Janet Asimov, in a biography of her late husband Isaac Asimov (It’s Been A Good Life), has revealed that he actually died of AIDS contracted during bypass surgery, but the doctor at the time advised that the information not be disclosed to the public. Interesting.
Sure, we checked their credentials
Why I trust my government to keep me safe: On Monday, the INS approved student visas for two of the 9/11 airplane hijackers.
Those eyes!
How completely fascinating. If you’ve ever picked up a National Geographic magazine, you probably remember a cover from 1985 of a girl with stunning green eyes, from a story about war in Afghanistan. Somehow National Geographic found her again.
Our leaders at work
One has ordered his forces into battle more times than any other postwar British leader. The other threatens military action against “evil” nations and keeps a scorecard of dead al-Qaida leaders, marking each fatality with an X. Now, Tony Blair and George Bush have received international recognition for their unswerving willingness to use force: a nomination for the 2002 Nobel peace prize.
I got into As The Apple Turns!
Hey — I’m famous! Or…something like that. See, I stumbled across a link earlier today that I thought might be of interest to my favorite Apple-flavored soap opera, As the Apple Turns — and they used it for one of their stories today! Too cool…check it out: Aqua in the candy dish!
2 hours in the life of a ‘puter geek
Ever wondered just what ‘geeking out’ entails? Some nights it’s diving into whatever the geek’s code of choice is (HTML and CSS for me), other nights it’s more hardware based. Well, tonight I had a problem with my primary work Mac, and kept a log of what I was doing as I went along. Feel free to take a look if you’d like….
Propaganda
Propaganda, anyone? This site really got my attention after it was posted over on MetaFilter today. On the one hand, on a conceptual/artistic level, I like most of what I see (though some of the posters really are just plain bad). However, on a more intellectual level, it’s just frightening, due to the strong resemblance to WWII-era Soviet propaganda posters. I was hoping that it may have been more satirical in nature, but apparently this is a real, serious attempt…though at exactly what isn’t entirely clear from the site.
Teleportation
Ray Kurzweil “teleported” today to the Nanoventures 2002 conference, which is focusing on commercialization of nanotechnology.
Buckets of what?
Times I wish I had a ‘completely bizarre’ category. I can understand being peeved if I had a music video being shot outside my apartment at 4am. But did Britney Spears really deserve to have buckets of urine thrown at her (and…though I hesistate to ask…just why did these L.A. residents have buckets of urine available to throw?)?
Working for da man
I wish I had the guts and thought I could afford to make the vow that Jonathon does here:
I vow never again to work for someone else’s riches. I am independent being, free to grow rich or die poor using my mind and the thousand bucks I’ve got in the bank. I refuse to be a slave to the shirt-and-tie drones of Ford or any other Fortune 500 company, now and forever.
I just need a little more assurance that I’ll be able to pay rent next month. Still, it’s a goal to work towards.