Thursday, November 28, 2002

Ark of the Covenant: in Ethiopia?. You thought that the Ark of the Covenant, the ancient and dangerous shrine of the presence of God, was safely tucked away in a U.S. government warehouse --- like you were shown in Raiders of the Lost Ark? Think again. According to a United Press International story, the Ark may in fact be located in Axum, Ethiopia. An archbishop of the Ethiopian Coptic Church confirms this, in any case. [kuro5hin.org] 9:34:01 AM    comment []

Lost with a Map. Lost with a Map - A National Geographic survey “found that only about one in seven -- 13 percent -- of Americans between the age of 18 and 24, the prime age for military warriors, could find Iraq [on a world map]. The score was the same for Iran, an... (168 words, 15 comments) 01:39 PM, November 20, 2002 [PhotoDude's Web Log] 9:32:27 AM    comment []

Languishing on the Backlist "Larry Lessig received an analysis of the potential impact of invalidating the 1976 retroactive copyright extension. My gut feeling was that very few creative works from that period remained in print, with an even smaller set in circulation at the local Barnes & Noble or Blockbuster, but it is astonishing to see the numbers. Of the 300,466 books published in the U.S. from 1927-1956, only 9,240 are currently available from publishers at any price. — Jason Schultz I think the word for those 291,226 out-of-print books is hoard. Where's Beowulf when you need him, or Bilbo?" [Cox Crow] [The Shifted Librarian] 9:24:23 AM    comment []

This holiday season, say it with pr0n apology e-cards.. Just in time for the holidays: an online ministry catering to Internet "pornography addicts and the people who love them" offers a line of "porn apology e-cards". Each bears a twelve-steppy message about the pain of digital pr0n dependency, incribed over oddly suggestive photo backgrounds like this _really_big_flower_, Georgia O'Keefe style. At left: "Your pornography addiction is leaving me lonely lately. Why am I not enough?" UPDATE: RCB just posted a hilarious, free response card. Suitable for framing, or e-mailing to your favorite Evangelical Antipornista. Link Discuss (via the brilliant and very-porn-addict-friendly Reverse Cowgirl's Blog) [Boing Boing Blog] 9:09:22 AM    comment []