Cool Lightning Picture

SF Gate: Multimedia (image): "Lightning strikes in downtown Livermore in this time-exposure photo."

Link Maintenance

Replaced "Lists of Lists" with Library Spot in the reference section.


Replaced "YesterdayLand" with cartoonbank.com.


Changed text link to the Onion to a graphic.

Replaced "SETI stats" with links to web pages that mention this website.

Wired 11.09: PowerPoint Is Evil

Wired 11.09: PowerPoint Is Evil: "Imagine a widely used and expensive prescription drug that promised to make us beautiful but didn't. Instead the drug had frequent, serious side effects: It induced stupidity, turned everyone into bores, wasted time, and degraded the quality and credibility of communication. These side effects would rightly lead to a worldwide product recall."

BoothFinder.com: Built 2000 for $348,128.00, Used once

BoothFinder.com: "Built 2000 for $348,128.00, Used once" - Here is a trade show booth that became an expensive artifact of the Dot Com collapse.

Suburban sprawl linked to sprawl of the waistline

Suburban sprawl linked to sprawl of the waistline / Those in spread-out areas tend to weigh more, study finds

North Korea: Nukes and Crime—China’s Borderline Troubles

MSNBC: China’s patience with North Korea is wearing thin. The trouble isn’t only Pyongyang’s crash program to create a nuclear arsenal—although that’s caused plenty of sleepless nights in Beijing.

Roadside Peek

Welcome to Roadside Peek: A great site of old roadside architecture.

Added to Daily Photo Section: Camera Works: Day in Photos (washingtonpost.com)

Added to my Daily Phot Section in the sidebar: Camera Works: Day in Photos (washingtonpost.com).

Hate Your Hair? Blame Your Mother's Diet

ABCNEWS.com:: "In a study that shows more than ever you are what you eat, U.S. scientists said on Friday they had changed the coat colors of baby mice simply by altering their mothers' diets."

Nokia 6590i Phone

I replaced my old Nokia 5160 with one of these last month. Great phone. Unlike most things I buy, I did no research before I went into the store - just asked the salesman which cell phones were compatible with my Nokia power adaptors, and picked the smallest.



This phone also has a great FM radio, which I listen to while walking to the train in the morning.

CNN.com - Are you a Web addict? - Aug. 7, 2003

CNN.com - Are you a Web addict? - Aug. 7, 2003: "To determine whether someone is spending an unhealthy amount of time with their computers, two University of Florida psychiatrists say doctors need to only remember the acronym MOUSE. "

ROCCO BOTTOM

New York Post Online Edition:: "There is no excusing this loud, overpriced stinker that does for the reputation of southern Italian cooking what Britney Spears' Nyla did for southern American. "



"The Restaurant" is one of my favorite shows on television right now, but I am not surprised it got a bad review, given the chaos we see every week.
Via lostremote.

Inboxer Rebellion (Call Scam)

Urban Legends Reference Pages:: "Telemarketers are luring those who've signed up for the national 'Do Not Call' list by getting them to request coupons for free products. "



Via Rebecca's Pocket.

Al Gore's NYU Speech

MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action: " Robust debate in a democracy will almost always involve occasional rhetorical excesses and leaps of faith, and we're all used to that. I've even been guilty of it myself on occasion. But there is a big difference between that and a systematic effort to manipulate facts in service to a totalistic ideology that is felt to be more important than the mandates of basic honesty. " - Al Gore, August 7th, 2003.

Who stole my house? / Thieves pillage family's remote vacation spot

Who stole my house? / Thieves pillage family's remote vacation spot: "Sometime in the past two months, somebody stole everything inside Miller's house -- and then stole the house."