2003/05/15
- 15-May-2003Many Excellent Braindump Links
Cute Giant Microbes! via bb Pynchon on Orwell, 2003 via rw The Best A Capella Singing About Gamma Ray Detectors Ever Conservative Neal Boortz says America is a police state Contemporary Culture, Postmodernism and Audio wacky! RIAA: Clueless Lightblub as WiFi Access Point Bezos: Not a Goofball Oakland Teacher Calls Secret Service On Students (and…
- 15-May-2003Good Feedback on my Randy Newman Post
I just read your Randy Newman post. Two thoughts… First, you should check out Harry Nilsson’s brilliant “Nilsson Sings Newman” from 1970: Second, you should take a listen to Loudon Wainwright III, another singer-songwriter who never seemed to break big like Randy Newman did, but who has the same wit and heart: I recommend Loudon’s…
- 15-May-2003Current Issues in Spam
There has been some great discussion of ‘the spam problem’ on politech lately: 1 2 3 4 5
- 15-May-2003Filled Chocolate Cookies Exxxposed!
Who knew that Hydrox was the original, and Oreo was the copycat!
- 15-May-2003Quote of the Day
If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world, and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. – E.B. White
- 15-May-2003Transit Fun
Did you know you can Take your bike on the San Diego Trolley? Also on many buses? Cool. Pity I don’t have a bike.