well, that could shake some things up...

The Seattle Times: Health & Science: 'Morning-after pill' over the counter? FDA considers it

] "Every time we checked, some were gone and others had
] moved," said Dellavalle, who is on the faculty at the
] University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. "We
] thought, 'This is an interesting phenomenon itself. We
] should look at this.' "

This is a problem indeed. I imagine Tom, at least, would have some opinions on building the web into a great, big, persistent trust/reputation network. Whats the answer?

On the Web, Research Work Proves Ephemeral (washingtonpost.com)

in case there weren't enough reasons to avoid fast food...

(and who'd a thunk it - taco bell the best of the bunch!?)

Dirty dining?

interesting photojournal about the antiwar protests that took place around the world... click through them, or buy the book, if you like it....

2/15

] GEORGE Bush was last night branded chicken for scrapping
] his speech to Parliament because he feared being heckled
] by anti-war MPs.

pretty standard... should've expected this to happen

Daily Kos || Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation.

] That is a solid but flexible plastic rod, potentially
] metres long, that glows.
]
]
] Fluorescent lights shine by electrically exciting gas
] inside a glass cylinder. The new invention, called
] Supersidelight, pipes light from tiny light-emitting
] diodes (LEDs) - similar to the coloured ones in
] televisions, computers, stereo systems and cars - through
] the "light pipe".

this is the next stuff... cheap to run, long lasting and someday with adjustable hues, it's gonna make lighting a whole new deal.

Nanotechnology could make lanterns out of flickering fluoro - www.smh.com.au

boron nitride nanotubes...

no one explains just why these are better than carbon ones, or any distinctions between them but it's still neat.

Powder with the power to transform the world - www.smh.com.au

smh is chock full of good nano stories today...

this one is sortof a rehash of some good blue sky concepts...

Home smart home - www.smh.com.au

] Microsoft on Monday said it will license the XML-based
] file formats used in the latest edition of its Office
] applications on a royalty-free basis.

this could be good news for interoperability...

Microsoft pries open Office 2003 | CNET News.com

] The Founding Fathers would have found [the USA PATRIOT ACT]
] to be despotism in spades. And they would have hanged
] anybody who tried to get this through the Constitutional
] Convention in Philadelphia. Hanged.

Gore Vidal discusses the Bush administration, patriot act, eVoting...

good read.

LA Weekly: Features: Uncensored Gore