The Mozart Projec t New this month: reviews of two easy-to-use guides to Mozart's music. They are A Listener's Guide to Mozart's Music and The Mozart Starter. Both are brief and personal, a perfect way to introduce yourself (or a friend) to the music of this composer. Upcoming: reviews of Robert Gutman's long-awaited Mozart: A Cultural Biography, just published, and Ruth Halliwell's The Mozart Family, out last year.

Universe proven flat A high-flying balloon which soared over Antarctica has answered one of cosmology's greatest questions by revealing that the fabric of the Universe is "flat".

Space Fact of the Day The moon is in a synchronous orbit around Earth: it rotates on its axis at the same rate that it orbits the planet. This is why we always see the same ("near") side of the moon from Earth - from SPACE.com's popular Space Facts collection.

Lighting Up the Small Magellanic Cloud A colorful new image produced by melding data from optical, radio and X-ray telescopes shows the high-powered shock waves that linger in the aftermath of supernova explosions -- the dramatic death throes of massive stars. The image, which was made possible by new pictures from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and ground-based telescopes, shows a relatively young remnant as it appeared just 1,000 years after it's parent star annihilated itself in a tremendous explosion.

SelfCare for...Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common occupational illnesses. Changes in the workplace, particularly the growing use of computers, have made this problem almost epidemic. You don't have to suffer with it. There are a number of things that you can do to help yourself avoid the problem, or to get relief if you currently suffer from it.

Prism Kites I just got the Prism Spark 2. I hope to get out and prctice with it today, if windows lets me. I havent been posting lately because my Windows OS is a mess. I got it partially running in maintenance mode. It won't boot up at all in normal mode. I can't get to my email. I'm going to wipe Windows off my drive and reinstall it as soon as I'm sure I have all the necessary backups. Then I intend to go fly a kite! At least practice with my new Spark 2. It's higher peformance and higher tech than my pervious "beginner's" stunt kite. The video they furnished with the kite shows how to do several neat moves and even shows one of their kites being flown in a 360 degree circle around the pilot! Check out their site

ACLU Feature: 03-09-00 -- ACLU Calls White House Report On Internet Crime Law Enforcement A Dangerous "Wish List" A White House report on blocking Internet crime contains dangerous recommendations that would strip away basic privacy, free speech and free press protections, the American Civil Liberties Union warned today.

Take Our Word For It, the weekly word-origin webzine Want to find the origin of a word or phrase? This site specializes in answering etymological questions. All in all a very entertaining read.

Take Our Word For It The only Weekly Word-origin Webzine. Need to find the origin of a word or phrase? This site answers etymological questions.

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Shields UP! -- Internet Connection Security Analysis Without your knowledge or explicit permission, the Windows networking technology which connects your computer to the Internet may be offering some or all of your computer's data to the entire world at this very moment! My friend Sabrina, who has a new weblog, told me about "Shields Up". You may be surprised at what "Shields Up" tells you.

Real hack victims weren't big name Web sites Who really got hacked this past week? Did I hear you say Yahoo? Amazon.com? eBay? CNN? They were all hit by Denial of Service attacks. But they weren't the ones who were hacked.

ACME Labelmaker You also might want to try the Acme Labelmaker. They have many different fonts, effects and colors to choose from. And its all FREE!

ACME License Maker Pretend you're in prison and make your very own automobile license! Try any state you want and in many cases, even different decades.

BLEEM! For those that don't know what bleem is, here's a short run-down. Bleem! is a software program for the windows 9x platform that allows you to play many Sony Playstation games on your computer, often with enhanced graphics than the original. That sounds great, but does bleem! deliver on its claims? Find out.

Kooks Museum WELCOME TO THE FREEZE-DRIED KOOKS MUSEUM. Open for all time and eternity, ceaseless, all-knowing and unchanging. The word "kook" was coined by the beatniks, as a pared-down version of "cuckoo," as in "going cuckoo." A kook is a person stigmatized by virtue of outlandish, extreme or socially unacceptable beliefs that underpin their entire existence. Kooks usually don't keep their beliefs to themselves; they either air them constantly or create lasting monuments to them.

Megalithic Mysteries - a photographic guide Need a picture of Stonehenge by night. Want to explore other mysterious megaliths from the comfort of your computer. This is the place to go.

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Gallery of Regrettable Food 3.0 : 500 Snacks None of this stuff resembles contemporary definitions of a ”snack” - when people want something small and tasty to get them through the afternoon, they generally don’t want jellied tongue entrapped in quivering aspic. But this is what they had back then. This is a glimpse before the Frito enlightened us all, and premade French Onion dip brought savory snacking to the humblest home. Read on, and count your blessings you live today.