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Edible Insects
Monday, May 29, 2000
Eat a bug; they're good for you!
Fuel from human waste
Monday, May 29, 2000
Thai scientists and engineers have discovered a way to turn human excrement into 'bio-oil'. Now that's an energy source that will never run out!
Net community goes spud crazy
Saturday, May 27, 2000
'Potato powered web server' turns out to be a hoax. Many fell for it, including yours truly. D'oh! That's what I get for linking without reading the article completely.
Who you gonna call?
Saturday, May 27, 2000
British researcher seeks the ghost of Henry VIII's beheaded wife at Hampton Court Palace, England.
Aussie scientist discovers Jurrasic Park duck
Thursday, May 25, 2000
A two and a half meter, three hundred kilogram carnivorous bird related to ducks may have roamed Australia twelve to fifteen million years ago.
Pixies Lyrics
Thursday, May 25, 2000
cease to resist, giving my goodbye
drive my car into the ocean
you'll think i'm dead, but i sail away
on a wave of mutilation
On the buses: this week's most stupid Web idea
Tuesday, May 23, 2000
The whole 'web terminals everywhere' thing is getting out of hand. I don't need or want the internet everywhere I go, thank you. It's bad enough having to deal with rude people yammering away on cell phones in public places.
War on drugs may enable sneak computer searches
Tuesday, May 23, 2000
More of your privacy rights may soon be flushed down the toilet, thanks to a methamphetamene bill due for markup by the House Judiciary Committee.
MexicanSugarSkull.com
Saturday, May 20, 2000
It's a commercial site, but you have to love the domain name!
The genome has landed
Thursday, May 18, 2000
What are the implications of the soon to be completed mapping of the human genome?
Childhood Psychiatric Emergencies on the Rise
Thursday, May 18, 2000
Emergency hospital admissions of children for psychiatric have risen in the past five years:
"While emergency admissions for trauma, abdominal pain and other routine hazards of childhood increased 20% from 1995 to 1999, the admissions for violence, drug ingestion, suicide attempts, depression and behavior changes increased 59% over the same time period, according to Dr. Karen A. Santucci, a pediatric emergency specialist at Yale."
I'm so glad that my childhood was a couple of decades ago and not today. It's frightening what kids have to endure in our society and the sad part is that most people don't seem to give a damn.
Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife
Thursday, May 18, 2000
The ultimate question that plagues us all: what happens when we die? Are near death experiences real or just a chemical reaction that occurs in the brain? I would love to believe that there is something beyond all of the pain and suffering of this world, but I have my doubts. Still, the energy that makes us who we are (call it a soul, perhaps) has to go somewhere when we die. Or does it? I guess this is why most people deny their own mortality.
Laughing gas may help smokers kick habit
Wednesday, May 17, 2000
Can nitrous oxide help you beat cancer stick addiction?
Monk.com
Tuesday, May 16, 2000
These guys are living my dream: hit the road, meet interesting people, see interesting places, do interesting stuff. They seem to make a living at it which is pretty damn cool as well.
iTulip.com - The Internet Stock Mania Company
Tuesday, May 16, 2000
I love this page because it exposes the 'dot.com' bonanza for what it is: the greatest tech hype/scam since atomic power. You know, back in the 50's when futurists said we'd have atomic powered cars, atomic powered washing machines, atomic powered electric shavers, etc. A new golden age! Plenty of free energy for everyone! Of course, none of this ever came to pass. Selling stuff on the internet isn't a new paridigm, it's more of the same commercial crap we've been exposed to all of our lives.
Better cash in your high tech stock portfolios now. When the U.S. economy starts to deflate, it's going to be very ugly indeed.
Geek Love
Monday, May 15, 2000
Forget HAARP, it's 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire!' that's the real mind control operation.
"As it turns out, people don't like smart television shows. They like stupid television shows that only make them feel smart. Hey, which of the following is not a number? Is "banana" your final answer?"
Wake up America. The apocalypse is nigh!
Am I the only one that feels we're all living in this movie?
The Real Mission to Mars
Monday, May 15, 2000
Mars conspiracy theorists are at it again. . .
Moonlight in the Garden of Sacrificial Possums
Monday, May 15, 2000
An odd article on roadkill vs. plant growth.
Half the internet is going nowhere
Monday, May 15, 2000
New internet study shows that only a small portion of all web pages are heavily interconnected. The rest are isolated:
"'About 30% of the 1.4 billion unique documents on the web are rubbish or computer generated and stuff that people are not interested in,' said Joe Frost, marketing director at Inktomi."
Only thirty percent? I think it's much higher than that!
Million Dollar Roach
Friday, May 12, 2000
Find the right cockroach and win one million dollars! Pretty good publicity gimmick and you can even buy roach tee shirts and paperweights.
Bigfoot has big shoes to fill: Economic recovery
Thursday, May 11, 2000
Residents of Willow Creek, California hope that a new Bigfoot wing at the local museum will bring much needed revenue to the local economy.
A note to readers: My ancient computer is terminally ill, which is why I haven't been updating as much lately. I hope to have replaced in the next two weeks or so. If anyone out there can give any advice on how to turn this old beast into a Linux box, please e-mail me!
'Miracle' As Saint's Blood Liquefies Again
Thursday, May 11, 2000
Dried 'blood' of St Gennaro liquefies twice yearly for the faithful. From what I've read, this substance is almost certainly not blood, but a concoction that looks like blood that will liquify when heated. Still, I'm fascinated that Catholicism has its own set of paranormal phenomena; this is just one small example.
Survey on the Status and Progress of Ufology
Thursday, May 11, 2000
An interesting, if rather limited, survey of UFO researchers. My opinion? Almost no forward progress has been made into solving the UFO enigma. There is too much fratricidal fighting among researchers and an inability to approach the subject in a scientific, yet open minded manner.
Heavens-Above
Thursday, May 11, 2000
This page will generate tracking maps so you can watch satellites, the ISS and Mir space stations, and Iridium flares (at least until the satellites fall out of orbit and burn up).
The ultimate final adventure
Tuesday, May 9, 2000
Now you can have your loved ones' cremated bits smashed into the lunar surface for only $12,500 per person. I don't think I'd want to have my ashes flung out into space. It's pretty lonely out there.
Project 1947
Tuesday, May 9, 2000
A world wide effort to document the origins of the modern UFO phenomenon. This page has good articles, reports and contemporary accounts.
It pays to be nice
Saturday, May 6, 2000
Swiss psychologists conclude that doing good deeds increases the likelihood that someone else will treat you better.
Love Bug: The Conspiracy
Saturday, May 6, 2000
Who's behind the 'ILOVEYOU' virus? Conspiracy theorists let the accusations fly, with everyone from Bill Gates to the RIAA being blamed. I still find the whole thing pretty funny.
'Attack' Chickens Cause Flap
Friday, May 5, 2000
Chickens are attacking children in Sonoma, CA. Go chickens! Now is the time for all poultry to rise up against the human oppressors! This reminds me of the classic 'WKRP in Cincinnati' episode where they dropped live turkeys from a helicopter as a promotional stunt. Les Nessman on the turkeys' counterattack:
"It was almost like they were. . . organized!"
See? Truth really is stranger than fiction.
Mental epidemics
Friday, May 5, 2000
This is a book review of 'The Tipping Point' by Malcolm Gladwell. It's about how to engineer 'social epidemics':
A social epidemic begins when a successful idea passes a threshold that epidemiologists call the tipping point, at which the growth in its sales or spread ceases to be linear and becomes exponential. Tamagotchis, those demanding little virtual pets, certainly reached the critical mass needed to tip and go epidemic, so, arguably, did the vociferous wave of anti-crime sentiment that recently swept across New York. The crime rate plummeted as a result.
Are people really that easy to manipulate? Of course they are!
$220 Million Game Draws Big Bucks
Friday, May 5, 2000
Seven state lottery jackpot reaches 220 million dollars; citizens throwing their money away in droves buying tickets. Since I live in North Carolina, a state where the government is too stupid to have a lottery to improve our schools, I can't buy a lottery ticket even if I wanted one!
Police Blame S.F. Killings on Rap Gang War
Friday, May 5, 2000
Three people killed in over twenty separate shooting incidents over rap music fueds. It's nonsense like this that completely destroys any interest I might have in rap music. This is too sad and stupid to be believed.
Destructive 'ILOVEYOU' computer virus strikes worldwide
Thursday, May 4, 2000
Nasty e-mail worm deletes files, shuts down mail servers worldwide and causes hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. This is why I use Pegasus Mail and not Outlook Express. I think it's kind of cool that one little piece of code can cause so much havoc. It shows how vulnerable we all have become to technological failures.
Was Napoleon Murdered or Did He Eat Shellfish?
Thursday, May 4, 2000
French criminal pathologists debate if Napoleon was murdered by arsenic poisoning or if his last meal just happened to be shellfish, which elevates arsenic levels.
Earth Changes Update
Thursday, May 4, 2000
Global disaster tommorow? Nope! If the scientists are wrong, I guess no one will be around to talk about it anyway.
Bees trapped by sex sting
Thursday, May 4, 2000
Beetle larvae gather together by the hundreds to impersonate female bees so they can gain entry to the hive and eat eggs and food provided for the young bees. I'm amazed that such supposedly simple animals can engage in such complex behavior.
South African 'UFO' was US rocket
Thursday, May 4, 2000
Two metallic balls that fell to Earth in South Africa turned out to be space debris from a U.S. Delta II rocket.
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)
Wednesday, May 3, 2000
Lots of Burroughs stuff here.
From Testimony Concerning A Sickness:
Only excuse for this tired death route is THE KICK when the junk circuit is cut off for the non-payment and the junk-skin dies of junk-lack and overdose of time and the Old Skin has forgotten the skin game simplifying a way under the junk cover the way skins will. . . . A condition of total exposure is precipitated when the Kicking Addict cannot choose but see smell and listen. . . . Watch out for the cars. . . .
Ryans fly free
Wednesday, May 3, 2000
Two airlines are offering free flights between London, England and Shannon, Ireland through May 24 to anyone named Ryan. Hey, I'm named Ryan! Oh wait, I don't live anywhere near there. Oh well.
Praying For Stock Options
Wednesday, May 3, 2000
A Hindu priest is recieving stock options for performing wealth ceremonies for e-commerce start ups. I hope the profits are going to charity. I guess I shouldn't worry since internet stock options aren't worth the paper they're written on!
On a unrelated note, I accidentally deleted some unread e-mail from the past week so if you e-mailed and didn't hear back me, please try again. Sorry about that!
Brilliant Careers - R. Crumb
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
Profile of underground comics artist Robert Crumb:
Crumb surveyed the urban landscape of his era and pronounced his verdict: Everything sucks big time, including humanity and, most especially, Robert Crumb. "At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else," Crumb once said."
I can relate to that.
Cryptozoology Scientists to Search for Sasquatch Evidence
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
Four scientific investigators will spend one month in the Pacific Northwest searching for Sasquatch evidence using advanced electronic equipment.
"We're not claiming the Sasquatch exists," states (J. Richard) Greenwell, a mammalogist with the International Wildlife Museum in Tucson. "What we are saying is that zoology has a duty to deal with these kinds of unresolved issues. Although difficult, this particular problem can be resolved, given enough resources. Simply ignoring the mounting evidence for 40 years is really not consistent with either the spirit of scientific inquiry or the principles of scientific methodology."
Well said. Let's hope they find something.
Elian Items Hawked on eBay
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
I knew this was going to happen, I'm just surprised it took so long. I don't know who's more depraved, the sellers or the buyers.
Infoshop.org - Online Anarchist Community
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
I'm not an anarchist, but I do agree with a lot of their opinions and objectives. This website is a very comprehensive and informative resource. There's an elaborate FAQ. and my personal favorite, the Mission Yuppie Eradication Project, because gentrification totally sucks ass!
Belief in afterlife can make you live longer, study says
Monday, May 1, 2000
Can spirituality make you live longer? A Canadian physician claims that a fifth of all Canadian deaths can be blamed on poor spiritual beliefs. I think there's some truth to this. I envy those people who have faith, that can proceed in spite of all of the pain and suffering in the world. I'm not one of them. I don't have faith in government, religion, social institutions, the inate goodness of man and my all time personal favorite - that everything happens for a reason. Everything looks rather pointless to me these days. Unfortunately, I'm too angst ridden to embrace Nihilism.
Literary Kicks
Monday, May 1, 2000
An excellent page on the Beat Generation and its authors, whom I've always found appealing.
Driver Busted for Kava Tea
Monday, May 1, 2000
A man in San Mateo County, California is facing a DUI penalty of six months in jail and a $500 dollar fine after being charged with driving under the influence of Kava tea. I find this pretty silly. What's next, arresting people for drinking too much coffee?
Columbians Say Drug Spraying Creating Health Crisis
Monday, May 1, 2000
U.S. sponsored counter-narcotic crop dusters are making Columbians ill and destroying food sources:
Critics say they frequently receive reports of mistakes and abuses by the planes' Colombian pilots that both the U.S. and Colombian governments choose to ignore. State Department officials deny indiscriminate spraying takes place, with a U.S. Embassy official in Bogota describing the residents' claims of illnesses as ``scientifically impossible."
Hmm, didn't they say the same thing about Gulf War Syndrome and Agent Orange?
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