Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

We’re #76

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Michael Froomkin

Having made a meal of the fact that a men's mag rated the University of Miami (college) as the #1 party school in the nation (UM Tops In “Scientific” Ranking), honesty now compels me to report that an equally “scientific” ranking system rates the UM Law School as only the 76th party school among the nation's law schools.

It seems that problem is that UM students are not very datable. Maybe they are too busy studying.

(Note: Yale is rated as the 12th best party law school in the country. Unless things have changed, or law schools as a class are grimmer than I ever imagined, this seems to overstate the case by an order of magnitude, at least.)

Posted in Law School | 5 Comments

George C. Onoprienko

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Michael Froomkin
UM Law School Professor Emeritus George C. Onoprienko passed away on Monday, May 11, 2009.

Professor Onoprienko taught at the Law School for 40 years before retiring in 1997. He spent his retirement years in Jensen Beach, Florida.

Professor Onoprienko's contributions to the School and to the local community were numerous. As a member of the Miami Dade County task forces on battered women and abused children, he researched and drafted legislation that was passed by the Florida Legislature. He was a past chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on Ethics in Family Law, and served as a member of the Florida Bar Appellate Rules Committee. His publications included Cases and Materials on Florida Appellate Practice and Procedure: Civil, Criminal, and Administrative and Cases and Materials on Florida Domestic Relations.

Professor Onoprienko is survived by his wife Doris and his brother John. Condolences may be sent to: Mrs. George Onoprienko (Doris), 188 N.E. Balsam Way, Jensen Beach, FL 34957. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 16th at 11:00 a.m. at the Aycock Funeral Home, 950 N.E. Jensen Beach Boulevard, Jensen Beach, Florida.

Posted in U.Miami | Comments Off on George C. Onoprienko

I Shouldn’t Have Laughed

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Michael Froomkin

Just received a long email that started as follows:

Please be advised that Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department (WASD) will be performing water valve maintenance on the Coral Gables campus beginning May 18th through June 30th 2009.

During this maintenance period, the facilities could experience short-term interruptions of water.

It is signed by

James E. Sprinkle, Jr.
Sr. Manager,
Facilities & Operations
University of Miami

Honest.

Posted in U.Miami | 1 Comment

Cute Cats and Activists

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Michael Froomkin

I commend to you Ethan Zuckerman's The Cute Cat Theory Talk at ETech.

Posted in Internet | Comments Off on Cute Cats and Activists

‘Better Privacy’ Firefox Add-On Eats Hidden Cookies

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Michael Froomkin

I recommend the Better Privacy Firefox Add-On

I thought I worked hard to block unwanted cookies. bit this thing found between 140 and 160 flash-based cookies on the various machines I use. Scanning the list, I told it not to delete the Pandora cookies, and eat the rest. It's possible that I deleted something I'll miss, but I rather doubt it.

I really wish there were a best practices norm that people who use cookies have to make them human-readable, so you know what they say about you. Failing that, they should at least be expected to deploy a tool on their homepages that would explain to you what their cookies say about you.

Posted in Software | 5 Comments

Yuks

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Michael Froomkin

Not so very long ago we were all told that a black man would be President when pigs fly.

And, who knew?!

On the 100th day of Barack Obama’s Presidency… swine flu!

(via Gene Spafford’s mailing list)

Posted in Completely Different, Politics: US | 1 Comment