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• Interesting: Iraq-O-Meter
• This is a really fun read: Michael Larsen, Game Show Legend: The lesson? Paying attention can pay. It looks like the fellow’s life was rather sad though, but for a moment, he was on top of the world.
• Interesting theory about how Marvel Movies prop up Marvel Comics: The Marvel Movie Doomsday Theory
• Another good looking search engine software: ASPSeek: (from Andy/waxpancake)
• Useful service from the US Postal Service, looks economical too! NetPost Mailing Online
• Something from back in February that’s really funny, commentary on the Grammy’s: Jonesing for Norah
• Math is hard to teach. In college I did a fair amount of tutoring in math and physics, and I really wish teachers were able to better explain the relevance of math, this study shows a way – and is an indictment of teaching to “get answers” – math should not be about “getting answers” – it should be about asking good questions.
• My pal Kynn, with some laffs and press coverage: Fat Nerd Offers Non-Star Trek Related Opinion on Internet
• Hmmm A double standard on dissent
• A programming language I forgot about: Squeak
• Pre-register for the State of California Do-Not-Call Program
• Quote of the day: “The problem with communication is the assumption it has been accomplished.” – George Bernard Shaw
• Al Jazeera is an important phenomenon, and we (the US Government) should not be squelching it any more than we should squelch FoxNews. Read more about it in The Belly of the Beast
• SARS: The global spread continues from Asia TImes
• Really vicious, but pretty funny: 50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers
• For world news, I want to look at worldnews.com more