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December 20 to 31, 2005
In a pioneering survey, most artists and musicians think that file sharing is not a threat: http://www.it
world
.com/Tech/2987/nls_ecommercefile041208...
April 25 to May 1, 2005
Here's a comprehensive technical overview of Tiger, and why its software architecture for recording, composing, and playing images, movies, music and generally any kind of media is light years ahea...
...are made possible by a price war between Taiwan and South Korea, which make 90% of the
world
's LCD monitors...
I just want to make a phone call - the new Nokia N91 has a 4GB hard drive, camera, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, mp3 player, headphone jack, USB connector, FM radio, Web browser, and records video...
How smart mobs are fueling revolution around the
world
...
An update on Iraq's ravaged cultural artifacts - not good: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/
world
/middle_east/4461755.st...
Canada once took in 50,000 Vietnam-era draft dodgers. But today it's denying political asylum to those who refuse to participate in the Iraq war...
Hawaii-grown tea could become a
world
-famous if these growers have their way...
April 18 to 24, 2005
How U.S. restrictions on family planning are affecting the rest of the
world
, with dire consequences...
Ecologically responsible hostels can be efficient and beautiful (and a source of income and workers for organic farms): http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/04/one_
world
_backp.ph...
April 11 to 17, 2005
Did you know that samples of a flu virus were mistakenly sent to 3,700 labs around the
world
and that some have gone missing? This normally would not cause worry except for the fact that the virus i...
Contenders in the Rubik's Cube
world
Championships...
Here's the lightest, smallest portable sound system any
world
traveler could want...
April 4 to 10, 2005
Interviews with over 300 people who live in mountainous regions around the
world
, with their perspectives on change and development...
Best Buy arrests a man for using $2 bills. The police said "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11
world
." I didn't know that terrorists paid for their nuclear weapons using $...
China spends three times the
world
average on energy to produce $1 of gross domestic product - and 70% of its energy comes from coal. Because the U.S. isn't in the Kyoto accord, imported Chines...
Did you know that in 2000, EPA-banned GMO corn was found in Taco Bell tacos, which could produce anaphylactic shock? Here's more on how corporations are surreptitiously introducing GMO into th...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
Obviously, patent systems around the
world
are not doing well at all at moving into the digital era or I would not have had to do this...
1,360 scientists from 95 countries say that two-thirds of the
world
's resources are "used up" in a four-year $24 million U.N.-sponsored survey...
The
world
's ugliest car, made in 1957, was restored from a pile of junk to a polished, functional car...
March 21 to 27, 2005
Once upon a time, anti-war/pro-peace messages in mainstream media were a little more direct, involving protest music with pointed lyrics and shocking fashion. Now in today's information-cynical
world
...
This was a top item in news all over the
world
this week: Banksy, an artist mostly known for his quality graffiti work, snuck into New York's most famous museums and affixed his anti-war work to th...
Rock group Franz Ferdinand's music video "Take Me Out" won the "Breakthrough Video" award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. It uses high-tech techniques to create dense living collages patterne...
Macs are starting to make under-the-radar inroads into companies. This is exactly how the Web got started in the corporate
world
, and CTOs and IT staff are beginning to think about what it means...
Renting a car on Maui or Oahu? Try the Bio-Beetle, the first all-biodiesel rental cars in the
world
...
March 14 to 20, 2005
A nice quote from the Molokai land flap mentioned last week: "The controversy is hard to explain from the Western perspective that land is something to be bought, owned and sold to make profit.....
Only in Hawaii - people made corned beef sushi with green rice for St. Patrick's day. I think it should be a symbol of
world
unity or something. Note that this type of sushi (musubi) is usually mad...
For the first time, people can visualize the characters in most of the written languages of the
world
at once...
"Mount Kilimanjaro Photo Wake-Up Call for Action Against Global Warming" - in case you needed visual proof...
Could trapped frozen natural gas under the sea be a solution to the
world
's energy problems...
March 7 to 13, 2005
Andrew Sullivan observes how the iPod is isolating society. Well, how about allowing others to listen to your iPod wirelessly, Apple? Unite the
world
with music...
Did you know that the U.S. is one of only 11 democratic nations in the
world
that does not give its citizens a Constitutional right to vote...
View the U.S. dollar's secret markings that can only be seen in infrared: http://homepage.ntl
world
.com/geoff.johnson2/IR...
Half of the
world
's 6,000 languages will disappear in less than a century, leading to "grave consequences for biodiversity" says the U.N.. Most people use one of only 8 languages...
Here's a nifty voyage into the nano
world
...
An imaginative new Adidas commercial explores the
world
of dreamtime...
The Flickr guide to the planet - beautiful photos from around the
world
, via Gridskipper...
The
world
's thinnest building, with a very colorful history...
Meanwhile, an unreleased Velvet Underground acetate found at a garage sale could be the most expensive record in the
world
...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
Fujitsu's 120GB notebook drive. Side note - a friend asked a major hard drive recovery specialist which drives they thought were the most reliable. The answer - Seagate for desktops, and Hitachi fo...
The Vectrix electric scooter gets up to 62mph: http://
world
.honda.com/news/2004/2040824_02.htm...
More on T-Mobile's security - an undocumented backdoor in their systems allowed a hacker to gain access to extremely confidential customer information, including people's data from their Sidekicks...
The industrial chicken catcher. Watch the video... http://www.ssi
world
.com/watch/watch-en.ht...
Uh-oh - 6,200 Wells Fargo ATMs are now running Windows: http://www.computer
world
.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,100165,00.html?source=x1...
Ira Rennert's house was featured on VH1 this week. It's the largest in the
world
, containing over 100,000 square feet worth of structures, 30 bathrooms, and its own power plant. He owned the compan...
Smithsonian Global Sound, their new online music store offering the Smithsonian's
world
music collection...
February 21 to 27, 2005
The Continuing iPod Phenomenon http://www.pc
world
.com/resource/article/0,aid,119799,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.as...
Top tennis stars Andre Agassi and Roger Federer play on the
world
's highest tennis court in Dubai, about 1,000 feet up...
The way things are going, the
world
's population will be 9.1 billion by 2050...
The first Grammy winner in the Best Hawaiian Music Album category, "Slack Key Guitar Volume 2", hit number one on Billboard's
world
Music chart and number two on the New Age chart. If you buy it, kee...
February 14 to 20, 2005
It's true, the International Monetary Fund bankrupts the Third
world
, as noted by a former banker in this article mentioned last year...
Chloroflourocarbon-free expanded polystyrene housing can withstand the worst earthquakes recorded and is energy-efficient too: http://www.
world
changing.com/archives/002118.htm...
February 7 to 13, 2005
They should also understand all the various ways in which Microsoft technology remains inoperable with the rest of the
world
-Wide Web...
Dubai is building the
world
's biggest waterfront development - it's 2.5 times the size of D.C....
What's your political label? Take the
world
's smallest political quiz...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
"
world
's Glaciers Slowly Disappearing"...
January 24 to 30, 2005
This was the week of
world
-wide coincidences that could only happen thanks to the wonder of the Internet. Now that so many are sharing photos online, people are beginning to find interestin...
January 10 to 16, 2005
The big news in Kev's
world
this week was the introduction of the Mac mini - it's a small yet powerful box not much wider than a CD that supports pretty much any display, keyboard, and mouse for $500...
The new 555-seat Airbus A380 is the
world
's biggest airliner ever built. And it's more fuel efficient than your car...
"Babylon Wrecked by War: US-Led Forces Leave a Trail of Destruction and Contamination in Architectural Site of
world
Importance"...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Here's what "Auld Lang Syne" really means. The song has a long, fascinating history: http://www.
world
burnsclub.com/newsletter/auld_lang_syne_what_about.ht...
"Meritocracy in America - Whatever happened to the belief that any American could get to the top?" http://economist.com/
world
/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=351856...
Nothing lasts - Buddhist monks who have meditated on corpses find themselves well-suited to help with cremating thousands of tsunami victims. "We just sort of live in denial of the fact that we hav...
The story of 21 year-old Matt Leto, possibly the greatest video-game player ever. He likely holds over 800
world
records and is set to make six digits in competitions this year...
December 13 to 19, 2004
Construction on the
world
's tallest tower begins in Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
December 6 to 12, 2004
Handy child psychology tips and
world
-weary wisdom from a 14-year store Santa veteran...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
The debut of Wikinews, a free content news source that people around the
world
can contribute to...
The
world
is not growing enough food to meet the rising population...
The Straight Dope takes on alternative burials: http://www.
world
changing.com/archives/001657.htm...
November 22 to 28, 2004
A ten-year-old toasted cheese sandwich said to bear the image of Virgin Mary sold for $28,000 on eBay: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nation
world
/2002102840_sandwich28.htm...
The
world
wide effects of the sinking dollar, now at a nine-year low...
How the government uses laser printers to track documents. Since about 1995, color laser printers have microencoded the printer's serial number on every printed document. Use a blue LED light to se...
November 15 to 21, 2004
The story of one of the
world
's largest spammers, who made $750,000 a month from jamming your emailbox...
An inspirational account of a three-year backpacking trip around the
world
. With lots of photos...
Two of three
world
wide believe their leaders are dishonest...
The
world
Wildlife Fund is building a 6,000 structure "eco-city"...
November 8 to 14, 2004
The
world
's smallest PC/keyboard/mouse net connection combo...
It's said that good fences make good neighbors. Screaming children, however, do not. A detailed Web site describing a painful, protracted war with the neighbors. This makes a nice metaphor for th...
The story behind the five-year development of Half-Life 2, which could be one of the greatest PC videogames of all time and make over $700 million in revenues
world
wide...
This Dutch film caused the murder of its director on November 2. The Netherlands is now experiencing attacks on Islamic mosques, churches, and schools. Can fundamentalism ever coexist with worl...
The military's Gestapo/Darth Vader-like successor to the Hummer: http://news.independent.co.uk/
world
/americas/story.jsp?story=58126...
November 1 to 7, 2004
The Younger Generation Speaks Out http://www.
world
netdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=4129...
But that's not why this ex-Reserve Kauai resident is making
world
news by suing over his recall to active duty after 13 years of being out of the service...
"The
world
is on the verge of a water crisis as people fight over ever dwindling supplies"...
This was all over the news - Americans are getting heavier, leading to tons of extra weight and fuel for airlines. And 3.8 million more tons of carbon dioxide in the air...
Interactive 360-degree panoramas from around the
world
...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Ready for the election? "Tight race turns
world
spotlight on Hawaii"...
The
world
's first single atom-thick fabric...
Watch your local TV stations from anywhere in the
world
...
Spyware is on 80% of PCs, viruses on 20%. But 77% of people think they're safe. Is this the same 80% that think evoting is secure, despite expert evidence...
October 18 to 24, 2004
After decades of continuous military bombing since
world
War II, the freed island of Kahoolawe is re-established as a native navigational center and crossroads "connecting Hawaiians to the ancestra...
A pro-evoting industry group blames humans for errors. Along these lines, it's your fault every time your PC crashes, too: http://www.info
world
.com/article/04/10/19/HNvotingproblems_1.htm...
According to a survey of 81 countries, Russians are the most miserable people in the
world
. The U.S. ranks 15th...
"
world
Living Beyond Its Environmental Means"...
October 11 to 17, 2004
"Poll reveals
world
anger at Bush"...
"1/3 of the
world
's frogs, toads and newts are on the brink of extinction", thanks to pollution...
"McDonald's Losing Revenue in
world
-Wide Market...
Can nanofiltration solve the
world
's water problems...
October 4 to 10, 2004
More news on efforts to restore coral reefs via low voltage currents, and sad statistics on
world
wide coral deaths...
The
world
's largest wind power project starts near Beijing...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
Inside the recently upgraded
world
's third-most-powerful supercomputer at Virginia Tech (it's also powered by Mac OSX)...
A Microsoft server crash almost causes a 800-plane pile-up: http://www.tech
world
.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=227...
Digital print-on-demand bookmobiles are helping out kids in Third
world
countries...
Sarah McLachlan's video "
world
On Fire" breaks down the cost of making a music video vs. contributing to charities...
September 20 to 26, 2004
The first half of 2004 saw 5,000 new Windows viruses: http://www.computer
world
.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,96116,00.htm...
September 5 to 12, 2004
The newest revolution in aeronautical design-the fanwing, a quiet "sky barge": http://news.independent.co.uk/
world
/science_technology/story.jsp?story=55861...
Regarding last week's item about fake tree-like cell phone masts: http://www.dw-
world
.de/dwelle/allgemein/bilder_show/0,3772,89907_6,00.jp...
Lee Bontecou is one of my favorite artists - she pioneered works that addressed the connections between technology and nature, before H.R. Giger's time. Once the talk of the art
world
, she dropped ou...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Skype, the most popular Voice Over IP (VOIP) app, is now available for Mac OSX! Talk to friends around the
world
for free using your Internet connection...
The
world
's smallest atomic clock will lead to devices with super-accurate time everywhere (1 second is lost every 300 years), affecting cryptography, global communications, etc....
The
world
's first detailed view (and reconstruction) of an Egyptian mummy's face, without disturbing the wrappings, thanks to multidetector computed tomography...
Outsourcing Greed http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=
world
News&storyID=601441...
From May to July the U.S. produced 86% of the
world
wide volume of spam...
Hundreds of people from different
world
regions are morphed into one, highlighting differences as well as similarities...
August 22 to 29, 2004
The
world
's first movie recording on a preformatted holographic disc...
The
world
's smallest optical zoom digital camera, using the new ceramic lens technology...
August 15 to 22, 2004
More population shifts. The
world
's changing...
Doctors discuss the link between birth month and illness. February babies have a higher risk of schizophrenia! http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nation
world
/2002011657_birthmonth21.htm...
August 8 to 14, 2004
How ultrawideband technology may change the
world
- it may be as disruptive as the Internet...
Some of the most untranslatable words in the
world
...
August 2 to 8, 2004
Casio develops the
world
's first transparent ceramic lens, enabling smaller, thinner cameras...
The new, groovy
world
of open-source business models...
Although over 80% of the public feels that e-voting is safe (or have no opinion), over 80% of security experts feel that current e-voting systems are much less secure than traditional paper-base...
Rockwell's Retro-Confabulator! http://media.ebaums
world
.com/retro.wm...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
About Singapore's new
world
-class bioscience empire, including "Biopolis", a $300 million center for molecular biology, bioinformatics, genomics, and nanotech...
July 19 to 25, 2004
Huge manmade cities for the superrich are being built all over the
world
. Here's a few of them...
July 12 to 18, 2004
Have you read about the children at Abu Ghraib? http://www.thismodern
world
.com/weblog/mtarchives/week_2004_07_04.html#00163...
July 5 to 11, 2004
Have you ditched Internet Explorer yet? It's lost 1% in popularity so far, its first recorded decline in five years. That's about 300,000 people...
Will libraries be illegal? Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive aims to be the modern Library of Alexandria - here's a fascinating recent talk on his fight to archive digital media and create a fre...
Clive Sinclair rolls out the
world
's smallest folding bike...
Here's Doug Englebart's infamous 1968 demo, which originated the concept and also introduced the
world
to the mouse, word processing, hyperlinks, outline editing, graphics editing, and more...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
An article on those trying to get China to eat more vegetarian and less things like sparrow chicks, snake heads, and badgers. Old cultures are hard to change though. "Asked why she eats domestic cats...
The heartwarming story of independent, garage-based SomaFM, which broadcasts
world
wide to 8,000 listeners a day...
June 21 to 27, 2004
If you've seen Fahrenheit 9/11, you know who the Carlyle Group is - the largest private defense contractor in the
world
and one of the most powerful companies that most people have never heard of...
What it's like to be the chef for a country's leader and travel around the
world
gathering exotic foods under oppressive surveillance...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
"BBN Tech Unveils
world
's First Quantum Cryptography Network...
"This is the most amazing, subversive piece of political webware I've ever seen. It scrapes the Parliamentary record and makes the entire thing commentable, searchable and permalinkable... We need on...
"For the second straight year, an Internet unknown won the famed
world
Series of Poker on Friday, ravaging a field of professional players on his way to glory and riches....
May 17 to 23, 2004
4) Obesity is now a global issue. The
world
Health Organization enters the picture...
The New
world
Symphony uses Internet2 videoconferencing for orchestra training...
May 10 to 16, 2004
"They Rule" - a nifty way to visualize and find connections between the leaders of the
world
's most powerful companies...
May 3 to 9, 2004
A high-level report from the 2004 Flexible Displays & Electronics Conference: http://www.pc
world
.com/news/article/0,aid,115963,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.as...
Don't forget about the new 400GB hard drives! http://www.pc
world
.com/news/article/0,aid,115839,00.as...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
Before you laugh, try a little thinking outside of the box: Hawaii needs low-cost housing solutions - how about using used shipping containers? Many well-designed structures have been made
world
wide...
April 19 to 25, 2004
A company has found a way to develop ethanol from waste straw and wood chips on a commercial scale, a
world
first...
4) Endorse the use of lead-free computer systems, at least by government: The
world
's first lead-free motherboard (the main component in personal computers) has been developed...
With five million installed systems, the open-source database MySQL is the most popular database in the
world
. Its corporate site receives more traffic than IBM's, and large companies are migrating t...
April 12 to 18, 2004
I've seen a lot of Web sites. This could be the worst-designed site ever made...
This is the logical progression of hampsterdance.com, which took the net by storm five years ago, gathering over 60 million visitors
world
wide...
Just by using a white-colored roof on your home, you can save up to 40% in air conditioning costs: http://www.
world
changing.com/archives/000587.htm...
March 31, 2004
Hawaii Kai is one of the most garish neighborhoods I've seen. Hawaii is not Greece, Italy, or Hollywood. So why build faux (stucco, fenced-in, highly paved) structures which are neither here no...
Looking at the other side of the
world
, here's an overview of China's recent massive architectural works: "...the building boom sweeping over China has no precedent in human history." They're usin...
March 22 to 28, 2004
Trixie, the baby with the most comprehensive Web site in the
world
. With real-time sleep, bottle, and diaper telemetrics, a blog, gallery, forum, archives, and voting topic...
March 8 to 14, 2004
A new DVD recorder from HP burns silkscreen-like labels on the entire side of the disc: http://www.pc
world
.com/news/article/0,aid,114592,tk,wb030804x,00.as...
It's officially true! Thanks to confirmation from China's first astronaut, you CANNOT see the Great Wall from space! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/
world
/asia-pacific/3505040.st...
March 1 to 7, 2004
1.8 tons of raw material are used to make your average desktop computer and monitor. Upgrading rather than replacing your computer saves more energy than recycling it...
February 16 to 22, 2004
Apple's Mac OS X has been declared one of the
world
's safest operating systems by London-based security experts, mi2g...
Going through the Frankfurt airport? You may have to look through their new retinal scanning system: http://www.dw-
world
.de/english/0,3367,1446_A_1113690_1_A,00.htm...
A new cheap printer prints out prescription eyeglass lenses for $5 each, a boon for those in third-
world
areas...
February 9 to 15, 2004
A movie with four vignettes that explore what it means to be human in a
world
where robots are commonplace. It won the "Special Jury Award for Emotional Truth" at the Florida Film Festival as well a...
20% of this beer's profits go to the non-profit
world
Turtle Trust, which is currently financing four international projects. I tried it recently and it's very good (and I am a beer snob)...
There was a little buzz around the net last week regarding "peak oil". The term refers to the point at which
world
wide oil production will peak, which is currently predicted to happen in 2015. Jo...
January 26 to February 1, 2004
"UH to host
world
conference on future of Internet...
Yet another serious flaw in Microsoft software that may not even be fixable: http://www.tech
world
.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=94...
January 12 to 18, 2004
"This experience encapsulated so many benefits about technology that I don’t really know where to begin" http://www.info
world
.com/article/04/01/09/02OPconnection_1.htm...
January 5 to 11, 2004
"I.M.F. Report Says U.S. Deficits Threaten
world
Economy...
One Sri Lankan's take on globalism and its effect on
world
cultures (November 2003)...
December 22 to 28, 2003
Favorite antipop CDs of 2003 Tired of mainstream music? How about great jazz/
world
/folk/acoustic fusion? Highly recommended are David Tanenbaum, Tord Gustavsen, and the Be Good Tanyas. Of course...
December 8 to 14, 2003
Whoo boy, lots of new stuff in the
world
lately. Guess I'll just jump in...
It revives "arguments about the life of the
world
's captive killer whales, and what to do with similar creatures"... does anyone remember the story of Jumbo the elephant...
December 1 to 7, 2003
"Public Libraries Use Internet to Sell Old Books, Help Budgets" http://www.technews
world
.com/perl/story/32269.htm...
Money For The (Old) New
world
Orde...
November 17 to 23, 2003
This comes from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, one of the
world
's hotbeds of cutting-edge science. Folks from the Pentagon visited them just earlier this month...
November 10 to 16, 2003
People are increasingly naming their kids after brand names. In 2000, almost 300 girls were named Armani: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/
world
/americas/3268161.st...
On Kauai, the Navy wants 6,000 more acres of land... http://www.kauai
world
.com/articles/2003/11/03/news/news02.tx...
IBM created a (large) "TV-sized" supercomputer that's the 73rd most powerful supercomputer in the
world
...
November 3 to 9, 2003
The
world
's first disposable cellular phone just hit the market. It comes with 60 minutes of prepaid time, its own phone number, and you can add more minutes as needed...
October 27, 2003
Sanyo is making corn-derived biodegradable CDs - they'll hit stores in December. Much better for landfills. They degrade after 50-100 years: http://www.pc
world
.com/news/article/0,aid,112979,00.as...
Coming in January from Sony, the
world
's smallest five-megapixel camera...
ChevronTexaco and Ecuador http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/23/business/
world
business/23texa.html?ex=1067572800&en=cc9b358b298a8763&ei=5062&partner=GOOGL...
October 20, 2003
* It's the
world
's largest company, equaling 2.5% of the GNP...
October 14, 2003
The
world
's first motorized surfboard This is quite a revolutionary device - it's to surfing what snowboards are to skiing. This August it won approval for U.S. distribution after a 16-yea...
September 30, 2003
Sales of phonecams have surpassed that of digital cameras: http://www.mobilecommerce
world
.com/Tmpl/Article.aspx?E&ID=1675...
The most phallic building in the
world
and more...
September 15, 2003
Strange tiles have been sighted in over 100 different places around the
world
, created by an unknown artist. They reference Arnold Toynbee, who believed that "humanity's perception of its histor...
The iTunes music store just sold its 10 millionth song! Yay! http://www.mac
world
.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=684...
Of all people, the Chief Technical Officer of Info
world
(long a Windows/UNIX-oriented publication) has moved to a Mac and wrote two articles about the experience... "It just works... an option that'...
September 8, 2003
See how many people are poorer than you in the
world
...
This is a previous news item, but you can compare it to the
world
's first amphibious RV...
September 2, 2003
LEDs and the future of the light bulb: "If the
world
switches over to LEDs rapidly enough, it could obviate the need to build more than 100 power plants between now and 2020...
"Farewell America" http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
world
view/story/0,11581,1028674,00.htm...
August 25, 2003
Affected by the recent computer viruses? The solution: 1) Don't use Outlook. 2) Don't use Windows. I just spent a couple hours cleaning up a friend's infected Windows machine this week. In over 1...
By the way: If you are using Apple's Mail application, the virus emails will be automatically marked as junk and sent to your junk mail folder. Apple Mail has the best spam detection/removal of an...
August 4, 2003
This week's theme: techniques for separating the wheat from the chaff and the signal from the noise. Much confusion arises from people not being able to see the difference between the theory o...
July 16, 2003
"Why," you may wonder, "are you sending me email like this, Kev?" you may ask. I say: because you have a committed interest in keeping the
world
from being absolutely mediocre. Therefore an...
Also, the 2003 winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, which celebrates the
world
's worst writing:...
July 3, 2003
http://news.independent.co.uk/
world
/environment/story.jsp?story=421166 http://news.independent.co.uk/
world
/environment/story.jsp?story=42116...