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October 24, 2002
Kinsella for Judge:
From Challengers hope to beat three incumbent judges, Houston Chronicle, Oct. 20, 2002:
Three incumbent Republicans are being challenged in their bids for re-election to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest appellate court for criminal cases. [...]In Place 1, incumbent Tom Price faces Democrat John W. Bull, Libertarian Stephan Kinsella and Green Party nominee Robert C. "Rob" Owen. [...] Kinsella, a Houston attorney, said there should be no hesitancy by appeals judges to overturn unconstitutional laws. He said the current court often "sides with the state because it's run by mainstream (political party) judges." From Court candidates could steer path of criminal justice: 3 posts contested on court weighing life or death decisions, Dallas Morning News:
The Place 1 race pits incumbent Judge Tom Price against Democratic Municipal Court Judge John W. Bull of San Antonio. Also on the Place 1 ballot are Libertarian candidate Stephan Kinsella and Green Party candidate Robert C. Owen. Judge Price said he didn't want to lose a close race between the two major parties because of votes going to third-party candidates. He is focusing his efforts on personal appearances and direct mailings to those on voting lists from the Green Party and the Libertarians. More info here. 
October 23, 2002
Patent Absurdity: Ending a drug company scam:
Patent Absurdity: Ending a drug company scam, by Ronald Bailey (ReasonOnline, October 23, 2002) describes the clever manipulation of the patent and federal drug regulatory system by drug manufacturers to fend off competition from manufactuers of generics. Other IP articles and resources available here.
October 22, 2002
Chicken Big Mamou Pasta:
Nothing political catches my eye lately for me to comment on--so I'll pass along a fantastic recipe, Chicken Big Mamou Pasta. This is a great dish I had many times from the now-defunct Magnolia Cafe cajun restaurant in Philly (yes, Philly). The recipe was published in a local paper and I have used it many times. The copy linked above has a few of my own modifications I've made to the recipe over the years.
October 17, 2002
Three Great Web Services:
1. GoToMyPC.com: lets you access your home (or work) PC from any other PC having an internet connection; works very well, and is faster than PCAnywhere. About $20/month.
2. mail2web.com: A great (and free) way to access your email on the road. Again, all you need is Internet access, your email address, and your email password. Mail2web figures out the POP3 etc. stuff.
3. j2.com: For emailable/web-accessible faxing. You can get a free fax number on which to receive faxes (which are then instantly emailed to you as an attachement). The free service gives you an out-of-area-code fax number, but who cares? If you pay about $5/month for j2lite, you can send faxes too, from email, from the web, or from the "print" function of most applications. It's great.
October 14, 2002
IP and Prohibition?:
Steve Gillmor's latest InfoWorld "Ahead of the Curve" column, We the People ..., contains some provocative thoughts on the legitimacy of intellectual property--comparing it, in some ways, to Prohibition. IP has outlived any usefulness it once had, the author quoted by Gillmor argues.
October 5, 2002
Humour and Jokes around the World:
LEAGUE TABLE OF HUMOUR "We asked everyone participating in LaughLab to tell us which country they were from. We analysed the data from the ten countries that rated the highest number of jokes. The following ‘league table’ lists the countries, in the order of how funny they found the [following] jokes [...]". My favorite: "A patient says: 'Doctor, last night I made a Freudian slip, I was having dinner with my mother-in-law and wanted to say: "Could you please pass the butter." But instead I said: "You silly cow, you have completely ruined my life".'"
October 1, 2002
Patenting the Impossible:
There's No Stopping Them: Perpetual motion is alive and well at the U.S. patent office, October 2002 Scientific American.
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