From the Landscape of Algeria - A beautiful collection of pictures of the cities and the villages of Algeria, and a historic and geographical preview of every Algerian province.

The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 was the 18th Century's equivalent of the Patriot Act, and its most famous victim was Benjamin Franklin's grandson.

Josh Marshall Interviews Joe Biden A must read for people interested in the neoconservative movement and the war on terrorism. more inside

Meqon Physics Demo (links to a .zip file). Playing with this is more fun than most games. more inside

Employees at the Providence Public Library are fuming. Staff at this public library in the US have set up a website to state their side of the case and gather support from the public as they face unemployment or significant changes in working conditions. As a library worker myself, I can only sympathise with them.

Muffler Men ...They're big. They're scary. And there are hundreds of them. Back off ladies, he's taken

Welcome to Fork in th' Road Used Cars!
Whether you're looking for amphibious vehicles or swamp buggys; if you're a midget or a mobster (perhaps you could star in your very own pursuitwatch?); we carry nothing but the highest quality in crazily acronymed rolling superstars. This week's special: hempcars. Like for the environment, ya know? Just don't breathe the exhaust.

Can't get you of my head. No, really.

You whores. A website set up by Bill 'KLF' Drummond, where you can sell your services. (safe for work)

They're requesting UN observers to over see the election--just to insure its fairness. Did I mention the election in question is for the US president--and the "they" are several members of the US House of Representatives?

Jad Fair Jad Fair (of Half Japanese fame) has offered the album Sunshine Sunshine for free downloading online.

Music Machines. The very welcoming "home of musical electronica" on the web.

Aligned with the stars: "For millennia, stone structures built to observe and worship the heavens have intrigued those who came after. The great pyramids of Egypt are built so closely aligned to the compass directions, that they baffle modern civil engineers as to how that much mass could be so precisely aligned. Shafts of the great pyramid are pointed to the culmination points of stars such as Sirius and the belt stars of Orion. ... Ancient Greek temples were aligned to the rising and setting of specific stars."

Rock, Paper, Saddam -- this is completely wrong. Completely without tact. I apologize. more inside

How to turn your iPod into a pirate radio... And other crazy fun tricks.

Homeland security recommends IE alternatives. Ripped pretty much whole cloth from /. The department of homeland security has decided (way too late, IMO) that using IE is a security hazard and has started recommending the use of other browsers. Microsoft, in its typical, "don't-do-anything-about-your-misdeeds-until-someone-is-suing-you" fashion has announced they'll be releasing a much more secure version by the end of the summer. I know blog's corporate overlords are forcing him to do it, but how many of you monkeys are still using IE voluntarily?

The One Man Band with no Fans For extra fun, check Outside the Inbox - music made from spam! Does that mean it's reprocessed?

Flash animation for Aiwa by Drew Cope, creator of Tokyoplastic

Making Patents and Trademarks FUN!!! The United States Patent and Trademark Office teaches kids about the cool side of copyright, with such phrases as "Have You Hugged A Patent or Trademark Today?"... WARNING: Contains web design from the mid-nineties. more inside

US lawmakers request UN observers for November 2 presidential election ...Recalling the long, drawn out process in the southern state, nine lawmakers, including four blacks and one Hispanic, sent a letter Thursday to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan asking that the international body "ensure free and fair elections in America,"... ...The commission also concluded, the lawmakers added, that "despite promised nationwide reforms (of the voting system) ... adequate steps have not been taken to ensure that a similar situation will not arise in 2004 that arose in 2000."... The UN has been called in to oversee our electoral process in 2004! I love it. Folks, we Americans can never with a straight face joke about another country’s rigged elections ever again.