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Saturday, May 19, 2001

emoticons

In Neuroscience First, Researchers At Yale And NYU Pinpoint The Part Of The Brain That Allows Emotional Significance To Heighten Perception

Friday, May 18, 2001

molemen

occasionally i listen to the tony kornheiser show over the internet. hes a sportswriter for the washington post. ostensibly the show is about sports but much of the patter is general in concern. for instance, he was just ranting about how he didnt fit into an off the rack suit and was disturbed by the clerks lack of concern. now, someone from the store has called him to service him better. but one thing thats drawn me in lately is that they are having some contract dispute for the online advertising. and believe me, the ads are enough to turn the stream off. sometimes they can span for more than 10 minutes. but during this outage, instead of dead air, they occasionally leave the mics open and have a show within a show. they are aware that the internet listeners can hear and sometimes they address us specifically. an interesting porthole into sportsradio at work.

whoopsy

"It's like the story of alligators in the sewers of New York. Everyone knows about them, but no one's ever seen them."

--Peter Norton, creator of Norton Anti-Virus, discussing why he believes computer viruses are "urban myths," 1988.

unborne

"ATLANTA, May 17 � A 24-year- old South Carolina woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing her unborn fetus by smoking crack cocaine. Legal experts said it was the first such homicide case in the country."

Thursday, May 17, 2001

headed my way

looks like there is a new radiohead album just around the corner. this page has a bunch of tracks on real audio and follow me here has an extensive look at amnesiac.

attache case

"Honest and idealist ... enjoys good food and wine ... unprejudiced mind..."

That's how a 1952 Central Intelligence Agency assessment described Nazi ideologue Emil Augsburg, an officer at the infamous Wannsee Institute, the SS think tank involved in planning the Final Solution. Augsburg's SS unit performed "special duties," a euphemism for exterminating Jews and other "undesirables" during the Second World War."

tales of turncoat twinkie

ex-conservative investigative journalist poster boy david brock looks to be a thorn in the side of ted olson. so it must be time to smear him.

well centered

jimmy carter debunks energy crisis myths in a wapo editorial.

blowback

"A year later, while Agca languished in an Italian jail, stories started to circulate in the Western press alleging that the plot to assassinate John Paul II was hatched by the Soviet KGB and carried out by the Bulgarian secret service. The Soviets, according to this theory, viewed the Polish-born pope as a threat to Communist hegemony in Eastern Europe and wanted him eliminated."

Wednesday, May 16, 2001

mitease

"i know it sounds a bit altruistic..."

mit president discussing their plan to publish coursework for free online.

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