The Green[e]house Effect: On the Side

April 14, 2004

• What if René Magritte had developed an outsized craving for Easter candy? You might have gotten something like this.  (0)
• Eyes and ears in Iraq: Babel On and On, Baghdad Burning, Healing Iraq, Iraq the Model, Raed in the Middle   (0)
• Ezra Klein: "I mean honestly, getting outraged at the Bush Administration is like playing Whack-A-Mole these days. And I'm all out of hammers.  (0)
• A9: Amazon's new steak sauce search engine  (0)

April 08, 2004

• Hey! Look at all the happy black people! Way awesome, Mr. President!  (0)

April 05, 2004

• Air America Receiver: Tune in non-stop progressive listening at your Mac OS X computer  (0)
• No, no, no: Playfair, skeleton key for copy-protected iTunes Music Store files. I smell a cease-and-desist letter coming ...   (0)

April 04, 2004

• A compendium of April Fools' gags, courtesy of Andy Baio  (0)
• Obligatory approving link to funny blog post. [Mandated pointer to spot where link first seen.]  (0)
• The Coffee Achiever comes up with a new word [which I hope never describes me]   (0)
• Save yourself a spot on the road shoulder: in two weeks, Lance Armstrong comes to Georgia   (0)
• Malcolm Gladwell, Tipping Point author, points to a statistical oddity: Americans' wager on car size as the key issue in automotive safety comes at the expense of driver quality, which ultimately matters more  (0)
• I don't think we're ready for this jelly: Is Beyoncé veepylicious?  (0)
• Instapundit — surprise! — attempts to score points over the Kos controversy; Max Sawicky hands him a mirror  (0)
• Costco makes money hand over fist, treats workers well, draws fire: "From the perspective of investors, Costco's benefits are overly generous," bleats one analyst  (0)
• ... but at least Costco's CEO hasn't handled the corporate treasury like a personal piggybank ...  (0)
• ... or intentionally cheated employees out of earned pay [Hi, Wal-Mart!]  (0)
• How to take on Larry Lessig, star law professor? Hint: suggested methods don't involve calling him a 'moron' and an 'idiot'  (0)
• Kos opens mouth, inserts foot, loses sponsors, makes mea culpa after the hangings in Fallujah; read his explanation here [link down @ time of posting]  (0)