August, 31, 2003 archives

no, i want the last word.

(don't expect to understand this.)

in a bit of a long-weekend distraction, i tried looking up old friends and classmates on google. it is a good reminder of how generally ineffective that is, and why you shouldn't believe anyone who tries to sell you on the idea that looking up prospective dates or customers or whatever on google is some big fad. someone who has their own website, or participates on publically-archived mailing lists or forums, will likely turn up all over the place (like i do), but for a great many people, you’re lucky if google turns up the results from some charity race that happens to have a participant with the name you're searching for, some entry from a genealogy database, or a number of other similarly-named people.

michael hiltzik of the los angeles times writes about proposition 53 and the continued efforts to budget via state initiative in california. the ballot initiative, which will be on the october ballot along with the recall meshugas, would require that 3% of the state budget be used to finance the construction and upkeep of infrastructure projects (bridges, roads, parks, school buildings and hospitals).

he called for regulation to treat the gasoline industry like a public utility.