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September 2002

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uncollected fiction and nonfiction of James Tiptree/Alice Sheldon - Meet Me at Infinity [review]
relations with civilians: American troops in Afghanistan - MSNBC [RW]
nice piece on the possibility of a little Ice Age - Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute [/.]
the case for "regime change" - Ted Rall [K5]
a theme/chrome that makes Mozilla look like Netscape 3 - Ultra Classic
I still use Netscape 3 for about half my browsing...
water conflicts between Lebanon and Israel - Robert Fisk [RW]
the Free Software Foundation is more than RMS - Register [LWN]
Daniel Pipes starts McCarthyist conformity-checking - EI - John Esposito's Islam
a unified theory of the Web? - Small Pieces Loosely Joined [review]
Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) mini-biography - Newsday
suicide rates increase under conservative governments - Journal of Epidemiology [K5]
poorly organised, but an interesting collection of book reviews - Bob Corbett
John Pilger's film on Palestine meets expected opposition - Guardian [EI]
Slashdot on digital cameras - the usual sprawling comments
censorship of Adelaide Institute debated - Radio National [EFA]
Laurens van der Post and the British in Java, 1945-1947 - The Admiral's Baby [review]
sounds like a really nasty piece of work - Eric Alterman on Ann Coulter
HDTV, whether anyone wants it or not - MSNBC [/.]
the big list of roleplaying plots - John Ross [RW]
analysis of EU Free/Libre/Open/Source/Software study - O'Reilly [LWN]
forbidden thoughts about September 11 - Salon [Sue Bailey] - and more
some research on chocolate - SMH
Pakistan politics - NYROB
IP Rights and Development - Commission on IP Rights [LWN] - Economist story - backgound
the wrong searches on Google drop Chinese net connections - New Scientist [link]
Paul Krugman on Enron - NYT [RW]
why are people so often hostile to Esperanto? - psychological reactions to Esperanto
art and murder in late 16th C Istanbul - My Name is Red [review] - contemporary Turkish literature
Digital Photography and Linux - useful site
I have just bought myself a digital camera (a Canon Powershot S330)
Attacking Iraq: myth and reality - Kuro5hin
Ariel Sharon attacks Gush Shalom (Israeli peace movement) - Counterpunch [RW] - Gush Shalom
Joseph Needham - 1995 obituary - abridgement of magnum opus
and I've just bought another volume of the abridgement of Science and Civilisation in China
100 million year old dual-penis ostracod - New Scientist [RW] - book on sperm competition
hyperbolic Salon reviews skewered - Alex Good [CR]
top ten novels - chosen by Andre Brink [RW] - Kristin Lavransdatter - Independent People
an academic perspective on problems with the DMCA - Chronicle of Higher Education [link]
Nelson Mandela criticises US foreign policy - MSNBC [RW]
installing Red Hat Linux 7.3 - Arab News
nothing unusual, just interesting to see how broadly Linux is spreading
some general information, and a technical glossary - Classical Javanese Dance [review]
fascinating sketch of high-level Chinese politics - NYROB
Ed Felten and the freedom to tinker - the Economist [/.]
when the swamp disappears, there will be no more mosquitoes - Chomsky [RW]
a feminist history of science fiction - The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction [review]
she's into books, cemeteries, and blogging - Sue Bailey [referer log]
Bill Gates buying into pharmaceuticals... - two paragraph note [RW]
resources on Javanese court dances and gamelan - Sinar Anyar
encouraging stories about US political dissenters - Common Dreams [RW]
Saddam is drowning kittens - biting Independent on "evidence" [K5]
brief sketch of life on a US aircraft carrier - Times [Rotten]
TV viewers avoid watching ads - a UK study
the physics of glass - solid or liquid? [/.]
a blueprint for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine - Electronic Intifada
Internet gambling regulation fiasco in Australia - GigaLaw [EFA]
Pedal-powered wireless Internet in rural Laos - Jhai PC [/.]
"Defying Hitler", a newly discovered memoir - Salon
a novel of ancient Egypt - Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth [review]
Washington Post now requires registration, cookies - a rant from the Complete Review
you do get creative when forced to provide demographic information, I hope?
a possible source of good science fiction reading - The James Tiptree Jr Award

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