Joseph Hinkle at MyITForum.com

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The original name lists featured only women's names. In 1979, men's names were introduced and they alternate with the women's names. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2008 list will be used again in 2014. Here is more information about the history of naming hurricanes.

Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names

I still have an "accordion-style" laptop bag that I'm very happy with.  I'm tempted to get a new laptop friendly one if I keep flying so much.  Theoretically, this week is the end of my travels for a while though (YEAH!).

The guidelines below took affect on August 15th.  You can leave a laptop in a bag  in the OK section when you send it through the x-ray machine.

TSA: New 'Checkpoint Friendly' Laptop Bag Procedures

Interesting solution.

Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there's no need to rely on a single third party. What's more, Adeona addresses a critical privacy goal different from existing commercial offerings. It is privacy-preserving. This means that no one besides the owner (or an agent of the owner's choosing) can use Adeona to track a laptop. Unlike other systems, users of Adeona can rest assured that no one can abuse the system in order to track where they use their laptop.

Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops