Totally off-topic and via Slashdot, a high-speed travelator is on trial in Paris till October. BBC News gives diagrams and a report. People not used to it can get hurt, and you have to keep your feet flat on the ground. Slashdot also links to Segway, albeit without a picture of President Bush falling off it.

I do like reading about new technology in weblogs. Joi Ito had a nice radar detector recently. I actually need the opposite – a device that will tell me when German drivers are approaching from behind and I have to go over the speed limit if I’m not going to be subjected to rude gestures. Continue reading →

Totally off-topic and via Slashdot, a high-speed travelator is on trial in Paris till October. BBC News gives diagrams and a report. People not used to it can get hurt, and you have to keep your feet flat on the ground. Slashdot also links to Segway, albeit without a picture of President Bush falling off it.

I do like reading about new technology in weblogs. Joi Ito had a nice radar detector recently. I actually need the opposite – a device that will tell me when German drivers are approaching from behind and I have to go over the speed limit if I’m not going to be subjected to rude gestures. Continue reading →

Here is a German version of the U.S. Constitution including the amendments. Seems to be up to date – goes up to Amendment 27 (1992).
And here’s another from the US Embassy.

Here is a German version of the U.S. Constitution including the amendments. Seems to be up to date – goes up to Amendment 27 (1992).
And here’s another from the US Embassy.

Spam lunchmeat, well-known even outside Britain through Monty Python, is fighting back to reclaim its trade mark, according to the Seattle Times (via Slashdot).

bq. Unable to stuff this problem back into the can, Hormel is instead doing what companies often do: asserting its trademark rights. Claiming dilution of the trademarked name Spam, the company has filed complaints against Spam Arrest, a Seattle technology company that provides spam-blocking software for e-mail users.

More links on Monty Python and the real thing in the Wikipedia. Many Spam links here, on Dan Garcia’s Spam Homepage too.

Spam lunchmeat, well-known even outside Britain through Monty Python, is fighting back to reclaim its trade mark, according to the Seattle Times (via Slashdot).

bq. Unable to stuff this problem back into the can, Hormel is instead doing what companies often do: asserting its trademark rights. Claiming dilution of the trademarked name Spam, the company has filed complaints against Spam Arrest, a Seattle technology company that provides spam-blocking software for e-mail users.

More links on Monty Python and the real thing in the Wikipedia. Many Spam links here, on Dan Garcia’s Spam Homepage too.