Day August 12, 2002

Goodbye discussion boards, hello blogsMSNBC Embraces Blogs. “MSNBC.com, consistently ranked among the top news destinations on the Web, is about to invest a chunk of important virtual real estate into the blog concept. MSNBC.com has killed its discussion boards, with…

Attack of the killer smog cloudAsian Smog Cloud Threatens Millions, Says U.N. [New York Times: International News]

Has the Iraq war has already started?Is the US invasion of Iraq already underway?. According to DEBKAfile: “Tuesday August 6, at 0800 hours Middle East time, US and British air bombers went into action and destroyed the Iraqi air command…

The weather, apparently, has gone madMassive storms hit Asia, Russia, and Eastern Europe yesterday. Many deaths.  Widespread flooding.  Meanwhile other areas, like much of the U.S., have severe drought.  India has suffered both severe drought and bad storms. Could this…

You won’t believe this oneFrom Dave Winer, coder and blogger extraordinaire, comes this alert on yet another noxious bill in Congress. “Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Calif., formally proposed legislation that would give the industry unprecedented new authority to secretly hack…