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Archive for September, 2003
Science is cool. So apparently the Galileo space probe, which explored Jupiter for 8 years, is going to commit suicide. You can read more about it in today’s Times. “At 12:50 p.m., Pacific time, the old Galileo hands in Pasadena, hearing no radio signal, will know that their spacecraft is no more.”
Vindicated! I have been advocating (to little avail) the Google Toolbar since I discovered it what seems like years (probably 1 year) ago. But now, the Consumate Consumer, my pal, Connie Chun, who is the most discerning user of technology this side of Walt Mossberg, has written the following about it:
Google Toolbar – this tool is amazing! Many are familiar with their toolbar ver.1, which featured a search form right on your browser. Well, that was somethin’ alright, but now, ver.2 features a host of new features that make browsing, well, fun again, including the best pop-up blocker I have ever tried (and I’ve tried many), the Auto-Fill function, which will automatically recognize the most commonly used data entry fields on any web form and populate them with a click of a button (including encrypted credit card information if you wish), and a tool with which you can conveniently reference a current web page on a blog, among the important ones. If you don’t use this, then I’m positive that your user experience on the web is much poorer than mine.
Well put Connie! And thanks for vindicating me! You can read more from Connie on her site, which is refreshingly spartan. I would add that the Google Toolbar would be complete if they would just add bookmarks. But until such time as they do, you can use the Yahoo Companion which has a great bookmarks feature. Use it, and you’ll always have your bookmarks handy.
Holy cow, the world is a depressing place these days. Today is of course, the day after the 2nd anniversary of 9/11, which the Bush administration continues to milk for political gain. (man, could anything have been better for that administration?) And naturally, events in Iraq and the Middle East continue to careen out of control. Did you hear? Israel has threatened Arafat euphemistically with “removal,” if you know what they mean. Of course, everyone knows what the Israelis mean, (they are not a subtle folk) and the result is that Arafat has experienced a resurgence in popularity.
But as if events on the political and international fronts weren’t depressing enough, I’m sure you’ve heard by now, that both John Ritter and Johny Cash both died today. John Ritter was only 54! And Johnny Cash was an American icon. While I must admit that I wasn’t the biggest Johnny Cash fan, it’s still sad to see someone so artistically important pass away. The American cultural landscape will forever be lessened. Thank goodness we still have some remaining artistic giants, like Lil Bow Wow. And let’s not forget Ludacris.
But lest you get too sad about Jack Tripper’s passing, or too excited about your imminent purchase of a Handspring Treo 600, you might consider reading an interesting article about The Futile Pursuit of Happinessin this week’s New York Times Magazine. What I want to know is, how do I raise my happiness set point!?!