http://jokah.com/blog Wed, 19 May 2010 16:52:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A couple weeks ago while shopping, I met a young, well-spoken guy who seemed to be looking to make new friends. We exchanged numbers, and I received a call several days later regarding a job opportunity. He was vague about this meeting other than to describe it as ... http://jokah.com/blog/?p=656 Nuts. Resurfaced (minor compared to past flare-ups) this morning after no issues for at least a month. Not fond of the idea of surgery. Hmmph! http://jokah.com/blog/?p=643 Two week blur and butterflies. Exciting and dizzying. http://jokah.com/blog/?p=641 Just knocked this one out myself (anti-virus SW didn't find it), but I didn't find much helpful info out there on the variant that affected my laptop. Likely became installed somehow from accessing a web site. Slightly embarrassed to note that I had 49 pending (high priority) Windows ... http://jokah.com/blog/?p=626 Britain to Settle Case of Brazilian Shot as 'Terrorist'. Revisiting an old case. The killing of Mr. de Menezes rocked Scotland Yard — as London’s Metropolitan Police is widely known — and contributed to the forced resignation last year of Sir Ian Blair, Britain’s top police officer. [snip] "The Commissioner would like ... http://jokah.com/blog/?p=618 Dole's value drops by half in 6 years, to $1.2 billion from $2.5 billion. Dole IPO is set for this week with an expected price around $14. Bond trading near/above par recently. Dole Drops Lawsuit Against ‘Bananas!’ Filmmaker http://jokah.com/blog/?p=614 Just remembered that the babies appeared in a dream recently, which was a first. The little girl made an awful cry, and I scooped her up and hugged her tightly. http://jokah.com/blog/?p=611 Another (messy) manual upgrade to Wordpress (from version 2.7.1 to 2.8.4). Lost track of the number of reinstalls and restores, but I think everything is square, even the configuration in Fantastico. On the plus side, I was forced to free some disk space. http://jokah.com/blog/?p=604 Dole Food to go public in $500M IPO [2009/08/14, Pacific Business News]. Just noticed this morning. Dunno what to make of it. http://jokah.com/blog/?p=595 Southwest submits $170 mln binding bid for Frontier. Interesting to me mostly for the value offered to unsecured creditors. Noted here for future reference. Southwest officials said their deal would give unsecured creditors 12 cents on the dollar, higher than the 8.7 cents per dollar outlined in a bid ... http://jokah.com/blog/?p=593