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The prime example in the
world today of the power of the Internet and the Blogosphere to suplant
the established news media as the main source of a nation’s information
[…]

What’s up with Technorati? Long considered the most authoritive and professional
blog tracking site, it seems to be slipping, at least from a public perception
point of view if not in fact in the accuracy of their information.
For a blogger who blogs daily, usually multiple posts,
it can be disconcerting […]

‘Most recent common ancestor’ of all living humans
surprisingly recent
New Haven, Conn. — In this week’s issue of Nature, a Yale mathematician presents
models showing that the most recent person who was a direct ancestor of all humans
currently alive may have lived just a few […]

They stood silently in line on a misty, rain swept plaza
outside of Marsh Chapel and in front of the Martin Luther King memorial,
on the campus of Boston University. At first, it was unclear exactly
[…]

Linen maker Kameo Corp.’s new "Boyfriend’s Arm Pillow" - which consists
of a headless torso and a stuffed arm that curls around the sleeper - might make
some people uneasy. But not Junko Suzuki, or about 1000 others in Japan who
have […]

By
now, everybody has probably read the lengthy and reasonably perceptive
article on political bloggers in Sunday’s
New
York Times. Just in case any of our readers […]

It is clear that American culture has
become so litigious that our court system and the medical profession
are in
danger of paralysis due to superfluous lawsuits. For a reminder […]

A
scary insight into the level on which our fighting men and woment are
trying to overcome the language and culture gap on the ground in Iraq.
Most of these brave American boys and […]

Springfield, Mass (Dowbrigade News) An enraged driver at
the Massachusetts State Fair today crashed his monster truck into the
Demolition Derby Bumper Car ride about half a mile from the Monster Truck
pit.
Leroy Fenstermeister, […]

 
Yesterday Dave Winer mentioned in passing an idea which
we have been thinking about more and more lately. He
wrote, "I want
Internet access to become ubiquitous and […]