Andre Venter: Worldopen endsSo you want to be a brain surgeon...- August 20, 2003 The Harvard Brain Atlas has a veritable plethora of images of the brain, whether normal or diseased. Tours, 3-D Java exploration and a very difficult quiz are available. Plus: the top 100 brain structures! MetaFilterhttp://www.metafilter.com/mefi/27740 Net censorship in India- August 20, 2003 "The thought police is gearing up to storm the virtual world. In what appears to be its first serious attempt to monitor the Internet, the Government of India has outlined an official procedure for blocking websites." Blogalization Communityhttp://blogalization.org/community/weblog.php?id=P850 Chinese Government to Use Only Local Software- August 19, 2003 owlmon writes "CNET Asia is reporting that China has outlawed foreign software in government applications. I expect that software buyers outside of the ... Slashdothttp://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/0149207 Images of Native Americans- August 19, 2003 from UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library, is comprehensive online exhibit of over 400 years of text and images of Native American history. via a Berkleyan article that has sample images and more info MetaFilterhttp://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/nativeamericans/ Online Readings in Psychology and Culture- August 17, 2003 available at the Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington U.S.A. Oliver Wredehttp://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/contents_complete.htm "You talkin' to me..."- August 17, 2003 Listen, you fuckers, you screwheads, here's a man...Industrial Technology & Witchcrafthttp://217.160.137.66/textlab.net/video/deNiro-TaxiDriver.mp3 On the %$& Moon...- August 17, 2003 Here's what Neil Armstrong really said when he walked on the moon (Flash).In 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man to walk on the moon, uttering the immortal phrase, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Or did he Previously suppressed footage discovered by blogjam shows that Armstrong's reaction was a great deal more uninhibited than history suggests, and that a hasty editing job was needed to prepare the astronaut's moment of glory for broadcast. Via...http://www.blogjam.com/neil_armstrong/ He who lives in stained glass houses...- August 17, 2003 According to the London Observer, they have obtained a 69 page, 1962 document ordering bishops worldwide to the utmost secrecy on sexual abuse cases, and threatens anyone who breaks that silence with excommunication. The document has the seal of Pope John Paul XXII, which kind of limits their avenues for... Teal Sunglasseshttp://www.plaidworks.com/chuqui/blog/000701.html Another Chinese satelite hijacked- August 16, 2003 Heise reports on the hijacking of a Chinese state television satelite by the Falun Gong movement (German text) heise online newshttp://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/psz-16.08.03-001/ |