William M. Hartnett

Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach is clearly insane. I’m a great fan. Texas Tech’s upset of Oklahoma last night is as good an occasion as any to call to your attention, in case you missed it the first time around, to this excellent story about Leach that was in The New York Times Magazine [...]

Expanding the Frontiers of the Vegetarian Plate - New York Times
“In San Francisco, restaurants are treating meatless cooking as cuisine rather than neurosis.”
(tags: food nyt vegetarian)

In U.S. Name Count, Garcias Are Catching Up With Joneses - New York Times
“Smith is still the most common American surname, but for the first time, two Hispanic names are [...]

Neighborhood of the week is Caloosa, near Palm Beach Gardens.
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In Florida, Addicts Find an Oasis of Sobriety - New York Times
Delray Beach is described here as, “a funky outpost of sobriety between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.” I think my brother, who used to cover Delray as a reporter, would quibble with the “funky” part. And the “outpost of sobriety” part.
(tags: nyt delray-beach)

Liverpool [...]

Here’s a Friday evening treat: 176 MB of “critical fixes and new functionality.” Meh, I’ll get to it next week. Get the update right over here. If you’re into the freaky stuff, here’s the full list of issues fixed, and the list of what was added in each service pack is available in this 18-page [...]

World War II Colossus Computer Resurrected To Crack Codes Once Again - Compiler/Wired
“… a team of engineers have resurrected Bletchley Park’s famous Colossus computer, the World War II code breaking machine widely recognized as one of the first programmable digital computers.”
(tags: old-computers)

Let The Campaigns For Heisman Begin - TBO.com
“James Carville knows he could design a [...]

Rise of the Beat Blogger - DigiDave
“a journalist creates the space through which citizens can establish a community of their own and inform each other. The journalist doesn’t NEED to report.” Yikes. Could the community have done St. Pete’s wetlands project by informing each other? Etc.
(tags: newspapers reporters cit-j)

Stick to the Facts, Please - Recovering [...]

just thinking about video in the age of disruption - howardowens.com
Four reasons why newspaper can beat televison stations in online video.
(tags: newspapers video)

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Safety slips for young hunters - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
It’s the deer hunter database! Familiar to anyone who has ever taken or taught an IRE training course. I wouldn’t be who I am today with the deer hunter database.
(tags: data hunting car)

CyberHomes Emerges From Beta, With Claims of Better Real-Estate Data - TechCrunch
“CyberHomes … is owned [...]