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Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Heavier Chevy 
| | The answer came to me in the shower last Thursday morning. I knew exactly what kind of car the Ultimate Linux Laptop would need to be. The answer was filling the parking lot right there at the hotel where I was staying. That lot demonstrated Searls' First Law of Renting Cars, which goes like this — "It doesn't matter what kind of car you want you want to rent. The car you'll get is a Chevy Cavalier." |
Will's way
| | This administration needs a dose of conservatism without the prefix. |
| | Here's a conceptual controlled study of sorts: imagine if George Bush posessed powers of thought and articulation to match those of Tony Blair. |
Post partisan depression
| | On the phone with a former Deaniac who hasn't quite recovered. |
The Daily Jeff
| | Why listen to five hours of Howard Stern testing the limits of the First Amendment when you can get Jeff Jarvis' summaries every day. (That's about my only choice, ever since Clear Channel banished Howard from San Diego. Best I can do is KLSX/97.1, which has a very weak signal out here in Santa Barbara — obliterated this morning by the San Diego neighbor on 97.3.) |
Got to be there
| | A full lunar eclipse tonight, visible in India, Russia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean, most of Africa and all of Antarctica. Watch it live from Iran, here. |
Adjustments
| | The flight was beautiful. I saw Iceland from the air for the first time — a profusion of snowcapped volcanoes, some with vast glaciers melting to braided rivers carrying fresh alluvium down to the Atlantic. Greenland and Labrador were spectacular as usual, as was the Davis Straight between them, broken into huge ice floes. After that, the land was covered by clouds almost to North Dakota, and then clear for nearly the duration, except for the Bighorn, Wind River and Uintah ranges. Cloud Peak in the Wind Rivers seemed suitably named. Even Los Angeles was remarkably clear, although scattered high brown clouds testified to a wildfire somewhere. (With the Winter so dry, a long fire season is upon us early.) I'll put up pictures later if I have time (which is doubtful). |
| | After we began our descent just west of Las Vegas, my nose told me we were approaching the Pacific. For some unknown reason, my nose runs here. This time it was like a faucet, and it hasn't let up. In fact, right now is about the worst it's ever been. I'll try to get to a doctor sometime later today, but I have little faith in any remedy. I've tried a raft of them. I'm allergic to paradise, I guess. |
| | Got home to find the street undermined by a water main break. Workers were up all night out front, making a huge noise while repairing it. Good job, though. We have water again this morning. |
| | Just went for email, and it's pulling down 600 messages. At leat 90% spam, I'm sure. |
| | Lotta work to catch up on. |
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