For a change. According to the Virginian-Pilot, Senator Louise Lucas, well, her companies anyway, have dropped their frivolous lawsuit against her constituents. In what appears to be a brief flash of intelligence, Senator Lucas has decided against costing the people she represents tens of thousands of dollars for the city to defend itself against h [...]
Back in July, CUIL debuted and absolutely blew up. It was totally worthless as a search engine. There were several other articles written across the Internets about the same thing. I haven’t really thought much about it until this morning. So I decided to do a search on CUIL for something that has been all over the news and blogs locally her [...]
I was happy to learn last night that Portsmouth City Council did not buckle to Senator Louis Lucas’ high pressure tactics and voted against funding her hotel and conference center project. Vice Mayor Bill Moody Jr., council members Elizabeth Psimas, Doug Smith and Steve Heretick voted against $38 million in bonds to help finance the project, whi [...]
Image via Wikipedia I am a huge fan of RIAs, Rich Internet Applications. I use Zoho, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, Google Apps, Acrobat and others on a frequent basis. My primary email is still a good old pop3 account off of my server but by and large the majority of my email is handled with a web client. Either Gmail, Live Mail [...]
It would appear to be the case. Many of the White House Press Corps are frustrated with the way they are being treated by Team Obama: A growing media frustration with Barack Obama’s team spilled into the open at Thursday’s briefing, with reporters accusing the White House of stifling access to his oath re-do and giving Obama’s first int [...]
Do these mental midgets really believe that they can do any good? Do people actually approve this crud on their blogs? I have a very moderate amount of moderation set on this blog. Your first comment has to be approved, after that… you are free to post anything you would like with the exception of links. 2 or more links in the c [...]
So we have our challenge… and our instructions. Here is my entry. This week’s Challenge is FOOD! So you may cook, bake, or just take an interesting shot of anything that we eat. Can be growing on a plant, can be placed on a decorative plate, as a still life image….. Can be just fruit in a dish. -=SOURCE=- Techno [...]
Police Officers are frequently stopped and asked for information. It happens. One of the hazards of the job. And the questions are as varied as the people that ask them. One of the questions that I would frequently be asked is “Where is a good neighborhood to live?” It used to happen often on the street, but as t [...]
The Portsmouth Police Department has concluded a 4 month long narcotics investigation which resulted in 61 indictments being handed down by a Portsmouth Grand Jury. Chief Hargis along with members of the Special Investigations Unit will hold a press conference at the Police Training Unit, 330 County Street, (NE corner of Court and County Streets) o [...]
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