http://www.muslimwakeup.com/archives/000552.php

America's latest attempt to win the hearts and minds of Arabs launched this week in the form of an Arabic satellite news channel called Al Hurra, meaning "the free one."

With the addition of one little dot (see above), the Arabic letter "ha" become a "kha," thus changing the word al-hurra, 'the free one,' into al-khara, 'the piece of shit.'

The $249 iPod mini contains a $479.95 Hitachi MicroDrive. So the best deal on buying a MicroDrive for my D100 is to buy a iPod mini and take it apart. You get the MicroDrive for almost 50% off and you get a free pair of headphones. Slap an old compact flash card into the mini and keep on rocking.

http://www.studio2f.com/archives/000438.php

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3517319.stm

Astronomers have revealed how they came within minutes of alerting the world to a potential asteroid strike last month.