Telegraph | News | The Darwin exhibition frightening off corporate sponsors » "An exhibition celebrating the life of Charles Darwin has failed to find a corporate sponsor because American companies are anxious not to take sides in the heated debate between scientists and fundamentalist Christians over the theory of evolution."

Crooning and Rap, in Harmony – New York Times » "Rappers and crooners often act as if they’re on different planets, but the truth is they spend most of the time in the same place[…]. And the clash of these opposing styles isn’t really a collision; it’s more like a collusion." USATODAY.com – Bose tries to shake up auto industry » "A childlike grin spreads across 76-year-old Amar Bose’s face as the vehicle does something most can’t: jump over the board, like a cat bounding over a fallen log." For high-end cars only, alas. I could almost imagine my little Hyundai jumping around… Musings On Writing – Steaming … or,…

Youth Gangs (Gotham Gazette. March 5, 2001) » This article points out something that could refute Muscio’s claim about the government’s deliberate influx of cocaine to gangs leading to the current state of gangs: that heroin came first. The Gang Unit » "If a kid is interested in gangs; that’s an interest in drugs; that’s an interest in violence and that’s an interest in victimizing the weak." – Different than Inga Muscio’s take on the matter… Crips and Bloods – Los Angeles Street Gangs » Interesting history of gangs in LA, including information on the Spook Hunters and the formation of black gangs in response to white violence. This is…

DJ Chicken George » His mixes are simply amazing. Listen to the Jazztronica mixes on Properly Chilled or the Dublab mix. I’m in love. Mark’s Sysinternals Blog: More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home » "But, there?s more to the story, like how Sony?s patch can lead to a crashed system and data loss and how Sony is still making users jump through hoops to get an uninstaller." Mark’s Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far »

krustukles: An antidote to the geek girl calendar » "CALL FOR PAPERS: She’s Such A Geek: An Anthology by and for Women Obsessed with Computers, Science, Comic Books,Gaming, Spaceships, and Revolution" Agent or Program? » “Here we propose a formal definition of an autonomous agent which clearly distinguishes a software agent from just any program.”