Austin: Haven for the healthy, paradise for the party crowd
AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) — At dusk, stand on the Congress Avenue bridge over Town Lake, the span linking hip downtown to funkier South Austin, and you’ll see it.
No, not the 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats that emerge from crevasses below and fwip-fwip-fwip into the night (although they’re pretty cool — see them on the way to doing something else and it will be time well spent).
What you’ll see is Austin’s diversity. And I don’t mean yuppies, hippies, hipsters, scenesters, tech geeks, cowboys, students, musicians, politicians or got-more-money-than-sense rich folks, either — though Austin has ‘em all and more.
Think Lance Armstrong. Think Willie Nelson. Day people. Night people. Cooling off after a run, perhaps. Or headed downtown. They come together here to witness the bats’ spectacle.
Live music capital of the world? Well, Austin at least has the clubs, dance halls, bar districts and late-night restaurants to keep a night person hopping. But Austin also caters to the early-to-bed, early-to-rise, run-six-miles-before-breakfast person.
And, if you think you can, you can run all day and dance all night.
CNN
h/t Demin
I downloaded and installed a mobile SSH client for my blackberry which is pretty useful for doing basic command line stuff on some of the linux servers in the lab…
and a Remote Desktop tool to connect to Windows servers via VNC or Terminal Services.
July 27th, 2007 (Last Friday Of July)
8th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day
If you can read this, thank your sysadmin
Show your appreciation
Friday, July 27th, 2007, is the 8th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator something that shows that you truly appreciate their hard work and dedication.
Let’s face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year. This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe, will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in appreciation of their diligent work. But seriously, we are asking for a nice token gift and some public acknowledgement. It’s the least you could do.
Consider all the daunting tasks and long hours (weekends too.) Let’s be honest, sometimes we don’t know our System Administrators as well as they know us. Remember this is one day to recognize your System Administrator for their workplace contributions and to promote professional excellence. Thank them for all the things they do for you and your business.
http://www.sysadminday.com/
Setting a great example as Attorney General…
Documents contradict Gonzales’ testimony
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
WASHINGTON – Documents indicate eight congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration’s terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
The documents underscore questions about Gonzales’ credibility as senators consider whether a perjury investigation should be opened into conflicting accounts about the program and a dramatic March 2004 confrontation leading up to its potentially illegal reauthorization.
A Gonzales spokesman maintained Wednesday that the attorney general stands by his testimony.
Yahoo News
Oh, OK, so maybe he’s not a liar, he’s just extremely forgetful, or just plain dumb, any one of which are great qualifications for that job, take a pick…
I got on the BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) for my work mail, and redid my apps tonight. Just did a full backup of my BlackBerry in case I hose it up again…
2 billion Chinese mice overrun lake area
46 minutes ago
BEIJING – People living in communities surrounding a large shallow lake have been overrun by field mice after floodwaters drove the rodents out of islands on the lake, state media reported Monday.
The mouse invasion began on June 23 when the Yangtze River flooded, raising the water level in central China’s Dongting Lake and submerging mouse holes on lake islands, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Now, an estimated 2 billion mice are ravaging crops in 22 counties around the lake, and authorities were rushing to construct walls and ditches to keep the rodents out. Residents have killed more than 2.3 million field mice — or 90 tons of the rodents, Xinhua said.
Yahoo News
Bush denies Congress access to key aides
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON – President Bush invoked executive privilege Monday to deny requests by Congress for testimony from former White House aides Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers.
It offered once more to make the pair available for private, off-the-record interviews on any role the White House might have played in the firings of several U.S. attorneys.
In a letter to the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary panels, White House counsel Fred Fielding insisted that Bush was acting in good faith and refused lawmakers’ demand that the president explain the basis for invoking the privilege.
Yahoo News
Fri Jul 6, 6:59 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) – Nearly half of the US public wants President George W. Bush to face impeachment, and even more favor that fate for Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a poll out Friday.
The survey by the American Research Group found that 45 percent support the US House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against Bush, with 46 percent opposed, and a 54-40 split in favor when it comes to Cheney.
The study by the private New Hampshire-based ARG canvassed 1,100 Americans by telephone July 3-5 and had an error margin of plus or minus three percentage points. The findings are available on ARG’s Internet site.
The fireworks display going on at the Avery Ranch Golf Course is on July 3rd this year. They should start around 9:15. We’re going to invite a few friends over to catch the fireworks with us and fire up the grill. We watched from the front yard last year, even though there were still some vacant golf course lots about a block away, anyway, the construction over there is just about complete now so we’ll hang at the house and watch from here again.
