Enthusiastically Ambiverted Hopepunk
Stuff I find around the web that interests or amuses me.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
Not paranoid after Bush yammers about keeping nuclear weapons a possibility? Use this page to get an idea of what a nuclear bomb would to do your city.
Roald Dahl’s disturbing short story, “Pig”, with illustrations.
Some nice photos of the Towers of Light WTC memorial in New York. I’ve gotta say, as far as memorials go, this is one of the better ones I’ve seen, even if it is temporary.
Manufactured Serendipity — an(nother) exploration of the blogging phenomena.