Burgler checks e-mail while robbing house

Lori Menzel of the town of Kewaskum said a burglar left his Yahoo account open after checking his personal e-mail on the computer at her home.
“He never logged out,” she said, adding: “He made himself at home here. He spent some time in our bedroom trying on my husband’s clothes. I could tell he went through some of my clothes.”

Congrats to U2

In case you missed the Grammy’s last night (as I did), U2 walked away winning each of their nominations for the year.
From U2.com

What a night at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles as U2 take Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Rock Album, sweeping the board in all five categories in which they are nominated.
A year after the band won three awards for Vertigo, the first single from How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, tonight the album itself and the next two singles stole the show.
City of Blinding Lights won Best Rock Song while Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own took Best Vocal Rock Performance.
‘I don’t know what to say,’ said Bono, on one of several trips to the stage. ‘This is really a big, big night for our band.’
Edge said it was ‘amazing’ to be accepting the best rock album award.
‘It means a hell of a lot to us. An even more precious gift than the awards is the gift that you’ve all afforded us to continue to make our music.’
The awards mean U2 have now won twenty one Grammys but this was the first time since 1988 and The Joshua Tree that they have won Album of the Year.
‘If you think this is gonna go to our head – too late,’ Bono joked, after accepting the award for Song of the Year for Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own, which he dedicated to his late father Bob Hewson.
‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is an odd title for album,’ he mused. ‘We accept that. Actually I was talking about my father Bob. He was the atomic bomb in question. I wanna thank my father Bob for giving me the voice and a bit of attitude to use it …’
Other winners included Maria Carey, Kanye West and John Legend who won three awards each, while Chemical Brothers also bagged a couple.
Adam took the opportunity to thank the producers of ‘Bomb’ and it was appropriate that Steve Lillywhite could join them on stage. Steve also went home with a prize – Producer (nonclassical) of the Year for his work on ‘Bomb’ and Jason Mraz’s ‘Mr. A-Z’

This was only U2’s second album of the year — the first was 1988’s Joshua Tree.

Album of the Year
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2
Also nominated:
The Emancipation of Mimi – Mariah Carey
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard – Paul McCartney
Love.Angel.Music.Baby – Gwen Stefani
Late Registration – Kanye West

Song of the Year
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own – U2
Also nominated:
Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen
Ordinary People – John Legend
We Belong Together – Mariah Carey

Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal
Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own – U2
Also nominated:
Speed of Sound – Coldplay
Best of You – Foo Fighters
Do You Want To – Franz Ferdinand
All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers

Best rock song
City of Blinding Lights – U2
Also nominated:
Best Of You – Foo Fighters
Beverly Hills – Weezer
Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen
Speed of Sound – Coldplay

Best rock album
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2
Also nominated:
X&Y – Coldplay
In Your Honor – Foo Fighters
A Bigger Bang – The Rolling Stones
Prairie Wind – Neil Young

Chronicles of Narnia

I finished reading the entire Chronicles of Narnia series last night. It only took almost 27 years to finish the series, but it is finished.
There was so much I’d love to talk about in the series, but I’d rather you read it first.
And if you’re a lazy bumb like Mike Watt, you can even buy the whole series on CD now and listen to it (unabridged).
I will say that “The Last Battle” was probably my favorite book in the series by C.S. Lewis with “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” coming in at a close second.
From the audio cover:

The Complete Chronicles of Narnia Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil—what more could any reader ask for? THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, written in 1949 by Clive Staples Lewis, had all this and more. But Lewis did not stop there. Six more books followed, and together they became known as The Chronicles of Narnia. For the past fifty years, The Chronicles of Narnia have transcended the fantasy genre to become part of the canon of classic literature. Each of the seven books is a masterpiece, drawing the reader into a land where magic meets reality, and the result is a fictional world whose scope has fascinated generations. Now, some of the most noted actors of our times have come together to read these extraordinary works. This timeless boxed set includes all seven unabridged recordings: THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW; THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE; THE HORSE AND HIS BOY; PRINCE CASPIAN; THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER; THE SILVER CHAIR; THE LAST BATTLE. Deceptively simple and direct, The Chronicles of Narnia continue to captivate fans with adventures, characters, and truths that speak to readers of all ages, more than fifty years after they were first published.

Desktop 3 released

Straight from the Google Blogosphere:

Today we’re very pleased to announce the launch of Google Desktop 3 Beta. The new version comes loaded with features that make finding and sharing information even easier and more fun than before.
As a Sidebar user, you can now customize and view personalized information anywhere on the the desktop by clicking and dragging your favorite panels wherever you like. Furthermore, you can now easily share information from your Sidebar panels with your contacts by sending it to them through email, chat or directly to their Sidebar. As an added bonus you and your contacts can also play online games through the Sidebar.
We also provided the means to access your data no matter where it resides. The Search Across Computers feature makes it seamless to search the content of your documents and web history from any of your computers.
For developers we have packed the Google Desktop SDK with new APIs and tools to enable the development of applications that leverage the product’s new indexing, display and communication capabilities. These include a Query API, a Communication API, improved Script API support, plug-in logging support, and new code samples.
Other new features include the addition of a Search Lock, an advanced search form, spelling suggestions, zip file indexing, and an improved preferences page.
As always we would love to hear your comments, suggestions, opinions, and testimonials.