:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 11.14.2003 ::
:: Reports from the Wired road trip ::
You Gotta Stop, Smell the Roses
It's midpoint on the Great Route 1 Road Trip. The main lesson learned so far is that slow is the way to go -- but that's easier said than done. Michelle Delio reports from charming rural North Carolina.
A Peek Inside the Secret World
WASHINGTON -- George Washington was a spy master extraordinaire.
Washington's decisive victory in the 1775 War of Independence can be attributed as much to his skills as a director of clandestine intelligence activities as his military savvy, according to Eugene Poteat, a retired CIA scientific intelligence officer.
This fun fact and many more can be discovered at the new International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. The museum traces the evolution of espionage and explores the role intelligence gathering plays in current world events.
Sad End to Computing's Inventor
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia artist Jim Reed grew up figuring that everyone's grandfather had invented something.
So he didn't feel like his grandfather John Mauchly was in any way out of the ordinary, even though Mauchly is widely credited with having invented the computer.
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