In the News

Recently, a top Pakistan official has been spouting his mouth off about the US and the hunt for Bin Laden.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan Official, has the following statement, “there are no U.S. or other foreign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in his nation, and none will be allowed in to search for the al-Qaida leader.”

I understand that the Pakistan government believes that they have the ability to catch Bin Laden on their own. But he’s been hiding out there for several years with little to no results so far.

I really wish this was a joke. But unfortunately, it is not. The name of the AHL team in Des Moines Iowa is now called the “Iowa Chops”.

I knew that we were screwed when I heard that the new NHL affiliate was going to be the Anaheim Ducks. Its an NHL team based off a Disney movie. We should have expected the same corny half ass marketing for the AHL club.

George Carlin, the influential comedian whose routines used profanity, scatology and absurdity to point out the silliness and hypocrisy of human life, has died. He was 71.

Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, died of heart failure Sunday in Los Angeles, according to publicist Jeff Abraham. Carlin went into St. John’s Health Center on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain, and died at 5:55 p.m. PT.

Carlin performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and maintained a busy performing schedule, which included regular TV specials for HBO.

As many of your may have heard, Iowa is flooding as are other parts of the midwest. Cedar Rapids is really bad from what I hear.

I’m in Des Moines where things are bad, but we’re not completely screwed yet. I will be posting pictures of the flooding as I can. They can be found in this flickr set.

Let’s hope for dry weather.

In case you missed it, Apple had a small announcement today.

Yes, the iPhone 3G was announced with all the features that we expected. Obviously, 3G data speeds which are near WIFI speeds. This is pretty awesome for those that have experienced it. Also, Exchange support with push email and calendars. Better iWork and M$ office support. And an app store with a ton of sweet apps.

All I need now is an ssh or terminal application for the iPhone 3G and I WILL be picking one of these babies up.