Tuesday, March 14, 2000

Good looking Shakespeare site Gary Shandling to play a Fox Mulder-like character in a "movie" within a new episode of the X-Files. (Shandling plays a an actor protraying Mulder in an film based on the X-Files...) Angelina Jolie is in final negotiations to star as Laura Croft in the film version of "Tomb Raider." After not getting a one of the long forms for the Census, I was a bit let down. I can take a bit of pleasure though in browsing historical census data. The Ayn Rand Institute's Religion vs. Morality site explores the differences between religion and morality, especially as they relate to the 2000 US presidential election. 1999 was the deadliest year for reporters around the world. Eighty seven (87) journalists and staff were killed while working. European Space Agency's Mars probe, the Beagle 2, will be decked out in corporate logos. In fact, corporate sponsorship will pay for nearly half the total cost of the mission. Finally, the future is here! With the sponsorship of industry, space will open to us, just as the Internet did! The Statue of Liberty from space (courtesy of Microsoft's Terraserver) April issue of Scientific American online now #title "Dane Carlson's Very Old Archives"