3. November, 2003 - weekend update
- Things were fairly quiet around here this weekend. Guess that’s because of the Minnesotans cited at UW-Madison. The trouble-makers were all out of town. I wonder how the U of M’s policy for riotous behavior will apply to students who were arrested in Wisconsin. [press-patch]
- This weekend saw what I think of as the official start of winter, and today’s weather confirms it. On Saturday, I did huge quantities of laundry, including blankets that I’d pulled out of storage for the winter. I also switched from the regular percale sheets to the flannel sheets, which is the signal to me that winter’s here. Today and tonight, we’re supposed to get the first snow of the season. I find it interesting how the change in the weather and seasons changes my thinking. I’d been thinking about taking a vacation sometime in the next couple months, and was looking toward Eastern Europe. As soon as I changed over to the flannel sheets, my vacation thoughts turned to more southerly destinations. Now I’m thinking that maybe this is the year for me to cross the equator for the first time, maybe heading to Australia. Of course it’s all up in the air until I finish up the project I’m currently working on, so maybe it’ll be warm again in the northern hemisphere by the time I have to worry about vacation.
- Beer mat flipping ‘perfected’, but by using non-standard beer mats. As someone who’s done some beer mat flipping in my life, I think using special coasters is cheating on the order of using a corked (or aluminum) bat for baseball, but I guess anything that makes the sport more popular is good for the game, right? [fark!]
- Microsoft Office faces British invasion from Ability Plus Software, who make a less complicated office suite.
- Saving Seeds Subjects Farmers to Suits Over Patent. The first US farmer being sued by Monsanto is in court. We’ll see what comes of it, but based on what happened to the farmer in Canada whose crop was cross-pollinated by a similar roundup-ready canola and then sued by Monsanto, it’s going to be a long battle before the situation gets cleared up.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Mon, 03 Nov 2003 08:16:34.