Aug 10, 2003

Intresting links!

Smart mob storms London
BBC: The flash mob phenomenon has hit London.
Since June spontaneous crowds summoned up via the internet have been assembling in cities around the world and taking part in a form of performance art.

Cities on 'flash mob' hitlist
BBC: A bizarre activity called "flash mobbing" has come to Britain from the United States and several cities are set to be targeted by the craze.
Since June, spontaneous crowds summoned up via the internet have been assembling in cities around the world and taking part in a form of performance art.

Cosmonaut on Space Station Marries Woman in Texas
Reuters - A Russian cosmonaut circling 240 miles above the earth on the International Space Station married his fiance in Texas on Sunday in the first space wedding.

Rare Japanese Bird Spotted on Chicago Lakefront
Reuters - Chicago had an unexpected visitor this week, when bird watchers on the city's lakefront spotted a rare black-tailed gull believed to have begun its journey in Japan.

Algebra Points the Way to a Happy Marriage
Reuters - A mathematician says he can predict with almost total accuracy which newly wed couples will enjoy a happy marriage -- using two lines of algebra.

Smelly Mystery Blob Takes Over N.J. Town
AP - It smells like rotten eggs at best, decomposing flesh at worst. It looks like the pods from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."