Monthly Archives: June 2003

Art lovers can now look at Michelangelo’s famous ceiling in the Sistine Chapel via their computers.  In a major upgrade of their website, the Vatican has digitized much of their art collection.  Read a BBC report, or go directly to … Continue reading →

Apple’s new G5 desktop computer has been dubbed the "Cheese Grater" model because it looks, well, like a cheese grater.  Billed as the first 64-bit PC, Apple claims it leaves even the fastest current PCs in the dust.  However, Slashdot … Continue reading →

BAGHDAD, June 24 – Iraqi footballers — freed from the threat of beatings and jailings under Saddam Hussein — celebrated their return to the national soccer stadium on Tuesday by thrashing a U.S. military side 11-0

A new high energy laser weapon and F-16 flight simulator, designed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Theater Aerospace Command Control Simulation Facility at Kirtland Air Force Base, will let pilots test technology that could put the United … Continue reading →

"When I’m president, we’ll do executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day," Gephardt said. Can this be an accurate quote? It did come from a Fox News story on afirmative action.

Here’s some more fallout from the Chinese “espionage” case involving accused double agent Katrina Leung and her FBI handler-lover David Smith. The FBI has removed Daniel Sayner as the head of the Los Angeles Counterintelligence office and put him back … Continue reading →

When it comes to communicating with a computer, children find it just as easy to use an interactive soft toy as a mouse, according to new research sponsored by the ESRC. This research is published today as a part of … Continue reading →

One of the abiding mysteries and polemics in Anthropology and Earth Science has long been the almost simultaneous appearance of agriculture in the Middle East, South America, and China, among other areas. It seems to me the answer is simple; … Continue reading →

A Karaoke ESL lesson from GenkiEnglish.com. You can download the song (mp3) To see it in action, click on "See the song in action: Click here" (Duh)

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former "Baywatch" beauty Pamela Anderson is making her animation debut as a superhero who dances in a strip club, but she demanded and received a no-nudity clause for her cartoon alter ego.