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Best Jobs in America

Money magazine and Salary.com list what by their criteria are the “Best Jobs in America”. Check it out at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/top50/index.html #1 is Software Engineer – good for my students! #2 is College Professor – that seems pretty good too.

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view Du Jour, April 13, 2006

Today was really warm with a brief sprinkling in the morning. A beautiful sunny day followed. Here are a few pics from the front garden. A close up of some of the lilacs that “jumped” from a neighbor’s yard to ours. Another shot of the lilacs. They are beautiful and at their prime. I wish […]

View Du Jour, April 8, 2006

It rained! Some rain Friday and all day Saturday. A view from our bedroom window. The subtle colors of spring as the trees begin to leaf out. Another view from the same window, but looking down to the wheelbarrow that’s catching the water and all the leaves we still have to rake. — And today’s […]

Intellectual Property Run Amok

Mother Jones has a list of quirky intellectual property mishaps at “Intellectual Property Run Amok” Check it out.

View Du Jour – April 5, 2006

Some simple pics of what’s going on in the front garden. Maybe this will be the beginning of a garden journal blog – a garjoug? a garjog? The leaves on the red maple as they are just starting to unfold. We got this tree as a tiny stick from our good friend Genine Lentine. < […]

Tape Shows Bush Warned About Katrina

Our friends at moveon.org sent out email this morning to be sure the story that’s appeared in the AP (Tape: Bush, Chertoff Warned Before Katrina, the Washington Post (Video Shows Bush Being Warned on Katrina), and others isn’t lost in the shuffle. “At the August 28th briefing, the president was told exactly what to expect: […]

Google’s Response to U.S. Request for Data

MercuryNews.com | 02/17/2006 | Google rips Bush administration’s search request By Elise Ackerman (no relation) Some quotes: “Google called the Bush administration’s request for data on Web searches as “so uninformed as to be nonsensical” in papers filed in San Jose federal court Friday, arguing that turning over the information would expose its trade secrets […]

View Du Jour 8

It snowed part of yesterday and all last night, giving us the gift of great snow scenes when we woke up. Here are a few. Click ’em if you want to see them bigger.

Happy Valentines Day

LifeHut has a great post about enjoying Valentines Day. Inexpensive Valentines Day ideas – LifeHut

History of Computing

An interesting site that deals with the history of computing. “History of Computing,” http://www.comphist.org/index.php. It also contains many links to other useful resources.