AxisofLogic/ Economy: March 23rd is more than a normal day. A release from DownsizeDC serves as a reminder that today the Federal Reserve stops publishing a statistic known as M3 – the best information available on how much new currency is being created and held around the world. The release points out that “The Federal […]

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End hunger in a video game: Not all video games are horrible. Just try out the simulation called Food Force, in which players take on six missions to help feed millions of hungry people in a place called Sheylan in the Indian Ocean.  The game, freely downloadable off of Yahoo, was created by, of all groups, […]

‘Party in your pants’ iPod accessory ships Stateside [printer-friendly] | The Register : ‘Party in your pants’ iPod accessory ships StatesideBy ‘ard RegPublished Tuesday 28th March 2006 12:41 GMTThe iBuzz, the infamous iPod-enhanced vibrator, has…er…come to the US. Already on sale in the UK, the device has now gone one sale to North Americans keen to […]

California Town Installs Stockades for Smokers > The LaLa Times: CALABASAS, Calif. – Thinking of lighting up in California? Think again. A new shaming law here takes effect this month will put smokers in publicly placed stockades for up to 30 days as part of legislation intended to shame smokers and cut health care costs. […]

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Stanislaw Lem – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Stanisław Lem (September 12, 1921 – March 27, 2006) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical, and satirical writer. His books have been translated into 41 languages and sold over 27 million copies. At one point he was the most widely read science fiction author in the world. Lem’s […]

Critical Information Studies: Everybody's doin' it: Some interesting reactions around the blogosphere to my Critical Information Studies paper over the past few days. Most of it seems to be to Cory’s summary over at Boing Boing rather than to the paper itself. Such are blogs. Sigh. One consistent theme is “we are already doing all […]

Barbara Bush makes big charitable donation – to her son: Barbara Bush makes big charitable donation – to her sonGosh, how classy can the Bushes get? Barbara Bush earmarked Katrina donation for son’s companyFormer first lady Barbara Bush gave relief money to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund on the condition that it be spent to buy […]

BBC – Food – TV and radio – 50 things to eat before you die: Your pick of the cropIn March 2004 we asked you to vote for the top 50 things everyone should try a bite of in their lifetime. This is how you voted. I have not had: 11, 19, 32, 37, 40, […]