Essay assignment

My back is killing me. the lecurers have kindly given me an extention on my assignment due tomorrow, so I now have until Monday.

Which is nice.

I can do writing and research in small amounts. Here's the abstract for an essay on censorship.

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First Segway accident victim

An employee of the city's Ambassador Force was sent tumbling from his Segway, when the 12mph two-wheeler (supposed to "anticipate" the every move of its rider) hit an "indentation in the sidewalk".

From the "I Didn't Know That" files.

the computers on the Space Shuttles use 8086 chips and 8" floppies.

No, really!

How Nasa faked the moon landings.

And according to this test, my Top Spots in the US are (in order) Olympia or Tacoma, Washington, Harrisburg or Easton, Pensylvania, and Bar Harbor or Lewiston, Main.

Which is nice.