Apple Debuts MacBook Air: The tiny new laptop is very slim and despite being light on features (No ethernet, no mobile broadband, no SD card slot, no firewire, non-removable battery) will likely fly off the shelves.
Monopoly Money: Zimbabwe is planning to issue its largest-denomination note ever-- $10,000,000 Zimbabwean dollars. In a country with an inflation rate thought to be in excess of 50,000%, that will be just enough to buy a few beers, perhaps (US$3.90).
Mitt Takes the Field: Romney's win in Michigan totally fucks up the whole Republican race. Will Rudy ride to the rescue? Or has Bush made such a complete mess of things that it doesn't matter who is nominated?
Not-So Buenos Aires: Bedlam reigned at Argentina's main airport after the country's main airline canceled international flights for a second day in a row. Frustrated passengers smashed ticket counters and threw objects at airline staff in the wake of a walkout by baggage handlers and ticket counter workers. Airline rights for everyone!
Back In Black: Scientists discover the 'darkest material" ever known to man. No, they didn't do a biopsy of Dick Cheney's brain-- they rolled up sheets of carbon nanotubes, silly. And how is this important, again?
Check (Out) Mate: Chess legend Bobby Fischer is dead at age 64. He had pissed off a lot of people for some anti-Semitic comments and for expressing support for the 9/11 attacks. He was just a nutter in his later years, I suppose.
Gordon's Organs: Britain's Prime Minister Brown is backing a proposal that would result in consent for organ donation after death being automatically presumed, unless individuals had opted out of the national register or family members objected. It's about time that we adopt the same system in the U.S. More than 100,000 patients are waiting for an organ donation at any given time in the U.S.-- 75% of which are waiting for kidneys, with over half of those dying before one becomes available.
This Weekend at the Movies: You'll be mad if you spend money on the new Diane Keaton/Katie Holmes/Queen Latifah comedy. And I can give you 27 reasons not to see "27 Dresses"-- not the least of which it stars someone from TV's "Grey's Anatomy". "Cloverfield", a modern take on the classic monster flick (from the producer of "Lost"), is getting some pretty good reviews-- but it has a lot of hand-held camera work, so bring some dramamine.
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