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Stuff I find around the web that interests or amuses me.
Boy meets girl…
Why my blog isn’t more personal: Boy and girl meet at a library, sparks fly. Boy and girl go on date to see a friend of the girl’s perform. After said performance, boy and girl go back to girl’s house and have light petting session. Before next date, girl does a Google search for boy’s name, and finds his blog — commenting on her lack of ability to kiss and his disappointment in not getting more frisky. Girl is upset and talks to her friend from the performance, who writes a column about the experience. Said column ends up getting posted on MetaFilter, and people commenting on the column quickly find the blog in question. Boy find out about public disclosure of his comments when he starts getting e-mails and comments on his blog, posts his initial responses — “Holy crap“, “Double holy crap“, and “Triple holy crap“. Much discussion ensues. However, from the posts made in Boy’s blog since this thing exploded, he seems to be handling his new-found infamy rather well.
A history of Arthur Andersen
A good in-depth article from the New York Times detailing the history behind Andersen’s part in the Enron/Andersen scandal. I’m no legal or financial expert, but I can’t say that things look good in the least.
CIA anthrax connection
So — would the BBC reporting that the CIA may have been involved in the Anthrax scare be a major scoop of hard-hitting investigative reporting, or merely conspiracy theories spilling over into mainstream media?
Engrish spoken here
Thanks to Casey for this one —
DANGER! A dangerous toy. This toy is being made for the extreme priority the good looks. The little part which suffocates when the sharp part which gets hurt is swallowed is contained generously. Only the person who can take responsibility by itself is to play.
I haven’t laughed this hard at a website in ages. Tears in my eyes.
Geeks or Government?
My response on reading the question that headlines this article — Should Geeks, or Governments, Run the Net? — was “Why is this a question? Geeks!” After reading the article — well, my answer hasn’t changed, but I do wish there was more actual content to the article. An intersting storm brewing here, though.
Writing is good
More on blogging: could blogging and its reliance on the textual news and sources help reclaim the importance of the written word and lessen our reliance on television as the disseminator of all information?
Mutant space bugs!
Science-fiction becomes reality? Space-mutated metal-eating viruses that caused problems on Mir may now be at the bottom of the Pacific ocean. Reassuring, no?
Powered armor
It’s too bad this is such a fluff piece, but CNET is reporting that MIT will be researching Nanotech body armor for the Army.