Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

Ed Bott is Celebrating

It seems there's a nifty new free tool out to explain Where has your Windows memory gone?:

… for us Windows geeks, today is a red-letter day, … RAMMap is a memory analyzer, a lightweight tool (272KB) that gives you a very detailed look at exactly what is your system’s memory is up to right now. It presents its report in a tabbed dialog box whose opening page is a colorful, well-organized bar graph

Download RAMMMap or read more about it.

Posted in Software | 2 Comments

Dems Win Again

Democrats win the congressional special election in PA-12, despite GOP claims that this would be their bellweather victory. This is a pattern:

For those keeping score, there have been seven special elections for U.S. House seats since the president's inauguration 16 months ago: NY20, IL5, CA32, CA10, NY23, FL19, and PA12. Democrats have won all seven.

The Democratic wing of the Democratic party also won in the Pennsylvania Senate primary, defeating ur-DINO ex-Republican Arlen Specter. Progressives tied in Arkansas, forcing incumbent and sometime corporate shill Blanche Lincoln into a runoff (although if I had to bet, I'd give odds she'll win the runoff, having better access to funds and likely winning more votes from the third candidate's supporters). And Democrats won the Republican primary in Kentucky, as the GOP voted down the bland establishment candidate supported by the party leadership, in favor of extremist anarcho-libertarian candidate Rand Paul, a man whose graciousness and charm are already winning deserved plaudits.

Posted in Politics: 2010 Election | 12 Comments

He’ll Try Harder

Hey, Dan is #2 on the Power List 2010: NextGen Media Personalities … whatever that is.

(For those under 30 or so, title is a reference to an old car rental commercial.)

Posted in Dan Froomkin | 1 Comment

Joe Garcia Begins Campaign

Joe Garcia kicks off his campaign for Congress in FL-25, now an open seat, tomorrow at Miami Dade College's Kendall Campus at 11:30 AM in the Dante Fascell Auditorium (Room K413).

Unfortunately I can't make it due to a conflicting obligation, but I'd appreciate a report if anyone reading this goes.

Posted in Politics: FL-25/FL-27 | 1 Comment

Graduation Day

Today is, was, graduation day for the class of 2010. The ceremony went well. We had excellent speeches from Larry Tribe, and student speaker Brandon Thompson. If you want, you can view the video.

I went, marched and sat, and now I'm home resting up from my labors. Sitting is hard work.

Posted in U.Miami | Comments Off on Graduation Day

UK to Scrap National ID Cards

Official statement just released on the IPS website,

Both Parties that now form the new Government stated in their manifestos that they will cancel Identity Cards and the National Identity Register. We will announce in due course how this will be achieved. Applications can continue to be made for ID cards but we would advise anyone thinking of applying to wait for further announcements.

First fruits of the Con-LibDem coalition.

Posted in ID Cards and Identification, UK | 3 Comments