Thanks to everybody who submitted names (some of them came very close), but ultimately I decided on a name that I kinda stumbled across on my own. The new PowerBook G4, which arrived on Wednesday, will be known as Katia. See, Nadia had been my primary machine, but it was a desktop. Kitka was my notebook but was slow compared to Nadia. Put them together—a notebook serving as my main machine—and you have Katia.
Miers Withdraws; Libby Indicted & Resigns
In a series of significant political setbacks for the Bush administration, Harriet Miers has withdrawn her Supreme Court nomination and I. Lewis Libby—Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff—resigned after he was indicted on five charges.
Virginia’s Quadrennial Dilemma: Whosis or Whatsizname?
Interesting piece by Linton Weeks in the Post today about the Virginia gubernatorial race—or, more accurately, why people aren’t very interested in it. It’s good to see that I’m not the only person who was thoroughly uninspired by the candidates this year.
Bush Nominates Miers to Supreme Court
President George W. Bush (R) today nominated Harriet Miers to become the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, following the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Miers has never been a judge, but was president of the Texas State Bar Association, served on the Dallas City Council, and has recently been a White House counsel.
She is viewed as a conservative, but White House spokesman Scott McClellan said in a press conference that Miers’s nomination was suggested by both Democrats and Republicans.
Bush had previously nominated John Roberts Jr. to the Associate Justice position, but withdrew that nomination following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist and re-nominated Roberts for the higher position. Roberts was sworn in as Chief Justice on Friday after receiving a decisive Senate confirmation (78-22).
Cleaning, Computers, Music, and Cars . . . Oh My!
Things have finally calmed down just enough for me to begin working on the 8 billion things that I haven’t been able to do for many, many months now. Things like beginning the long and arduous process of cleaning and organizing my office (the one at home). Once all the junk is sorted and/or removed I can start figuring out how I want to reorganize it, especially given that my computer arrangement will be changing soon (see below). I really need to find a new and better desk.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.