July 19, 2003 Archive

Books

• "To Engineer is Human" by Henry Petroski

  There's a lot to like in Henry Petroski's "To Engineer is Human" but this book takes off on tangents that are meant to illuminate, but only serve to exasperate.

  in Books — by Eric Lindholm — on Jul 19, 2003

Video

• The League of not-so-Extraordinary Gentleman

  in Video — by Brendyn Alexander — on Jul 19, 2003

• Pirates of the Carribean: Fear and Loathing on the Seven Seas

  Depp plays Captain Jack Sparrow as if Hunter S. Thompson himself was on a magical, pirate-infested acid trip.

  in Video — by Michele Catalano — on Jul 19, 2003

• Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

  in Video — by Murphy — on Jul 19, 2003

• Bruce Lee

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 19, 2003

Sci/Tech

• It Was Just a Matter of Time

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 19, 2003

• Much, Much Worse

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 19, 2003

• Downloading With Whitney - Not Houston

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 19, 2003

• AOL-TW Getting Out of the Manufacturing Biz

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 19, 2003

Culture

• Canadian ISP business trouble

  in Culture — by Jim Carruthers — on Jul 19, 2003

• The night was moist...

  in Culture — by Solonor Rasreth — on Jul 19, 2003

• Object-Oriented Journalism

  Of course, part of being an objective reporter, is never admitting to anybody, least of all yourself, that you are making subjective decisions about what to put in your story, how to weigh the value of certain facts and issues, and what turn of the phrase should be used to convey those facts.

  in Culture — by Walter Enderby — on Jul 19, 2003

Politics

• The death of Dr. David Kelly

  in Politics — by Kriselda Jarnsaxa — on Jul 19, 2003

• Republican fruitcakes

  Colorado Republican congressman Scott McInnis may be the world's biggest pussy.

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Jul 19, 2003