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April 2003
- Bouncer killed after throwing out patron
- A new law went into effect two weeks ago in New York, which bans smoking in bars and restaurants. Good for them, I say - I wish Austin was stricter than it is. I hate being in a smoky haze when I go out. Anyway,... full entry
- Return of the Matrix!
- May 15 Matrix Reloaded hits the theaters. Intellecutally, I knew this, but it didn’t really sink in to me that the date is barely a month away until reading this article. “This article”, being one put out by Wired that mostly covers some of the... full entry
March 2003
- Iraq-O-Meter
- This one is just too funny and cool to pass up. Yes, funny and cool. Anyway, the site gives you a continuously updated set of stats on the war in Iraq. No, I don’t know where the information comes from and I don’t know how... full entry
- Morocco: Here, have these monkeys!
- According to a United Press International article, Morocco has offered the United States a large number of monkeys. Now why, you might ask, would the US need a couple of thousand monkeys? Why, for detonating land mines, of course. Silly us.
- Microsoft is teaching WHAT??
- It seems that everyone’s favorite monopoly, Microsoft, is teaming up with Leeds University to help offer a course on—get this—how to write “secure” code. Students will get hands-on experience of writing secure code and will learn to appreciate the fundamental role of security in software... full entry
- Autobots, roll out… to Iraq!
- Apparently we are on the side of right. Well, at least the Autobots think so. After all, why else would their couragous leader be helping out the US National Guard in Iraq? It seems that a member of Ohio’s National Guard legally changed his name... full entry
- A Hydrogen Future?
- The new issue of Wired has a great article talking about “How Hydrogen Can Save America”. Basically, it’s a loose plan that outlines how to get the US (and eventually everyone else) off of our insane reliance on petroleum. I think it’s more than a... full entry
- Talk about sleeping in the doghouse…
- A man agreed to sleep in a doghouse for 30 nights as part of a punishment for abusing his 11 year old stepson. I might point out that this occurred in Vidor, TX, which is a known hotbed of KKK activity. Vidor is barely 50... full entry
February 2003
- Who’s Running the Island?
- It seems that the tiny island nation of Nauru has effectively been cut off from the outside world. Encompassing only 8 square miles of area and home to 12,000 people, the nation’s telephone system collapsed on January 8. Since then, the only contact has been... full entry
- Nigerian Consul Shot Over 419 Scam
- According to Wired News, the Nigerian Consul to the Czech Republic was killed in the Nigerian embassy. According to the reports, the alleged shooter was a victim of the notorious 419 Scam.
- Teenager Gets Back at Hacker
- A young (12) Scottish schoolgirl got back at the hacker who duped her into installing a trojan on her computer. After stealing her dad’s credit card info, the hacker came back for more. The girl flirted back and managed to get personal information from the... full entry
- Resignation… by Blog?
- According to Boing Boing, Macromedia’s CTO resigned by Blog before any official announcement was made. Wow… I wonder if this will become some sort of a trend!
January 2003
- DMCRA and the Public Domain
- The DMCRA has been introduced to try and mitigate some of the worst parts of the DMCA that’s been in effect (an screwing things up) for a few years now. Unfortunately, as expected it has met with a maelstrom of resistance and outright lies. Interaction... full entry
- Melancholy Elephants - Infinite Copyright
- The blogosphere is awash with commentary on the Supreme Court ruling in the Eldred case. Apparently, they feel that Congress has the right to extend copyright terms as they see fit. As Dan Gillmor said: Who got robbed? You did. I did. Who won? Endlessly... full entry
- Brian McBride Scores!
- If you’d asked someone a decade ago whether anyone took US soccer seriously, they would have laughed in your face. The last few years have shown something quite different. First, the US women’s team is generally considered the best in the world. Then there’s the... full entry
- Browser of the Future?
- A young (16) Irish student won top prize at an exhibition for young scientitst. His entry? A web browser that can supposedly speed up “surfing speeds” by up to 500%! It looks like we’ll have to wait to be able to see it in action,... full entry
- You Want to Build What??
- Take one part motorcycle, add a hefty helping of Viper, sprinkle in a little bit of concept car, and what do you get? The Dodge Tomahawk, that’s what. It’s a 4-wheel motorcycle (isn’t that contradictory?) with the 500-horsepower Dodge Viper V-10 to power it. Zero... full entry
November 2002
- God is the Machine
- Incredibly interesting Wired article about how the universe might be a computer. Or maybe it’s the program running on a computer. Or God is computation. Or… Well, just read it and see what some of the most brilliant people in the world are theorizing.
October 2002
- Hilary Rosen and file-sharing
- Hilary Rosen (president of the now-evil RIAA) was involved in a debate about downloading music. Some very interesting things were said. (via Boing Boing)
- Malware Marketing
- Well, this is just poor new all around. There’s a new email “worm” that gets into your system when you When you install the software to view your e-greeting, you agree to allow them to spam every contact in your address book with more copies... full entry
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