- Guantánamo on the Hudson
Tom Tomorrow passes on a first-person account of the treatment of New York City protestors from a woman who got arrested and held for 49 hours, despite not actually being a protestor. Now I can understand why the police netted her (literally!), but it’s hard to justify what happened to her, her friend, and the actual protestors. (Updated 2004-09-06) (2004-09-05)
- Language-spotting
How well can you identify languages by looking at them? (2004-09-08)
- Cold fusion research showing promise?
Turns out that the cranks studying cold fusion include the U.S. Navy—and they think they may be on to something. (2004-09-10)
- Spam-inspired comedy
The website that promises “Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines”—and delivers. (2004-09-17)