The House that Spam Built
With much ado about one of America's most renowned culinary delights, Hormel dedicates a new museum to, yes, Spam.
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Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie!! School's Out
Surprise, surprise, according to a recent study nagging is an effective means of getting what kids want. But does it stop with kids, one can't help but wonder?
Dublin, by any other name...
For those of you who missed it, and care, yesterday (June 16th) was Bloom's day, a day that has gone down in history, as the one on which everything that takes place in James Joyce's Ulysses occured. Read on, and you, too, will understand Joyce's love/hate relationship to his native Dublin.
Scotty, beam me up!
Not just for TVland anymore, Australian researchers just may bring the transporter to a couch near you.
Why Filters Won't Protect Our Children: Libraries, Democracy....
In this 2001 article, former ALA president Nancy Kranich discusses the ineffectiveness and philosophical implications of internet filters.
Bad Music Central
This reviewer had a tough time getting through much more than ten seconds of What Do You Get a Wookie for Christmas?, but Upheaval' (click on the Barry and Jon link) had a rather surreal appeal. (Because of a technical slip-up, he also had the unsettling experience of listening to Wilco and Tammy Faye Bakker at the same time.) Many of the links on the Links page no longer work, but the site is nonetheless filled with the odder moments of humankind. You'll need RealPlayer to listen to the, uh, songs.
The Orphanage of Cast-Off Mascots
Note to advertising executives: a humanoid egg that wears a top hat is not likely to sell a lot of toilet paper. 'Nuff said.
Web Standards Project relaunch
The Web Standards Project (WaSP), founded in 1998 by a group of web designers frustrated with the incompatibility of web browsers, relaunches Tuesday June 11.
Grabbing a Stranglehold On Internet Access
You've probably already got high-speed (broadband, like DSL or cable modem) Internet access at home or would like to get high-speed Internet access at home, and with the highly competitive, consumer-friendly history of the Internet, it seemed like only a matter of time until high-speed access would be available to everyone at a reasonable price. That may no longer be true.
Camille Paglia: Feminist Fatale
Marit Synnevag of Norway has created an excellent Web resource about one of the most controversial American scholars. Some articles are in German, French, or Norwegian, and there is a link to a predominately Norwegian page as well.