A few months ago, I posted a followup to my Jury Duty series in which I expressed my curiosity about whatever happened to the defendant, whom I called "Jose." I had been unable to find out what sentence he received. Well, one of the prosecutors (I think the one I referred to as the "blonde prosecutrix") just stumbled across that entry: Imagine my surprise to see a Jury that … [Read more...] about Jury Duty: The Prosecutor Speaks
Towards a More Transparent Government
This sounds like a good idea to me: Oath of Presidential Transparency For Open, Transparent, and Accountable Government I, __________________________, candidate for President of the United States, pledge to the American Public that, if elected President of the United States, my administration will be fully and robustly committed to open, transparent, and accountable … [Read more...] about Towards a More Transparent Government
Wind and Rain!
In the time-honored journalistic tradition of running with a story because we've got pictures, here are a few shots I took on my 3-hour drive home after the storms we had yesterday. Update: John Ruberry got some good shots of the damage. … [Read more...] about Wind and Rain!
Have You Been Trying to Reach Me?
I upgraded to Microsoft Outlook 2003 a few weeks ago, and I just sort of assumed that if anything went wrong there'd be error messages or something. It turns out that Outlook and the Windypundit mail server aren't talking to each other. I didn't notice because I have about half a dozen email accounts coming into Outlook and all the others seem to be working. I finally … [Read more...] about Have You Been Trying to Reach Me?
Who Should See Breathalyzer Source Code?
DUI lawyer Lawrence Taylor has been writing for a while about the resistance by breathalyzer manufacturers to various legal attempts by defense lawyers to get a peek at the source code for software that controls the machines. As a civil libertarian and software developer, I have mixed feelings about this. I can certainly understand why the defense would want to know more … [Read more...] about Who Should See Breathalyzer Source Code?