Fashion Crisis?

I was rather surprised recently to see an article in the New York Times feed about a tailor that specializes in suits for police detectives. It seems the difference is in the jacket, it is made just a bit roomier around the waist such that there are no unsightly bulges resulting from the gun. It's what all the well-dressed NYPD detectives are wearing, I just struggle with how in the hell it is newsworthy.

One thing that is newsworthy (and fashionable) is the sheer number of countries now in line to get the iPhone. Vodaphone (second largest mobile carrier in the world) has signed a deal to bring out the iPhone later in the year for ten countries including Egypt, Greece, South Africa, India (2nd largest country in the world by population!), Austrailia, New Zealand, Potrugal, Turkey, and the Czech Republic. Do you suppose Steve Jobs just woke up one morning and thought "well, I gave it to the Canadians, perhaps now I should give it to everybody else"? Just a thought.

In other news, Microsoft withdrew its bid for Yahoo. I rarely pay attention to such celebrity couples, but I do so enjoy watching the tear-streaked meltdown at the end of it all.

And finally, explosions. It seems that an electrical fault in a local power distribution line under a Winnipeg side street somehow managed to trigger an explosion that sent a number of manhole covers flying into the air. No one was hurt, which is even better news when you consider that your health insurance probably doesn't allow for claims resulting from ballistic manhole covers.