News from Red Oak is that the city council fired the city manager and city attorney last night.
They fired the police chief a couple months ago after an alleged ticket quota system.
It’s also rumored that the mayor of Red Oak resigned today as well.
Sounds like the Red Oak fire chief may be the most powerful man in the city right now.
Month: June 2007
Firefox plugin protects children
From Lifehacker:
New Firefox extension Glubble whitelists parent-approved web sites for kids and locks down the browser to create a child-friendly, safe browsing environment.
Once Glubble’s installed, you create your own “Glubble world” and add yourself as a “controller.” Then you add individual usernames and passwords for each of your kids. From there you approve web sites that are ok for the children to visit. Essentially Glubble sets up an extra login to get into Firefox. When the kids log in, they’ll see a bright and colorful Firefox skin with lots of graphics and access only to approved destinations. If the child happens upon a site that’s not whitelisted, a request is sent to the controller. Then, next time you (the parent controller) log on, you can approve or deny the requested site.
From Glubble:
Glubble gives you the peace of mind to know your child can only see web sites that you trust for them. Think of Glubble as being better than sitting next to your child all the time because the software lets your loved ones see what you already approve and blocks everything else, even on search engine results from Google or Yahoo!
Laurie and I were just talking about how we definitely plan to limit our (FUTURE) kid’s Internet use. This looks like a great way to do it. And you’re still using Internet Explorer? Why?
Chet Edwards to challenge Cornyn
Right of Texas has heard word that Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, is possibly planning to challenge Republican Sen. John Cornyn in 2008.
Edwards was the U.S. Rep for the Belton, Temple, Killeen area as well before the Republicans took their shot at redistricting in 2004.
Edwards is a nice guy and tries real hard to play the moderate card most of the time.
I’ve met him a couple times but our associate editor in Belton always said Edwards only came to Belton if it involved Fort Hood somehow. Otherwise he didn’t care about the city or area.
In other Cornyn news, Capital Annex is joining other progressive Democrat blogs and hoping to encourage Texas State Rep. Rick Noriega, D-Houston, to run for Cornyn’s seat.
Should be interesting to see who all the Democratic challenges end up being.
Male Call
From Brian on the encounter blog…
There is something within men that causes them to love the 4th quarter comeback, the soldier who fights to the end, the battle that is won by a few against an army. Seems easy to see on the field of sports and in the movie. Its quite another story when it comes to life. Seems odd. The battles we watch on screen often count for so little, while the battles of life are more real, more costly, and more significant = loving your wife regardless, resisting temptation at all costs, standing for Christ even in the face of persecution. The Scriptures say we are to fight as warriors and run as elite sports figures.
My boys and I love playing some Halo and war games on the xbox. We battle it out, shout in our victories, and scream in our defeats. So much more than that. I want them to see in me and grow in them the heart of a warrior not just on screen, but in life, in faith, in their family.
Fight on!
What does America (your country) mean to you?
Got a questionnaire from a local media outlet. Figured I’d pass the questions along to my readers as well.
Feel free to answer one or all of them.
1. What makes you proud of your country?
2. What does patriotism mean to you?
3. What does the Flag mean to you?
4. What are your thoughts on national service (e.g., elected officials, Military men and women, Peace Corps/Americorps volunteers, etc.)?
5. If you could say one thing about the United States, what would it be?
Crazy Google Street View sightings
Well, when you run a camera through the streets of town its sure to pick of any number of crazy pictures.
There’s probably a lot captured that we would otherwise think nothing of it.
But thanks to the Internet and Google’s new Street View maps, folks around the world are enjoying seeing pictures of the surroundings in San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Miami, and Denver.
Mashup has put together a list of the Top 15 Google Street View sightings
For more mapping fun, visit googlesightseeing.com for images found on Google Earth and Google Maps.