] "What does that mean, exactly? When it's up and running,
] Connexions will offer an online library of networked
] content that will allow instructors to pick and choose
] best-of-breed instructional materials. Experts around the
] world will develop and contribute modules of information
] specific to their own expertise. These modules "

Connexions | Creative Commons

"Guilt issues aside, research has shown that the quality of the service we receive isn't always reflected in the tip we leave. Many who have studied the practice have discovered that excellent service only draws a marginally higher tip than average service. Other things the server might do, however, do make more of a difference -- probably without our even realizing it! For example, Cornell University's Center for Hospitality Research has conducted several studies revealing some interesting facts about server habits that can boost tip percentages. Here are a few of them."

How tipping works.

] Mencal is a simple variation of the well-known unix
] command cal. The main difference is that you can have
] some periodically repeating days highlighted in color.
] This can be used to track menstruation (or other) cycles
] conveniently.

This kicks total ass. I'm going to use it. Thank you!

Menstruation calendar

This looks like it will be fun...

Welcome to Moon Resort and Casino: Building a Dream

Welcome to the home of the Word Spy. This Web site and its associated mailing list are devoted to recently coined words, existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance, and older words that are being used in new ways.

Each weekday, the Word Spy presents a new word, its definition, and a citation (usually from a major newspaper or magazine) that shows how people are using the word. You also get extra goodies such as background on the word's formation, a list of related words from the Word Spy database, quotations on words and language, and more.

The Word Spy

Your computer is full of evidence. You need help now.

Years of Internet data could be used by the police.

Time of latest investigation: Today 7:28:18 P.M. ON 29 NOVEMBER 2002

Click Here Now For Urgent Help To Stop This Investigation

Are you guilty? What's that on your desktop? What are all those PICTURES?

YOU HAVE A BIG PROBLEM

economics are not, after all, suspended in cyberspace like the laws of gravity in outer space. Content needs to be paid for on the Web just as in any other medium. And it probably has to be paid for the same way most other things are paid for: by the people who use it. We tried charging the customers at Slate. It didn't work. Future experiments may be more successful, and we at Slate encourage others to jump in. We'll watch. But meanwhile, let's look again at this notion that in every medium except the Internet people pay for the content they consume. It's not really true.

It's Not Just the Internet - Almost no one pays for content in any medium. By Michael Kinsley

Anyone interested in making a 150 year bet? Any bets that you actually might be alive then to see it happen?

Cyan waves hands over table and whispers, "No more bets" and spins the roulette wheel.

Longbets is:

*an arena for competitive, accountable predictions
*a forum for focussed discussion and debate about prediction.
*an attractive tool for philanthropic giving.
*a way to foster better long-term thinking.

The Long Bets Foundation was started in 02001 as a
501(c)(3) public education nonprofit foundation, based in California. It is a partial spin-off from The Long Now Foundation, which is building a 10,000-year Clock and tools for a 10,000-year Library.

Long Bets [ About Long Bets ]

] "Strawberry Pop Tarts may be a cheap and inexpensive
] source of incendiary devices. Toasters which fail to
] eject Pop Tarts cause the Pop Tarts to emit flames 10-18
] inches in height. "

OW, MY EYES! SWEET JESUS

Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches

] "Do you love Macs and enjoy killing others? Does the
] thought of working at Apple make you tingle more than
] those three seconds before you slit the throat of your
] target and then fade into the fog as if nothing more than
] a bad dream? If so, you may have what it takes to become
] an Apple Ninja."

Crazy Apple Rumors Site