Daily Archives: December 21, 2004

Jason McKrieth

Posted on December 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Tired of reading about bad things in the athletic world? Read this article about Rice University senior guard Jason McKrieth and feel better about sports and life. Found on the Owlzone fan board. Continue reading →

Posted in Other sports | 1 Comment

RIP, Mel Gabler

Posted on December 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Longtime conservative activist and textbook critic Mel Gabler has died at the age of 89. Gabler, who died Sunday, was a conservative who emphasized accuracy and a Christian perspective in his critiques of children’s schoolbooks. With wife Norma, he started … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Society and cultcha | 16 Comments

Perry endorsement update

Posted on December 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Clay Robison follows up on his thin story from last week on Governor Perry’s efforts to line up endorsements now ahead of his purported primary challengers, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Carole Keeton Strayhorn. No actual politicians yet, but the usual … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2006 | 4 Comments

More on Wallach and Google

Posted on December 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron has a front page story today on the efforts of Rice prof Dan Wallach and two of his grad students in identifying a security hole in the new Google Desktop Search application (since patched). Not much new info … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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New Harry Potter book in July

Posted on December 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will hit bookstores on July 16. “We are delighted to announce the publication date,” which also will take place in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, said the joint announcement by Nigel Newton, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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New MT release to fix comment problems

Posted on December 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Movable Type 3.14 has been released to address the problem of excessive server load when one is under attack from a comment spammer. From the Movable Type blog: Because these attacks are increasing in both frequency and severity, we strongly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Administrivia | 1 Comment