Turkey's ahead of South Korea 3 to 1 at the half.

Hit by Drought and Fire, Apaches Pray for Rain: "Rain and snowfall have been a third of their normal levels, and though the rainy season is around the corner, few believe it will bring enough to matter. The traditional Apaches have been singing and dancing the ancient prayers since Saturday, when the fires grew out of control. And men like Mr. Massey, who turned their backs on those old ways, will willingly return to them if it means enough rain will fall."

Now Playing: South Korea vs. Turkey

World Cup News: This is really lame. You'd think that since I've gotten up in the middle of the night to watch ESPN or ESPN2 more times in the last month that they'd have the decency of broadcasting the third place match live. Nope. I can watch it replayed on ABC in seven hours if I'd like, but not live. Thank God for Univision.

Legal scholars on linking: "Here's an excellent lay summary of the legal issues surrounding links and frames." via BoingBoing.

Newspapers - Board The Weblog Bandwagon: "If you had to identify a current hot Internet trend, weblogs would surely qualify. Many thousands of people now publish weblogs -- from school-age kids to retirees, from academics to celebrities. Weblog hosting companies like Blogger are meeting insatiable demand from a wide range of people and organizations that are glomming on to the concept. There can be little doubt that weblogs are hot."

Who started the war? "In 711 A.D., Muslims crossed the Strait of Gibraltar (Gibraltar is actually a Western version of the Arabic name, Gebel al-Tariq) and conquered Spain. For the next 200 years, Islam would rule in Spain. In 846, Arab invaders also captured parts of Italy and threatened Rome, plundering the churches of St. Peter and St. Paul. The Muslims were never able to capture France, having lost a decisive 7-day battle at Tours in 732, but during the entire history of Islamic occupation of Spain, no bordering region was free from harrassment, pillage, rape and murder."

The Technology Behind Google: "How to build an internet search engine that indexes 1-2 terabytes of data 200 million web pages- and serves it up at a rate of 1000 requests/second. (Hint: Start with a farm of 10,000+ Linux servers). The technology behind Google: company overview, search parameters and results, hardware and query load balancing, Linux cluster topology, scalability, fault tolerance, and more."

Aqua makes a splash: "A dramatic new view of the Earth has emerged from the first few weeks of the orbital checkout of Aqua, the satellite designed to study the world's water."

Notes from underground: Exploring Las Vegas' drainage canals