Twaddle: LIGHT and POWER

Ass-O-Tron

Hanging a moon on the Web. Ass-O-Tron: Feed it a URL and it will load the page with a guy hanging a moon superimposed on it. Strangely and fiercely compelling.

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(Thanks, Joey!) [Boing Boing Blog]

| | Nº279 Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:00:57 PM. Words: 51.

P. J. O'Rourke. "With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life." [Quotes of the Day] [The All Electric Media Weblog]

| | Nº274 Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:41:11 PM. Words: 54.

Scientific Proof Cleanliness Next to Godliness

Obsessive-compulsive disorder linked to piety. A study of Italian clergy and lay people suggests compulsive cleanliness may be next to godliness.

Old news... Higher percentage in Catholics incidentally. Which is interesting that I am neither overly religious nor Catholic. Alas, that whole n=1 thing is a bit problematic.
[New Scientist] [painful discharge]

| | Nº273 Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:37:04 PM. Words: 66.

Computer Virus Art

Crashing PC's in Frankfurt, the Art World's New Bad Boys. A museum exhibition devoted to computer viruses opened last week at the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt. By Matthew Mirapaul. [New York Times: Arts]

| | Nº271 Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:29:25 PM. Words: 47.