Bush Administration 'Distorts Science' – Report. Bush Administration 'Distorts Science' – Report. Via Yahoo News. Above all, it is the rejection of science that most typifies the moral collapse of George W. Bush and his administration. There is not a more serious failure to the Republic. [The Mediaburn Radio Weblog] ——- i wouldn't call this […]

Individual Arrested for Hacking into Messenger Conversations (Digital Chosun). Police said, Kim downloaded a hacking program called RADMIN through a portal site and installed it in the employeesâ computers around last December and occasionally reported the conversation contents to the companyâs executives with the intention of getting the staff, about whom he usually did not […]

Distant third Dean ends Democrat leadership campaign [Ananova News] —— yep, it was time…..

tonite, on lifetime: until the violence stops. The V-Day movie “Until the Violence Stops” airs tonite on Lifetime at 10PM. Watch it!!! It's a beautiful film and shows what V-Day has been doing for the last five years. PS: Seeing as i don't have cable, i'd be super stoked if someone would be able to […]

Abort, Retry, Fail.. Rumor has it the FBI just raided Creative Internet Techniques, a relatively major Ohio internet service provider, and seized everything including more than 200 servers. Stay tuned… [Fucked Company] —— the internet is a dangerous place….. even more dangerous when they seize major real estate to show that people have done wrong….

“To Do or to Have? That is the Question”. A recent posting on the subject of Panamanian married couples who drive older cars but hire live-in nannies to help with their children sparked quite a few comments.  Alex Chernavsky sent in this newspaper story about research done by social psychologists, the conclusion of which was […]

well i was talking with zenbabe on irc over lunch, and she asked for a picture i didn't have, so instead i went to google image search: who would have thought that you could tell a persons life through monchichi pictures. you look like this only taller http://www.ankegroener.de/Bilder/Monchichi.jpg http://www.angelfire.com/retro/80sfun/images/PRODUCTS/monchichi.jpg and this is you in your […]

Google expands its search empire. Google has expanded its web index to more than six billion items, including almost a billion images. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] —— i wonder if this will make it more useful or not… the assumption would be that it would, but i'd argue that more is not […]

Older people's mixed views on the Net. Research sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds limited interest in the Internet among older people living in sheltered housing. Perhaps not surprisingly, those interested generally saw it as entertainment rather than 'must have', and many needed help in using… [Designing for Civil Society] —– fairly interesting info

Penn State explores merit of online publications. It seems that Penn State is considering following Cornell's lead by offering students open content textbooks online. Link courtesy of Open Access News. [Kairosnews – A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy] —– there are others too, history at vt just received a grant to finish two […]