Sunday, November 24, 2002

Nigerian Blood Friday. Miss World, that decadent celebration of last century ideal woman, has just been taught a harsh joint lesson on Globalisation and Cultural Relativism. Too bad more than one hundred Nigerians had to die to teach it. [kuro5hin.org] 10:08:32 AM

Terminally Hip. Style-conscious Web sites, many operated by hotels, turn your computer into a design magazine. By Bob Tedeschi. [New York Times: Technology] 10:07:25 AM

'Prey': Attack of the Nanoswarms. Michael Crichton's thriller explores what happens when molecule-sized robots run amok. By Jim Holt. [New York Times: Technology] 9:54:39 AM

The Would-Be King of the DVD. Many in the entertainment industry credit Warren Lieberfarb, the president of Warner Home Video, with dreaming, cajoling and bullying the DVD into existence. By James Greenberg. [New York Times: Technology] 9:54:22 AM

American law enforcement elite vandalize property and put people at risk for own amusement. A police raid Wednesday night in San Antonio, Texas left a charred wall in the home of Marcos and Salvador Huerta, and sent an innocent man to a hospital with minor injuries. The raid was on the wrong house. [kuro5hin.org] 9:53:52 AM

The World's Most Dangerous Server Room. Two, ten litre water buckets balanced over the company's mainframe servers - and the backup tapes - oh, and the main routers and switches - oh, and the powerbars for the UPS's. [kuro5hin.org] 9:53:17 AM