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« 'Boots on the Ground': Theater by us, for us, about us | Main | Free ice cream today; National gas price map; PT-141, desire drug; Sesame Street video clips » April 24, 2006eBay Express opens; Neil Young album streams Friday; Da Vinci Code game; Save the Internet; Windows shortcuts; Books kids choose; Affordable EuropeI return from vacation to learn that Katie Holmes had Tom Cruise's baby almost a week ago. The earth didn't move where I was digging. Let's start slowly... eBay Express: Fixed-price purchases, no bidding. If this were Google, it would say "beta"; instead, it says "preview." Neil Young is streaming Living With War at his site beginning Friday, according to Reuters. Lyrics are in the crawl there now. Da Vinci Code Quest: A Flash game that promotes the movie. Prizes. More info, comments and spoilers at Jay is Games. Scientists have discovered a bacteria-fighting compound 100 times more effective than penicillin - in wallaby milk. Save the Internet: Philly Enquirer Bling blogger Daniel Rubin: Is this just "big company bad?" as one TPM Cafe commenter asked. Or is Congress truly "Giving Away the Internet?" There's an official Save the Internet site. Jeff Pulver has launched a Viral Marketing Contest to Save the Internet; rules are here. (via Doc Searls) Windows keyboard shortcuts you never knew existed! Hyperbole in the headline -- the list starts with Ctrl-A, which selects text and is hardly obscure, but you might learn something new to you here. The Children's Choices for 2005 from The Reading Teacher: Each year 10,000 schoolchildren from different regions of the United States read and vote on the newly published children's and young adults' trade books that they like best. If there's a kid in your life, you might check out the choices. Rebecca Blood paged through it and -- probably using Ctrl-A on the location bar -- offers links by age: The list is divided into Beginning Readers, ages 5–7, Young Readers, ages 8–10 (half way down the page), and Advanced Readers, ages 11–13 (2/3 of the way down the page). Affordable Europe: NYT, ...money-saving tips on everything from hotel rooms to cultural events from New York Times correspondents and contributors in 16 major European cities. Their suggestions are not extensive. Do they not want to crowd their favorite haunts? Posted by Sheila Lennon |
my passport photo blogging since 2002 garden blogs archived headlines  Sheila Lennon is features & interactive producer of projo.com, the Web site of The Providence (R.I.) Journal Rhode Island |
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