precursory glance around the page and the do a quick "view source". What am I looking for? The beauty of Code.

When an application such as Photoshop, Fireworks, GoLive, Dreamweaver, or any other commercially available program creates code it's all jumbled and ran together in a large mass of hard to read sylibals and characters. It's a big block "gobbledygook". 

When a person takes the time to code by hand there is a certain artistic beauty to the code. Much like a work of art there is simplicity, beauty, and style. The lines are properly indented, structure isn't all jumbled together, and there are comments marking sections.

So next time you visit an unfamiliar page, take the time to view the code. You just never know what you may find.

 

Doin' a little designing Joe?...
It looks like...yes...I believe Joe is doing a little house keeping at Jenett.Radio. Is that a new header I see? 

.Net squashes bugs...
Microsoft gives coders a bug finder
Web developers in need of another set of eyes to check their code for security holes should soon be able to add an application scanner to Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net. [ZDNet] 

Orange...
Official: Credible threats pushed terror alert higher
"...intercepted messages mention subways and hotels but no particular city. " [CNN] 

Columbia...
Secret shuttle part sought
"Hundreds of National Guardsmen, federal agents, state troopers and volunteers closely searched this tiny Texas town on Thursday, looking for what was believed to be a top-secret device that fell from the shuttle Columbia when the spacecraft broke apart last week." [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] 

Too Cool!...
Stanislaus forest home to pair of nesting eagles
A pair of American bald eagles has been spotted building and repairing a nest near Beardsley Reservoir, but the discovery shouldn't keep boaters, anglers and hikers away from the popular spot next summer and fall, U.S. Forest Service officials said Thursday. [Stockton Record]

This is cool because it's an area I frequent. It's always good to see nature reclaiming it's own. Beardsley Resevoir is just up the road a piece and offers some exception trout fishing just below the dam.

 

 

Just when you thought it was safe...
Ex-student accused of spying on campus
A former Boston College student was indicted on Thursday for allegedly installing keystroke-recording software on more than 100 campus computers and accessing databases containing personal information on other students, staff and faculty. [Cnet]

Frankly, I'm surprised no one thought of trying this before. Think of all the term papers it could have saved writing in college.

 

Columbia...
In the search for shuttle debris: Alternators, mudflaps, rocks
Burnt toast, a truck mudflap, egg yolk, a Chevy alternator -- authorities collecting Columbia debris across what may be the world's largest accident scene are getting lots of calls about ordinary junk. [CNN]

 

Time to Reload...
New 'Matrix' video game blurs lines
"Enter the Matrix," the most ambitious effort yet to marry high-powered Tinseltown talent with high-tech video game production, was given a red carpet premiere this week by French games publisher Infogrames and movie studio Warner Bros., part of AOL Time Warner, CNN's parent company. [CNN] 

Auuughhhhhh!...
Male Biological Clock Starts Ticking in Twenties
A lot of attention has been paid to the biological clocks of women recently, particularly when female fertility starts to decline and by how much. Now research published today in the journal Human Reproduction suggests that a man's fertility starts to slide as early as his twenties [Scientific American] 

Bond, James Bond...
Internet access hits the wall. The number of Britons going online is levelling off as the government prepares to launch a campaign to tempt people to try the internet. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

This from the same country who believes in spying on what their citizens are doing on the internet. What better way to spy on someone than to get them to install the spying device in their own homes. BTW, if anyone in the UK happens to be reading this and you are in law enforcement, I like your tea.

 

SPAM...
States Still Trying to Stop Spam. Legislation proposed in two states would create a list of residents who want to remain off-limits to spammers. Anyone on the list who receives an unwanted e-mail would be allowed to sue the sender. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News]

What a threat! There is no way this will work. If we could find the people to sue there are ways we could filter our email so we wouldn't get anymore spam. Unfortunately, most emails are being sent from phony SMTP programs, anonymous IP's, and any other way they can think to send something with annonimity. Sorry guys. Try again.