Tuesday
Jan202004

His Honor

I'm thrilled to report that one of my favorite colleagues, George Schiavelli, has been nominated by President Bush to serve as a United States District Judge for the Central District of California.

Saturday
Jan172004

Before Chips, Cherries

There's a good but sad article by Mike Cassidy in today's Mercury News, about Tyler's great grandmother's first cousin, Grace Nola, who passed away just after Christmas — "A way of life passes in valley." Her generation knew a San Jose that has all but passed into history:



In 1958, just as Robert Noyce and company were figuring out how to mass-produce the computer chip, there were nearly 3,300 acres of cherry orchards in the Santa Clara Valley.


In 2002, it was 853 acres.

Friday
Jan162004

Baby Tricks

Hanan Levin sent me the link to this great video clip.

Thursday
Jan152004

Conference Watch

In March, keep an eye out for:


Thursday
Jan152004

Today's New Blawg

Stephan A. Ott writes Links & Law, with "the latest news on linking disputes." Stephan is credited ("Is a URL the same as a hyperlink in law?") with first reporting on whether .kids.us sites that include URLs (but not active links) run afoul of the US Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002.