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  • Slim Shady EP review

    Have you ever listened to the Slim Shady EP? No, not the Slim Shady LP. I mean Eminem’s former 10 tracks EP. If you haven’t, you will be able to listen to it and to download the full EP on the following website:

  • Lose Weight, Stay Active, Prevent Alzheimer's-Studies

    PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Losing weight, eating more fruits and vegetables and exercising your brain and body sounds like a formula to prevent heart disease, but it is also a way to prevent Alzheimer’s, researchers said on Monday:

  • Militant Christianity versus militant Islam

    Interesting stuff… Should Americans really give intolerance a pass if it is rooted in religious faith? Many American Christians once read the Bible to mean that African-Americans were cursed as descendants of Noah’s son Ham, and were intended by God to be enslaved. In the 19th century, millions of Americans sincerely accepted this Biblical justification…

  • 419ers morph into Murder Incorporated

    The 419ers were discussed last week on this blog, but it now appears they have turned to more sinister methods, as reported on El Reg and Slashdot. Will anyone fall for the threat to be killed by ‘snippers’? I should bloody hope not.

  • Detroit DJ Rec

    Although he is less known from the public, Mark Claus aka DJ Rec is Eminem’s long term friend. They went to school together. He remembers Debbie Mathers’ ill character and Marshall’s stormy relationship to Kim:

  • Eminem: a wrestler?

    Eminem has knocked out many of his enemies verbally. Can you remember the lyrics of his song “Marshall Mathers”? The second refrain goes like this:

  • Microsoft problems

    Hmm. For some reason many of Microsofts sites appear to be down today. They include Hotmail, MSN.com, Micrsoft.com and the Messenger service. I have just pinged several MS websites and the results timed out. Maybe its just my ISP, but it is very unusual for all three services to be down. Anyone else having problems?…

  • Drugs, addiction and artistic creativity

    Many artists have probably written their greatests songs “under the influence”. We may ask: what is the relation between drugs, drug addiction and artistic creativity?

  • 33 internal FOX editorial memos

    Paul points to a list of memos over at media matters for America. It provides an insight into the thinking behind the scenes at Fox News. What worries me is whether similar shaningans prevail at its sister station Sky News, or Sky News Ireland. Could there be a UK version of FOX News Senior Vice…

  • Odyssey in search of treasure

    The Guardian has a good article on the impending excavation of the wreck of the Sussex, a British warship that sank in 1694 while on a secret diplomatic mission for King William III. The estimated value of the contents of the vessel is £2.4bn. A company called Odyssey will be very rich if it finds…

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