the reality tunnel

bush’s own advisers condem global warming plan http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,903609,00.html

stupid politicos freak out about p2p at universities http://news.com.com/2100-1028-986143.html Key politicians chided universities on Wednesday for not doing enough to limit peer-to-peer piracy, calling unauthorized copying a federal crime that should be punished appropriately. Members of the House of Representtives subcommittee that oversees copyright law said at a hearing that peer-to-peer piracy was a crime [...]

war of words 2 article: Poll: More disapprove of Bush on economy http://www.salon.com/politics/wire/2003/02/25/poll/index.html

i woke up way to early this morning, but i didn’t have much of a choice, since having left both my bicycles at the legion of doom, i was forced to wake up early to get a ride in to school with my housemates. it was weird, sitting in the back seat as erin navigated [...]

it’s true that i’ve grown to have a certain aversion to people entering my personal “bubble”, though i don’t think it’s as accute as people like to tease me about. i don’t have any inherent dislike of physical contact or intimacy, and it’s not as if i had some traumatic childhood event which makes me [...]

i had planned for this weekend to be a quiet simple one where i could watch some videos and catch up on homework. however, ryan’s return to town and a general return to the hectic business as usual put an end to all that. it wasn’t a bad thing. it was a fun weekend all [...]

technology’s role in the recent anti-war protests http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/weekinreview/23JLEE.html WASHINGTON Before the global protests against war in Iraq last weekend, organizers were already making conference calls and passing out fliers for their next set of demonstrations, including one scheduled for next Saturday, outside the White House. But then, the worldwide protests drew millions of people onto [...]

worst night ever tonight started out as a kind of mundane, boring, slightly ill night and spiralled downward into a really awful night, and ended up as a kind of ridiculous night. so the original plan is that i was going to spend the evening in bed, fighting with my computer graphics lab until midnight [...]

so after reading patrick’s journal for the first time in a while, i realized how bad i have been about writing here other than just notes to myself and bookmarks to things i think are interesting. it sort of sucks. so, i’m trying to catch back up. maybe it will make me organized. maybe it [...]

virtual march on washington, dc http://www.moveon.org/winwithoutwar/