The port of Los Angeles was shaken by an explosion that sparked a fire and destroyed a big rig and several vehicles in the blast.
Month: April 2019
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🎧 Spy vs. Spy | On the Media | WNYC Studios
A pattern of assassinations baffled Ukrainian authorities. Then an assassin came forward.
New York Times reporter Michael Schwirtz set out to investigate a series of assassinations in Ukraine with low expectations. Reporting on a homicide as a member of the foreign press is daunting enough to begin with. His assignment was formidable beacuse many of the murders were linked to Russia — a government hostile to the media at best and notorious for murdering foreign journalists at worst.
But when Schwirtz approached alleged Russian assassin Oleg Smorodinov to question him about a murder, the accused provided an unexpected bit of testimony: a confession. And on top of that, Smorodinov disclosed the specific role the Kremlin played in ordering and directing his crime.
Schwirtz published his findings in a New York Times feature last week. Bob spoke with Schwirtz about spies, state-facilitated assassination and the experience of following a true story that reads like a Russian mystery novel.
👓 Wishing for Blog Search Engines | Brent Simmons
One thing I wish we had that we used to have: blog-only search engines. You could go and search for a hash tag. Or for links to your blog or elsewhere. Or for keywords. Etc. It should have an API that returns RSS, so RSS reader users could set up persistent, updated searches. There used to be a bunch of these, and now there are none that I know of.
👓 More Thoughts at Random on Blog Search Engines | Brent Simmons
I can dream about how I’d build one of these. (I’m not going to! This is way outside my expertise, and I have other things to do.)
👓 On blog search engines | Colin Devroe
Brent Simmons has been reminiscing about blog search engines and writing down some ideas for how one could be made today. Something he wrote sparked a memory.Instead of having it crawl blogs, I’d have it download and index RSS feeds. This should be cheaper than crawling pages, and it ensures that it skips indexing page junk (navigation and so on).
Last minute Dodgers tix!
Picking up tickets for the game.
Printed parking pass for Preferred Lot G for Game 11
View of Dodger Stadium Outfield from my parking space.
Front entrance to Dodger Stadium just 11 minutes prior to the start of sold out game 11 against the Reds.
Hiding behind home plate, back six rows and down some stairs is a lovely dining area with a full buffet
📺 “The Americans” The Midges | Amazon Prime
Directed by Stefan Schwartz. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Brandon J. Dirden, Costa Ronin. Philip and Elizabeth tell Paige more about the family business, but pressing new questions arise when an operation takes a ghastly and unexpected turn. Meanwhile, a sensitive package jeopardizes Oleg's life back home.