trade secrets of the voting machine company

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

A judge ruled Friday that congressional aspirant Christine Jennings has no right to examine the programming source code that runs the electronic voting machines at the center of a disputed Southwest Florida congressional race.
Circuit Judge William Gary ruled that Jennings’ arguments about the possibility of lost votes were “conjecture,” and didn’t warrant overriding the trade [...]

N’kisi

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

The finding of a parrot with an almost unparalleled power to communicate with people has brought scientists up short.
The bird, a captive African grey called N’kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour.
He invents his own words and phrases if he is confronted with novel ideas with which [...]

Tell Me (Magic) Stories

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

I didn’t get too close to this one, glad for the long end of my zoom.

11 Spring.

11 Spring Xmas Eve Morn’

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Elizabeth Street panorama.

Taken on xmas eve morn.
These panoramas with direct sunlight on the building are a tough to color match.

Grate below the Elizabeth Street wall captures the artistic detritus.

Jasmine Zimmerman’s rubber bands huddling together post snapping.

One dollar Stikman.

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