In the DoSS universe, Mercury owns a clock just like this (original). So does Doctor David Brent.

Wish #87 (original) asks: What are three or more web sites you’ve used recently as a player or GM? Why do you use them? What do you get from them? 20’ by 20’ Room, of course! But also: ThePulp.Net, which is the best source for pulp info, plus links to lots of free pulp ebooks. The FAS IRP, which is the Federation of American Scientists’ Intelligence Resource Program. Essential for modern-day espionage/technothriller games. And for Feng Shui. ...

Brad DeLong has graphed the 2004 long term budget projections. Ignore the partisan discussion of what they mean, if you like, and go right to the graph. This is from the numbers Bush sent Congress; it’s not a liberal extrapolation or anything. It’s what the current administration said the numbers would be.

Full kudos to Adriaan Tijsseling, who tracked down my ecto bug (as bitched about earlier) and will be fixing it in the next version. In the meantime, I skillfully avoid the bug by not using the Text Only option for the toolbar. The fact that he kept track of who was having the problem and let me know personally about the fix wins points with me.

I just got a Nigerian scam message as a blog comment. End of the Net predicted; Trackback at 11.

On my way home from work today, I heard an interesting rumor on NPR. James Bone, a London Times reporter, claimed that Blix left some details out of his oral report. If this story is accurate, Blix’s written report includes a note on the possibility that Iraq has developed unmanned drones. If these drones exist, and certainly if Iraq has tested their range as over 500 kilometers, Iraq is clearly in serious breach of UN resolutions without any escape hatch. They can’t say “Well, we didn’t think those missiles were in breach” with any plausibility. ...

I hereby coin the following internet neologism: google://search+terms+here I almost believe that browsers should implement that. Actually, I do believe they should implement search://search+terms+here. Someone go write a paper, OK?

Now Oregon’s getting into the act (original).

This article on Kerry’s defense votes is just something I want to have handy for later.