The Daily Thing

It’s going to be a LONG, SLOW morning. Even with coffee my ass is dragging.

More Proof That Watched Monty Python. We all know that Iraqi Minister of Information Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf got his job training by repeatedly watching one scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail on a film loop. Saddam Hussein and family now seem to have learned how not to be seen. Come to think of…

Missing: Laci Peterson…. A body washed up in Richmond California today and may possibly be Laci Peterson…. [CampinGuy.Com] I’m still in shock. Modesto is such a small town. I mean, when Chandra Levy was missing everyone knew someone who knew her, or Gary Condit. Now, after months of hanging on and hoping for the best…

I’m in total information overload. So I took a moment this morning to clean up my news aggregator. The first things to go: the war feeds. I’m tired of hearing about the war.

Human genome finally complete. The biological code crackers uncovering the DNA blueprint for human life say the job has been finished two years early. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] Woo hoo!

It seems the post September 11th regime (and it is one too) has stretched its long McCarthy-ist fingers into the tech industry. I remember reading the story of how this young man was arrested but then I had heard nothing more until this article. Guilty until proven innocent. CNET News.com’s Declan McCullaghchronicles the bizarre tale…

Borders Goes Live. Borders launches its T-Mobile service in several states, 145 stores: Borders had announced last November that it had partnered with T-Mobile to put hot spot service in all Borders stores in the US. Today, they announced all stores in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington have gone live, or…

Former congressman asks court to decide if Bush committed war crimes Former U.S. Rep. Clair Callan of Nebraska has asked a federal court to determine if President Bush is guilty of war crimes in Iraq. Callan has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court in Lincoln that would stop the…

CNN’s Incredible Admission. UPDATED In an appalling op-ed piece in the New York Times, “The News We Kept to Ourselves,” CNN’s chief news… [Dan Gillmor’s eJournal] I guess when you’re not reporting the raw facts but reporting what someone else is telling you is the facts, you’re merely reporting someones opinion.

Family Technical Support. Russell Beattie Notebook: Family Technical Support I told my parents – sorta sarcastically – they ought to just go down to Walmart and get themselves a $300 PC that would be better than their Pre-USB Pentium II, 64Meg, 5 Gig Gateway they’ve had for quite a few years now. I’m sick of…