Scoop’s Views

It’s been several weeks since the folks at Google, writing on the Gmail Blog, asked for Gmailers to send in video snippets showing how they use Gmail. More specifically, the idea was to get, from Gmailers’ points-of-view, a behind-the-scenes look at how Gmail messages really travels around the world, according to Gmail’s product manager, Arielle Reinstein.

The Brits must be doing something right, as there are reports on the international wires today that the number of divorces in the United Kingdom has declined for the third consecutive year. In fact, the number is now at a 30-year low, meaning divorces are at their lowest point in the UK since 1977, and proportionally, the lowest in 22 years, or since 1985.

A hat tip to my friend, Stan M., who came across this great illustration about the Michael Vick dog abuse/dog fighting trial.

It seems to perfectly illustrate the feelings in the U.S. of the people, as well, as well, other interested parties, if they were privy to the facts of the case.

Tags: abuse, canines, courts, Crime, deaths, dog abuse, dog fighting, dog fights, dogs, fighting, jury, Michael Vick, trial

If Mozilla wants to be a serious contender, which it says it wants to be — yet really isn’t gaining much ground in the browser world — it really needs to focus on quality, standards, and on working properly, in full, on all platforms for which it is released. Some issues may be deemed “minor,” but when it comes to parental control issues in a browser, that is something that should be viewed as “critical,” and before a broken version of the browser is ever released, it should be fixed.

Not long ago, perhaps a few weeks or so, I was watching a TV news talk show and one of the guests happened to be Michael Eric Dyson. If you’re not familiar with him, that’s not a big deal. Perhaps you’ve heard of a few things he’s written, including, You Know What I Mean?; Reflections on Hip Hop; Debating Race; Come Hell or High Water; and Is Bill Cosby Right?

Yes, it seems the human body has some kind of misfiring in black women, as compared to a group of white women, when it comes to obstructive sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening disorder.

Heather Johnson, Ashley Miller, and their cohort, 22-year-old Herman Allen III, all committed a crime against society. In fact, the bank’s surveillance camera, shows Johnson and Miller, called the Barbie Bandits because they were young women who were laughing and wearing fashionable sunglasses. I wonder if the sunglasses were to hide their bloodshot eyes from smoking too much pot.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour, ordered home early because of Hurricane Dean, has landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Four doctors, one from Japan, one from Germany, one from England, and one from Texas, are talking while riding to the top of a mountain in a ski lifts while attending one of those infamous medical conferences.

During the ride to the top of the mountain, discussion turns to the recovery results seen following various medical procedures in each country.

When Sadish closed the competition, which he said drew more responses than he anticipated — 31 posts offering up 78 suggested names — was started on August 11, he said he would announce the winner today, Monday, August 21. He kept his word.