How could we not blog

How could we not blog Gadgets for God? In particular, I liked Jesus the Hot Air Balloon.

I'd like to express my

I'd like to express my admiration and thanks to the team of excellent journalists who made up the staff of MacWeek, in all its many incarnations, since 1987. Some of them are friends, and I know many more as respected colleagues. These people did a hell of a job, and they made a real difference; virtually all of the Mac news sites on the Web owe a debt of gratitude to MacWeek for showing them the way. Most of MacWeek's roster have long since moved on to other positions since their stint at the magazine, but they can count it as a proud, bright spot on their resumes. My best wishes go out especially to the seven final staff members, who will now be looking for jobs.

MacWeek, 1987 - 2001. RIP.

Some people in Utah are

Some people in Utah are calling in air strikes on cows. I am not making this up.

I should probably be a

I should probably be a good girl and keep my mouth shut, but I've never been very good at that. So, upon hearing the MacWEEK news, the thought that came to mind was that they ought to at least have dropped a note to their contributing editors to let them know.

New link here: What's on

New link here: What's on it for me? -- thanks!

Today, we have tasted wine

Today, we have tasted wine from the barrel. And it was good. We stopped at Davis-Bynum, Armida, and Mill Creek. I'm looking forward to the 2000 Merlots.

This Saturday in SF, don't

This Saturday in SF, don't miss the 7th Annual Urban Iditarod!

The furor over the Clinton

The furor over the Clinton pardons is clearly a media and Clinton-hater's lovefest; especially as all the bloviating won't be able to undo the action. Whether you think the pardon was justified or not (and I can't seem to muster much passion either way), the pardon power is Constitutionally absolute. This excellent article in the National Journal explains the Rich pardon, but puts it into a larger context and tells how the grandstanders are damaging the pardon process.

Kind of as background info

Kind of as background info to my post of last Monday, Privacy's Guarded Prognosis is an article about medical record privacy. If you think this is an important issue, write to your Congresscritter and Senators and ask them to urge the Bush administration to adopt the medical privacy rules that should have taken effect last week.

Meg is mentioned in the

Meg is mentioned in the SF Chronicle. Marilyn is mentioned in the Village Voice. Yeah, I'm name dropping my friends today!

Here's an analysis of how

Here's an analysis of how and why Bush's budget plan - and the tax cut - are a sham. See why Bush can't possibly pay for everything he's proposing.

jean noticed my use of

jean noticed my use of the irony tag, below, and responded that there ought to also be a <feh> tag, for those things that can only be expressed in Yiddish.

The Natural Life Cycle of

The Natural Life Cycle of Mailing Lists reminded me once again how much I <fe>love</fe> being a listmom.

The Bush administration has decided

The Bush administration has decided to sell out your medical record privacy, in response to intensive lobbying from HMOs and insurance companies. They will "delay for public comment" tough new medical privacy rules created by the Clinton administration, and in the works since late 1999. The Bushies say they need more public comment even though the government has already received more than 50,000 comments. What's really going on is that they are delaying the new regs while they figure out how to gut or kill them. Here's the horrible mistake they want to avoid:

Under the rules, health care providers must obtain written consent from patients for the use or disclosure of information in their medical records. Patients would, for the first time, have a federal right to inspect and copy their medical records and could propose corrections.

I first met George about

I first met George about twenty years ago, and he's one of the rare people who makes my driving look safe and sane. Consequently, he's gotten, let's say, a few traffic tickets, and has since developed some expertise on the subject. He's now set up Help! I Got A Ticket! as a public service to his friends.

Peter Pan: the next Mahir?

Peter Pan: the next Mahir?