I'm signing off for a few days -- have a family wedding to go to in the US, where my 70-ish aunt will marry her 80-ish fiance -- in the still-spry presence of the 95 year old mother of the bride! That's sure worth sitting on an airplane for 10 hours or so. UPDATE on 13/5: that's a picture of John and Betty at their wedding reception.
10:59:58 AM  #   your two cents []

Taking Apart An Airport Extreme Base Station [Slashdot]
10:56:14 AM  #   your two cents []

Internet Access for the Cost of a Cup of Coffee. "Hot spots" for wireless Internet access are sprouting in airports, universities and cafes. But should Internet access be given away? [New York Times: Technology]
10:55:02 AM  #   your two cents []

From the Guardian's onlineblog.com: Atari reborn out of Infogrames -- with Matrix game to come. "French computer games company Infogrames will operate under the Atari name, which it picked up from Hasbro two years ago, reports Reuters. It will certainly arrive with a bang, with 4m shipments of its new game based on Enter The Matrix on May 15. Comment: Atari started as a Silicon Valley company that wanted to sound Japanese (great logo, but doesn't it make you think of Mount Fuji?), and now it's a French company that wants to sound American."
10:54:12 AM  #   your two cents []

Trouble at 1.3 million feet. What's to become of the international space station? David Adam investigates. [Guardian Unlimited]
10:52:27 AM  #   your two cents []

  Scientists Fabricate Pliable Electronic Display [Scientific American]
10:51:30 AM  #   your two cents []

The free-software tango. In Argentina, a miserable economy is encouraging computer users to look for low-cost, nonproprietary solutions. Bill Gates is paying attention. [Salon.com]
10:49:34 AM  #   your two cents []

How Would You Argue for Open Source? [Slashdot]
10:48:40 AM  #   your two cents []

Rift in India Leads M.I.T. to Pull Out of Media Lab. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has pulled out of Media Lab Asia, citing disagreements with the Indian minister of information. [New York Times: Technology]
10:47:53 AM  #   your two cents []

Jerome K. Jerome. "It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar." [Quotes of the Day]
10:46:55 AM  #   your two cents []