And Saint Atila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'Oh, Lord, bless this thy hand grenade that with it thou mayest blow thy enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin, and people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large -- (with apologies to Monty Python)

I don't quite get the point, but I like the periodic table of science fiction.

JODI deconstructs quake.

The Baen Free Library has free versions of current books for free! Uhm... did I mention they were free? The *excellent* rationale is exactly what Seth Godin would have said. Free -> Word Of Mouth -> Increased Sales (some steps omitted for clarity).

See that's where software and print books diverge. It's way better IMHO to read in print, whereas software - well... that's why software piracy is a real problem while print piracy ain't. And don't even mention music. Tha bastards (shakes head)...

PB&J with a baseball bat?!! Tickles my funny bone.

The WinFrotz page is amusing, in an Infocom way. Nice tool for playing IF.

Like Legos? Check out Eric Harshbarger, who builds professionally, and Amy, who has scheduled projects up top 3 years from now (her church is fsckin awesome!)

Cool - if a little detail-light - article on modding.

I want! I mean, I really really want. Just the other day I was using my handspring, and I was wishing that it had just more power so that I could do interesting stuff on it. Yep. I want one bad.

Disturbing.

A short article on the Xavier Caro story.

Why is it so hard for people to hear that women abuse men?

The response to our finding that the rate of female-to-male family violence was equal to the rate of male-to-female violence not only produced heated scholarly criticism, but intense and long-lasting personal attacks. All three of us received death threats. Bomb threats were phoned in to conference centers and buildings where we were scheduled to present. Suzanne received the brunt of the attacks—individuals wrote and called her university urging that she be denied tenure; calls were made and letters were written to government agencies urging that her grant finding be rescinded. All three of us became ”non persons” among domestic violence advocates. Invitations to conferences dwindled and dried up. Advocacy literature and feminist writing would cite our research, but not attribute it to use. Librarians publicly stated they would not order or shelve our books.

Hmmmm a columnist succumbs to the notion that battered husbands should be ignored, then apologizes.

Really? Who would've imagined it, he said sarcastically.

Oh, fuckin' a baby! I want it. *drools, rubs nipples*

What is it with Australians? First it's the miracle water, now it's a creativity cap that uses magnetism to stimulate the brain. I foresee... sometime in the future... we'll have three branches of medicine: western, eastern, and australian...

"consider it as a language to communicate with visual patterns"...

Lowe's offers some good hints on how to build a water garden. I want one when I get a yard.

Super Ant Colony prepares to eat your family! Or at least a large portion of Europe, anyway.

Artificial societies: good article. Good stuff, Maynard.

Stinkfactor has the best challenges. Check 'em out. Watch out for gratuitous pictures of barf.

Is it snake oil? Or is it really a miracle cure?

A couple of nice cookbooks: 13th century and 15th century.

Have you watched an episode of The Osbournes yet? If you haven't, hie thee to a TV and check out some of the most interesting reality TV around. No, really.

I love mapping software that takes concepts or ideas that are familiar and present them to us in new and illuminating ways. With that said, go read Alice in Wonderland as you have never read it before.

Mail2web: check pop3 email anywhere...

I love alternate ways of visualizing data. This looks like some good.

Furniture wanted: dead or alive... Now your furniture can serve you as confortably in death as in life.

Hmmm. Just dandy. Bacteria can tell each other to look out for antibiotics.

The 2002 Gamers' Choice Award Nominees are here. Looks like some choice games in there...