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Archives for 08/2002

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Below are the entries for 08/2002. If an entry has a light red background, that means it's had at least 10 comments added to it.

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Greenpeace and others receive trophy : August 30, 2002 : Note 0

The South African news site News24.com has an article letting us know that Greenpeace, the Third World Network and BioWatch all received a very prestigious trophy today from the Sustainable Development Network (SDN).  The trophy is called the “Bullshit Trophy” and is made of a piece of wood…

Dr. Evil a Mac user? : August 30, 2002 : Note 0

It seems that even Dr. Evil has switched to using a Mac now. 

SDR-4X Sony Robot : August 29, 2002 : Note 0

Earlier, I posted on a cool robot Sony made called the SDR-3X.  Sony has an even newer robot called the SDR-4X which can speak, understand Japanese, get back up if knocked down and recognize faces!  Check it out (WARNING! - the link downloads a movie which is a…

CandyBar released : August 29, 2002 : Note 0

IconFactory and Panic have worked together to make a little utility called CandyBar.  It enables an OS X user to change the icons for the toolbars and system-wide icons.  It looks pretty cool. 

MIT’s ‘Soldier’ Is Comics Heroine : August 29, 2002 : Note 4

It seems like the guys at MIT aren’t as smart as they say they are.  The Washington Post has an article which says that MIT “designed” a concept drawing for the soldier of the future.  The government was so impressed with their drawing that MIT won a $50 million…

Learn a little more about me : August 28, 2002 : Note 0

I’ve FINALLY enabled the About Me page of my Web site.  There’s not much there because I am too lazy to flesh it out right now.  I never really know what to put on those kinds of pages.  I will put more later when I think of it.

Environmentalists against “green” power : August 28, 2002 : Note 0

Well, it seems that some environmentalists are such Luddites, that they are against wind power in Pennsylvania!  It looks like THEY don’t even know what they want.  I guess we shouldn’t even be burning wood at campfires or eating food for energy, since both of these also have an…

In response to Garret… : August 28, 2002 : Note 0

Garret at dangerousmeta! has posted a response to my articles supporting the NY Times Lomborg article. chris, i think environmentalist scientists have hitched themselves to this ‘global warming’ wagon, and it’s going to be very hard to prove their point definitively because of the nature and size of…

Lifestyles of the Poor and Obscure : August 28, 2002 : Note 0

The Weekly Standard has an article on Gar Smith, editor of the Earth Island Institute.  In it, they quote some of his statements like: I have to been villages in Africa that had a vibrant culture and great communities that were disrupted and destroyed by the introduction of…

Steering clear of the summit : August 28, 2002 : Note 0

It seems that there are LOTS of people who are viewing UN summits with cynicism these days, both in Hollywood and in the press.  Maybe they also see the complete carnival these events have become?

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