blog of a guy helping to restore data service to new orleans.
Author Archives: paulschreiber
too little, too late
Budget cuts delayed New Orleans flood control work: “It’s clear that we didn’t do everything we could to safeguard ourselves from this hurricane or from a natural disaster such as Katrina but hopefully we will learn and be more prepared next time,” said Landrieu spokesman Brian Richardson. The levee defenses had been designed to withstand …
Emergency Kits
what to put in your emergency kits.
CNN calls Brown on bullshit
The official version; then there’s the in-the-trenches version: Uncollected corpses Brown: That’s not been reported to me, so I’m not going to comment. Until I actually get a report from my teams that say, "We have bodies located here or there," I’m just not going to speculate. Segal: We saw one body. A person is …
engadget’s wayback machine
Engadget takes you back to 1985: WELCOME TO THE ENGADGET BBS August 22, 1985 | 12:35 Callers to date . . . . . . . . . . 2924 Callers today . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Callers yesterday . . . . . . . . . …
charlotte’s webcam
cringely’s new idea
I, Cringely: What if Apple introduces OS 10.5, its next super-duper operating system release, and at the same time starts loading FOR FREE the current operating system version — OS 10.4 — on every new iPod in a version that runs on generic Intel boxes? What if they also make 10.4 a free download through …
fox screws up, innocent family hurt
Sensationalist “journalism” at FOX misidentifies family as terrorists: The LA Times reports that featured Fox News contributor John Loftus incorrectly identified a La Habra, CA, home as that of a terrorist. The family of five who lives there has been harrassed ever since. … Loftus, whose “Inside Scoop with John Loftus” is a feature of …
cbc unplugged
Great source of CBC blogs and podcasts.
Tracking Down a Cell Phone Thief
Tracking Down a Cell Phone Thief Moral of the story – even if you’re enough of a cunt to steal from a charity raffle, don’t be fucktarded enough to steal a phone from a community of phone experts.