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Of course, Google is the #1 search engine.  But it is so, so much more.  Like typing in a phone number and finding who it belongs to, or translations into many languages, or searching only one site, any site in … Continue reading →

Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, made a rather spectacular fool of himself last week during a hearing on electronic data piracy. Too bad for Hatch, but good clean fun for any technology writer who enjoys asking the question: “Can … Continue reading →

Some of America’s biggest corporations believe that the best way to make money is by saving the world. And guess what? They just might be right… from “Fortune”

  How ‘The Simpsons’ helps us to understand the way we learn people’s faces Characters from Irish soap operas and The Simpsons have been used in ESRC-funded research into how we get to learn people’s faces…. Government funded research, just … Continue reading →

  The Boston Globe reports that the reason there’s no SARS in South Korea is the high consumption of Kim Chi. Sounds great if you like “cabbage and garlic”…

This is a fascinating, meticulous, beautifully illustrated blog from a young New York English teacher who has never before been out of the country and speaks no Korean. It is called the “Korea Life Blog”

Has our friend “Abid Hamid Mahmud” cracked this quickly? I hope our tech experts handle these documents carefully, so the ink on those Iraqui Secret Police seals doesn’t smudge….See this “BBC report”

Those of you who know my kids will be interested to know they are busy building a hostal on some land I bought 25 years ago beside a river above a small town in a gorgeous valley in the Andes. … Continue reading →

Chris Rock Separated at birth? #7 Rohaldinho   LYON, France — Adriano got Brazil’s Confederations Cup campaign back on track when he guided them to a 1-0 win over the United States in Group B on Saturday.  

And now this from the Daily Mirror, “American troops today admitted they routinely gun down Iraqi civilians – some of whom are entirely innocent.” The quotes from US soldiers are “truly shocking”.

If you can see this Flash movie, remember “NO SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE USED”…..

Imagine an all-cardboard, articulated robot with a PC inside….Also enjoy the fine “Bablefish translation” from the Japanese. Sample: “The design like the aggressive robot with the cardboard make, also the joint is movable”