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February 28, 2006

Helpful Computer Hints

This article on Yahoo! News--courtesy of PCWorld.com--provides 10 facts and myths about keeping your computer in good working condition. In my opinion, the most useful is the last--be sure you've completely wiped out all your personal files before selling or giving away an old computer. Simply deleting them via Windows is not sufficient. Sensitive information such as your social security number, credit card numbers, etc., may still be retrievable from the hard drive.

Posted by Eric Seymour at 05:45 PM | Comments (2)

An overlooked problem

Here's a better reason than trumped-up concerns over terrorism to oppose the sale of some shipping operations at six US ports to a firm in Dubai: the parent company of Dubai Ports World--Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation--participates in an Arab boycott of Israel, disallowing any products made in Israel or containing Israeli-made components to be imported into Dubai.

(h/t: National Review's Corner)

Posted by Eric Seymour at 05:13 PM | Comments (0)

Final Combined Medal Count

But first, one last unorthodox Olympic note. During the closing ceremonies on Sunday night, a man wearing a T-shirt with the name of an online casino managed to get up onto the stage beside the Italian Olympic chairman. This is partly amusing, but also rather annoying. The casino that hired him has regularly marketed itself with such stunts, which carry the sophistication of a loud belch in the middle of an orchestra concert.

Question (especially for ITA's readers versed in the law): Does (and should) the casino risk any civil or criminal penalties for hiring people to commit trespass?

(I like how the blog post linked above asks whether "some idiot [will] dare to do this in China and risk their life?)

Without further ado, the final medal count. Since my last update, Germany moved ahead of China for 3rd place, home team Italy edged out France for 6th, and S. Korea moved ahead of Japan for 8th place:

Posted by Eric Seymour at 01:20 PM | Comments (1)

February 27, 2006

"Like being Instapundit for Indiana blogs" . . .

. . . is how Nathan Gotsch described being the editor of the Indiana Blog Review, which I find to be ridiculously flattering, as I am the latest arbiter of what's noteworthy in the Hoosier blogosphere. I fully expect some constructive criticism, so stop by and let me know what I'm missing.

Posted by Zach Wendling at 09:28 PM | Comments (0)

February 24, 2006

Olympics Update

I'd like to start off this update by asking what's the deal with the medals the winners are getting this year in Torino. Do they get 5000 free hours of AOL with these things?

Anyway, here are the top 10. Canada vaulted ahead of Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Cuba to break into the top 10 since the last time I reported the total. Also, China and Germany, Italy and France, and (South) Korea and Japan are in close competition for positions: