18 June 2001

  • There are 39M miles of fiber-optic cable laid in the ground, and only three percent is used. [wsj]
  • Texas Governor rejects ban on executing the mentally retarded; ban on gramatically retarded beheadings still in place.
  • G8 summit may be moved to warships under threat of anarchist-led violence.
  • Three firefighters killed in Queens blaze on Father's Day.
  • Disney's "Atlantis" may have been a complete anime rip-off.
  • AOL won't be included in Windows XP.
  • Salon.com is about to be booted off the NASDAQ.
  • Nevada stands to be the first state with legal Web gambling; Yahoo!Prostitution predicted by 2004.
  • NYC engineer will solve the energy crisis with fat people.
  • Alpine but precise, the illustration of Arthur Mount.
  • Edmund White recommends music for creative work.