] Washington, D.C. - The United States Postal Service
] surprised citizens and lawmakers today by filing
] thousands of lawsuits against netizens with active e-mail
] addresses. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act,
] the use of e-mail violates the government-approved
] monopoly the USPS currently enjoys.

Another good piece of satire from BBSpot.

BBspot - USPS Sues Internet Users

] In the future, local rescuers arriving at an emergency
] will have wireless access to floor
] plans and other important details about the building.

Just like in Max Headroom

Responders to get instant access to critical data

] It's a go: Adbusters' Unbrand America TV Spot is poised
] to hit the airwaves. We've wrangled a 30-second chunk of
] national airtime. More than half a million tubes, all
] ours. Watch it- with everyone else tuned to CNN- Monday,
] September 22, around 4:30 EST.
]
]
] To get this far has been serious work. For months we've
] been stonewalled. Sure, we shopped our Black Spot to the
] usual suspects at NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX. We even tried MTV.
] "We don't deal in free speech," chorused the networks.
] Check out all the sorry details here.
]
]
] Sadly, the response was expected. In the land of the
] free, the business of censorship is booming.
]
]
] Well, Adbusters isn't buying in. Keep your eyes peeled
] over the next few months. Plans are in the works for a
] big pushback. The agenda: Media Democracy.

Unbrand America

] Student cuts off penis and tongue after drinking
] hallucinogenic tea

Just say no

] What happens when digital video recorders give viewers
] control of the TV schedule, the content, and the ads? The
] whole world is watching.

Great article. Too bad the 'old' Wired magazine would've published this in 2000.

The Fast-Forward, On-Demand, Network-Smashing Future of Television

] Jordin Tootoo has always been such a physical hockey
] player that a fellow Predators prospect once called him a
] Tasmanian Devil.

Tootoo's looked good in camp. But probably not good enough to crack the roster yet.

Grit could be Tootoo's ticket into NHL

] It is no longer possible to have an original opinion on
] Radiohead.
]
] You've absorbed the deified albums, quarreled over the
] rock critic pontifications, frowned at the guarded,
] combative interviews. Thom Yorke's ugly-stick-beaten mug
] has peered at you from the pages of every magazine known
] to man; his every word and every note has ignited its own
] individual Internet flame war. Mass media has bombarded
] us with Radiohead critique, rendering us unable to
] generate an unfiltered opinion of our own.
]
] When you listen to Radiohead, you're no longer actually
] listening to Radiohead -- you're listening to everyone's
] opinion about Radiohead. It's impossible to separate what
] you hear from what you've read. You are betrayed by what
] you know, and you know way too much.
]
] Thus, in order to solicit an honest, undiluted opinion
] about Radiohead, you'd have to find the proverbial People
] Living Under Rocks. As People Living Under Rocks are
] unavailable, let's use fifth graders.
]
] Specifically, Mitsi Kato's fifth-grade class at Roosevelt
] Elementary in San Leandro.

Music Radiohead Rorschach, An innocent fifth grader's picture is worth a thousand-word critical analysis.,By Rob Harvilla The Alternative East Bay, Oakland connection for events, event listings, music reviews, CD reviews, and all of the latest alternative news from the East Bay, Oakland area.

] Barely a day goes by without someone, somewhere getting
] stung or stinging others through careless Internet use.
]
] Though many of these threats are preventable, relatively
] few of us take the necessary precautions.
]
] So why not institute mandatory education before people
] can go online? After all, motorists must obtain licenses
] before they can legally hit the road, and computers are
] much more complicated.

weren't we just talking about this?

Should License Be Required to Go Online?

] SQL4X Manager J is a comprehensive graphical Interface
] for web and database developers to access any JDBC
] compliant database server. You can choose between a
] terminal-like graphical SQL Console with SQL syntax
] coloring and table name auto-completion to execute your
] own SQL commands and a fully graphical schema and table
] browser.

ahh.... finally.

SQL Manager for Mac OS X

] The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2002-2003

It's a little early for a Top n list of any sort I think, but some of these things need to be aired out before it's too late.

Project Censored