but hopefully you wouldn't want to be normal in these people's books. Why is it that everything is a disorder of some sort. now, sure, there are extremes, but we've seen what happens once an extreme disorder is identified, then slowly but surely, it pushes the extreme to just outside of the norm, and people […]

The Rabbit's Thesis. A true tail of a furry creature's doctoral dissertation on the superiority of rabbits to foxes and wolves. [Mark Bernstein] well not really, but this little tale has a bit of moral.

Root Beer is a sweet carbonated beverage flavored with sassafras. Welcome to Root Beer World! Root Beer Reviews. Ask Dr. Root Beer about Root Beer Brand Names! Then ask Professor Root Beer about his reviews. And for the home brewer, a recipe for Root Beer Concentrate. More Root Beer Recipes.

I spent mine teaching and working as is usual for me for the last five years. However, other people have done far more interesting things, linked above is a colleague of mine's interview with another colleague on how he spent his summer. it's mcsweeney's so you know it's good and as most things in this […]

Emergency Preparedness. Canada used to have a government office called Emergency Preparedness Canada, which is now the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness/Bureau de la protection des infrastructures essentielles et de la protection civile. I don't know why, but that… [Invisible Adjunct] planning ahead is a good thng in most cases

How Niagara Mohawk and Enron brought energy deregulation to the US.. How Niagara Mohawk and Enron brought energy deregulation to the US. Greg Palast explores the links between Mohawk, Enron, Bush I, and George Pataki and how their successful attempts at deregulation has left the US with a weaker grid and more expensive energy. [MetaFilter] […]

Lemmings!. Lemmings! Do you miss sending hoardes of helpless little buggers into pits, and trying to free them from their own suicidal helplessness? Then this is for you! [MetaFilter] this was a great puzzle game, doesn't work well in safari though

A major conference on “Cibercities and the Network Society” is taking place in Brazil next October. More information can be obtained from their website (where the introduction below was taken from): http://www.cybercity.com.br/ingles/finalentry.html “CYBERCITY is an international seminar that will gather investigators in the area of information and communications technology, urbanists, urban and regional planners, architects, […]

The JORUM+ Project is creating an open-access arch …. The JORUM+ Project is creating an open-access archive for reusable learning objects. As part of the job, it has written a questionnaire “to identify members of the UK FE and HE community willing to take part in focus groups and interviews”. All who fill out the […]

Australian statistics on Internet activity. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has an interesting publication on statistics on Internet activity conducted through the Internet Service Provider (ISP) industry in Australia.It contains results from all identified ISPs operating in Australia in respect of the three months ended September 2002. Highlights of some of the findings are: DSL […]