8 August 2001

  • Federal judges dismantle federal snooping software on their computers.
  • Gore Vidal, convinced of secret police, calls McVeigh a hero.
  • NYTimes, in a very strange move, calls Bette Midler a "homo-name."
  • Salon used Aeron chairs to measure dot-com delirium; readers responded, citing the chairs as better than the jobs themselves.
  • Soon he'll be on Ally McBeal: ASCII man just keeps on walking.
  • There's no shame in driving the Appalachian Trail.
  • It takes a while to load, but is well worth it: Insert Silence.
  • Enter Tenderoni: the work of Francine Spiegel.