September 2005 Archives

Analysis from PC Magazine: Palm's Dangerous Path

Mobile Open Source | Basic Info

PalmSource has announced that the next generation of the PalmOS will be based on Linux in order to better adapt the operating system to mobile phone technology. The announcement comes at a time when Palm, which makes Palm hardware, has announced that it is going to offer a Windows-based version of its Treo smartphone.

Simon Wiesenthal Is Dead at 96; Tirelessly Pursued Nazi Fugitives - New York Times

For all his flaws and egotism, Wiesenthal led an exemplary life, and one in which there is much to emulate. He earned his status as a household word.

Recipes : Mighty Duck : Food Network

Update: The duck was successful beyond expectation: crisp on the outside, juicy on the inside, but not greasy. Alton Brown shows once again why he rules the kitchen.

Three Days After Losing Katrina Duties, FEMA Chief Resigns Post - New York Times

Michael Brown has resigned from FEMA, not a moment too soon. Meanwhile, in Louisiana, Bush feigns cluelessness, or does he?

Few things are as delightfully aromatic as good extra virgin olive oil mixed with fresh, hot pasta.

Osama and Katrina - New York Times

Besides ripping away the roofs of New Orleans, Katrina ripped away the argument that we can cut taxes, properly educate our kids, compete with India and China, succeed in Iraq, keep improving the U.S. infrastructure, and take care of a catastrophic emergency - without putting ourselves totally into the debt of Beijing.

Srijith has a question about whether OpenPGP Comment still works in Movable Type 3.2. Let's try a test.

The catastrophe in Lousiana and Mississippi beggars description. God help those people.

Andrew Sullivan describes what's happening in the Sunday Times.

Ayatollah Sistani explains (sort of) why chess is forbidden under Islam. See Daily Dirt Chess Blog.

(Sistani's views in this regard appear to be a minority view among Islamic scholars.)