The BBC is reporting that the captured US Marine, Cpl Wassef Ali Hassoun, has been executed. The report originated from al-Jazeera.
Month: June 2004
Oceans on Mars?
The news media has largely forgotten about those two Rovers on Mars, but they are making some huge discoveries, including the above structure. It was noted:
Despite detailed inspection with the microscopic imager, “we have not got this thing figured out yet,” Squyres admitted at a press conference at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California on Friday. “I don’t know how these things formed, and it’s driving me nuts!”
Some very interesting science being done on Mars.
Black Line goes pink
Peter is messing with his blog templates, and I have to say I like the new one. The more traditional blog format makes it easier to read. A move to WordPress or MT would be a good move though.
Mobile phones rot your balls
And the funniest headline of the week award goes to: El Reg, for this corker:
Mobile phones rot your balls:
Hello Moto. Goodbye Mojo
I actually laughed out loud to that one.
U.S. Overseer Holds Ceremony Without Notice, and Departs
In case you missed it…
Bremer made a very quick exit. But I guess that’s to be expected.
Moore film opens in a blaze of glory
Michael Moore’s new film has surpassed even the most optimistic predictions. It has quite literally turned into phenomenon. I am looking forward to seeing it, but I have taken on board the numerous criticisms of the film, most pointedly seen in the blogopshere.
A World Without Power: Niall Ferguson
Foreign Policy popped through the letterbox today, and what a great read it is. Niall Ferguson has the cover story, it is usual Ferguson, interesting nonetheless.
Other articles are good too, more on that later.
Internet browser breach defused
The Russian web server at the centre of a serious net security problem has been shut down. When visited by unwitting web users the server exploited loopholes in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and opened a backdoor into compromised PCs.
When first discovered, the security problem prompted experts to tell people to avoid using Internet Explorer.
The problem was judged serious because many trusted websites were innocently sending people to the suspect server.
Microsoft have still not released a patch…
Detroit DJ Lenn Swann
Detroit DJ Lenn Swann aka Leonard Adams has more than 17 years experience in Djing. Hes a scratch DJ. He has participated to the beginning of turntablism in the early 80s.
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Is he the "British Eminem"?
Some call him the British Eminem.
Can Mike Skinner aka The Streets be compared to Eminem? What do both men have in common besides their white skin?
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