California’s Universal Waste Rule became effective on February 8, 2002. More items have been added to the list. No longer can I throw mercury wastes, consumer electronic devices and cathode ray tubes (CRTs), non-empty aerosol cans, fluorescent tubes and batteries into my garbage can. I separate my glass, aluminum, and paper trash and put them … [Read more…]
Worked on a Puzzle Today
Worked on the jigsaw puzzle again today. Something I find fun and frustrating at the same time. Puzzle building strategy: Find the edge pieces and build the perimeter. Group by color. Put together obvious features. Group color piles into smaller pattern style groups. Work on more features. Once a prominent feature has been pieced together … [Read more…]
Email Surveillance Permitted By U.S Court Judge Thomas Hogan
CNet has reported that some surveillance of your email has been permitted by U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan in Washington, D.C., “without first requiring any evidence of wrongdoing. Curiously: ‘instead of asking to eavesdrop on the contents of the e-mail messages, which would require some evidence of wrongdoing, prosecutors [of the US Justice Dept.] instead … [Read more…]
Do not Diminish My Freedom or my Blog
I am confused as usual. The people are mad because the Danish newspaper republished a set of cartoons. Many feel they are a blatant slur against the Islamic people and therefore should never have been published, while others, regardless of their opinion on the content of the cartoons, believe that this is an issue of … [Read more…]