Month: July 2004

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    A town in Italy has banned people from keeping goldfish in bowls. … The council in Monza believes fish get a “distorted view of reality” if they’re kept in a bowl. …”You have no idea of the hygiene problems caused by animals and people living together and we don’t want to see animals treated like…

  • Twelve Commandments of Web Server Management

    I recently had occasion to configure my first Windows 2003 server, so I decided to write down some guidelines to aid the configuration and keep it secure. Before long, I had a lengthy list of boring rules, so I decided to make a list of commandments for managing web servers. Here is the result –…

  • Aids Reduces African Life Expectancy To 33

    I’ve posted my latest post on my forum: Aids Reduces African Life Expectancy To 33: What are the root causes of the crisis?

  • Gmail/Firefox Tricks/Free $$$

    Two cool tricks: put your Firefox install on a flash drive, and get a notification agent for Gmail. If you are a TAMU student, I highly recommend participating in the economics experiments this summer and fall. Two years ago, I made boatloads of money ($50-$100/session) in the experiments with a bit of game theory and…

  • Auburn Photos

    Update: I started an album for my Auburn photos. For anyone interested in such things, here are photos of beautiful Auburn, AL and my beautiful new laptop:

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    Children as young as 10 are being recruited to fight for the Palestinian cause. … The recruits, some of whom are dwarfed by their AK-47 assault rifles, are taught how to carry out ambushes. They are also made to do an obstacle course, crawling under barbed wire and leaping through hoops of fire while their…

  • Personal Update

    I haven’t blogged much lately, so it’s time for an update on the recent goings-on in my life. I mentioned a while back that I had a great internship coming up in San Antonio. Unfortunately, the company reneged on their offer on the last minute, so I took summer classes and worked for the first…

  • Get Off Our Backs!

    Jonathan Hoenig on SmartMoney: Get Off Our Backs! Found via my daily fix of AR.

  • Happy 4th

    Things that give me a greater appreciation for the 4th: China is planning to begin censoring and monitoring over 220 billion SMS messages sent each year by cell users. It already censors email traffic and web sites. In an all-to-common incident in Israel, “four gunmen from an armed group in the Fatah movement loyal to…