Daily Archives: July 4, 2003

Straight from Iraq This guy seems to be the real deal – a US Army intelligence officer currently running an Iraqi EPW camp north of Bagdad, who whips out his laptop late at night in his tent or sitting out … Continue reading →

An infant born with four legs, three hands, three kidneys and an abnormal liver to a rural Zambian woman two weeks ago, is pictured in Lusaka, July 2, 2003. They said the baby, whose is yet to be named, would … Continue reading →

Finally, a Boston Globe column with some balls. Since Barnicle got busted Globe prose has gone milquetoast. But not this… “IN HIS DRIVE-BY shootings of black progress, Clarence Thomas speeds away, spitting at his victims and spewing quotations that stun … Continue reading →

Dating back at least to Middle Horizon times (600-1000 AD), Andean cultures have kept records using knotted cords of cotton or alpaca wool. These are called khipus in Quechua. Unfortunately, due to their organic origins and the humid andean climate, … Continue reading →

Very nice VR Quicktime full-screen panorama by photographer Antonio Moya, of a masterwork by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), one of the most famous French artists from the last century. from BoingBoing

dB (as in decibel) drag racing is an obscure but growing international "sport" in which competitors go head-to-head for two or three seconds at a time, hence the name drag racing, to establish whose sound system is loudest. The 2002 … Continue reading →

Miracles You’ll See in the Next 50 Years BY WALDEMAR KAEMPFFERT Reprint of article from Feb. 1950 What will the world be like in A.D. 2000? You can read the answer in your home, in the streets, in the trains … Continue reading →

“Canadians can’t quite believe it: Suddenly, we’re interesting. After months of making the news only with our various communicable diseases–SARS, mad cow and West Nile–we’re now getting world famous for our cutting-edge laws on gay marriage and legalized drugs. The … Continue reading →