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Darpa Offers No Food for Thought: Soldiers’ moms will no doubt be horrified. But the Pentagon is looking into ways for GIs to fight for up to five days — without eating a single meal. During a mission, soldiers in the field typically don’t have the time, or the inclination, to chow down. That lack of food can affect their battlefield performance. So Darpa, the U.S. military’s far-out research arm, wants scientists to figure out if soldiers can operate at…

So i was walking by the statue of Pappy Waldorf today while listening to my iPod, so I had some fun. Check it.

Alameda Times-Star Online (yesterday): SHOUDA, woulda, coulda. Welcome to the regret-laden world of Craigs-list’s “Missed Connections,” a virtual haven for tracking down the one who got away. The online bulletin board offers Bay Area lonely hearts a second chance to find true love — or, more often, just plain old true lust. Is craigslist news to anyone in the Bay Area?

So my man Clark has bailed. Funny, how these politics come full circle. When the election season first kicked in, I had gone with Kerry, simply because I thought he had the ability to win, simply by the Vietnam experience. I even donated $5 to his campaign early on. I even went to one of the first MeetUps in Palo Alto for Kerry but was turned off by the fact that only four people showed up. I liked Dean’s politics,…

I have a guest column on Segways for the Daily Cal today. Pick up a copy at your local newsstand or read it online here.

So for those of you who like to hang around Peet’s Coffee on Domingo, next door to the illustrious Bread Garden, I discovered that there is a Wi-Fi node eminating just down the block from 2936 Domingo. I detected it sitting outside the Bread Garden, but due to the G4 TiBook’s crappy reception, I had to walk down to the Left Coast Cyclery where they have plastic chairs set up (ostensibly for the Peet’s spillover?) where I’m hanging out. If…