The most common fonts: "This is the twelfth Windows font survey update. The figures below represent the cumulative total of roughly one valid submission per day since May 2001. The most common reported font on the Windows platform is Comic Sans MS at 90% frequency, closely followed by the heavy sans serif Arial Black and regular sans serifs Arial and Verdana at 88% frequency."

A Comparison of Popular Online Fonts: "A general survey of the Web finds that a majority of sites use 12-point fonts (size= 3) for much, if not all of their written content. With this in mind, we examined the most popular font types at this size for differences in effective reading speed (reading time/accuracy), as well the perception of font legibility."

U.S. Arrests Al Qaeda Cell In NY: "The FBI has arrested what appears to be an active al Qaeda cell inside the United States, reports CBS News Correspondent Jim Stewart in an exclusive report. Agents detained five men in a Buffalo, N.Y. surburb - all graduates of Osama Bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan."

3 Men Released After Security Check in Florida: "Three men reportedly overheard talking about a terrorist plot were detained before authorities said the men were apparently kidding around and released them."

Roland's Teriyaki Glaze Pork Ribs: "By popular demand, I'm sharing with you my secret Hawaiian recipe for teriyaki glaze pork ribs... a delightful island treat. Cook it over an outdoor grill, watch your neighbors make a beeline for your back yard... :)"

Capture clients with food: "Everybody loves pizza. It's not just hot, gooey, and delicious it's also a business opportunity. You probably never thought of pizza as a powerful business tool, but it is. Scott Jackson, founder of the Jackson Design Group in Orlando, Fla., has used pizza as an ice-breaker for many years. He sends potential clients a fresh pizza right before lunchtime. 'If you walk into an office with pizza, people are going to smell it and you get to the right person, no matter what.'"

A human being should be able to: change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. from The Notebooks of Lazarus Long.

Attracting readers by sending them away: "Site traffic multiplies in proportion to outbound links. Of course quality, focus, information-density and presentation are essential. But all else being equal, a site that links religiously will attract orders-of-magnitude more traffic than a site that ignores the rest of the web."

Why women cradle babies on the left: "Brenda Todd and Victoria Bourne, psychologists at the University of Sussex, believe the reason is that the right side of the female brain is specialised for interpreting faces and emotions."

What's the story on trepanation? "Sound advice for troubled times, bub. Trepanning, also known as trephination, is the art of boring a hole in the skull for medical, mystical, or, God help us, recreational purposes. Practiced since the Stone Age (hence the "oldest known surgery" sobriquet), trepanning was common well into the 19th century, and a few iconoclasts are attempting to revive it today. One thinks with a shudder: Could this be the next goth fad?"