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Oddball Cover of a French Book on China and Africa

Cyrus Farivar pointed me to this recently-published French book titled Chine-Afrique: Le Dragon et l'Autruche, which translates as "China-Africa: The…

20 years ago

You See a Funny News Item, I See a Domain Name Opportunity

Shortly after Mel Gibson's infamous arrest, I reported that the domain name sugartits.org was still available. It's since been snapped…

20 years ago

Mapping and Charting the World, From Many Perspectives

The International Networks Archive site has a collection of amps and charts that make it easier to understand the numbers…

20 years ago

The Dellfire Club

Nice beard, dude! A photo from The New York Times, which they captioned with "A Dell notebook computer in Thomas…

20 years ago

Fidel and Hugo: Best Friends Forever!

Courtesy of HeadTurban and Miss Fipi Lele, here's a specially-captioned photo shoot of Hugo "Greasy" Chavez paying a visit to…

20 years ago

Lisa Reports from the Israel/Lebanon Border

My friend Lisa, a freelance journalist who lives in Tel Aviv, reports in her blog On the Face about her…

20 years ago

The "On Notice" Board Generator

My personal "On Notice" board, created with the "On Notice" Board Generator. You may need to Google some of the…

20 years ago

"You Laughed at the Shoe Thing Too, Remember?"

In response to the current airport security measures, my good buddy George writes: Every time I take off my shoes,…

20 years ago

“Snakes on a Plane” Came a Little Early

Terror Plot Foiled Today will probably be a very interesting day for new watchers and a very bad day for…

20 years ago

Meanwhile, Over in Israel…

Lisa writes that things are a wee bit hairy in Metulla, a small town in northern Israel, right by the…

20 years ago