Comment - "A leading television producer and two major advertisers have joined forces to present a live variety show with no commercial interruptions. Instead, the advertising messages will be incorporated into the show. The experiment reflects growing anxiety among many advertisers and network executives about the rise of personal video recorders, like TiVo's, which make it easy for viewers to skip commercials.

You got that right. I can't stand to watch TV without trying to punch the TiVo button and zip past the commercials.

News -- Distant Quasars Offer a Glimpse of Dawn in the Universe: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35690-2003Jan9.html

Comment -- "The question of when the first light formed was addressed by religious texts for a long time before scientists could start to deal with it," said Avi Loeb, of Harvard University, a leading theorist in this emerging field of inquiry, in a phone interview. "This is the first time in human history that we are able to address this question scientifically."

News - Online helicopter ride down the California coast: http://snurl.com/cacoast

Comment - I especially like the photos of San Francisco as viewed from across the Bay in Sausalito. One of the most beautiful scenes of natural beauty I've ever seen in my life.

News - A real goofy site that lets you click on a face and blink the eyes and move the mouth: http://snurl.com/touchy

Comment - Definitely worth checking out. I'm not sure if it's interesting or creepy, but it's cool technology.

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