Bagle virus exploits e-mail hole. Users are warned to look out for the Bagle virus which has started spreading rapidly. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

Writing style and blogging. Poor writing style, like bad manners, makes someone appear less intelligent than they are. Writing style, like manners, can be learned in many ways. Reading and writing a lot is the first step. Having people critique your writing is probably the next best thing. There are many basic writing mistakes that […]

from my take there, while i used to like kucinich, i see he is underinformed about higher education, and that the best informed seems to be kerry, with edwards up there and dean is well somewhere in the middle of being informed, but far too willing to fill in with campaign-speak. clark seemed better than […]

box office poison is a book i picked up over at printers ink in blacksburg. it is essentially about a bunch of twenty somethings leading their lives in nyc. past that, it is an excellent read, much better than other graphic novels of this genre that i've read. it is well worth reading.

Poison Pill. Charles Murtaugh has an interesting take on the politics of the Mission to Mars…. [Matthew Yglesias] —— and the democrats respond with 'it was just another one of George Bush's underfunded mandates, then you voted us back in, and it was dropped in order to pursue more important issues.

but here they are:) i have garageband and took some time to show you my complete incompetence in crafting music a warning: they are AIFF and they are pretty large, from 4mb-70mb depending….. First Shot, was my first shot with garageband, i think it is ok, if a bit clearly produced by a computer. more […]

Wal-Mart Lockin. Wal-Mart Locks Its Workers In. And not without serious consequences. One worker had a heart attack, another had an asthma attack and an assistant manager wouldn't let him out immediately, another had his ankle smashed by heavy machinery and had no way of getting to a hospital. It's not the first time the […]

What's $6.9 trillion between friends?. Interesting article about the US national debt. Interesting because it explains some of the economics of, and differences between, private and public debt which I did not previously understand. [Curiouser and curiouser!]

“I Ain't Gonna Study War No More.”. Check out the BushFlash animation in honor of Martin Luther King, who would have celebrated his 75th birthday on Thursday (warning: it may take about two minutes to download on a 56k modem). The animation is sponsored in part by… [the chutry experiment]

Making the Mind. Making the Mind. “The general outlines of how genes build the brain are finally becoming clear, and we are also starting to see how, in forming the brain, genes make room for the environment‰¥ús essential role. While vast amounts of work remain to be done, it is becoming equally clear that understanding […]