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Monthly Archives: July 2002

12-Jul-02

Here’s some good analysis of Apple’s new ad campaign designed to convince unhappy Windows users that they should switch to Macs.

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12-Jul-02

How did a ravenous Chinese walking fish end up in a Maryland pond?

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10-Jul-02

Here’s a photo of the “rocker room” door.

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09-Jul-02

Logophilia.com is a fascinating site devoted to recently-coined words. My favorite: “knee-mail.”

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09-Jul-02

While we often focus on what’s wrong with America, Peggy Noonan says we should celebrate all that’s right with our country.

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08-Jul-02

News from Burma: some auspicious white elephants have shown up, there might have been–or might not have been–a coup plot to overthrow the military junta currently in power, and the country is making some measured progress in their war on drugs (all links are NY Times; free registration required).

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08-Jul-02

Nick Hornby’s take on the World Cup, “We Are the World,” is characteristically brilliant.

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02-Jul-02

The current New Yorker contains a fascinating article by David Remnick. In “The Moralist,” he examines Lennox Lewis’s inner workings–and what his beating Mike Tyson means to professional boxing.

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01-Jul-02

Ronaldo scored two goals yesterday, and Brazil beat Germany 2-0 to win their record fifth World Cup title. The Brazilian striker, who suffered from a mysterious illness before his team’s ill-fated ‘98 final against France, has exorcised his demons.
And although he won the Yashin Trophy for being the Cup’s best goalkeeper, German shot stopper Oliver […]

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