Surfing The Web So You Don't Have To
From Al’s Morning Meeting: “I put this item first today for a reason. Take the time to read this Newsday series by journalist Matthew McAllester. Matt and photojournalist Moises Saman were arrested and held in prison in Iraq. Matt says he had a moral obligation to cover this war. He is heading back to Baghdad now, as are several of the others who were arrested.”
This is a fascinating, first-person account, and well worth the read.
Otherwise these giant squids will get ya. Amazingly, the one that was caught was only a kid, and was going to grow up another 150 kilograms (for a grand-total of 300 — or 661 pounds). Link from Dave Barry.
The folks at Tech TV sent an often-used keyboard to the folks at UC Berkeley School of Public Health for testing. The results? While it didn’t have any E.coli or salmonella growing on it, it did have bacteria that could have included staphylococcus. Full Story
I can only imagine what’s growing on my keyboard. I think I’ll go put it in the dishwasher.