Does anyone know if there's an archive of Open Directory RDF Dumps?
Meet Mr. Anti-Google: "A crusading webmaster says the popular search engine's page-ranking algorithm is 'undemocratic.'" There's much discussion on Slashdot and WebmasterWorld.
The Real Beverly Hillbillies: "CBS talent scouts are fanning out across the backwoods of America in search of a rural, rustically telegenic family willing to star in a new reality show inspired by 'The Beverly Hillbillies' -- with cement pond (swimming pool) and all."
Google Answers: "Of people who bathe daily, what percentage bathe in the morning after waking up, at night before going to bed, or during the day sometime?"
A World Without Water: "The very bleak details about water security may finally seep out during the 10-day United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) starting Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa. While heads of state and corporate bigwigs converge in Sandton (rumored to be Africa's wealthiest suburb), thousands of anti-globalization activists and environmentalists will be attending shadow summits just down the street. They'll be trying to call attention to the dangers of privatizing the world's water supplies, and pointing to places like Nelspruit, 125 miles to the north, where residents now buy their drinking water from the Biwater corporation, and are all but dying of dehydration."
Rover, can I see some ID? "Overzealous security officials at the U.S. Open have ordered NYPD bomb-sniffing dogs to wear special ID tags - complete with photos -around their fluffy necks, but tried to bar New York's Finest from entering the stadium during the matches."
Sony Takes Axe to Betamax: "Sony said on Tuesday it would only make 2,000 more Betamax machines before discontinuing the product altogether, ending its 27-year history -- spent mostly in the shadow of the Matsushita group's rival VHS format."
Concrete guy turns up at site in Brentwood: "You know, the one who visits construction sites and asks for concrete or hot asphalt to be dumped right into his car. The one who actually had his request filled in Dublin, where workers poured concrete up to the steering wheel while he sat in the car."
This weekend, my friend James Ogden and I built the water rocket to beat all water rockets. No pictures of a launch yet because of problems with an air pump and the end of daylight.
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Bush Aides Say Iraq War Needs No Hill Vote: "Lawyers for President Bush have concluded he can launch an attack on Iraq without new approval from Congress, in part because they say permission remains in force from the 1991 resolution giving Bush's father authority to wage war in the Persian Gulf, according to administration officials."
