Microsoft to AOL... You've got mail, and marketshare.

BREITBART.COM - Just The News

My friend Deep Hal is going to devastated.

Gotta love those Google guys

Finally, Google (GOOG: sentiment, chart, options) has set a price of $295 for its new offering of 14,159,265 shares. This rather strange number was chosen because it includes the first eight decimal places of pi (3.14159265), the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. GOOG is famed for its PhD employees and the firm has drawn for inspiration on mathematics in the past. A Googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros, and GOOG's very name reminds us of the vast amount of material on the Internet.

ABC News: Amid Katrina Chaos, Congressman Used National Guard to Visit Home

ABC News: Amid Katrina Chaos, Congressman Used National Guard to Visit Home

Two trucks and a helicopter for a Congressman, what a waste.

New York City: Democrats' anti-Bush petition also seeks political contributions

New York City: Democrats' anti-Bush petition also seeks political contributions

Not even two weeks past the storm and Democrats are using it to raise money. Shameful.

200 Suspected Insurgents Arrested in Iraq

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Big round up in Iraq. Also, a hostage rescue.

ABC News: Who's to Blame for Delayed Response to Katrina?

ABC News: Who's to Blame for Delayed Response to Katrina?

The city had plans established to evacuate. But they don't appear to have been implemented.

I have not seen this widely reported, but the city and state didn't even want to issue a mandatory evacuation before the storm. They only did so because of pressure from the White House.

Apple - iPod nano

Apple - iPod nano

Very cool. I have a memory based MP3 player from Creavtive. It has 256MB which is enough to hold about 4 hours of music. I like this approach since it is small, portable and I don't have to worry about moving parts like disk drives in the ipod. I have alway considered the disk drive based models to be a bit of an overkill for carrying music around. But this one combines the small size, memory only advantages of what I have with larger memory (enough for more than 2 days of music), longer battery life (14 hours), and a color LCD screen.

You can also do slideshows and store contacts and appointments. Very neat.

CNN.com - Right city, wrong state - Sep 6, 2005

CNN.com - Right city, wrong state - Sep 6, 2005

You have 30 minutes to get ready for evacuatees. Oh, never mind. Thanks FEMA.

USATODAY.com - Oregon scientists monitor bulging ground

USATODAY.com - Oregon scientists monitor bulging ground

Volcano building?

Herald Sun: Sean Penn's rescue bid sinks

Herald Sun: Sean Penn's rescue bid sinks [05sep05]

Hollywood to the rescue!

South Koreans unveil technology to replace silicon chips - Yahoo! News

South Koreans unveil technology to replace silicon chips - Yahoo! News

Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name - Yahoo! News

Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name - Yahoo! News

And afterwards you can go to the Hoover dam and take al the dam pictures you want.

Yahoo! News Photo

Yahoo! News Photo

This is going to be very insensitive and I am truly sorry for all the people stuck in New Orleans, but...

I am getting very tired and distressed about all of the people of New Orleans, especially the mayor, making it sound as if 100% of the responsibility for their situation lies with the Federal government. And that 0% lies with the city that was built below sea level, and that 0% lies with the people that chose to ignore mandatory evacuation orders.

Look at the dozens and dozens of city (or parish) school buses in the picture at the above link. How many people could these buses have evacuated in the 48 hours before Katrina hit? Why are they still parked there?