A Nagasaki Report

MDN: Special

"American George Weller was the first foreign reporter to enter Nagasaki following the U.S. atomic attack on the city on Aug. 9, 1945. Weller wrote a series of stories about what he saw in the city, but censors at the Occupation's General Headquarters refused to allow the material to be printed."

Legal Guide for Bloggers

EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers

The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is a leading 'freedom fighter' in the electronic world, so when they publish a legal guide for Bloggers, its something anyone posting to a web log needs to read.

Universal Newsreels

Internet Archive: Universal Newsreels

In the pre-TV era, people saw the news every week in their neighborhood movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before every feature film and in dedicated newsreel theaters located in large cities. Universal Newsreel, produced from 1929 to 1967, was released twice a week. Each issue contained six or seven short stories, usually one to two minutes in length, covering world events, politics, sports, fashion, and whatever else might entertain the movie audience. These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of visual news reporting. Universal City Studios gifted Universal Newsreel to the American people, put the newsreels into the public domain, and gave film materials to the National Archives in 1976. Surviving materials from the entire collection are available at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland

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A Conversation with Maurice Sendak

NPR : A Conversation with Maurice Sendak

I really like the NPR online interviews. This is one with Maurice Sendak, one of my favorite authors of children's books. "Where The Wild Things Are" is one of my favorite books.

Creationism: God's gift to the ignorant

Creationism: God's gift to the ignorant - Weekend Review - Times Online

I just loved the title.

"Dear scientist, don’t work on your mysteries. Bring us your mysteries for we can use them. Don’t squander precious ignorance by researching it away. Ignorance is God’s gift to Kansas."

American Scientists

The Postal Store

This is very cool. They are honoring American Scientists with a new set of stamps.

They include McClintock (Geneticist), Gibbs (Thermodynamics), von Newmann (Mathematician) and my favorite, Richard Feynman (Physicist).