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:: Friday, May 31, 2002
:: pussycat, pussycat ... where have you been? ::
now that would be telling, wouldn’t it?
well, a few things have been going on around me ... more likely, swirling around me!
my spine seems to be on the mend ... very slow, but thank goodness the pain level is down by about 40% [don’t ask, it just feels like that] ... i’m not sure for how much longer i’ll have a job [that’s another story] ... i’ve got two months to find a new place to live [i hate packing!] ... the suicide terrorism here has made me numb ... and i’ve been intensely trying to learn about xhtml1 and css2 [gotta improve the phlog!] ...
here’s one :: i’ve added a commenting system ... so please, go ahead and try it out. let me know if you encounter any bugs. does the page ‘refresh’ after you click ‘pass your comment ...’? let me know ...
:: happy 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8th birthday to you ... :: www.zeldman.com turns eight web-years old today ... a hearty mazal tov to you, jz ...
:: happy cog re-launches :: congrats to head honcho, jeffrey zeldman, on another fine piece ... let’s see how long it takes the meek to inherit the new ‘rounded-corner’ style ...
:: oh baby! :: master style sheet shepherd, daniel bogan continues to work his magic ... you can totally alter the ‘look-n-feel’ of the entire site with your own design ...
:: worst virus to date! :: ... it's neither clever nor original, yet the latest variation of the klez e-mail virus has now been declared the biggest and baddest worm in history.
:: guard foils terror attack :: an alert security guard foils terror attack at tel aviv club by shooting suicide bomber ... the suicide bomber blew up a booby-trapped car late thursday night, at the entrance to the "studio 49" discotheque, at the corner of kibbutz galuyot and abulafya streets, in southern tel aviv. five people were lightly injured by the blast, which occurred at approximately 1 am.
:: rishon letzion suicide attack leaves two dead, 41 wounded ... two israelis were killed and 41 were wounded yesterday when a suicide bomber, whom witnesses described as european-looking with a dyed blond punk haircut, blew himself up in the popular semi-open mall at the intersection of rothschild and herzl streets in downtown rishon letzion ... the two dead were reportedly a 15-year-old boy and a man in his 60s.
:: explosive device blows up under tanker at ‘pi glilot’ gas depot ... an explosive device attached to a tanker truck blew up this morning as the tanker was taking in fuel at ‘pi glilot’, the country’s biggest fuel depot, just north of tel aviv ... the tanker burst into flames, but the fire was rapidly doused by the depot’s automatic fire extinguisher system ... there were no injuries.
:: google logo lounge :: in the previous post you got to see many official variations of the google logo ... well here's another one ... and they describe the page like this ... welcome to labs.google.com, google's technology playground.
google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time. your feedback can help us improve them. please play with these prototypes and send your comments directly to the googlers who developed them.
:: dilbert and the google doodle :: cartoonist scott adams, who was gracious enough to lend his talents and well-known cast of characters to the latest in their series of google doodles ... visit google each day this week to check the progress of this crack corporate identity team ...
:: explodingdog :: his name is sam ... he draws pictures, from your titles. send him a title, or any thing else you want to talk to him about to: sambrown@explodingdog.com ...
:: the piercing project :: at waferbaby, the piercing project aims to show off body piercings in all shapes and sizes. send a .jpg file (500 x 375) of your piercing, along with your name, website, location, and a short description. direct your efforts to ghost at waferbaby.
:: 3 dead; 56 wounded :: according to initial reports, the suicide bomber who blew up in the netanya market on sunday afternoon was wearing an idf uniform. three people were killed and at least 56 people were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a fruit and vegetable market in the coastal town of netanya at around 4:20 pm ...
:: local news headlines :: 22:44 :: ny times: u.s. intercepts al qaida messages suggesting plans to carry out major terror attack 22:30 :: one person killed, 7 wounded in traffic accident in baka al-garbiyeh industrial zone 22:09 :: ofer maximov, brother of suspected trade bank embezzler esther alon, arrested in romania 21:41 :: 200 activists demonstrate opposite pm`s residence in jerusalem, call for withdrawal from territories 21:37 :: thousands of people march through london to show solidarity with the palestinian cause 21:35 :: european union to allot an additional 3.5 million euros for humanitarian aid to palestinians in the territories 21:21 :: pa committee to prepare for elections to meet saturday night in ramallah; yasser arafat to participate 21:03 :: ben-eliezer orders idf to stop issuing emergency orders to call up reservists for routine duty in territories 21:00 :: national soccer league: game between beitar jerusalem and maccabi haifa ends in 1-1 tie 20:57 :: 85,000 people visited national parks and nature reserves during shavuot holiday 20:20 :: senior hamas leader says militant group may field candidates for pa municipal elections 19:40 :: six people wounded in traffic accident on road between druze village of isfiya and haifa university 19:27 :: bomb explodes under idf tank near gaza strip settlement of netzarim; light damage to tank, no injuries 18:55 :: canadian foreign minister to depart monday for week-long tour of mideast; will visit israel, egypt, jordan and pa 18:18 :: spanish foreign minister josep pique: eu countries close to agreement over 13 palestinian militants 18:00 :: israeli arab killed by idf troops north of hebron identfied as mahmoud ali z’khaika, 38, from east j’lem 17:06 :: israeli arab doctor killed by idf gunfire next to army checkpoint at beit umar, north of hebron 16:57 :: spain rejects charges that eu dragging its feet over where to put 13 exiled militants from nativity church 16:53 :: islamist candidates win all 50 seats in landmark municipal election in bahrain 16:46 :: hezbollah fires at idf helicopter flying in north; shrapnel falls in kfar yuval; no injuries 15:50 :: sheikh yassin tells saudi paper hamas will stop targeting israeli civilians if israel stops targeting pa civilians 15:27 :: arab foreign ministers fail to agree on whether to take part in middle east peace conference 15:08 :: security guard at haifa restaurant fires in air after being attacked by two drunks 14:45 :: palestinian professor abdul sattar qassem announces intention to run against arafat in presidential elections 13:49 :: shrapnel lands on kfar yovel in north after hezbollah fires anti-aircraft shells, no injuries 13:47 :: family of samya zaidan, israeli arab woman killed by idf, demands commission of inquiry 13:20 :: spanish foreign minister says case of 13 exiled nativity church gunmen could be solved this weekend 12:52 :: report: al qaida claims responsibility for suicide attack at tunisian synagogue last month 12:01 :: arab foreign ministers, members of follow-up committee for peace with israel, discuss saudi proposal in beirut 11:33 :: body of 40-year-old man found in jerusalem neighborhood of pisgat ze'ev, police suspect murder 11:33 :: india tells pakistan ambassador to return to islamabad 11:08 :: palestinian central elections committee to convene saturday evening 10:34 :: 27-year-old man in serious condition after being stabbed in haifa, motive for attack unknown 10:04 :: idf denies human rights group report that troops sabotaged water pumps in west bank 09:58 :: couple seriously injured when fire breaks out in their lod apartment, wife suspected of arson 09:36 :: u.s. rejects reports it mistakenly attacked wedding, says warplanes killed 10 islamic militants in afghanistan
:: flash for the nokia 9200 :: from the macromedia site ... macromedia flash player for the nokia 9200 communicator series will be available to download from the nokia web site in the q2 2002 timeframe. for now, see what types of content and applications our beta testers were able to create ...
:: making the switch :: after spending much time trying to decide how i should evolve this site, i have come to what i believe to be the first step ... switching to a css/xhtml based solution. my starting point is inspired by zeldman and waferbay. here are a few links of importance ...
:: lifters ... an idea in the clouds :: antigravitational devices developed by a computer geek could eventually change the world as we know it ... or they may just blow a few holes into some barn roofs ...
:: <exit> re-enters :: jeffrey zeldmans exit gallery is up and running again ... loads of links to some of the best sites the web has to offer ... a designers delight ...
staring at the ceiling is about as interesting as watching grass grow! in my previous post back down, slow down, i explained what happened ... and so, the story continues ...
the ‘orthopod’ explained that i have an unusual [typical me] spinal injury. i won’t use their jargon and terms, no one understands it, anyway. when the chair collapsed and i fell, the force knocked my l-5 vertebra forward and upward with a severe jolt. this in turn, tore the disc bindings and ‘shot’ the disc into my spinal canal. it gets better ... i naturally have a narrow spinal canal and the disk is occupying half that space ... the result is that my spinal cord is being ‘pushed’ and ‘pulled’ in a small vertical space of about 5/6 mm [quarter inch] ... a little ‘zig-zag’ causing a lot of pain.
i am unable to walk more than about 25 m. i can’t stand for more than about 3 minutes, and i’m able to sit for about 20 minutes at a time!
i have started ‘physio’ and will start acupuncture tomorrow, and my email still works ...
:: breaking news :: suicide bombing :: between 10 and 15 dead, 40 injured ... suicide bombing in snooker hall in rishon letzion, just south of tel aviv.
up-date 1:12am :: 16 dead; 51 injured [12 seriously] ... possibility of people still trapped. according to jpost and haarezt, they building has collapsed ... i'm watching live tv [ch1 and ch2] and the building is still standing.
up-date 1:13am :: woman injured dies of wounds at assaf harofeh hospital.
up-date 2:56am :: 16 dead; 57 injured [11 seriously]. hamas claims responsibilty. sharon cuts short 'us' trip to return home ...
:: saudi arabia is a state supporting palestinian terrorism ... s.a.t. [simple as that] ... israel shows saudi terror links ... israel launched a frontal pr campaign against saudi arabia here yesterday, presenting documents linking the saudis to payments to terrorists ...
:: the webby awards 2002 ... better than the oscars [vanity fair] ... as quirky and irreverent as the internet itself [cnn] ... it’s a night designed to be as dynamic as the internet itself [fox news] ... if only the oscars would take cue [time magazine] ... and the nominees are ...
:: 'v' for victory or 'v' for violence? ... arafat leaves compound; says rabin's killers now in power ... flashing 'v'-signs and giving a thumbs-up, pa chairman yasser arafat emerged from his headquarters in ramallah, hours after idf troops withdrew from the compound and released the palestinian leader from months of confinement ...
:: screen dump ... a simple macintosh utility to take snapshots of your desktop and upload the picture to display on a webpage ... and then there is lurk ... a webcam browser ... set a refreshrate, watch the cam and archive the pictures ... and they're freeware.
:: hubble's advanced camera unveils a panoramic new view of the universe ... jubilant astronomers unveiled humankind's most spectacular views of the universe, courtesy of the newly installed advanced camera for surveys (acs) aboard nasa's hubble space telescope ... the tadpole, a colliding galaxy ... the mice, spectacular collision between two spiral galaxies ... the cone nebula, a craggy-looking mountaintop of cold gas and dust ... the omega nebula, reveals a watercolor fantasy-world of glowing gases, where stars and perhaps embryonic planetary systems are forming ... amazing stuff ...
[phooter :: 'stsci' ... the 'space telescope science institute' is operated by the 'association of universities for research in astronomy, inc.' (aura), for 'nasa', under contract with the 'goddard space flight center'. the 'hubble space telescope' is a project of international cooperation between 'nasa' and the 'european space agency' (esa).]
:: round like a shot going to bed the other night, i noticed people in my shed stealing things.
i phoned the police but was told no one was in the are to help. they would send someone over as soon as possible.
i hung up. a minute later i rang again. ‘hello,’ i said, ‘i called you a minute ago because there were people in my shed. you don’t have to hurry now, because i’ve shot them.’
within minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, plus helicopters and an armed response unit. they caught the burglars red-handed.
one of the officers said: ‘I thought you sad you shot them.’
to which I replied: ‘I thought you said there was no one available.’ -by Tony Gladstone
[phooter :: go on ... admit it! you laughed! i loved it! i have received this article a few times. some asked that i 'put it up’ ... who is tony gladstone? which newspaper? us, uk, oz or nz? someone give me a clue ...]
:: i have a palm vx ... i'm doing some thinking ... what about a blog that's the width of a palm screen? it could ... wait a minute! what if it already exists? so i decide to see what would find at palm.blogspot.com and i quote ...
what is this site?? it is a weblog, posted to exclusively from my palm pilot via the pda portal avantgo.? it is the things I cannot say at my main journal, written on the fly, on the road, and on the toilet.? sometimes sexual, occasionally provocative, most of the time just stupid.? enjoy.
