The Girl Who Played With Fire
I read the 2nd book in the Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson. Again, I was totally hooked. It didn't have the freshness of the first book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but it was still very very good. Good enough I'm tempted to buy the third book from the the Amazon.co.uk site rather than waiting for it to be released in the US (which isn't until the end of May).
It’s a good thing we didn’t rename the Tacoma Dome the Comcast Dome … Xfinity Dome? Lame.
Chief Executive Brian Roberts said Wednesday the company will rebrand its cable products under the banner “Xfinity” in an effort to reinvent its relationship with customers as the company’s cable systems shift to new technology platforms. via online.wsj.com Also, note to troubled companies with bad reputations. Changing your name to start with an X doesn’t mean we’ll start liking you. I’m looking at you Xe.
U.S. To Be Hit By Massive Cyber Attack On Feb. 16. (But it’s all pretend.)
At least three times this year, the US government has held private versions of cyber wargames. This will be open to the press. CNN has agreed to record the event for broadcast later in the week. via politics.theatlantic.com That broadcast sounds better than a movie about the same topic. I’m there. Let’s just hope the producers can find a way for a computer plays Tic-Tac-Toe with itself as a climactic finish.
For all the Law and Order fans out there …
… this might be the best of the Robot Chicken spooks ever. I'm glad to find it again on YouTube. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXJY3vjxz70?wmode=transparent]
Street View hits the slopes at Whistler
via google-latlong.blogspot.com So cool. [googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=Whislter+BC&sll=50.136975,-123.113995&sspn=0.070527,0.181789&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Whistler+Creekside,+Whistler,+Squamish-Lillooet+Regional+District,+British+Columbia,+Canada&t=h&layer=c&cbll=50.091941,-122.885529&panoid=VpfX2_7wGCOfmeqIVXbZfQ&cbp=12,318.53,,0,16.44&ll=50.066616,-122.947054&spn=0.011756,0.033646&z=15&output=svembed&w=425&h=350]
Family in the audience …
… means that you get to see pictures of yourself on the dais. Thanks for snapping some photos, Mary! See the full gallery on Posterous
Giving Buzz a whirl …
via gmailblog.blogspot.com I hope it’s better than Wave turned out to be.
Quick wrap-up
I'm happy to say that my first meeting was a great success! I've been appointed to two committees, both rather close to my passion. The first committee is the Zoo Liaison Committee. My first job was at the Zoo, and I have had many good times there, from Zoolights to sleepovers in the aquarium (as a kid) to a wonderful homecoming dinner my senior year in high school by the shark tank. The second committee is the Capital Improvement Committee, which deals with the improvements from the 2005 capital bond. This will be very interesting, because 2005 was the year Read more…
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