Backyard Firefighting – California Wildfires

From the LA Times — Firefighters work in the backyard of a home in Stevenson Ranch. (Anne Cusack / LAT / October 29, 2003):

Southern California Wildfires

“See the latest images from the Southern California wildfires, taken by people on the ground with camera phones and digital cameras. The fires are taking property and lives in San Diego and San Bernadino.”

Yahoo! News Search via RSS

This is cool. Jeremy Zawodny has created a tool for generating Yahoo! RSS feed URLs for specific keywords: Jeremy Zawodny’s blog: Yahoo! News Search via RSS. Or take this link ride directly to his Yahoo! News Search RSS URL Generator.

Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine

Danny Hillis: Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine

Dave Hickey Interview

Great Dave Hickey interview in zingmagazine #14. Here’s a snippet: The art world tends to be driven by its market, and throughout the ’50s and the ’60s it was a relatively small art world with dealers and collectors and one or two small museums. It was during that period that the most powerful and permanent [...]

California Wildfire News Photos

Welcome to scenic Simi Valley, where California wildfires wreak havoc: From an LA Times story: “A statue is about all that is left of one of the homes destroyed in the Skyland Track area near Crestline. About 25 structures were lost in the areas of Skyland, Great View and Arrowhead Highlands.”

California Wildfire News Photos

Rancho Cucamonga fire: man rescues aquarium — saving water from fire [from CNN.com]: An Air Crane makes a water drop on the fire line Friday in Lytle Creek, California: Any symbolism here is purely accidental:

California Wildfire

Wildfire burns toward Los Angeles suburbs

Staten Island Ferry Crash News Photos

Staten Island ferry crash “The interior of the ferry was left a tangled mess.”