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Death of a Movement (?) from National Review: Some relevant criticisms of the anti-corporate-globalists mixed in with the prerequisite charges of anti-Americanism.
posted by Ty Webb at 9:37 AM PST - 2 comments

How much freedom should we trade for our security? That is the title of this years Economist/Shell essay competition. The winner will receive $20,000 as well as inclusion in The Economist: The World in 2003. The closing date is August 15. Anyone feel like entering? If I can learn to write English in time I may submit an essay that takes the form of a discussion between a 68 year old Japanese American ex-internee and a 7 year old Israeli girl.
posted by RobertLoch at 9:29 AM PST - 14 comments

Vincent's Glossblog is a 'weblog on language' by a Brussels-based freelance interpreter. Are any of your favourite blogs on something?
posted by ceiriog at 9:03 AM PST - 4 comments

The Big Picture Book of Viruses is "intended to serve as both a catalog of virus pictures on the Internet and as an educational resource to those seeking more information about viruses. To this end, it is intimately linked to All the Virology on the WWW, and our collection of Virology Courses and Tutorials." Interesting electron micrographs include pictures of Marburg and Ebola viruses and T-4 like phages. Once a bio geek, always a bio geek. And for some other information about why viruses always matter see The 1918 Influenza Pandemic (sorry the page design sucks but it's a good read) and The American Experience: Influenza 1918. Are you sure that runny nose is just allergies?
posted by elgoose at 8:34 AM PST - 2 comments

Pick your narrative. A selection of articles on the MidEast crisis from Foreign Affairs, providing various views of the interests, goals, and political dynamics on all sides, as well as the history of the two parties' recent interactions and American involvement in the region. Some stuff to consider at least before mouthing off.
posted by semmi at 8:20 AM PST - 4 comments

"It's the dirty little secret of punditry being exposed, that a lot of people can do it." Howard Kurtz welcomes us "to the blogosphere, a rapidly expanding universe where legions of ordinary folks are launching Weblogs...." Why haven't I heard of this before? 8^)
posted by BGM at 8:07 AM PST - 5 comments

Viridian Note 00309: CFP 2002 Speech i posted a bruce sterling article earlier so i thought i'd make it two in a row! this is a speech he gave friday for the computers, freedom and privacy conference in san fran. on fountain pens, the dell kid, mafia run bollywood (and bayesian analysis :) a defense of the bush cabinet (they don't want to get killed) and swiss army knives. "Long live Victorinox. And long live the Net." [via blogdex]
posted by kliuless at 8:02 AM PST - 7 comments

Happy Earth Day! Calculate your ecological footprint. How many earths would we need if everyone lived like you?
posted by fieldswn at 7:34 AM PST - 46 comments

What the in duck? With Episode II coming soon, I'd decided to peruse all sorts of different places in search of as much information as I could and found this online, has anyone else seen it as well? Anyway, it's good to see that folks that work for Lucas have a sense of humor.
posted by SentientAI at 7:33 AM PST - 9 comments

Angry young men prone to premature heart disease. The things we get angry about aren't worth dying for, are they?
posted by jaden at 6:44 AM PST - 9 comments

Google runs into Copyright Dispute... Does the Church of Scientology have a leg to stand on in suiing Google for linking to church documents? Be sure to check out Operation Clambake, the site in question who claims all documentation on their site is ", is allowable under the "fair use" provisions of internationally recognized copyright law". If it is truly a question of copyright, shouldn't the Scientologists be suing the site in question and not Google???? When Google removed the link, it outraged the technology community - can Google win in this case??? Check out what Don Marti has to say about the issue...
posted by gloege at 6:29 AM PST - 1 comments

When Netscape looked like this, Microsoft looked like this, and Apple had no style at all, although it appears that MetaFilter hasn't changed much. Go back in time and get all nostalgic with your favourite web sites at The WayBack Machine.
posted by Mwongozi at 6:23 AM PST - 8 comments

Always on the lookout for alternative/screwy browser interfaces ie: The WebStalker and Netomat, I ran across another few tonight, these by Mark Daggett(As always, back out to the main index for more goodies.) Any others? I've got several on various discs I can't even find at the moment.
posted by Su at 3:33 AM PST - 4 comments

so solid, those bars A countdown to freedom and meanwhile one less gun on the streets of South London
posted by terrymiles at 2:24 AM PST - 7 comments

So should they stay or should they go? I don't know these people - honest.
posted by zimbobzim at 2:16 AM PST - 15 comments