Linguistical

For those who think blog and blawg are bad: according to a CNN commentator's usage this morning, "Blackberrying" is now a verb.

His Honor

I'm thrilled to report that one of my favorite colleagues, George Schiavelli, has been nominated by President Bush to serve as a United States District Judge for the Central District of California.

Before Chips, Cherries

There's a good but sad article by Mike Cassidy in today's Mercury News, about Tyler's great grandmother's first cousin, Grace Nola, who passed away just after Christmas — "A way of life passes in valley." Her generation knew a San Jose that has all but passed into history:

In 1958, just as Robert Noyce and company were figuring out how to mass-produce the computer chip, there were nearly 3,300 acres of cherry orchards in the Santa Clara Valley.

In 2002, it was 853 acres.

Baby Tricks

Hanan Levin sent me the link to this great video clip.

Conference Watch

In March, keep an eye out for:

• From Yale's Information Society Project, Digital Cops in Virtual Environment – CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement Conference. Interesting panels and keynotes, great speakers, including some darn fine blawgers. (Yale Law School, March 26-28)


• The Open Source Business Conference 2004. Tim O'Reilly, Clay Christensen, Pamela Samuelson, and more. (The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, March 16-17)


• The ABA Tech Show. Another blawg rich environment! (Sheraton Chicago, March 25-27)