by mapgirl on November 4, 2008
I hope everyone has made a plan to vote today. It’s a privilege to do so.
It used to be that the fire company would remind you to check your smoke detector when time changed for Daylight Savings in April and changed back in October. Now that DST has changed from March to November, I have [...]
by mapgirl on October 2, 2008
I cannot believe I am saying this. But for the second time in my life, I’m buying bonds.
I only bought them once before for ‘diversity’ but I didn’t get much out of holding them at the time, and it was when I was putting in 3% of my salary and allocating about 5-10% to a [...]
by mapgirl on June 1, 2007
Johns Hopkins University’s Kimmel Cancer Center has issued a press release stating this is a hoax.
At the bottom of the official release is a link with more information about dioxin and plastics use in the home. I suggest you read it if you want to know more. The researcher is one Dr. Rolf Halden. Click [...]
by mapgirl on March 28, 2007
For the last few months, I’ve been holding back an off-topic post about privacy and the Internet. I’ve been trying to keep this blog afloat and on topic as much as I can and still hold down my day job and have a life.
But on Tuesday, I was reading an Oracle blog by Tom Kyte [...]
by mapgirl on December 6, 2006
James Kim has been missing for days and was found dead today.
I don’t know James personally, but my friend at CNet and I were talking about it today. He is a colleague of the deceased. I am frequently weirdly connected to stuff on the news.
I found out about this story last night and it kind [...]