] THE JEFFERSON MUZZLES
]
] Since 1992, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of
] Free Expression has celebrated the birth and
] ideals of its namesake by calling attention to
] those who in the past year forgot or disregarded
] Mr. Jefferson's admonition that freedom of speech
] "cannot be limited without being lost."

The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression

A very long, but interesting, article on the female side of adolescent aggression. If you have young daughters (neices, granddaughters, etc), there's a lot here you need to know.

] Girls Just Want to Be Mean
]
] Wiseman's class is about gossip and cliques and
] ostracism and just plain meanness among girls. But
] perhaps the simplest way to describe its goals would be
] to say that it tries to make middle-school girls be nice
] to one another. This is a far trickier project than you
] might imagine.... The
] girls whom Wiseman variously calls the Alpha Girls, the
] Really Mean Girls or the Queen Bees are the
] ones who are supposed to own up to having back-stabbed or
] dumped a friend, but they are also the most resistant to
] the exercise and the most self-justifying.

Mean Girls

It's what it sounds like. If you think might
find it offensive, you're right, so don't go there.

] The cone shaped nostril inserts were designed to allow
] one size to fit all. ....
] In short, it doubles the pleasure, and doubles the fun!
] With The Pussy Snorkel you won't miss a lick!
]
] The Pussy Snorkel allows a man to continue breathing
] while performing oral sex on a woman in a spa, bathtub or
] even a bowl of green Jell-O.

The PUSSY SNORKEL - SNORKEL FACTS

] Action Comics, No. 1

The first Superman comic book, from June, 1938.
(Warning: the story's incomplete -- anybody got issue #2?)
I saw it on Boing Boing (http://boingboing.net).

ACTION COMICS NO. 1

] I believe I have created the most extravagant
] personal ad in the history of civilization.

This is a strange site, created by a strange person. (Local to Washington, DC, USA, in case you're worried by what you find. If you're local to Washington, you may still be worried. ;-)

DateJesus -- Jesus seeks loving woman

Trebuchet simulator (shockwave) -- design your own.

NOVA Online | Secrets of Lost Empires | Medieval Siege | Destroy the Castle

] "A person using the subvocal system thinks of phrases and
] talks to himself so quietly it cannot be heard, but the
] tongue and vocal cords do receive speech signals from the
] brain," NASA Ames Research Centre developer Chuck
] Jorgensen said.

NASA hears words not yet spoken. 18/03/2004. ABC News Online

] Philips' fluid lenses bring things into focus
]
] Philips Research is demonstrating a unique variable-focus
] lens system that has no mechanical moving parts. Suited
] to a wide range of optical imaging applications,
] including such things as digital cameras, camera phones,
] endoscopes, home security systems and optical storage
] drives, Philips' FluidFocus system mimics the action
] of the human eye using a fluid lens that alters its focal
] length by changing its shape. The new lens overcomes the
] fixed-focus disadvantages of many of today's
] low-cost imaging systems.

Research Home - Philips' fluid lenses bring things into focus - Royal Philips Electronics

] SnapStream TV Toaster
]
] I've always wanted to do a case mod that, once finished,
] looked nothing like a computer. Finding a dead toaster
] oven provided me a spark of inspiration. I took it home
] the same night, determined to make a computer unlike any
] other out there.

SnapStream - Community - Transform your Toaster Oven

] Powerbook Trackpad Senses Pressure
]
] Apparently, many semi-recent
] Powerbooks and iBooks have trackpads that are capable of
] reporting X, Y, and Z (pressure) information.

The comments mention non-Apple laptops.

HML Blog: Powerbook Trackpad Senses Pressure