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.
Pig
Roald Dahl’s disturbing short story, “Pig”, with illustrations.
Towers of Light
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.
Unanswered questions
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
Manufactured Serendipity — an(nother) exploration of the blogging phenomena.
If we can’t torture here…
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.
PC conspiracies
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.
Digital rights
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.
Age of consent
I’m liking MetaFilter more and more. Today they posted a link to a story about ‘Dear Abby’ turning in a man who confessed an attraction to child pornography. The related MeFi discusson has raised some extremely interesting points, touching on some of the many societal and cultural variables surrounding ‘age of consent’ (highlights being here, here, and here).
Afghanistan tactics
Didn’t we learn anything from the years the Russians spent trying to fight in Afghanistan? Apparently not.
Hundreds of American troops were pulled out of the ground battle with al-Qaeda forces because they failed to adapt to the guerrilla tactics required for fighting in the mountains, according to their Afghan allies.
(Addendum: the MetaFilter comments thread for this article has some good points, if you can dig through the partisian bickering.)