9 August 2001

  • U.S. broke child-porn e-business Landslide and arrested subscribers.
  • Palestian suicide-bomber killed at least thirteen people in Jerusalem pizza parlor.
  • China admits AIDS crisis by sending health officials into the field.
  • The Times has a thin-coverage article on digital art, but at least mentions Jon Haddock's "Screenshots."
  • Kevin Smith sues Tim Burton over "Planet of the Apes" ending.
  • A partial history of Survival Research Laboratories: the home of fire-breathing robots.
  • Story-telling machine, named Author, could replace reporters, except, like most humans, it can't tell the difference between fact and fiction.
  • Robots are better at trading stocks than humans: seven percent more money at close of day.
  • Comic-book makers mock Web-comic makers as sophmoric and short-lived.
  • Nice photography at Lightningfield.
  • We are having drinks with Exploding Dog tonight. Join us if you like.