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Tuesday, August 27 2002

W3C Member sites - mostly bad HTML

Marko Karppinen has analyzed the HTML markup used on the sites of members of the World-Wide Web Consortium, and found that only 4.6% use valid HTML.

The Bank Method

Mathematician discovers that through fine print and the public's lack of math knowledge, Ohio Savings Bank bilked mortgage owners out of thousands of dollars each (adding up to millions for the bank).

Jamie Lee Curtis' imperfections

Jamie Lee Curtis bares her imperfect body, fat and all, to make a point about how misleading the images out of the fashion world and Hollywood are.

Monday, August 26 2002

Water problems in California

More on water: the Hupa tribe in Humboldt County, California is losing access to water from the Trinity River, as the water is diverted to provide irrigation for farms and cities. Among other things, this is cutting down the salmon population they depend on.

Sunday, August 25 2002

World Summit 'blog

From Scripting News: a frequently-updated weblog from the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Water wars, contamination in bottled water

From CamWorld: A World Without Water (about the privatization of water systems around the world, and the threat to public safety it presents) and Bottled Water: Pure Drink or Pure Hype? about the lax standards and enforcement (more lax than standards applied to tap water) applied to the bottled water industry, and tests showing contaminants in various bottled water samples.

Friday, August 23 2002

Big Women Dancin'

A couple of San Francisco Bay Area promoters are putting on dance parties for extra-large women (and the men who love them).

Wednesday, August 21 2002

Bush White House: actions vs. words

Paul Krugman at the New York Times gives examples of the disconnect between the White House's words and actions: using the terrorist attack on New York for political purposes, then vetoing funds to better equip firefighters; photo ops with the trapped miners, but cutting funds for mine safety; etc.

The Notorious C.H.O.

Short interview with Margaret Cho at Salon.com about her upcoming movie.

"Take the recent thriller 'Unfaithful': 'All that movie's about is how it is OK to kill French people. It is not OK to kill the French!'"

Sunday, August 18 2002

Lie Detectors - Popular and Unproven

Sales of lie detectors, from cheapo $19.95 jobbies to those costing thousands of dollars, are up. Problem 1: none of them have been proven to work. Problem 2: someone can use one on you without your knowing it.

Friday, August 16 2002

Language gene "found"

Geneticists appear to have found a/the gene that enables us to speak/communicate as well as we do; this discovery bolsters a theory that a genetic change in human language ability is what caused civilization to move forward as much as it did in the past 100,000 years.

Tuesday, August 13 2002

eppi.com redesign...

After numerous complaints from a friend/colleague, I've redesigned eppi.com to be a little more - lively. No animations, Flash, or anything like that; just a little more aesthetically pleasing (I think).

Friday, August 9 2002

Disappearing AP story, disappearing Armey quote

Joe Conason talks about an Associated Press story that when first published included a damned cold quote from Dick Armey, regarding why Republican congressional districts get an average of $612 million more funding than Democratic districts: "To the victors goes [sic] the spoils."

Wednesday, August 7 2002

Salon.com's blogs

I like 'em. Joe Conason's Journal, too.

Tuesday, August 6 2002

Timmy from Passions is dead

3-foot-2, 20-year-old Joshua Ryan Evans is dead.

Argentina in dire straits...

Argentina, once a Latin American success story, is spiraling into poverty and chaos. Makes me nervous. Maybe because I've just finished reading Octavia Butler's Earthseed books.

DOJ and America's Most Wanted

According to this Salon.com article, for a while, the U.S. Department of Justice was directing people calling in with spottings of suspicious, terrorist-like activity to call the TV show America's Most Wanted.

About this site

This is the personal web site for Edward (Ed) Piou. Consisting mainly of a blog (operational since 1999) and various photos.

Some online projects I'm working on

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Charity, Non-profits...

A while ago, I decided to put my money where my mind is on a (roughly) monthly basis and give to:

Photos

Public events documented through pictures...