Archive for the 'General' Category

Katrina News

Wed Sep 7 2005

Fifty six percent of 609 adults polled by telephone said that the city of New Orlens will never completely recover from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The head of the US senate budget committee said on Wednesday that the Hurricane Katrina relief operation is costing $1bn a day. Hurricane Katrina will reduce employment by 400,000 [...]

Hurricanes Katrina in Pictures

Tue Aug 30 2005

Hurricanes & Tropical Storms: Yahoo News Katrina’s Fury: MSNBC Katrina’s Destruction: ABC News Hurricane Katrina Slams U.S. Gulf Coast: Reuters In pictures: Katrina hits US: BBC News The Day After Katrina: Time

Man dancing

Sun Aug 14 2005

Matt travels around the world and dances. Quit his old job of a programmer to do this.

IE 7 Beta 1

Thu Jul 28 2005

Today Microsoft announced availability of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1. It is only available to few developers and MSDN subscribers. I am downloading IE 7 beta as I write.

58 Million US Household Pays No Income Tax

Thu Jun 23 2005

According to Tax Foundation, “In 2004, a record 42.5 million tax returns – one-third of all returns filed – had no income tax liability because of the available credits and deductions in the tax code. This is a 42 percent increase in the number of zero-tax filers in just four years. In addition to these [...]