April 19, 2002

Searching for wildlife

Huh? Search for blue+jays+condominium+sex??? Here?? Why?? More zoological news, or investment news: care to buy an option on wildebeest, hippopotami, or warthogs? Yep, the Zambezi Valley Hunt Exchange makes a market in options on government contracts to hunt in that garden spot of political comity, Zimbabwe.

Here's a science project for all of you who live in volcanic areas (Me! Me!): reproduce cooled lava using cornstarch! As far as I know, nobody's tried auctioning cornstarch on e-Bay, but that may be the only item that's never passed through its virtual doors. The Wharton School has just done an analysis of the company's strengths and possible weaknesses. More thrills and chills? Try the new Batman ride at Six Flags in New England.

I am a media critic (well, let's say I'm often critical of the media), so I found this list of blog-keeping journalists interesting. Speaking of journalists (used loosely), how could I have missed this before? The BBC does a weekly roundup of highlights from the British tabloids. This week, animal insubordination! Also from the BBC, here are a couple of candidates for next week's column: Woman sues over broken fingernail, and "Argentine ants march across Europe!"

Posted by Linkmeister at April 19, 2002 03:26 PM
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