Category: Linklog

Roger Goodell cracked down on the player misconduct that’s plagued his first seven months as NFL commissioner, suspending Tennessee’s Adam “Pacman” Jones for the 2007 season and Cincinnati’s Chris Henry for eight games. The time off should give Pacman plenty of time to “make it rain” in strip clubs across the country.

Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend Larry Birkhead is the father of Smith’s baby, DNA tests have revealed. Can this whole incident be put to rest now?

Tim O’Reilly unveils the Draft Blogger’s Code of Conduct complete with badges! First draft I hope… I think I’ll roll with the Airbag Department of Security Blog Advisory System if that’s ok with you.

Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips, a grim vision of the future. Information chips implanted in the brain. Electromagnetic pulse weapons. The middle classes becoming revolutionary, taking on the role of Marx’s proletariat. The population of countries in the Middle East increasing by 132%, while Europe’s drops as fertility falls. “Flashmob” groups rapidly mobilised by criminal gangs or terrorists groups. This is the world in 30 years’ time envisaged by a Ministry of Defence team responsible for painting a picture of the “future strategic context” likely to face Britain’s armed forces.

Dick Cheney reasserts Saddam’s Iraq had ties to al-Qaeda, but a Pentagon report says the opposite. Maybe if he says it often enough, he’ll start to believe it and then maybe, just maybe we’ll all start to believe it too, even in the light of cold hard facts.

One person has died following a shooting at the CNN Center complex, in what Atlanta police called a “domestic situation.” Scary situation, seeing as I know more than a few Turner employees. Also, good thing this didn’t happen yesterday, otherwise, given CNN Center’s proximity to the Georgia Dome, Atlanta could kiss any major event like the Final Four goodbye…

Thai inmate Samson Sor Siriporn boosted her chances of freedom by beating Japan’s Ayaka Miyano to win the vacant women’s WBC light flyweight title at the notorious “Bangkok Hilton” prison. Under the gaze of dozens of prison guards, Siriporn, a convicted drug dealer, battled through the unforgiving Thai heat to score a unanimous victory on points and kick-start parole proceedings for her early release.

A French train with a 25,000-horsepower engine and special wheels broke the world speed record Tuesday for conventional rail trains, reaching 356mph. It fell short, however, of beating the ultimate record set by Japan’s magnetically levitated train, which hit 361mph in 2003.

Florida 84 – 75 Ohio State. Florida repeat as NCAA Men’s Basketball National champions, and they complete a 2007 championship-game sweep of the Buckeyes in college’s two biggest sports, men’s hoops and football…

Apple Unveils Higher Quality DRM-Free Music from EMI on the iTunes Store. A 30% price increase for no DRM, it’s like they want it to fail… Still, a step forward on the whole.

A list of April Fools hoaxes from Wikipedia. How many did you fall for?

A North Carolina man faces animal neglect charges for keeping 60 sheep in his house. “He lives upstairs and the sheep were living downstairs,” Apex Police Sgt. R. Greg Towell said of the hair sheep, which are smaller than the traditional wool sheep. “He considered them pets.”

The support for a blogger hounded by death threats has intensified with some high profile web experts calling for a code of conduct in the blogosphere. While I appreciate the call for a “code of conduct,” enforcing it would be near impossible, that’s why there are unwritten rules.

The Football Association has confirmed the new £800m Wembley Stadium will host this year’s FA Cup final on 19 May. It only took 6½ years to build amidst spiraling costs…

The House of Representatives has voted in favour of ordering President George W Bush to pull US troops out of Iraq. The bill links $122bn funding for the war to a 31 August 2008 deadline for the withdrawal of all US combat troops. The president has made clear he will veto the bill.