Scrapple, the canonical Pennsylvanian food. Ignore the pg-13 recipes, and go for the real scar… [Memepool] you should never question the goodness of scrapple with maple syrup. it is one of lifes strenge and wonderful surprises

Here's an RFC for a new entry-point in the MetaWeblog API that uploads a new media object to the user's weblog. [Scripting News]

on the wisdom in norway. In a second, important defeat for the RIAA, and DMCA-defender types, Johansen was acquitted by a Norwegian court. And as the EFF is nicely publicizing, the principles on which this court in Norway decided the case might be familiar to those who remember our own constitutional tradition. As the chief […]

Call for Papers: Graduate Student Conference The Local and the Global: Contexts in Science and Technology April 2003 American Association for the Advancement of Science Headquarters Washington, DC Abstracts due by January 30, 2003 Our application for travel funding is currently under review. We expect to be able to provide some support for student speakers […]

1/11/01: Payloads for RSS. “When I started talking with Adam Curry late last year, he wanted me to think about high quality video on the Internet, and I totally didn't want to hear about it. Like a lot of people, I had tried it, and found it unsatisfying and frankly, exhausting.” [Scripting News] work….

In Bush tax plan, perception is key. The public's view of his package will affect business confidence and the economy. [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] i tend to agree with this analysis. but in the end, the appearance of a tax cut isn't a tax cut, and while this is a tax cut, it's […]

A V-10 Motorcycle. The Dodge Tomahawk V-10 Motorcycle. It's a concept vehicle – a 500hp Viper V-10 engine strapped to two (fat) wheels. Certainly an eye-catcher. Press release here. [MetaFilter]

well i finally typed in my Preliminary examination questions for my ph.d. in science and technology stuides.

The new voodoo economics. Economic dispatch: Mark Tran on why the Bush administration's $600bn economic plan could imperil America's finances. [Guardian Unlimited] nothing new here, just another scam to get certain people rich….

NetGens Doing More Faster?. Multitasking Becomes Continuous Partial Attention “Will the rapid access to a great deal of information, and to many information devices, exceed our abilities to handle both them and our lives?… 'It's not the same as multitasking; that's about trying to accomplish several things at once. With continuous partial attention, we're scanning […]