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Flight to London got delayed. Update 6:50 [Pacific Time]: now delayed further, until 11:15 pm. Shouldn’t affect Tallinn arrival time, though. I have four hours in London and three in Stockholm. I’m now routed through Stockholm, arriving in Tallinn at 9:35 pm Tallinn time on Wednesday. (That’s 11:35 am Pacific Time, for those of you keeping score at home.)

Eesti: Tere! Minu nimi on Cyrus. Ma olen Ameerikast. Ma olen ajakirjanik Estonian: Hello! My name is Cyrus. I am American. I am a journalist. Favorite Estonian word thus far: ülikool (university) Favorite Estonian sentence thus far: Millised on Eesti koige tugevamad majandusharud? (What are the strongest sectors of the economy in Estonia?) T-minus 22 hours, 30 min.

Women mail their bras to try to save their favorite sci-fi show. (Courtesy Slashdot) BBC covers Hoder’s foray into podcasting. (Courtesy Dave Winer) A blog from Damascus (Courtesy Instapundit) The government of Niger was going to have a 7,000 slave-freeing ceremony — that is, until they changed their mind and decided that there were no slaves in Niger. (Courtesy Instapundit) The magic of the Internet, brings people together through a common historical bond.(Courtesy Daily Kos)

I spoke too soon. I think my logic board is busted. No good. Going to try to take it in tomorrow and hopefully can have it replaced quickly. Otherwise, I may have to buy a computer temporarily so I can have one while I’m away. In other news, Show #4 is up. Comments always welcome. I had two stories. And finally, I’ve got the first full rough draft of my thesis done. We’ll see what my advisor makes of it.…

So randomly, yesterday afternoon, my computer decided that it was going to freeze and wouldn’t boot properly. It would just hang on the blue startup screen. Of course, I need it for everything — especially now for my thesis (first draft due on Sunday) — so I’ve spent since 9 am this morning getting it back to normal. This involved a trip downtown to buy more RAM (which I needed anyway), a total wipe and reinstall, and now getting software…

The New York Times has finally caught on to the idea that the dot-com bubble has burst. Executive Editor Bill Keller is said to be planning to end “Circuits” as a stand-alone section covering the high-tech world by the end of April. In its place, he’s said to be mulling a new section dedicated to shopping, fitness and fashion. Trip Gabriel at Sunday Styles, and the Science section’s Rick Flaste, are rumored to be the editors in line to head…

02:00 AM Mar. 03, 2005 PT by Cyrus Farivar Checking out a new iPod now applies to more than shopping trips or web browsing. This week the South Huntington Public Library on Long Island, New York, became one of the first public libraries in the country to loan out iPod shuffles. For the past three weeks, the library ran a pilot program using the portable MP3 devices to store audio books downloaded from the Apple iTunes Music Store. They started…

Zug.com: FLORAL SHAPE ADHESIVES JH: No, I’d also like to discuss item #141-869. VS: OK, the Floral Adhesives. JH: What are these things? VS: These are basically, ah, a lot of people wear them, they attach to the ends of your breast, so that you could, uh, you can wear a more sheer outfit without being immodest. JH: Are they like those no-slip things you put on the bathtub? VS: I guess you could call them something like that. They’re…

Apparently the J-school faculty has final veto power over who our graduation speaker is. I (and I know many of the other students do as well) want Jon Stewart. Guys, we’ve been working our asses off for months and months, are we really going to gain anything by hearing some bigshot inspirational speaker to wow us with their waxing prose? Can’t we just take ourselves not so damned seriously for one day, and let Jon Stewart serve as King Lear’s…

Update (March 14 2006): This entry has been deleted at the request of my father.