BBC NEWS | Scotland | Library book '100 years overdue'

Overdue library book returned after 100 years. And the let the bugger off the £5000 fine. Should've made him pay! BBC

Rose And Sahananda�s Wedding List Page :: Publish Status

New Zealand visitors to US to be fingerprinted and photographed. NZ Herald
I can hardly believe this! When did a terrorist last come from New Zealand?! We have much more to fear from American Imperialism and economic bully-boy tactics (witness several successful WTO legal challenges to US trade barriers recently) than they have to fear from us.

Wired News: Engineering God in a Petri Dish

where on the phylogenetic map -- the scientific tree of life -- to put God. Wired

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Musicians to play in fans' homes

Musicians to play in fans' homes. BBC
Real nice.

fwbo news

Happy Birthday Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. And also Dr Mary Holmes an old friend of mine.

The home computer as envisaged in 1954 - only wrong by several orders of magnitude. I like the big silver steering wheel, but what the hell would it be for? (courtesy of Pema Yutso aka Ann.)

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Smallest 'guitar string' to weigh atoms

Smallest 'guitar string' to weigh atoms. I can't believe that people get paid to do this sort of thing. BBC

Amritasukha Art

This artist and Buddhist is an aquaintance of mine. Amritasukha Art

A Meridional Grid on the Middle-Earth Map

What happens if you super-impose a map of Middle-Earth onto a map of Europe? A Meridional Grid on the Middle-Earth Map

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Children create new sign language

A new sign language created over the last 30 years by deaf children in Nicaragua has given experts a unique insight into how languages evolve. BBC

Kong is King.net | King Kong movie news and rumors

Peter Jackson's King Kong movie website - an anoraks dream! Kong is King.net |

Wired News: Don't Mess With Librarians

Don't Mess With Librarians (for Pema). Wired

Children Follow Same Steps To Learn Vocabulary, Regardless Of Language Spoken

More support for Chomsky? Children Follow Same Steps To Learn Vocabulary, Regardless Of Language Spoken. Sci Daily

Article: Nose-steered mouse could save aching arms�| New Scientist

Nose-steered mouse could save aching arms. I want one of these! New Scientist

The Dharma of the Rings: A myth for engaged Buddhism? Onlineopinion.com.au via BNN

David Earl (Akashadeva) - Piano Teacher, Performer, Composer - based in Cambridge

Local composer and Buddhist. Currently preparing to perfrom Rachmaninov's 3rd Piano Concerto (which says it all really!) David Earl

Guardian Unlimited | Life | Win the top 10 DVDs

Win the top 10 [sci fi] DVDsGuardian

Toogle Image Search

This one is fun. It searches Google and then returns an image constructed out of the search words you used. Very cool, but you have to ask why I suppose, or maybe not, and just have fun. Toogle

BBC Online - Cult - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The BBC's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy site. This is important at the moment because the Beeb has produced some more shows based on the later books - how they unravelld the plot I'll never know, but that never stopped Adams. This is where it all began and they've done a nice job of it. BBC

MSNBC - Elvis announcer has left the building

Al Dvorin, the concert announcer who made famous the phrase "Elvis has left the building", was killed in an auto accident in California. MSNBC

Boston.com / A&E / Books / The dope on prolific writers

Amusing literary parody of the sports doping furore... Boston.com

New Zealand News - NZ - Stars join Jackson to mark beginning of King Kong production

Wow. I hadn't looked at the NZ Herald for weeks and what do I find when I check it this morning? Saint Peter is starting his Kong remake... NZ Herald