Man, I love roller coasters, but this thing sound like it’ll put them all to shame. Gotta go to Vegas.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010830/sc/leisure_stratosphere_dc_1.html

As if MS’s Smart Tags weren’t bad enough, more intrusive advertising (JavaScript based)….

http://developerdispatch.com/dispatch/devdis010.html

A little pricey, but cool concept that’ll enventually drop in price:

http://www.sonnettech.com/product/piccolo.html

http://www.theonion.com/onion36304/graphic_designer.html

With all the free alternatives out there, why would Napster even bother?

http://www.cnn.com/20001/TECH/internet/008/29/music.napster.reut/index.html

SETI is fine, cause it’s volunteer, but this isn’t cool.

http://www.cnn.com/20001/TECH/internet/008/29/stealth.computing/index.html

“North Carolina faces a critical game at Maryland with a quarterback controversy swirling. Curry, a senior, played poorly in the Tar Heels’ 41-27 loss at Oklahoma. He completed just 5 of 14 passes for 74 yards and threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown. He also fumbled twice in his own territory, leading to two more Sooners scores.

Curry was relieved by redshirt freshman Darian Durant, who threw two second-half touchdowns.

‘I can’t wait for Maryland,’ said Durant. ‘I’m ready to go right now.’

Now, just wait a second.

‘Ronald Curry’s my quarterback, right now,’ said John Bunting, the Tar Heels’ first-year head coach.”

WTF? Start Durant. Curry sucks now as much as he did all of last season. Curry said he probably would not play basketball for UNC cause he was focusing on football. Uh, imagine how much he’d be stinking up the field if he wasn’t totally focused!

http://www.sportsline.com/u/ce/multi/0,1329,4240677_56,00.html

I went to burn a CD-R last night and got a hardware error. Well, the hardware turned out to be the disc. My Kodak Gold had about an inch crack originating in the center.

Turns out all 28 left in my spindle have that. To make matters worse, Kodak no longer makes these discs so I gotta find a suitable replacement. Anyone have any suggestions?

Luckily, the place I’ve gotten all my CD-Rs for years at, American Digital (Am-Dig) is goign to credit it me for the cracked ones… hope I can find a suitable replacement from them.