UN concern for US Afghan captives. UN human rights chief Mary Robinson urges the Americans to treat their al-Qaeda captives in Cuba humanely. [BBC News: world]  10:32:27 AM    

If you are reading this then I was able to post a weblog entry via email through Radio Userland. Not sure how often I would use this since access to email means access to the web, but you never know...  9:57:35 AM    

Galileo's Final Blaze of Glory [Slashdot]. They need to crash Galileo into Jupiter due to fears that Earth-originating bacteria could possibly contaminate Europa should the craft run out of fuel and crash into it. If Europa has life on it (a possibility) then we cannot take any chances.  7:32:00 AM    

Dictionary.com Word of the Day. fugacious [Dictionary.com Word of the Day]  7:28:47 AM    

Apple's Myths Page does a good job of summing up the most common myths about the Mac. The main comment I have for people today is to stop using the same old arguments especially now that MacOS X is out and has completely changed the landscape. There were a lot of valid criticisms of OS 9 and what came before (though I was perfectly happy and productive in those operating systems) but OS X is industrial strength, UNIX based, highly mature and extremely stable.   6:28:48 AM