My DSL connection from home was dead this morning, so the update today was late. Stone knives and bear-skins to even get this much posted. Ugh.
- Survey profiles a typical Internet user. Let’s see… a typical user spends 45 hours per month on the internet. That’s about 3 days for me. Spends 32 minutes online per
session
–compare to my couple hours minimum. Yeah, I knew I was far from typical but, in so many cases I’m like ten times the typical. Oh, and when my DSL is down like this morning, I get distinctly grumpy. I think maybe I need a life. - Local activist groups held a press conference to respond to being placed on a list of
groups of interests that may affect communities
during a seminar for law enforcement officials on domestic terrorism. Star Tribune columnist Doug Grow has more. [Jim] - Dow sues Bhopal survivors for protesting at Dow HQ in Mumbai and asking Dow to clean up the mess made in Bhopal by Union Carbide (which was later bought by Dow). [boing boing]
- Bush signs “do-not-call” list bill, making that list a reality. It should be up and running by this summer. Fines could be up to $11,000. That’s Eleven Thousand Dollars. [fark!]