September 2000

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    Religion never sounded this good – Worshipers watching a Vatican festival on TV ended up hearing the soundtrack of a porn channel instead. Apparently a mistake at a satellite TV company in Luxembourg meant that viewers across Italy, Spain and Latin America heard passionate moans and grunts while watching 20 cardinals saying mass, praying and…

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    Need a mental disorder? – Try Dr. Grohol’s Mental-O-Matic!

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    It’s insane that this can happen… Philip Workman will probably be put to death. Will it be in the interest of justice or politics is the question. This article outlines some of the issues surrounding this controversial case in Tennessee. Here’s a bit of a summary (though you should read the article for a closer-to-full…

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    There is a fantastic interview with David Touretzky over at salon where he discusses Judge Kaplan’s decision to ban the posting of DeCSS source code and what it could mean to the future of freedom of speech.

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    client-o-matic – Get to know the odd strange and dangerous animal that is… THE CLIENT (spotted on metafilter)

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    O Canada, eh? The Washington Post is running a story about the future of Canada – if there is a future for Canada. This article has generated some great discussion on metafilter. Personally, I’ve got a bit of a problem with an American newspaper reporting on what most Canadians think and feel. I also resent…

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    MP3.com gives DeCSS the boot – So the DeCSS song that I mentioned a few weeks ago has been removed from MP3.com for having “offensive lyrics.” (spotted on slashdot)

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    Bodyperks – Nipples are in! I know where I’ll be doing my Christmas shopping… (spotted on dack)

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