Danny's Pathologically Polymathic: October 2002

nice intro to Lessig and Eldred versus Ashcroft - the Economist

a novel of family, war, and love in France and the Middle East - Ports of Call [review]

reverse Sokal hoax? - John Baez [RW]

I spend a day in a room full of lawyers and regulators - cyber-racism symposium writeup

two fun volumes - A History of the New Zealanders [review]

50km across circular feature in Sahara is not a crater - Astro Pic of the Day [RW]

Christian right supporting Israel... so they can convert all the Jews - Guardian [EI]

ear cartilage damaged by piercing - UPI [Google]

implications of US Senator Paul Wellstone's death - Kuro5hin

Paul Krugman on inequality in the United States - NYTimes/Google [RW]

Israeli army fears new "super rock" - Al-Bassaleh parody

the Israeli army and responsibility for killing civilians - Gush Shalom

French, German Googles censored - ZDnet [/.]

Thom Stewart goes on a feeding frenzy - a day in Solo, Indonesia

he's supposed to be there learning gamelan, of course!

another short bushwalk - the Box Vale Track

houses, archaeology, and the .com boom+bust - John Sundman [K5] - Acts of the Apostles [review]

industrial region of China's Pearl River Delta like 19th C Manchester - Wired [/.]

review of Hobsbawm autobiography - Economist - my Hobsbawm reviews

South African activist on apartheid in Israel - EI

The Challenge of the New Generation in Saudi Arabia - Changed Identities [review]

polls from the Economist: 10% of 18-19 year old Saudis think of themselves as "modern"

29% of Saudi women say they already know how to drive, even though none of them are allowed to

Promoting Good Ideas on Drugs: Are Patents the Best Way? - CEPR

Israeli army goes in barehanded against stone-throwing Jews - United Press

a power system in the hands of unregulated private companies... - SF Chronicle [RW]

Iran's president warns hard-liners - CNN

Microsoft desperate to stop 45000 desktop Telstra defection? - Register

what next? - Atheists for Jesus [SueBailey]

a new Library of Alexandria - BBC - Respected Sir [review]

the Mahfouz novel excluded is presumably Children of Gebelawi

Kramnik resigns in drawn position? - Bahrain [RW]

new anti-terrorist powers? - detention in secret and without charge - the Age - News Ltd

reasonable coverage of Indonesian victims in Aus newspapers - SMH - SMH2

spoof Bassaleh News Network relaunched - EI - archives are funnier

the Bali bombing must kill off war with Iraq - TimesOnline [K5]

Red Hat kernel patches not explainable to US citizens?! - Register [/.]

an American deserter married a kidnapped Japanese woman in North Korea - Seattle PI [K5]

marriage and Chinese women in the Sung Period - The Inner Quarters [review]

Bennett Haselton suing spammers - Peacefire

Indian government pushing Linux in a big way - India Times [/.]

reviews of new translation of Proust's In Search of Lost Time - Spectator - Independent - Economist

the arguments in Eldred versus Ashcroft - Lessig [/.]

the Leidenfrost effect - firewalking and molten lead dipping - PDF [/.]

Internet censorship in Saudi Arabia - Harvard Law School [CWP]

human rights work requires free software - Andy Oram [/.]

fighting terrorism with democracy - Richard Rorty [PL]

Humanitarianism in Crisis - Calendarlive review

Rachel Polonsky pans Orlando Figes - TLS review [SMH] - Guardian comment

Christopher Columbus - New Yorker [PL]

a write-up of my last bushwalk - Mount Paralyser [with photos] - bushwalking

incredibly hypocritical statement on spam - WSEAS

these people have spammed every email address I've ever used, repeatedly

interesting interview with Holocaust historians - Salon [RW]

Puppets, Performance and Repertoire - Shadow Theatre in Java [review]

patent system hindering medical research - the New Republic [/.]

fighting IP extension more important than reducing trade barriers - Dean Baker [RW - scroll down]