Archive for October, 2004

Lancet report - Iraq civilian toll: 100,000 and rising?

Friday, October 29th, 2004

I saw a story about this Lancet report on Iraqi civilian casualties on BBC World on Friday, and was shocked at the number - 100,000! This should be a core issue of the US Presidential campaign - not dithering over how many munitions have been lost. Also, here’s a similar article from the Guardian.. […]

Wiki on Design Patterns

Tuesday, October 26th, 2004

People Projects and Patterns features links to very useful patterns, plus interesting discussions on the Business Object.

Test from ecto

Tuesday, October 26th, 2004

Yet another test of blogging tool - this time, ecto. Pretty sweet - it allows mulitple categories per posting, and has wysiwyg editing. Also can add images to a post. $17.95.

Jon Stewart blows away Crossfire

Saturday, October 16th, 2004

Jon Stewart sheds a very interesting light on what he believes is wrong with political news coverage during his appearance on CNN’s Crossfire.

Operation Truth

Thursday, October 14th, 2004

Operation Truth is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization whose goal is simple and straightforward: to support our troops and spread the truth about what conditions are like in Afghanistan and Iraq.