Remember the wind-powered rotating skyscrapers of Dubai? Well, the building boom in the Emirates is over, thanks to the financial crisis. Most of the huge and expensive construction projects have been cancelled or are on hold. Not only that, foreign laborers are being laid off at an astounding rate ...

This week's issue of the Olympic College's newspaper The Olympian includes news of the HP 3000. In specific, the paper reports about the fate of systems which support admissions, registration, financial aid and graduation tracking. This nearly-total range of college operations relies on an H...

The out of competition films have been announced for the Tribeca Film Festival and the movie selections feature Tribeca debuts from Sundance alums like  Steven Soderbergh, Raymond De Filleta and  Melissa Leo. Tribeca is starting to appear more like Sundance after Geoffrey Gilmore left the film fes...

I am sometimes crushed by paralyzing guilt for not posting stuff here more often. Lately, I've been trying to remember that this isn't because I've fallen into a zombified, do-nothing rut (which would have been the case in years past), but because I actually am being productive, trying o...

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note: i have injured my right wrist and its quite painful, particularly using my little finger (hence, the absence of caps and apostrophes). because typing is such a pain — literally — i will use the “just add water and microwave” carnival version (sorry). the last couple of ...

STEPH DEROSA: CELEBRATES AT MASA SUNDAY, EMBELLISH IN APRIL >>> How do you review a coffee bar? Or rather, why would you? Although the level of coffee connoisseurship in Tacoma is on the rise, even the most exacting bean fiend might find the process futile. A barista either knows what he’...

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE SECOND OF OUR SHOWS THIS MONTH-- A SPRING SPANGLE WE CALL... Ask Dr. Hal's 18th Amendment! ------ARE YOU MISSING THESE PERFORMANCES? ----- WEDNESDAY, March 11th! ==PRESENTED ON OUR ALL-NEW STAGE== AT The Famous Chez Poulet Gallery-Cabaret where SHOWTIME-- more or less-- BEGI...

It's hard enough for me to download email, talk, visit a web site or SMS a large image with my cell phone - why would I want to go through the pain of participating in a web conference via cell phone? If your smartphone is equipped to run on a high speed network like 3G and has the processing power ...

Somalia’s governing council has voted to institute Islamic law (sharia). There are also stories tonight about the effects of Islamic law in Afghanistan and Algeria. Despite the protests of Islam’s apologists, the Muslim world is becoming more radical, not less. Thanks to Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni,...