Monday, October 27, 2003


A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
-- Granville Hicks

I Believe You Have My Stapler!
Up the Revolution: The Red Stapler! Staple and be heard! WHAM-cubicles! WHAM-dress code! WHAMWHAMWHAM! By popular demand, we?re offering this desk stapler in screaming, gleaming red. Use with caution (unless you?re the boss).


Remember how the Americans spent a crap load of cash developing a pen that would work in space while the Russians sent their crews up with pencils? Well recent experiments prove that Normal ball point pens work fine in space
Duque has discovered that "ordinary" pens work just fine in space and that the famous American versions that use a pressurized ink source may be a little overkill.:

Finland creates €1m tech prize
FINLAND, known for its high-tech economy, has set up a €1 million ($1.67 million) prize to be awarded for the first time next year to recognise international achievements in technology.

Widescreen Wonder
For $2,999 you can give your desktop a makeover unlike any other. Running at a stunning 1920 x 1200-pixel resolution, LG Electronics' FLATRON LCD L2320A monitor is bold, black, and bodacious.

Study suggests life sprang from clay
A team at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said they had shown materials in clay were key to some of the initial processes in forming life.

Cloud of solar gas strikes our planet
Scientists tracking heightened solar activity in recent days reported some commercial airlines have had to make adjustments to their high-frequency communications, or in some cases switch to alternate satellite systems.

'Naked' Miss Afghanistan slammed
PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai's minister for women's affairs yesterday condemned Miss Afghanistan, as Vida Samadzai became the country's first woman in the post-Taliban era to appear in a bikini during a beauty contest in Manila.



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