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 -> Nigerian spam conference
As though all the Nigerian junk were not enough!
802 views | 26 Jul 2003
 -> Digital photography from a balloon
An interesting website from Stanford (a students own website?) that talks about taking aerial photographs with the help of a balloon.
1,070 views | 26 Jul 2003
 -> 4 Deceptions in 704 words
4 "deceptions" in 704 words from the Presidents 2003 State of the Union Address.
1,164 views | 26 Jul 2003
 -> Which one is (are) spinning?
Spin a Bach CD to give you some background music, then visit this website for a head spinning visual. Which ones are moving?
1,523 views | 26 Jul 2003
 -> 101 interesting facts about the earth
Can rocks grow? Is atmosphere mainly oxygen? Will earth always be there? Some fascinating facts about the world.
1,645 views | 24 Jul 2003
 -> Amazon Plan Would Allow Searching Texts of Many Books
Executives at Amazon.com are negotiating with several of the largest book publishers about an ambitious and expensive plan to assemble a searchable online archive with the texts of tens of thousands of books of nonfiction.
13,158 views | 21 Jul 2003
 -> Email or courriel?
The word "email" can now no longer be used in French official communication, including documents, memos, the internet and even emails themselves.
13,069 views | 21 Jul 2003
 -> A surfer and a...
....Dolphin. A fascinating, rare-moments photograph.
13,160 views | 19 Jul 2003
 -> Icebound telescope probes the Universe
A unique telescope, encased in ice at the South Pole, is recording the most violent events in the Universe.
11,033 views | 18 Jul 2003
 -> Japanese toymaker to create cat translator
Having deciphered dog barks and won 300,000 pet-lovers with its hit "Bowlingual", Japanese toymaker Takara Co. is planning a similar gadget for cats, "Meowlingual".
11,142 views | 18 Jul 2003
 -> Dumb laws in Florida (and around the world)
One of the many priceless ones, "You may not fart in public places after 6 p.m." or "The molestation of trash cans is prohibited". Hmm.
11,223 views | 17 Jul 2003
 -> Aussie rips her way to bikini wax record
An Australian woman has ripped her way into the record books by giving bikini waxes to 130 people in four hours without apparent mishap.
11,656 views | 15 Jul 2003
 -> Japanese icecreams
Having succeeded globally with cars, electronics and even fashion, it was only natural the Japanese turned their hand to trying to surpass the West with one of its favorite culinary delights - ice cream.
12,648 views | 13 Jul 2003
 -> Warner Brothers
Seen on Jay Leno. An interesting T-shirt.
8,791 views | 13 Jul 2003
 -> STC Font Browser
What a handy utility, see a list of all fonts on your machine with text samples.
728 views | 13 Jul 2003
 -> Universe sending a message?
In a galaxy far away, is the universe giving us the finger?
317,436 views | 12 Jul 2003
 -> A Web Site Causes Unease in Police
William Sheehan does not like the police. He expresses his views about what he calls police corruption in Washington State on his Web site, where he also posts lists of police officers addresses, their home phone numbers and Social Security numbers.
13,171 views | 12 Jul 2003
 -> Innovation: Basil wraps for perishable items
Researchers at Technion (Israel) have invented a basil extracted that can be added to plastic wraps which prolongs the shelf life of several products without inducing any additional flavor.
10,383 views | 09 Jul 2003
 -> Two New DVD Players link PCs to televisions
The idea is to use home networks -- either wireless or wired -- to stream music, video and photos around the house by linking TVs, DVD players, audio systems and computers.
10,696 views | 07 Jul 2003
 -> The twin operation
A risky operation to separate two adult Iranian sisters joined at the head has reached a critical phase, with doctors performing the unprecedented surgery trying to split and reroute a large vein which serves the sisters brain.
11,326 views | 07 Jul 2003
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