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Italy privatizes its culture. At least that's what will happen when a bill turning management of all of its museums sails through the Parliament this week. Critics of the Berlesconi-driven measure say that trying to turn culture into a profit center is foolish as there are only a few attractions that make any money now.
posted by MAYORBOB at 11:38 PM PST - 4 comments

Has Osama bin Lying? Sound as though the bearded one's been caught on video being aware of the WTC attack and surprised at the extent of the damage. And what about the London Times story early Saturday morning that Omar the tent maker has been put under house arrest? Go figure!
posted by marc-hamilton at 11:36 PM PST - 14 comments

The future of Builder.com discusses their plan to change their focus from front-end web development to software engineering.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:05 PM PST - 8 comments

The inimitable Glassdog gives us yet another epehemeral prose masterpiece this time about our very own mathowie. I'm not sure how either of the aforementioned would like it if we archived the entire piece here (there's no archive link), so check it out soon (like now).
posted by pheideaux at 10:24 PM PST - 13 comments

Does high school haunt you? Elinor Burkett spent a year in a suburban high school to get everybody's opinion on how this "typical" school was doing. How were your high school days?
posted by jacobw at 7:57 PM PST - 29 comments

Morse Code translator:.... . .-.. .-.. --- ..-. . .-.. .-.. --- .-- -- . ..-. .. -. .. -.- ...
posted by signal at 5:48 PM PST - 42 comments

In Depth Sports Instruction Impress the boss and in-laws with keen command of fly-fishing and golf (skimboarding and rock-climbing). Check out comprehensive Gear Consultant videos. Also handy for finally deciding on new sport to plug into the 2002 new year's resolution.
posted by Voyageman at 4:50 PM PST - 4 comments

IMDBPro Just in case you need more information than the Internet Movie Database provides, there's now a subscription version with advanced features like STARmeter and MOVIEmaker (billed as proprietary algorithms). Is Amazon about to take on Variety? Or is IMDB not selling enough videos with the click throughs?
posted by samuelad at 3:20 PM PST - 24 comments

Grandma's pissed 'cause Hallmark's kiss-kiss boy bears won't kiss.
posted by adrober at 1:54 PM PST - 17 comments

The "Stealth" Issue in e-Business KMPG is advising pharmaceutical companies to move the e-commerce offshore.. " With high margins on limited blockbuster products, pharmaceutical companies have long focused on the need to retain those profits through tax planning. Corporate income tax rates in the principal markets of the US, Western Europe and Japan range from 35 percent to 45 percent and higher, thereby posing a risk of draining a substantial portion of the margins from a pharmaceutical company. By structuring operations to focus key activities or assets in low tax jurisdictions such as Ireland, Puerto Rico and Singapore, a company's overall effective tax rate can be reduced. " This may be related to their billing department practices KPMG PEAT MARWICK TO PAY THE UNITED STATES OVER $9 MILLION FOR PREPARING FRAUDULENT MEDICARE & MEDICAID COST REPORTS
posted by headlemur at 1:49 PM PST - 4 comments

Photoshop X Don't know if this has been posted yet, but for all you OS X users, looks like Photoshop 6.5 is close to going native! Check out the screenshot!
posted by dilokiam at 1:30 PM PST - 21 comments

Jumping on the whole 'favorites' bandwagon, I think Cowboy Bebop is the best show on TV. Does anyone else watch it?
What's the best thing on TV these days, in your opinion?
posted by TiggleTaggleTiger at 11:36 AM PST - 53 comments

EU Countries Soften Cannabis Policy. This past week, experts and officials from around the EU met in the central Dutch city of Utrecht to exchange views at the European City Conference on Cannabis policy. (From Radio Nederlands)
posted by tpoh.org at 8:53 AM PST - 10 comments

I'm Running. How stupid is this man? Does anyone think Gary Condit could/should win reelection to Congress?
posted by jameschandler at 12:07 AM PST - 38 comments