Rough Drafts

What business is it of the state how consenting adults choose to pair off, share expenses, and eventually stop having sex with each other?

Siva Vaidhyanathan is a Woody Guthrie fan.

Some scientists have all the fun: they get to make movies of water balloons popping in zero gravity. Beautiful stuff!

Sony’s NetMD minidisc players require a piece of software called OpenMG before you can transfer MP3 files to them. Despite

Reuters is hiring six journalists in India to do basic financial reporting. Not exactly your typical wire service overseas bureau,

“You don’t need to be cramming food down Donald Duck’s throat to have foie gras,” says California state senator John

This BBC site shows you 20 different people smiling and asks you to spot the fake smiles. It’s based on

Why your Movable Type blog must die, a fine rant against the rising tide of weblog smog.

Where do spammers come up with such ridiculous monikers as Kenyatta Bodenhagen, Nanette Triplett, and Oblong R. Bachelor? Why, the

Got my first Mac this week: a refurbished G4 iMac, with a 17″ screen, from Apple.com. Everyone around me seems