Monday, March 03, 2003

All talk, no compassion. After promising a bold new investment in AmeriCorps, the White House has let the volunteer program and its crucial services fall into crisis. [Salon.com] 8:25:45 PM

Yahoo! News - Turkey's Markets Down on U.S. Troop Vote [lnk.to] 8:06:40 PM

More Astroturf. Google for "taking a courageous stand against Saddam" [michaelw.net] 4:17:20 PM

Microsoft quits OpenGL board [The Register] 4:03:34 PM

USA Today: Microsoft 'science fair' offers glimpse at technology's future. "It's a backup to your brain," said Bell, a senior researcher for Microsoft Research in the company's Bay Area center, who exhibited his project at Microsoft Research's annual TechFest Wednesday and Thursday. Referring to the popular Internet search engine, he called it technology to "Google your life." [Tomalak's Realm] This is the myLifeBits project, where a dude is recording everything that happens to him. The article also mentions the Stuff I've Seen tool. 10:48:53 AM

Letting you know when it's time to duck and cover. The Homeland Security Threat Monitor is a small Windows application that runs in your system tray, showing the current terrorism threat level. It periodically checks to make sure the information is up to date by contacting the White House web server. [Sean 'Early' Campbell & Scott 'Adopter' Swigart's Radio Weblog] 10:43:18 AM

Israel captures Hamas founder. A senior member of militant group Hamas is detained by Israeli troops in a raid that killed eight Palestinians. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] 8:38:55 AM