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Archive - Mar 3, 2003

thinksecret.com: Safari Gets Tabbed Browsing

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 03/03/2003 - 2:00am

The unreleased beta for Apple's Safari Web browser includes the much-coveted "tab" feature. Read the full story.

cnn.com: Pioneer 10 Falls Silent After Nearly 31 Years

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 03/03/2003 - 2:00am

After decades of exploration, the first spacecraft to leave the solar system has finally stopped working. Read the full story.

Don't Tread on America

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 03/03/2003 - 2:00am

Almost two years after 9/11, it’s become commonplace to see American flags flying. You can see them in front of houses, on overpasses, in cars and soaring over office buildings.

For the most part, they are the good old Stars and Stripes, with 13 stripes and 50 stars representing our United States as it is now. But there are a few exceptions, and on my work today I saw one of them: the Gadsden Flag from colonial times. Those not familiar with the name would still recognize it – it’s a yellow flag featuring a coiled rattlesnake with the words “Don’t Tread on Me” written beneath it.

Dog Meets Baby, Part 1

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 03/03/2003 - 2:00am

Madison has seen the face of the enemy, and it is pink.

Our five-year-old Yellow Labrador was freaked out when Sue began talking to her belly a few months ago, and she started sulking when she saw us loading Sue’s overnight bag into the Cherokee in anticipation of her impending labor (Mad Dog knows that when the bag comes out, we’re going away … and she hates that).