See it here first! The 2003 Banished Words List from Lake Superior State University.

Kewl! Open this up to everyone, and it could be the next Friendster!

The courts have said that the FBI can not use an On-Star type system to spy on you. One would think that it is because of privacy, but it is really because it 'breaks' the service. Hmmm... I wonder if the service provider could still bill? And if so, who would they bill (the customer or the FBI)? <more...>

This is what we call leadership?

The Senate gave its final approval on Monday to President Bush's request for $87.5 billion to occupy and rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, completing Congressional action on the largest emergency spending bill ever sought by a president.

The Senate's action came on a voice vote with only six members present, meaning that the decisions of individual members on the administration's vision for Iraq were not recorded.

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Ever hear of David Bradley? Me neither, but he's the one to thank for ‘control-alt-delete’...

Elvis & the FBI?

Well, I did it. Let's see if it's a help or a hinderance. (I'm talking about the Google Toolbar.

Give them dehydrated H20 and instructions to just add water..

The Illusory Work-Family Equation

Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974

Fun! NetNews Tracker

Patch now! Or else!

Oops! An airport used by hundreds of thousands of tourists and business travellers each year could be sitting on top of thousands of live bombs.

Say what?  Backup Data on the Moon?  And people think a buck for a CD-ROM to too expensive as a backup method!

Just in time for the weekend - Here's a fast food calorie counter from our friends at the Washington Post!

BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) Calculator

Saddam's millions up for grabs?

It's always good to change your password. Computerworld has bublished a list of hints to help choose a good one.

OMG - I'm not sure what's worse: The idea, the price, or that 118k visitors to the Octodog web page...

The RIAA Breaks Up the Brand

Google helps Dubya find WMD! Go to www.google.com. Type: weapons of mass destruction (no quotation marks). Do NOT click Google Search. Instead, click: I’m Feeling Lucky. Then read the whole error message carefully.

Guess what industry will successfully commercialize sending the sense of touch via the Internet first...

How did I miss this?

Ut-oh! the Department of Homeland Security predicts a major hack attack this sunday.

InfoUSA Offers Online Profile Tool

National Do Not Call Registry

CDs in Soft Drink Caps Promote Artists

Lawsuit Threat Doesn't Slow Music Sharing

See All Three FICO Scores Used by Lenders to Make Credit Decisions

If I ever get caught-up on the honey-do list, I want to build an Extreme TiVO PC!

Students shirk cursive as keyboard rules in third grade.

Your education tax dollars at work: School Holds Rock-Paper-Scissors Contest...

Sorority of the young: Iraq war's widows learn to cope

Malicious URL Problem Has Solutions

The Latest Net Scam—Modem Hijacking

Here's an interesting opinion.  Copy protection is a crime against humanity.  Society is based on bending the rules.

Should We Clone Fading Species?

Pinpoint Weather

PlayStation turns supercomputer

Quiz: How stressed are you?

A reason to smile: Now you can crap with Microsoft!

Overkill or Good Sense? Lehman Brothers now deploys
personal safety emergency kits
with every PC including a gas mask, safety goggles and a whistle "to draw attention to yourself if in the event of an evacuation you need to draw attention to yourself."

IT Warning: No Badge, No Access - Computerworld

Red Wings Web site passes 7,000 members

CNN.com - Nude tennis tourney set for Webcast - May. 9, 2003

Are you a grown-up?  Not untill you turn26!

Do we really want Microsoft to have anything to do with our toilets?  -  MSN Crafts Web-Enabled Toilet?  I can see it now - when the toilet backs up you will have to reboot the toilet before you can try to flush it again!

Spammed by mom.love

Senator uses 'Junk Mail' to bash Direct Mail. Isn't that like the spam you get for products to stop spam?

This is what data mining is all about: They have a file on you.

Oops!  A new
study shows employees willing to share passwords with strangers.

Oops! A new
study shows office employees willing to share passwords with strangers.

Too cute!

Indigenous Weather Knowledge

Walk more, and meet your neighbors! -or- More suburban sprawl -- City, suburban designs could be bad for your health.

I gotta get thing - Retro joysticks deliver blasts from the past!

Here's one that almost makes me want to work at Google: "Inside the Soul of the Web" (Wired 11.05).

New Law Putting Net—and You—at Risk

The Second Superpower

Here I go again... So who really did save Private Jessica?

Prankster Web Site Draws Wal-Mart Ire

ABCNEWS.com : When Real Bugs Invade Your PC

Wired News: Ex-Intel VP Fights for Detainee

Ananova - Nine day computer game exhausts boy

You knew this was coming, didn't you? - Patriot Act, the sequel

Even I have a hard time disagreeing with this story - Spreading peace at gunpoint.

Another view of this topic from Wired News: Streaming Music to Monied Masses

Isolationism at it's best - Citing antiwar views in Europe, U.S. lawmaker pushes CDMA technology - Computerworld

Geeks Gone Wild? TechTV: Find out what happens when we mix a pasty geek with a beach full of babes.

You've got to be kidding - ABCNEWS.com : Graduating 'Geeks' Are Taught Manners...

FullAudio Launches MusicNow Music Service - Well, maybe this one will work, unlike all the others...

Dirty bomb? Grab your PDA! - Computerworld -- Too many things to say... The comments will have to wait.

Added a flooble chatterbox today. Please use it and let me know what you think (not that anyone's reading this anyway)! =)

I spent a few minutes to modify the blog today. I also redirected a domain I've had for a while (nightowl.info) to the blog. Now all I need is to find something interesting to say and someone to read it!


I DJ on the weekends (bar and weddings). The bar I usually work at is a a small club (Rascals) located inside a bowling alley (Regal Lanes) that now has it's own web site. (BTW... No, I did not create, nor do I host the site!)


Tired of 'terror alerts'? Already have enough duct tape to last a lifetime? Then this article from Wired may bring you a smile!