Bounty for asking “How many times have you been arrested, Mr. President?” World's Shortest Blog is offering a bounty to the first person to publicly pose the following question to the erstwhile President: “How many times have you been arrested, Mr. President?” They're accepting PayPal donations to drive up the size of the bounty, which […]

Bearing witness. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is one of my favourite graphic novels: In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with […]

diarying bad for your health?. “Keeping a diary is bad for your health, say UK psychologists. They found that regular diarists were more likely than non-diarists to suffer from headaches, sleeplessness, digestive problems and social awkwardness. … “Although she does not have proof, Duncan speculates that diarists buck the usual trend because instead of a […]

e-admit. For those of you who were addicted to Group Hug, you've gotta check out e-admit. Users submit some sort of admission, often with a poll following it. Readers can then vote on their admissions. [Sorry Scott for a new addiction.] [apophenia] —- sounds like callahan's but more public, less puns, and less fun.

Longhorn to put squeeze on gadgets. The next version of Windows will let companies block access to iPods and other tiny storage devices, News.com has learned. [CNET News.com] [A blog doesn't need a clever name] —- hmmph, figures. it isn't like they need to do this, it is that they think controling the user is […]

nice cut.

this is cool.

open access journals. Directory of open access journals” href=”http://www.doaj.org/expand”> Directory of open access journals is hosted by the University of Lund (Sweden) library and lists academic journals that have an open access policy. This means that they do not charge for subscription,… [Vlog 2.1] —- reposting adrians post cause it is a good posting.

this has to be the lowest of the low. this is a horribly wrong thing to do. it is like they can control it, and we know bushies have ties, but why say things like this.

Dreamhost is Having a Sale. Overall I’m pretty happy with my hosting company, Dreamhost. Tech support is very friendly, and responds to most requests within the promised 24 hours. I’ve asked for a ton of Perl modules and they have installed them all, globally, within a day and without demur—except for one, and they gave […]