12. February, 2003 - keeping warm
- Thanks to the folks who expressed concern about my furnace problems that I mentioned yesterday and suggested various ways to keep warm (sadly, the emails from the cute gals volunteering to snuggle seem to have been lost), but changing the filter on the furnace seems to have solved the problem. There's heat now, and the landlord's supposed to be back in town today. If it goes out again, I can set him on fire.
- Cato Legal Scholars File Second Amendment Challenge to Washington, D.C. Gun Ban, saying it's unconstitutional. Now we get to see whether Ashcroft's Justice Department will back up their boss' statement that he believes the Second Amendment is an individual right.
- Handgun bill on the move again in House. It's a “shall issue” law, and there's a chance it'll pass this time around. [strib]
- The Stupid Security contest is running until March 15th. Send in your stories of stupid security measures. [some guy]
- Experts doubt terror warnings will do much good. Like I said yesterday. Lileks has something to say about it, too. [strib]
- On a lighter note, Friends Don't Let Friends Use Camera Phones. The dangers of cameras in bars, especially when they're built into a phone so you can send it off to all your friends before you think about what you're doing. [boing boing]
- Over at Technorati, Dave Sifry has written scripts to identify the Top 100 Interesting Newcomers. A few comments: first, this is a Cool Thing. Second, I think the list could be trimmed to 20 or 50 without losing much. Yes, it's nice to see 100, but I'm seldom going to make it past the top 10. Unless I hit the list somewhere in the 90s, in which case, I'd naturally want it to show the top 100. Finally, it's a new tool. There are a few problems that still need to be shaken out, like duplicated entries and such, but it's got potential. [boing boing]
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Last updated on Wed, 12 Feb 2003 06:29:23.