you’d think there’d be some sort of conformance testing for bluetooth devices, but apparently there’s not. what’s the point of bluetooth if the devices can’t talk to each other? beats me.

hmm, this is week old news, but i missed it, so maybe it’ll be useful. it looks like ian thomas, a scientist with the usgus was fired after psoting a map that showed the distribution of caribou calving areas in the arctic national wildlife refuge (anwr). this of course is where the bush admin is itching to start drilling in… in depth info at kuro5hin. depressing.

my roommates were watching the oscars on tv (happening 1 block away – the irony), and gladiator just won best film. so wrong. hmm… i took a few photos today. got one of the hovering helicopters and a closeup of one of the police bikes. check out the shotgun strapped to that baby.

interesting flash at the center of the world. (sorta sexually explicit)

Forbes.com: Microsoft’s War Of Attrition – say what you will, but those microsoft guys are some crafty sharks.

yahoo just put up some pics of u2 in miami opening their elevation 2001 tour a little while ago. there’s a show review at u2.com and on wire (u2 fan mailing list). more fun stuff at youtwo.net and @u2. it’s funny because while the domain names have changed, i remember hanging on the mailing list and visiting youtwo.net (prarit’s u2news) and @u2 (matt mcgee’s site) back in 96… hmm, i think it’s too early in my life for me to be getting nostalgic. i’m sure it’s not healthy.

wow, this is so bladerunner… or something sci-fi… Researchers Find Big Risk of Defect in Cloning Animals

All the evidence so far, scientists say, indicates that the breathtakingly rapid reprogramming in cloning can introduce random errors into the clone’s DNA, subtly altering individual genes with consequences that can halt embryo or fetal development, killing the clone. Or the gene alterations may be fatal soon after birth or lead to major medical problems later in life.

A talk with TransGaming’s CEO Gavriel State concludes how the companies “WineX” will allow you to play off-the-shelf Windows’ games on your Linux desktop.

oh, tlc’s premiering superhuman: the future of medicine on tuesday, mar 27, and wednesday, mar 28 @ 9pm et/pt. looks like barrels of fun.

so, for some reason, i really wanted revisit the honda insight.

• edmunds.com longterm road test: 2000 honda insight
• honda insight / toyota prius comparison
• auto weekly world comparison test: honda insight vs toyota prius
• the insightman is still posting…

instead of getting work done this afternoon, I ended up watching tlc all afternoon. i caught most of 3 episodes of this series called the science of beauty. the first episode was about sexual selection and conceptions of beauty (art and sexual selection), the second was on faces in particular (faces and fractal geometry), and the third episode was on methods of beautification, which covered makeup, photo manipulation (howtos), and

other types of body modification. the last episode also facilely addressed the extropian ideas, and where the future may take us. i was disappointed by their summary blurb that basically said that evolution would correct for whatever decisions we make. the changes that have been happening over the past few decades and that are accelerating over the next few decades are not happening on an evolutionary timescale… anyway.

hmm, do i add the overlib to all my links, and create even more work, or do i find some other way to restructure my links, summary, and narrative to better manage my microcontent?