Archive for May, 2006

Cold Hard Cash

Monday, May 22nd

Rep. William Jefferson has been charged with bribery after investigators found $90,000 in his freezer. Talk about freezing his assets…

Code Artists

Thursday, May 18th

Werner Vogels, Amazon’s CTO, recently had an interview with ACM. The best quote:
“Developers are like artists; they produce their best work if they have the freedom to do so, but they need good tools.”

The Real Star Wars on DVD

Sunday, May 7th

Binary Bonsai pointed out the upcoming Star Wars Trilogy DVD release. The movies will be released individually and include both the 2004 version and the original theatrical release (remastered). Hooray!

Monkey: 1, Experts: 0

Monday, May 1st

Yesterday in overtime, the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas stars to win the series and advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. All of the experts predicted Dallas to win the series. Maggie, the TSN monkey, was the only one to predict a win by the Avalanche. On to the second round!