A Euro/Pound shift made imported mutton more expensive, so the imports went down. Of course before that happened many British sheep farmers went under, so there’s a temporary shortage.

I notice that Adobe made a point of advertising on Engadget, no doubt simply from spite.

Adobe has always been annoying, but when Woz was around you could get things done at Apple. Steve takes his “guru” status entirely too seriously.

Oh, well, at least the media guys are making some coin, and the rest of us can just enjoy the show.

The jet stream was out of whack and way too far South for months, which gave us a colder and wetter than average winter, but it has gone back North and we are getting a warmer than normal spring.

Yeah, the Pacific Northwest looks like it is in for another long and bad season.

– Badtux the Geeky Penguin

…and, yes, it is going to be a long fire season. The Winter That Never Was has spanned much of the left side of the country and the lack of snow pack, coupled with a lingering wet spring, almost guarantees the worst possible combination of drought-induced low fuel moisture in larger fuels and conditions favorable for the production of fine fuels (grasses and such)…

We may well live in “Interesting Times” this summer…