November 26, 2002

Is this the dumbest/sickest posting on IndyMedia ever? A man claims to have killed a police officer and brags about it in his manifesto that he posted. A suspect in the murder has been caught. (via Instapundit, etc) 10:28:26 PM

Chris Suellentrop writes in Slate about UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix under the title: Hans Blix Incompetent bureaucrat or cowardly diplomat. His take, it really doesn’t matter, Blix is so weak that even if he doesn’t find anything it will not prevent the US from removing Saddam Hussein. 10:27:42 PM

The Globe and Mail’s @Play section has an in-depth look at the three console systems battling it out for the shopping dollar. 10:27:19 PM

The Royal Ontario Museum has announced modifications to the design of its planned glass crystal extension. The Globe and Mail reports that the glass is being mostly scrapped in favour of stainless steel. The changes are to reduce costs and handle the Canadian winters. So, bye-bye crystal, hello giant tin can. 10:26:57 PM

The BBC has an article on spyware. 12:13:59 AM

More whining from The Guardian about Israel’s defensive wall around the West Bank. If chopping down some trees is required to stop suicide bombers from attacking buses full of school children then so be it. 12:01:09 AM