ui | Jason E. Shao

$1bn to build unmanned fighter

Aug

23

2004

A US defence contractor has received more than $1bn in funding to build a prototype unmanned fighter aircraft for the American military. Northrop Grumman will build at least three full-scale flight prototypes for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) over five years The contract win will allow Northrop to continue work on its ...

New Christian Photos

Aug

23

2004

I’ve posted several new pictures of Christian at home, and playing with Lisa’s parents. I have some more of the little guy with my parents and some friends that I’ll post later today. He’s doing pretty well at home, keeping his mom up with his constant demand for food. The hospital gave us a chart ...

Debt meets middle-class life

Aug

17

2004

that stubborn monthly balance on the credit-card bill. For the average American family, it’s been growing steadily over the past few decades, lurking like a visitor who’s overstayed his welcome – and no one knows quite how to get rid of him. Somehow, people have drifted away from the thriftiness that emerged from the Great ...

Enhance Usability by Highlighting Search Terms

Aug

13

2004

Googleâ€™s caching system offers several cool features; one of most useful is that the words you searched for are highlighted in the page. Most web users donâ€™t read pages carefully â€” they scan text for what theyâ€™re looking for. This is why Googleâ€™s cached-page highlighting is so useful. When the page is rendered, users donâ€™t ...

FASB’s all wrong on this one

Aug

10

2004

“News.com – FASB’s all wrong on this one”:http://news.com.com/FASB%27s+all+wrong+on+this+one/2010-1014_3-5302648.html?part=rss&tag=5302648&subj=news.1014.5 It will mean the end of many broad-based options programs, curtailing the American innovation and creativity that sets us apart globally, and that fundamentally, America’s workers, businesses and overall economy will pay the cost. Though I have issues with the pragmatist’s argument that expensing options is too ...