Ted “Unabomber” Kaczynski has been trying to recind the uilty plea his lawyers entered for him since day one. Now, the court has agreed to hear his request. If the judge finds his rights were violated, a trial would happen with Ted acting as his own defense.

Of the seven wonders of the ancient world, only the pyramids of Egypt remain. However, by the 2004 Olympics, the Colossus of Rhodes may get rebuilt.

Going to see BeauSoleil tonight. Of course, they’re only the best Cajun band in the world. I’m quite excited.

According to this article from the BBC, the Moon’s not quite dead. No, there’s no life, but the geology might be a bit active. From the same page, I followed a link to a story on the moon’s tail. If it were only about a thousand times brighter, it would dominate the night sky.

From Honeyguide:

The London Science Museum has a major new exhibit on Renaissance Engineering, and features working models of many of da Vinci’s machines. You can read the BBC’s story on it here, or you can visit the museum’s on-line exhibits.

From Robot Wisdom: Applet to manipulate a face lets you emote a human face. Pretty neat, but even neater was the discussion on improved emotions.

The User Meeting is nearly over. I’ve got to teach a half-day class tomorrow morning, and then that’ll be that. For our first effort, this went pretty well. The new version of our software the we released recently has been a big hit, so the mood was friendly. Friendly users is the goal, after all.

Odds are, updates will be sparse until the User Meeting is done, Friday afternoon.

Orson Wells, arguing with advertising types over a frozen pea commercial. This is the real thing, and is the basis for an Animanics sketch that eventually led to Pinky and the Brain.

Oh, right! How’d the play go? Well, all three shows were sold out, and we had to turn away at least 20 per show. It was the first time I’ve played to sold out houses for every performance. The play itself went on without a hitch. It lasted just over three hours, but noone complained.