29. April, 2002 - fun and games

Nanotubes go flash bang wallop: Take a picture of single-walled carbon nanotubes with an ordinary camera flash and they explode. [fark!]
DonorsChoose (NYC) lets New York City public schools propose projects and list the cost. Donors can choose which program to fund. No money goes to overhead unless the donor chooses to throw in an added 10%. [librarian]
GeekTels - geek-equipped hotel directory. If you want to be online when you travel, check the list and find the hotel with the bandwidth. [librarian]
Speaking of travel, a British court ruled that Air travellers 'need 34-inch legroom' on long-haul flights. If I remember right, most US airlines use 31-inch pitch (the distance from seat to seat). So if they're flying to the UK, will they have to change their planes? I'd sure appreciate it. [boing boing]
Hop over to the Total Fucking Armageddon Supply Store and buy some cool stickers. They're in support of an art-car for Burning Man 2002. [boing boing]
The Workaround: 32 Steps to Frustration. Most software just sucks. [scripting]
Faking It - Sex, Lies and Women's Magazines. Apparently the sex articles in fashioin magazines often have fabricated quotes and facts. The horror!
David Steinberg reviews Fast Girls: Teenage Tribes and the Myth of the Slut by Emily White, Scribner, 2002, 219 pp., $22.00 ISBN:0684867400. Sounds like a good book. The basic message is that there's going to be some girl in high-school who gets branded a slut, whether she is or not. [flutterby]