Saturday, June 11, 2005

Some Timekillers

Here are a couple of articles I've come across recently that someone might find interesting. It's just a good way to waste time if you have any to spare:

This first one is interesting since it's about the old Alma Mater. I guess I should've been more pushy about my grades there. I didn't even think of this option half of the time.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060201593_pf.html


This next one is a cynical, but interesting, viewpoint on Live 8. How the world's poor are being called upon to help old, balding rock stars.
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CABA8.htm

This one seems like an interesting book. I might pick it up at some point, so if anyone else does please let me know. Time travel would be quite interesting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060200532.html

Ok I can't tell if this next one is a joke or if it's for real, but then again I've never returned a printer.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=5666&R=C5AD125EC

This is just plain useful, if it's all true.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18625011.900


Ok these next two are just interesting news articles I came about. This first one must be complete baloney, otherwise I can't see how it hasn't received more coverage. At least I haven't seen any other articles about it:
http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/Politics/2005/06/09/1118281061.htm


And I don't understand this, but I guess I'm just getting old:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050611f1.htm