iPod Counterculture. Musing on his desire for an iPod (a pink iPod mini, as it turns out), Luke Nihlen writes in the Daily Lobo, [base "]But there[base ']s more to the iPod than a personal statement. It contains my entire musical collection, a life[base ']s worth of memories, opportunities, juxtapositions and discoveries. Its epic storage capacity feels almost archival, like a tiny library of Alexandria, automatically organized and with optional belt clip.[per thou] (Free registration required.) [Feb 25] [Apple Hot News]

I wanted an iPod. I wanted to quietly announce to the world that I am a part of the information counterculture. Like a civilized barbarian of the information age, I wander the plains of the Internet with unconventional, non-traditional tools. I am hacker. Hear me type.

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Wired: The Complete Guide to Google. [Scripting News]

Correction, it's The Complete Guide to Googlemania!. And it is a great article for those of us that still think that Google is the big cheese...

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Calling the Kettle Black. There may be a double standard at work in the Middle East, but it goes both ways. By Nicholas D. Kristof. [New York Times: Opinion]
But it's also true that the Middle East leader who arguably grants his own Arab citizens the greatest democratic rights is . . . that's right, Ariel Sharon. It's a double standard to notice only how Israel represses Arabs and not how it empowers them. More important, Arabs erupt at every outrage by Israel, but seem unmoved when Arabs abuse other Arabs.

This was what I learned when I visited Israel. Seeing the Arab women learning at the university and wearing tight jeans, I thought: "This is the main reason for the hatred"...

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