27. December, 2002 - It's Friday, right?

Yeast biologists put winemaking world in a ferment. Apparently they're having a lot of luck genetically engineering yeast to produce better wine. Well, at least to bring the bottom of the curve up. The best wines still require smart humans and good grapes. [boing boing]
Survey says: Women hate beards. Hmm. A couple gals whom I've asked about this say they much prefer beards, what with stubble being the kind of thing you don't want rubbing against your thighs. This is just the kind of thing I should get comments enabled for, isn't it? Oh well, send 'em in if you've got 'em.
Pepys' Diary -- Phil Gyford has taken the Project Gutenberg version of Pepys' diary, and will publish it a day at a time, in blog fashion, beginning January 1, 2003. Sure it'll take longer to read than just sitting down with the book, but it's an interesting way to read it. [boing boing]
The City Pages New Year's Eve Calendar is out, if you're in the Twin Cities and don't already have a place to drink on amateur night.
Pop-ups add new twist, not only polluting your screen with windows, but now kicking you to new websites if you so much as mouse over some of those windows. The biggest offender? Orbitz. Even before this latest move on their part, I'd decided that I wouldn't ever buy anything from them. [fark!]