Daily Archives: September 11, 2003
The Darker Side of Blogging
As a laid-back proponent of the Blogger ethos it would be way uncool to get hung up on site statistics, but I confess to occasionally checking traffic to the Dowbrigade site. I have noticed that at regular, but otherwise inexplicable … Continue reading
Exorcism Needed After Church Porno Film
ROME (Reuters) – A church in central Italy may need reconsecrating after police discovered it had been the location for a pornographic film, Italian media has reported. The church of San Vicenzo’s seedy past came to light when a local … Continue reading
Don’t Quit the Day Job pt. II
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses with a guitar as he stands with Yves Passarel (L) singer from one of Brazil’s best known rock groups, Capital Inicial. Will he jam with Kerry? Bill on Sax?
Accidents go DOWN in Rainy Months
RAINY weather influences road deaths in a far more complicated way than previously thought. Rain does not increase the number of deaths in crashes, provided it rained the previous day. But a heavy shower after a dry spell causes a … Continue reading
True Universal Sufferage
Plans continue to open the California Recall Election to voters from around the world, on the theory that we all have a stake in what happens in California and … Continue reading
Stata Center – Eyesore or Boondoggle?
I admit that the first time I saw this building rising out of a dirt mine in the industrial underbelly of Cambridge, behind sleazy Central Square and across the tracks from the main MIT campus I thought I was having … Continue reading