New Orleans, Before and After Katrina
Posted by Mike on August 31st, 2005Here’s a satellite picture of New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina. You can clearly see the flooding from Lake Pontchartrain. Unbelievable.
Archive for August, 2005
Hurricane Katrina Strengthens to Category 5
Posted by Mike on August 28th, 2005Looks like conditions in the gulf of mexico were better than expected, Hurricane Katrina is now a Category 5 storm with sustained winds over 160 miles per hour. The forecast path has shifted to the right a little, but New Orleans is still in grave danger since the hurricane force winds extend many miles from [...]
Hurricane Katrina Heading for New Orleans
Posted by Mike on August 27th, 2005Hurricane Katrina is heading directly for New Orleans… take a look at this chart from the National Hurricane Center:
This scenario is kinda like “The Big One” is for earthquakes. Since all of New Orleans is below the level of Lake Pontchartrain, the winds of a hurricane would create a storm surge in the lake that [...]
Hey! Nice Parking Job Buddy!
Posted by Mike on August 26th, 2005I swear, people here in Jacksonville, FL don’t know how to drive. I was looking for a parking spot at the St. John’s Town Center, circling and circling when I spotted an empty spot. I went for the spot and almost ran into this guy:
(Click on each picture for a larger view)
I should have rammed [...]
My Answers to Bernard Pivot’s 10 Questions
Posted by Mike on August 24th, 2005If you’ve ever watched Inside the Actor’s Studio on Bravo, you’re probably familiar with Bernard Pivot’s 10 questions. James Lipton, the host of Inside the Actor’s Studio asks these questions of each of his guests (usually great actors and directors like Tom Hanks and Martin Scorcese) towards the end of the show. You can learn [...]
Picture of the Day: The Bullshit Protector
Posted by Mike on August 24th, 2005Via Boing Boing: this 73 year old veteran made his own “bullshit protectors” and wore them to a speech in Idaho by George Bush. Go old guy! You rock!
Google Talk
Posted by Mike on August 24th, 2005So Google has come out with their own IM system, Google Talk. I haven’t tried out the windows client yet, but one of the nice things about Google Talk is that they use the Open Source Jabber/XMPP protocol, and include instructions for connecting to Google Talk with other party IM clients like my favorite, Adium.
I’m [...]
Star Wars Costumes… For Dogs
Posted by Mike on August 23rd, 2005Do you love Star Wars just a little too much? Do you love your dog just a little too much too? Well, now there is the perfect product, just for you:
In addition to Yoda they also have Princess Leia and Darth Vader. Awesome!
The Kutztown 13
Posted by Mike on August 22nd, 2005Bruce Schneier writes about a bunch of high school kids who figured out how to get around the internet filters, and remote administration/monitoring software on the iBook laptops they were issued by their school:
The trouble began last fall after the district issued some 600 Apple iBook laptops to every student at the high school about [...]
Google Adsense
Posted by Mike on August 22nd, 2005So I finally got around to setting up Google Adsense here on my blog. Since last night I’ve earned the incredible sum of $0.09. I’ll be playing around with the ads and my content in the next few days.
I’m a little tempted to buy this book but 2 things turn me off of it. First [...]