Carrying the Lantern

Bill R.: I'm working on a project for a Japanese client and will be traveling there this spring, so this draft essay is interesting.

Japan's Troubles, and Suggestions for Change. Joi Ito has posted this first draft of an essay offering informed opinions about why Japan is in such trouble... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

Bill R.: This is an absolutely facinating development about the Columbia disaster. Could it be that the disaster had nothing to do with events that ocurred at launch time? More on your local news in a few days I'm sure.

SF Chronicle: "Top investigators of the Columbia space shuttle disaster are analyzing a startling photograph -- snapped by an amateur astronomer from a San Francisco hillside -- that appears to show a purplish electrical bolt striking the craft as it streaked across the California sky." [Scripting News]