20. June, 2002 - miscellany

• So I had a power outage for a few hours yesterday. If you were wondering why you couldn't read Dave's Picks, that was the reason.
• Ventura: I am not seeking reelection. Bummage. [strib]
• State biologists burn down forest in Alaska by throwing firecrackers at a moose. Perhaps they need some lessons in fire safety. [fark!]
• Hero motive probed in Hayman blaze - maybe she lit the fire so she could look like a fire by putting it out. And then it got out of hand.
• Coffee And Al Qaeda further explores the relationship that Lileks pointed out last week. [instapundit]
• MacHack 2002 started last night. First time I haven't been there in a few years. Sigh. Well, at least I'm getting some emailed reports from the floor, as it were.
• I just discovered that I've been an idiot. I was thinking that my high-school reunion up at St. John's was this weekend. Turns out, it's next weekend, and I could have gone to MacHack after all. But I'd pencilled the reunion in on the wrong week of the calendar when I got the first notice sometime back in March, and paid none of the subsequent letters enough attention to notice that I had the wrong weekend blocked out. Arrgh.
• The Irish Times reports 100,000 football fans greeting the Irish team on their return from the World Cup. Jim wonders if there are 100,000 football (soccer) fans here in the US, but the 1:30 am games have been the highest rated show ever in the wee hours (1am to 6am) with an estimated 1.98 million households for the game against Mexico, and an average of just under 3/4 million for all the games. [Jim]

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