29 Apr 06 Net Crap (4/29)

• “Appetizing photo of a cup of Folgers coffee was printed on vinyl and placed on top of steaming New York City manhole covers. Holes cut out of the vinyl let steam rise through. Headline around cup reads ‘Hey, City That Never Sleeps. Wake up.’”
• “[Speaker] Dennis Hastert is seen ditching his Hydrogen Alternative Fueled auto for his gas-fueled SUV after a photo-op in which members of Congress discussed gas prices. The members then switched to their ‘official cars’ to drive the few blocks back to t
• Possible GOP candidate and current Senator George Allen: “Allen dismissed his sister’s book by saying, ‘It’s the perspective of the youngest child, who is a girl.’”
• USATODAY.com - Answers: Time zones at the poles
  “In Antarctica, the U.S. stations uses New Zealand time because most Americans who go to Antarctica for the U.S. Antarctic Program fly to and from there via Christchurch.”
• 365 tomorrows » Internal Clock
  “It took nearly a year to reach her house, by which point, Alba had aged almost twenty minutes.”
• Activists fear Circle Line to push past transit plans | Chicago Tribune
  “But servicing your people, the ones that are most displaced, that’s saying we care about what’s happening. That’s the stance they should be taking right now.”