Friday 09 May 2003

In an attempt to clean up cities and preserve the environment, South Africa bans thin disposable bags. [BBC News] 1:14:49 PM

Digital maps with a sense of time as well as place have been developed by researchers in Dublin. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 12:51:59 PM

Microsoft's online ID system has been vulnerable to malicious hackers and thieves for months. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] - well you have to allow yourself a smile at least ........ 12:50:07 PM

-noblog [The Register] 9:51:53 AM

Blind patients given a pioneering retinal implant have managed to receive and decipher pictures sent from a video camera. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 9:50:30 AM

In St Louis in 1895, a pimp shot a man dead in an argument. The ballad telling the story has been recorded by hundreds of acts. Cecil Brown tells the tale of Stagolee. [Guardian Unlimited] 9:42:15 AM

2000: Director of a company which wins $200m contract to sell nuclear reactors to North Korea. 2002: Declares North Korea a terrorist state and a target for regime change. [Guardian Unlimited] 9:34:53 AM

Radio UserLand tip from Mark Paschal: How to add category links automatically to your home page. [Workbench] 9:30:04 AM