History written by the survivors
Ghost Sites of the Web – tracking the remains of the web’s dead sites. Boo.com, pets.com, webvan – all the famous disasters from early nineties.
Anthony Zacharzewski
Kung Fu Monkey: "Wait, Aren't You Scared?"
Kung Fu Monkey thinks about the terror threat, and wonders why we are so terrified, when that’s what the other side appear to want. Quote:
I am absolutely buffaloed by the people who insist I man up and take it in the teeth for the great Clash of Civilizations
To be a civil servant
I’ve just been reading Peter Hennessy and Richard Wilson’s highly engaging evidence to the Parliamentary Committee that investigated political memoirs a while back. The full exchanges can be read here, and are worth reading, but my favourite passage was surely this (from Hennessy, addressing Wilson):
You have always
French jazz
The hive mind at Ask Metafilter discusses where to find good French jazz.
Old map of Poland
Nice old map of Poland before the Partitions here.
Categorical imperative
In the current New York Review, Ronald Dworkin suggests more teaching of philosophy in schools, saying:
People who can master the intricacies of peer-to-peer file-sharing through the Internet should have no trouble with the Categorical Imperative.
You can decide for yourself at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Welsh national anthem
Paul Flynn provides illustrations for a phonetic version of the Welsh national anthem:
My hen laid a haddock, one hand oiled a flea,
Glad farts and centurions threw dogs in the sea,
I could stew a hare here and brandish Dan’s flan,
Don’s ruddy bog’s blocked up
Sarkozy vs. Inheritance Tax
Le Monde reports that Nicolas Sarkozy, llike Steven Byers, would like to be rid of inheritance tax.
Reaction effect
A relaxing, beautiful and unwinnable flash game: try and get a chain reaction going.
Er, that looks almost exactly like a...
Which corporate logo looks most like a penis? B3TA decides.