Month: <span>April 2001</span>

News from CNN.com: CIA to release classified Nazi documents.
3:47:54 PM  

The Register: Lego porn! Hot and plasticky.
3:47:27 PM  

Salon.com: The drug war goes to college. “What kind of vindictive social agenda could lead to a law that denies financial aid to a student convicted of smoking a joint but not one convicted of rape, murder, arson or armed robbery?”
11:49:08 PM  

Jake’s XML-RPC Weblog: “I just posted test results for Paul Kulchenko’s XMLRPC::Lite 0.50. It passes everything except the struct and structArray tests. This brings the number of XML-RPC interop testing participants to eight.” Paul tells me structs are fixed; results page to be updated very soon…
2:40:48 PM  

Brent: “Honest uncomplicated pleasures are hard to come by in the year 2001. When you’ve found one, don’t let go. Pleasure is a human need.”
2:39:47 PM  

BBC: Russian Soyuz capsule up for sale. A used Russian Soyuz space capsule goes on sale with the owners looking for at least $2m.
2:39:21 PM  

Family Complains About Dead Passenger. (via W6 Daily)
2:38:57 PM  

Salon.com: Does the U.S. spy too much?. In the wake of the spy plane flap with China, experts propose international rules of order that would limit excessive espionage.
2:38:23 PM  

Jeff: “I don’t think $1 million is enough for what Sandra Perry went through…”
2:38:00 PM  

CNET: iMotors shutters site. The online car retailer has run out of gas, according to a note posted on its Web site, becoming the latest online car site to shut down.
8:12:17 PM  

CNN: U.S. crew unable to destroy all secrets on surveillance plane.
8:12:05 PM  

Salon.com: Here’s to you, Ms. Robinson. “I’m smitten with the host of ‘Weakest Link.'” I’m not.
4:11:08 PM  

BBC: Dinosaur was covered in feathers. A new fossil suggests that some dinosaurs were covered in feathers that evolved long before they were used for flight.
1:51:15 PM  

CNET: Chernobyl virus set to wake up. Known as CIH, or the more dire-sounding Chernobyl, the virus first hit a month after the Melissa virus three years ago and is due to strike again Thursday.
1:50:15 PM  

The Register: Microsoft security fixes infected with FunLove virus. “Is this the worst security screw up ever?”
12:27:45 PM  

BBC: Why elephants don’t forget. A study of African elephants reveals that dominant females build up a social memory as they get older, helping the herd to survive.
12:27:26 PM  

Thought Log: “I was going to write something here that was cool, but I forgot what it was. I’ll fill it in when I remember it. Watch this space.”
1:50:54 AM