Well, it has been raining for nearly 4 days and seems like only a few hours between showers. I think I saw animals walking two-by-two earlier. :o)
I wonder if this is what it's like in Seattle during the rainy season?
Yesterday, my wife said, “Today would have been such a great day to work from home.” Yes, honey, you are right. It would have been. In fact, it was! Every day is a good day to work from home.
Ahhhhhh – the joys of telecommuting. – andy
The United States Army is releasing their own game, this Independence Day – an interesting campaign to influence players (kids I presume). It is called America's Army , and on the 4th, it can be downloaded from http://www.americasarmy.com/ — It uses the latest Unreal engine, which I presume means it will be worth checking out. [kuro5hin.org]
Update: Make sure you check out the commercial for this game. Somewhat disturbing knowing the Army is serious about this shit.
You Are Where You Live. How where you live reveals who you are. [kuro5hin.org]
What If Kids Built the Cities?. A Dutch artist creates a program in Columbus, Ohio, in which children use digital cameras and multi-user software to build a new vision of their city. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw. The realities of war dictate that the face of war changes. Once upon a time, armies faced each other on battlefields, formed lines, and charged each other. As technology and tactics have advanced, so has the face of warfare. In the first of two parts of this installment of what I hope will become a series of articles examining aspects of modern warfare, we will examine the Special Operations failure of Operation Eagle Claw. Part I examines the events surrounding the organization of the mission to rescue American hostages held at the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran. Part I will contain no analysis, but is still quite long (7 typed pages). It will also provide information behind the planning, and an overview of the equipment and units chosen. [kuro5hin.org]
In my inbox: “So far, about 50 chief executives have been captured, including Martha Stewart, who was detained south of El Paso where she had cut through a barbed-wire fence at the Zaragosa border crossing off Highway 375.” [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] [dws.]
Majorleague cool: Blog Toaster. Pings you with an instant message when a weblog you have pre-programmed updates on weblogs.com. I just figured out how really cool this thing is. You can importort your Radio subscriptions opml file! [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] [dws.]
Gnome 2: A quick look. The newest release of Gnome has been officially unleashed on the public with much attention paid towards improving the usability of the software. The move to make Gnome2 less of a “hackers” desktop and more of a commercially viable environment has been much publicized and discussed amongst the Linux/Unix faithful. I decided to take a look at what all the fuss is about. [kuro5hin.org]