Daily Archives: August 7, 2003
Summer Means Outdoor Art in NYC
The showstopper on the Met Museum’s roof is Roy Lichtenstein’s sculpture imitating a child’s drawing of a house. A good review of Outdoor Art in New York City, a summer staple in the Big Apple. by Michael Kimmelman in the … Continue reading
Egyptian POV from Ramallah
The tenuous cease-fire in Palestine appears more based in bone-weariness and revulsion than in progress and positive movement. This pessimistic review of the Palestinian point of view as reported in the Egyptian press illuminates the intractability of the problem and … Continue reading
Bogus Bride Busted
August 7, 2003 — Prosecutors say she’s been married 26 times, but Dezerrie Cortes has apparently lost count. " I did 10 fake marriages in the 1980s," Cortes told investigators shortly after she was arrested July 8. "I also married … Continue reading
The Wisdom of Blogging
Blogs in Academe A good review of blogging in Higher Education by Sarah Roberts in Syllabus magazine calls it "the backbone of a new Internet communications movement". "The rise of blogging suggests new ways to think about collaboration and communication … Continue reading
Queens Kinko Caper
The Kinko Caper: Theft by Modem Juju Jiang, a 25-year old hacker in Flushing, Queens, used an arsenal of computers in his bedroom in an apartment he shared with his mother and a simple trick to break into over 450 … Continue reading