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internet service providers are coming round to the idea
that they may have to start levying "postage" fees on those
who send out huge amounts of commercial e-mail, because anti-spam filters
have
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Adam Curry gets out and about in Iraq.
latest
photos from Adam Curry Live

Moscow Zoo keepers are to fit televisions in the cages
of their gorillas in a bid to make them "think more".
Zoo director Vladimir Spitsyn said the gorillas will be able to watch films
about the life of [...]

These
are trying times for the men and women from Harvard who follow Presidential
Politics as a collegiate sport. Four of the
last six Presidents have been Yale men. Both of the Bushes, of [...]

It will come as no surprise to readers familiar with the
predilictions of the Dowbrigade
that the following web site stuck in our imagination.  Due to its graphic
nature we are foregoing the usual splashy reprint in favor of having the curious
click-through.
Purient or parental readers can just skip this posting [...]

What a great place to live and work Cambridge is! The
weather sucks, parking is a nightmare and the primary tool of municipal
fundraising, and the rents are through the roof. Yet we keep coming back,
[...]

Today’s Boston Globe has an interesting article which
explains the origin of MoveOn and its relationship to the Dean campaign.
It also features some speculation on where MoveOn will move onto next…

MoveOn’s Internet techniques were adopted by former governor Howard
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KEIZER, Ore. -
Nine-year-old Keizer resident Morgan Kepford’s unusual skill may have
earned her a spot on the "Late Show with David Letterman."
For the past two weeks, Morgan has practiced shoving a balloon up her nose, holding
it in place with [...]

Adam Curry is in Bagdad, after numerous delays and exhaustive preparation.
Must be weird, exhilerating, moving and confusing all at once.
First
set of pics are up; looks dusty. Read the details on Adam’s [...]