Month: August 2005

Contributed by: filbert Wednesday, August 03 2005 @ 07:48 AM CST

The Houston Chronicle[*1] was not impressed:

Repeating segments on a cable station isn’t unusual, but what is surprising is that the material isn’t that current.

The hacking of Paris Hilton’s Sidekick in February prompted a segment that also introduced host Justin Gunn. Most of the pods appeared as though they were produced in the spring.

I may attempt a liveblog of this thing later today. Stay tuned.

Contributed by: filbert Wednesday, August 03 2005 @ 07:45 AM CST

The Wildcats’ men’s BB schedule[*1] is out:

“As is the case every season, the Big 12 portion of our schedule will present great challenges,” said head coach Jim Wooldridge. “We will play 11 games against teams that advanced to the postseason last year, including four in our first five contests. This will be a unique opportunity for our young kids to prove themselves against the best competition in the nation.”

Thu, Nov 03, Global Sports (Exhibition), time TBA
Thu, Nov 10, Emporia State (Exhibition), time TBA
Fri, Nov 18, Georgia Southern, time TBA
Wed, Nov 23, New Mexico, time TBA
Sat, Nov 26, Stephen F. Austin, time TBA
Wed, Nov 30, Cal State Fullerton, time TBA
Sat, Dec 03, @ Washington State, time TBA
Mon, Dec 05, Longwood, time TBA
Wed, Dec 07, Colorado State, time TBA
Sat, Dec 17, Bethune-Cookman, time TBA
Tue, Dec 20, @ Northern Illinois, time TBA
Thu, Dec 29, Belmont, time TBA
Mon, Jan 02, North Dakota State, time TBA
Sat, Jan 07, @ Iowa State, 7 p.m.
Wed, Jan 11, Nebraska, time TBA
Sat, Jan 14, @ Kansas, 12:30 p.m.
Wed, Jan 18, Texas A&M, time TBA
Sat, Jan 21, Missouri, 7 p.m.
Sat, Jan 28, @ Colorado, time TBA
Wed, Feb 01, @ Baylor, time TBA
Sat, Feb 04, Oklahoma State, 3 p.m.
Wed, Feb 08, Iowa State, time TBA
Sun, Feb 12, @ Missouri, time TBA
Wed, Feb 15, @ Texas Tech, time TBA
Sat, Feb 18, Colorado, 12:30 p.m.
Wed, Feb 22, Texas, 6 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25, @ Oklahoma, 3 p.m.
Wed, Mar 01, @ Nebraska, time TBA
Sat, Mar 04, Kansas, 3 p.m.
Thu, Mar 09 – Sun, Mar 12 Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference, at Dallas, Texas

Contributed by: filbert Wednesday, August 03 2005 @ 07:43 AM CST

Faces from the Front[*1] journalist goes back to where the action is. Good luck to him. His site has some excellent first-hand observations of what it’s really like in Iraq. Highly recommended.

Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, August 02 2005 @ 09:54 AM CST

Report from Yahoo[*1] indicates that eBay may have been vulnerable to a “phishing” attack which could redirect users’ private information to a (presumably hostile) third party. The punchline of the story:

The moral is not to click on links in e-mails just because they look genuine, a fairly disturbing conclusion as this is one of the main criteria people use. Netcraft’s toolbar, a Web browser plug-in for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox, is designed to protect against phishing websites, not least by analyzing the sort of characters used in this attack.

Go out and read the story, and be careful–it’s a rough Internet out there.

[*1] http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1093&e=1&u=/pcworld/20050802/tc_pcworld/122065

Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, August 02 2005 @ 08:58 AM CST

Medary.com has achieved the not-quite-so-lame-as-before Lowly Insect status in the TTLB Ecosystem[*1] .

So, there’s some small success to be had getting up far too early in the morning, drinking excessive amounts of coffee, and digging through RSS feeds.

Must blog more! Get link count up! (What’s that, Snookums? I need to go pick up the dog poop in the back yard? Well, OK . . . )

Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, August 02 2005 @ 08:19 AM CST

#10: Army sergeant elected Sheik in Iraq
#9: Iran escalates nuclear dispute
#8: How radical Islamists see the world
#7: How radical animal rights and environmentalists see the world
#6: Search engines give increasingly different results
#5: Warnings for Celebrex
#4: How to be a conscientious objector
#3: Oh, those Royals
#2: Bolton is in
#1: Shuttle repair space walk scheduled

Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, August 02 2005 @ 08:06 AM CST

Sergeant Dale L. Horn[*1] helps locals protect villages, get fresh water, is rewarded with five sheep, a bit of land, and is asked to take a local girl as a second wife.

Sheiks, or village elders, are known as the real power in rural Iraq. And the 5-foot-6-inch Floridian’s ascension to the esteemed position came through humor and the military’s need to clamp down on rocket attacks.

But, but, but . . . we’re losing the war, it’s a quagmire, the Iraqis hate us! I know it’s true ’cause the Dems and the mainstream media say so, and they’d never ever lie, would they?

Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, August 02 2005 @ 08:02 AM CST

Iran continues to play with nuclear fire.[*1] And, they persist in North Korea-esque blackmailing of the civilized world. “Give us what we want or we’ll continue our nuclear program. Of course, we’ll continue our nuclear program anyway . . . ”

The conversion process that Iran has said it is seeking to restart would convert uranium into UF-6 gas, which can be enriched to make fuel for generating electricity. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Iran has signed, permits it for that purpose — but the gas can also be used to create highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.

Is this going to end with the Iranian Isfanhan nuclear site suddenly becoming a smoking hole?