Are we really living the Matrix, the popular movies portraying life in a computer simulation with a host of super scary robots? There's a big-brained argument lined up from Oxford University philosophy faculty member Nick Bostrom (or Dr. Bostrom to the likes of you and me) that floats the idea that we are indeed living in such a simulation. While the idea may be heresy to some, it's worth a scan if only to get your blood pressure up a bit.
Oh, those wacky foreigners. When they're not trying to convince us that soccer really is football (or is it football that's soccer?), they're creating chaos for people like the "419" scammers. If you don't know what a 419 scam is and if you're lucky enough never to have received an e-mail from somebody in Nigeria offering you a slice of millions of dollars, the second link is for you. The AfricanScam site is a riot. If you take the time to read only one, please read Mupesa Solomon's entry. It's a hoot.
If Stephen Joseph comes to your house for afternoon beverages, don't break out the Oreos or you'll have more than a storm in a teacup to worry about. He's the lawyer who sued Nabisco not long ago claiming that Oreos are wildly unhealthy. Fortune magazine ran a very interesting special on this very subject. Fascinating reading.
If you possess the HTML graphic design abilities of a hamster, then you might like this site. Every time you refresh this page, it creates another randomly designed look and, eventually, you'll probably hit one you like. Just save it and say thanks to the StrangeBanana.
There's a lot to like about Mac OS X, but one of the things to loathe is the lack of built-in keyboard friendliness. Navigation on an out-of-the-box computer is pretty much a mouse-only affair. And there's no better way to tick off a programmer than make him use the mouse. Launch Bar scans your applications, documents and bookmarks and drops them into one keyboard-accessible menu. Type a few letters of what you're looking for and there it is. Hitting the keyboard shortcut twice allows you to toggle between the applications that are running, and it's much nicer than the Apple-supplied command-tab action. It's a mere $19 for home, nonprofit and educational users, and $39 for corporate wage slaves.
