Now That You Mention It

I was reviewing David Hyatt’s site and found his comments regarding the season finale of The West Wing meshed almost exactly with mine.

HP, selling recently acquired Compaq Proliant servers running Red Hat linux, recently won a deal to migrate Reuter’s key financial software, known as the Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) from Sun’s Sparc/Solaris combo. This software provides the ability for traders to retrieve and digest their financial news and numbers, make trading decisions, and interact …

This concept, lowercase sound, makes some sense to me. When I’m working I often am only barely aware of the music I’m listening to; I’m so involved in what I’m doing. Music that is barely there, so to speak, might be just the thing.

or maybe not.

Whisper the Songs of Silence

Here’s a cool blend of the real and virtual worlds. nyc bloggers is a web site that maps NYC bloggers to their nearest subway line.

I love this kind of stuff! When I was a young (right before & after learning to read) kid I used to spend hours looking at National Geographic magazines provided by my Aunt Mildred and Uncle Bernard. I was fascinated by the ads, and for some reason, the Union-Carbide ads were particularly appealing.

This …

I’m sure this humorous list would be recogized by folks across the midwest, not just those in Kansas.

But then I’m originally from Kansas, so what do I know?

You Know You’re From Kansas23 Sep. 2004the link above is broken, but thanks to the Wayback machine, I’ve recovered a copy and posted it in the extended entry area of this post.

3/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1/2 Cup paprika
2 1/2 Tablespoons coarse salt
2 1/2 Tablespoons ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 …