Enthusiastically Ambiverted Hopepunk
Most of the computers in movies for several years have been Macintoshes, maybe because the Mac is the only computer that doesn’t look like every other computer and therefore benefits from product placement. But this is the first movie in which an entire iMac commercial runs on TV in the background of a shot.
How’s that for random trivia? Thanks to Roger Ebert’s review of Showtime for this little tidbit.
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.
I haven’t read enough of this yet to be sure whether it’s serious content or mad conspiracy ramblings, but it looked very interesting: Sep. 11th Unanswered Questions (Part 1) and Part 2.
Manufactured Serendipity — an(nother) exploration of the blogging phenomena.
This world just gets more and more frightening all the time.
The US has been secretly sending prisoners suspected of al-Qaida connections to countries where torture during interrogation is legal, according to US diplomatic and intelligence sources. Prisoners moved to such countries as Egypt and Jordan can be subjected to torture and threats to their families to extract information sought by the US in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The Apple community has said this off and on for years, but now Business Week is asking — could IT professionals be keeping their networks PC-based to keep their jobs? Now here’s a conspriacy theory that I can sign up for.
Finally, movement has been started to help preserve consumer’s rights regarding digital media: DigitalConsumer. More information and background can be found in a column from Walter Mossberg.