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Sid Meier returns to the briny deep

An evening with Our Favorite Geek ™

Ashcroft throws it in reverse

The bombs that may cook Bush’s goose

Last Mac screenreader disappears in puff of smoke

Pixar burns the midnight oil

I would give my life to find it, I would give it all… Catch me if I fall.

Scoble sells out

Weapons? What weapons?

I sent this out by e-mail this morning to my Big List of Friends & Family — but on the off chance you’re not on that list, drop me a line so I can add you, and then read this — it’s something you should know about. You may or may not be familiar with […]

The first public beta of the new Battlefield 1942 mod “Eve of Destruction“, which moves the action to the jungles of Vietnam, is finally available. It’s a little laggy, but very atmospheric and a lot of fun to play. Give it a spin if you need a break from Desert Combat 🙂

Jen Klyse is calling out John Ashcroft for what looks like Yet Another egregiously closed-minded act by our fearless Attorney General. This time, he’s refused to allow gay and lesbian Justice Department staff to hold their annual Gay Pride Month celebration at the Department’s headquarters — the first time that such an event has apparently […]

Hey, it looks like Vincent Gallo has decided that the fact that his film sucks wasn’t his fault after all. Turns out it’s everyone else’s fault. Who knew? CNN: Reviled ‘Bunny’ could be hot property Roger Ebert: Gallo goes on the offensive after ‘Bunny’ flop Sez Gallo, If a fat pig like Roger Ebert doesn’t […]

It’s thrilling to see that the streets have finally given us a gangsta poet who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is!

“What are you doing???” “Um… honestly, officer, it’s nothing…” Yeah, right. Some things, alas, are kind of difficult to talk your way out of. Like, say, this.

Those of you unfortunate enough to live in NYC might want to check this out: Shakespeare on the Run is a theatre group that is mounting a production of “Much Ado About Nothing” in Central Park. Nothing new there, but their approach to staging is — while you watch one scene, the next scene is […]

Mark Fiore has a funny Flash comic on Michael Powell, FCC Chairman, and his successful push to remove regulations on media ownership. (Thanks to Donna Wentworth for the link.)

Soapbox derby meets Mad Max

Hey big spender, MS will open the kimono for you

You’re only pathetic if you let them see you sweat

Oh, man… I don’t even know where to BEGIN with this one. Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil Asked why a nuclear power such as North Korea was being treated differently from Iraq, where hardly any weapons of mass destruction had been found, the deputy defence minister said: “Let’s look at it simply. The most […]

This is just wrong!

Turns out Keanu Reeves is a hell of a nice guy. Who knew? From Hello Magazine’s story KEANU REEVES GIVES £50 MILLION TO UNSUNG HEROES OF ‘THE MATRIX’: Keanu Reeves has shown his generosity by giving away £50 million of his earnings from the Matrix sequels… to the unsung heroes of the sci-fi blockbusters — […]

Just Well Mixed sells out