AP - The thrills of "24" and the sex appeal of "Grey's Anatomy" eclipsed last year's Emmy darlings "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" in the award nominations Thursday, while shows that have fallen off the TV schedule scored a number of high-profile bids.
Andrew Stellman writes “Jennifer Greene and I have an article in the new issue of Dr. Dobb’s Journal called “Quick-Kill Project Management: How to do smart software development even when facing impossible schedules.” We got a lot of great feedback from our last article on open source development, but there were a bunch of people who wanted to know whether it was really feasible to do planning and reviews on a tight schedule. That’s a fair question, and this article is meant to be an answer to it. We pulled out bare-bones project management practices that will help you protect your project from the most common and serious problems, and gave instructions and advice for implementing them that should work in a real-life, high-pressure programming situation.”
The latest episode in a nutshell
After the initial referee’s decision, referee Slick Johnson hit the ring and called off the victory for Homicide. He reversed the decision, explaining to the original referee that LAX cheated to win. LAX beat down Dutt then Ron Killings ran to the ring to make the save. Ringside, Larry Zbyszko and Slick Johnson argued.
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Reuters - Did the new Emmy rules
create new problems?
A diversion of dollars to help fight the war in Iraq has helped create a $530 million shortfall for Army posts at home and abroad, leaving some unable to pay utility bills or even cut the grass.
In San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston hasn’t been able to pay its $1.4 million monthly utility bill since March, prompting workers in many of the post’s administrative buildings to get automated disconnection notices.
Fort Bragg in North Carolina can’t afford to buy pens, paper or other office supplies until the new fiscal year starts in October.
· Honestly, we’d never even heard of Amanda Congdon until today, but here is the obligatory link to her post about why she’s leaving/was fired from the Rocketboom thingy. We suppose we’re sad,…
eieken writes “The physics of Superman mostly belong in the realm of comic books, but some scientists decided to give their input on the matter. The article tells of ‘a scientific experiment in which a researcher put several chickens in a centrifuge and raised them in twice-normal gravity for months at a time. When they emerged, the chickens were stronger and had larger bones and muscles, and greater endurance. In other words, they were superchickens.’ Do they have human sized centrifuges?”
When frequently incarcerated actress Michelle Rodriguez was recently asked how she passed the time during her brief, yet eventful, recent stints in jail, she gamely demonstrated her most memorable…
Eric Gagne, limited to 16 appearances since the beginning of last season because of elbow problems, might need back surgery.
Courteney Cox Arquette opened up to Marie Claire magazine recently, candidly sharing what life is like for an aging actress in Hollywood. Apparently, it’s a living nightmare, as you come to realize…