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    I have updated my version of WordPress and am on the lookout for a new stylesheet, any suggestions?

  • Iraq declares state of emergency

    Was there not already a state of emergency in Iraq? Anyway, it’s been declared again, thanks to a high number of attacks. It is also due to the impending onslaught in Fallujah. The speech by Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler, the commanding general of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, is worth noting – with thanks…

  • The debate continues…

    The debate on fundamentalist Christianity versus Islam verus Atheism continues, now at a record 1092 comments. Go have a gander.

  • Don't ever call him Marshall again…

    There is a hidden story behind the birth of Eminem’s alter ego- Slim Shady. If many of you believe that Slim Shady was actually born in Detroit, then you are wrong. Many of you have probably heard Eminem’s quote about Slim Shady’s name popping into his head while he was sitting on the toilets:

  • Blogs as a category on "Jeapordy"

    Blogs must surely have hit the mainstream when they are a category on Jeapordy in the US.

  • Paul Krugman: A culture of cover-ups

    Krugman’s pre-election thoughts on the lost munitions at al-Qaqaa, and provides yet more food for thought: The story of the looted explosives has overshadowed another report that Bush officials tried to suppress – this one about how the Bush administration let Abu Musab al-Zarqawi get away. An article in Monday’s Wall Street Journal confirmed and…

  • Power on a Chip

    This is one of the most interesting and exciting technologies that I’ve read about in a while. Gas turbines powered much of 20th-century technology, from commercial and military aircraft to the large gas-fired plants that helped supply U.S. electricity. But these days it isn’t the hulking machines in the lab’s museum that capture Epstein’s enthusiasm.…

  • Internet about to collapse, says Finnish scientist

    The Internet will collapse around 2006 apparently: In today’s edition of “they sky is falling,” we pick up on the woeful predictions of one Dr. Hannu Kari, who pinpoints 2006 as the end of the Internet as we know it. Today the good professor warned that the fun bus could all come to a crashing…

  • Bono's IPod

    Many people are expressing dismay at Bono’s decision to do a deal with Apple. I think it’s a smart move. The thing about players like iPods is that not only are the medium through which you listen (like CD players and stereos), but they are also the holders of the content (like CDs themselves and…

  • Is Europe ready for Turkey?

    Dominique Moisi questions whether the EU is ready for Turkey, and cites three likely factors involved. Polls show that at least in France, 75 percent of the population is not ready to accept Turkey – it is a refusal based on ignorance, stereotypes and prejudices disguised as common sense. And without the support of France,…

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