Why I trust my government to keep me safe: On Monday, the INS approved student visas for two of the 9/11 airplane hijackers.
Links
Things I run across that I find to be interesting, but might not have the time or inclination to craft a fuller post around it. Generally, short little “go here, look at this, isn’t it neat?” posts.
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.
Teleportation
Ray Kurzweil “teleported” today to the Nanoventures 2002 conference, which is focusing on commercialization of nanotechnology.
Geek code
Here’s my geek code.
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Version: 3.1
GAT d+ s:-- a- C++ U*++++ P+ L- E--- W+++
N+ o K w--- O---- M++ V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5
X++ R-- tv-- b++ DI++ D+ G e h r+ y*
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
Aqua M and M’s!
M&M’s are going to be adding a new color to the mix — and you can vote for your favorite here! I went with Aqua — they’ll go nicely with my Mac OS X desktop.
Wierd dog food ads
You won’t see dogfood ads like these in the U.S.! Those crazy Kiwis….
note 2 lamerz
Part of me really hopes that this is a joke. But if it’s not, then if I ever run into any problems designing my website, it’s nice to know that I can turn to DAVES WEB SERVICCES (“note 2 lamerz: serious enquiris only plz”) for help.
The Times regrets both incidents
Even the New York Times can make mistakes.
In yesterday’s issue, The New York Times did not report on riots in Milan and the subsequent murder of the lay religious reformer Erlembald. These events took place in 1075, the year given in the dateline under the nameplate on Page 1. The Times regrets both incidents.
— New York Times, March 11, 1975
Boring sex?
Is your sex life too boring?
‘net radio in jeopardy
A Call to Arson: more good information on the attempted shutdown of ‘net radio. There’s also a longer, more polished (but not as pretty) writeup here.