Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Nebulas Surrounding Wolf-Rayet Binary BAT99-49 (2004 April 21) Nebulas Surrounding Wolf-Rayet Binary BAT99-49 (2004 April 21) [Astronomy Picture of The Day] 10:13:32 PM

Re: Looting, Art and Archeological Sites in Iraq University of Chicago article on the loss of antiquities and damaged archeological sites in Iraq. 8:28:12 PM

Smart Cars: Mediaburn Hot Rod? Smart Cars On The Way To US. There's a lot of attention being paid to the youth market for cars these days. Companies are coming up with a lot more strange designs centered around the "lifestyle" and tastes of younger people, as evidenced by Honda's Element and the Toyota Scion. But the innovation isn't just coming from the Pacific side -- Diamler Chrysler, which for many years has developed small, youth-oriented cars for the European market, has decided to release some of those little Smart Cars here in the US. While the models for the US won't be as small as the originals (some of which apparently were designed in conjunction with Swatch...no kidding) they will be some pretty unique cars. The first to come over will be the ForMore, which is a small sport ute. Other cars should follow though, and there are some pretty interesting looking ones, including a coupe (pictured, top) with a customizable two-tone color scheme that will probably make it over, and a strange variation of the ultra-tiny ForTwo two seater that looks like it could be popular in southern climes (pictured, bottom). Correction: originally I said the ForFour, a four-dour sedan, would be the first model to come over. Apparently it was too ugly for the American market and they decided to launch with the ForMore instead, which can be seen in an artists rendering by clicking "Read more.." The Smart brand will be sold through US Mercedes dealerships. [Street Tech] 7:12:58 PM

Increasing Data Transmission Speeds New Internet speed record set. Researchers are pushing the envelope in data transmission speeds as they look toward building supercomputing grids. [CNET News.com] 6:35:54 PM

Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek Michael McClure will be reading and speaking at SUNY Ulster College (near Woodstock) on Tuesday, April 20th. 1. Discussion of Art and Nature at 10:30 am in Vanderlyn Student Hall. 2. Reading (very old and new unpublished poetry) will be in the Quimby Theater at 7:30 p.m. Both events are on the Stony Ridge Campus. Ray Manzarek and Michael McClure will be performing their music and poetry at the University of Colorado at Denver Thursday April 22nd 855 Lawrence Way, Denver in the Kenneth King Center 6:00 p m curtain PLEASE VISIT http://www.mcclure-manzarek.com cheers ~ Denise Enck -- http://www.McClure-Manzarek.com The Official Website of Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek Sign up to receive our newsletter: http://www.mcclure-manzarek.com/newsletter.html http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com Modern poetry & Beat Generation books, photos & ephemera Post Office Box 972, Mukilteo, WA 98275 7:25:48 AM

Emily Strange Guitar Contest Write a Strange Song, Win a Strange Guitar. [Tyromaniac] 7:20:13 AM