Monthly Archives: February 2004

KEIZER, Ore. – Nine-year-old Keizer resident Morgan Kepford’s unusual skill may have earned her a spot on the "Late Show with David Letterman." For the past two weeks, Morgan has practiced shoving a balloon up her nose, holding it in … Continue reading →

Adam Curry is in Bagdad, after numerous delays and exhaustive preparation. Must be weird, exhilerating, moving and confusing all at once. First set of pics are up; looks dusty. Read the details on Adam’s blog.

The digital nature of our media streams is producing some interesting meta-news stories. News about the news. As the ascendancy of John Kerry (JFK Redux) increasingly becomes a fait accompli, the forces arrayed against him are flexing their muscles.  And … Continue reading →

This story hits too close to home.  Ron Mayfield became an ESL teacher late in life, although he always wanted to be an educator.  Taking early retirement after 20 years working on the railroad, he went back to school to … Continue reading →

  Skiers from six nations – including Britain – swapped their ski gear for g-strings in Austria’s first nude skiing competition. Organisers said they were delighted after 84 skiiers braved temperatures of 28 F to compete in the first Nude … Continue reading →

Over the past 9 months millions of people in America have become aware that they can use their computers to access the political process that governs their lives. They opened an electronic door which now cannot be shut. Their candidates … Continue reading →

SACRAMENTO (AP) – A self-proclaimed carpetbagger who brought the Web savvy from his surfside home south of San Francisco to take on a Central Valley congressman has put his campaign on the virtual auction block. Jeffrey Vance, a carpenter by … Continue reading →

Police reportedly released the woman after 24 hours, confiscated her five computers and shut down her Web site. She was arrested Monday in her home town of Mechelen, 30 kilometres north of Brussels. "She was preparing to publish new viruses … Continue reading →

The Cambridge/Montreal axis of the ‘Sphere is all aflutter over the budding romance between the Redhead, Berkman Babe Extraordinaire, and the inimical and irrepressible Accordion Guy. In these cruel and cynical times, it is refreshing to witness love blossoming once … Continue reading →

Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh-largest country in the world -the Republic of California White minorities still trying to have English recognized as the third official language in the Republic of California Baby conceived naturally … Continue reading →

The Dowbrigade will not get tired of trashing the pathetically pointless Howard Dean until our misguided friends and colleagues who were bamboozled onto the Dean bandwagon admit they were sold a Bill of Goods and acknowledge our superior political perspicacity. … Continue reading →

Brevity is the soul of wit. It is also the key to getting a decent return rate on any kind of survey, questionnaire or non-coerced cooperation. So please take 60 seconds (our crack team of tame test-takers has run time … Continue reading →