] Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, wanted since
] 1992 for playing a tournament in Yugoslavia despite U.N.
] sanctions, was detained in Japan for an apparent passport
] violation and will be deported to the United States,
] media reports said.

[ Huh. -k]

ABCNEWS.com : Japan Detains Ex-Chess Champ Bobby Fischer

[ "We might have to disrupt the democratic process because terrorists want to disrupt the democratic process." -k]

Minister of Fear

This is a special issue of PNAS from April 2004, now freely available.

Here are a few papers of note:

Coauthorship networks and patterns of scientific collaboration
From paragraph to graph: Latent semantic analysis for information visualization
A method for finding communities of related genes
Tracking evolving communities in large linked networks
Traffic-based feedback on the web

[ Awesome... i'll definitely be spending some time with this over the weekend... -k]

Mapping Knowledge Domains

] Martha Stewart will have to hang up her apron for only
] five months.
]
]
] She was sentenced this morning in New York City to five
] months in prison, plus two years' supervised release and
] a $30,000 fine, by U.S. District Judge Miriam Cedarbaum

[ Well there it is... -k]

Forbes.com: Martha Gets Five Months

[ mean, but funny. -k]

This Land

An interesting, arty take on the concept.

[ That site kicks ass. -k]

GPS pic thing

] A German doctor has developed an invisible, permanent
] strapless bra that's made of titanium mesh and imbedded
] under the skin.

[ Are you fucking kidding me !?!?!! -k]

Invisible Permanent Bra

] IBM's director of physical sciences, Thomas Theis,
] discusses nano, disruptive technology and why physical
] research is a driving force at Big Blue.

[ Pretty good interview... IBM's got a lot of leverage and a lot of money... they'll probably do a lot of good stuff. -k]

Small Times: News about MEMS, Nanotechnology and Microsystems

] Konarka's technology is just one example of a new type of
] printable solar cell, or photovoltaic, that promises to
] go almost anywhere, paving the way for affordable and
] ubiquitous solar power. Not only are the cells
] inexpensive to produce-less than half the cost of
] conventional panels, for the same amount of power-but
] they're also lightweight and flexible, so they can be
] built into all sorts of surfaces.

[ I've noticed this meme pop up a few times recently... i think it will prove to have legs over the longer term. I've said before that i think solar power will offer the best solution to our future needs... towards the end of this article, they indicate that Richard Smalley is of the same opinion, which is a little gratifying. I just hope gov't and industry is willing to devote the requisite billions... -k]

Technology Review: Solar-Cell Rollout

] After nearly 30 years of arguing that a black hole
] destroys everything that falls into it, Stephen Hawking
] is saying he was wrong. It seems that black holes may
] after all allow information within them to escape.
] Hawking will present his latest finding at a conference
] in Ireland next week.

[ This should prove *very* interesting... -k]

New Scientist