05 July 2002

Yellow Card: Apple Pulls Press Passes of Speculative Writers WIRED.com -- Apple reviewed a list of media attendees to Mac World, then blacballed about 30 websites that printed rumors and speculation about Apple and its products. x: 125

RSS Reader in Flash MX Tim -- I need an RSS reader in Flash MX. Tim bakes a cool little flashtool that scans the headlines of 5 Grooved weblogs.

Girl Ordered Gang-Raped in Pakistan ABCNEWS.com -- "A Pakistani tribal council (in Multan, Pakistan) ordered an 18- year-old girl to be gang-raped in order to punish her family after her brother was seen walking with a girl from a higher class tribe." I know the power of the religious police. I saw their chilling displays while transiting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia several years ago. In a civilised world, often all one can do is thank God for where we live. But you cannot hope to influence others by your example. x:125

MP3 Benches BBC.co.uk -- We want to do the same thing as they're doing in Barrow-in-Furness -- bolt armor-plated MP3 audio players onto benches. Then post them to inform people they can plug in their headsets and listen to medieval street scenes and Olde English intermixed with Irish.

Economist Gives Thumbs Up to Blogging ECONOMIST -- Pertinent and accurate coverage of blogging from The Economist. "Blogging has taken off thanks to the development of online tools, such as Blogger and UserLand, which make it simple and cheap to update personal web content instantly."