Got those late night computer geek munchies? Check out this article from the Houston Chronicle on Where to Dine When the Hour Gets Late.

Students at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx created Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling?, which won first place in the Microsoft NYC Beyond 2000 Challenge. The site features an interactive quiz, multilingual musical postcards in 23 languages and a dozen da Vinci diversions to explore.

Network Security Focus has issued an Advisory which warns of a security hole in the Microsoft Winx NETBIOS. Seems that if you have share level file sharing set on your network, you are vulnerable to attack due to a faulty password verification scheme.

The National Academy of Engineering has released its list of the 20 greatest engineering achievements of the 20th Century. Check their list against your own -- how many will you use today??

"We had 'The Right Stuff'; We've been 'Marooned'; we've seen 'Apollo 13'; now how about we see what else was going on up there". So says Deep Cold, a fascinating look at US/Soviet cold war spacecraft designs that never quite made it.

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the most ambitious astronomical survey project ever undertaken, brings the modern practice of comprehensive and quantitative mapping to cosmography, the science of mapping the universe and determining our place in it. Read about their discovery of the most distant object ever observed.

This site bills itself as the best source for facts on the net. Check it out and see if you agree!

From Rice University comes The Galileo Project, a hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time.

In 1882 he made the discovery that changed the world--harnessing the awesome power of Alternating Current. In 1888 he obtained U.S. patents covering an entire system of polyphase AC that remains unchanged in principle today. Nicola Tesla may be the greatest inventor the US has ever forgotten. A third grade class in Ann Arbor, Michigan has taken on the task of promoting Tessla after being snubbed by the Smithsonian. Read all about their campaign - and why you should help them.

Here's a really worthwhile project. Project Linus distributes donated security blankets to critically ill and traumatized children, including pediatric cancer patients. There's a Houston chapter, with contact information on the main home page. Do a little something to bring comfort to a suffering child, OK?

Some of you may never have heard of Eric S. Raymond. You should. Your webmaster has had the abject pleasure of meeting and communing with this hero of the open source movement. Well, ESR is on the BOD of VA Linux Systems - you may have heard about its recent IPO. Please read his eye-opening interview on what it's like (for him anyway) to be suddenly and unexpectedly rich.

Here's the latest in the DOJ v. Microsoft case: The government has issued its Proposed Conclusions of Law. Ball's back in Bill's court to respond.

Ever wonder what that line from the Music Man was all about -- 'Is there a dime novel hidden in the corn crib?' Now you can find out courtesy of Stanford University's Dime Novel and Penny Dreadful Collection. Browse images from the collection, take a guided virtual tour, or read some of the texts online. You might want to start with 'Fred Fearnot's Revenge, or Defeating a Congressman' . . .

Don't you have anything without SPAM in it? Check out the website of The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail for information about the problem, how you can join their lobbying effort against it and a great list of links that includes sites with suggestions about what you can do to limit its impact on YOU.

We're not out of the woods yet, folks! Check out the University of Illinois Hurricane Information Page.

See when Nixon met Elvis! Read the Apollo 11 Flight Plan! View a high resolution image of the original Declaration of Independence! All this and much more is at the National Archives Online Exhibit Hall.

For a real puzzler, head over to Magic Cube 4D, a Rubik's Cube type game. Very tough.

The Internet Mapping Project is a long-term project to collect routing data on the Internet. The mapping consists of frequent traceroute-style path probes, one to each registered Internet entity. From this a tree is plotted showing the paths to most of the nets on the Internet. Makes for some real pretty images!

Paul Brians, Professor of English at George Washington University, gives us this entertaining page of Common Errors in English

Here's another cool 'online museum' site. View a fascinating collection of hardware at the Museum of Soviet Calculators on the Web.

Bud is a mannequin - specifically a 50's era, young male, nattily dressed mannequin. He has been travelling the world since 1983. View the chronicle of his travels at The World Tours of Bud. Great fun~!

The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Browse by categories Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II or search the database.

Judge Jackson has issued his findings of fact in the Microsoft anti-trust case. Conclusions of law will follow if the parties do not settle. Read the entire text of this ruling at this CNN Mirror Site.

NASA's website is chock full of great stuff! Today, we send you to the Science Question of the Day. Be warned - you have to come back later for the answer!

He's the cube jockey's anti-hero. Read the strip, buy the merchandise, e-mail the cartoonist, check out the List of the Day and more at The Dilbert Zone.

Today's link is a treasure trove of information on pharmaceuticals. Everything you need to know about prescription and non-prescription drugs is available on RxList - the Internet Drug Index. Search by brand or generic name. Their search mechanism assumes you may mispell the drug name and produces close matches.

It bills itself as 'News for Nerds'. The venerable Slashdot has been known to cause servers to crash when its devotees follow its links in droves. Be a part of the 'Slashdot effect' and pick up some interesting info on the way.

Have you heard that Microsoft and AOL have merged and are now rewarding with cold, hard cash those who help them test an e-mail tracking system? Well, they haven't and they aren't. That's what's called an 'urban legend'. You can check the veracity of the latest (and oldest) rumors on The Urban Legends Reference Page.

Unless you've been living under a rock in Redmond, Washington, you've at least heard of the open source movement. The closest thing the movement has to a manifesto is Eric S. Raymond's seminal paper The Cathedral & The Bazaar. A must-read!

Julia A. Moore was a famous bad poet, of whom it was said "Shakespeare could he read her poetry, would be glad that he was dead." In her honor, please peruse the Julia A. Moore Poetry Contest.

Because everyone needs a good giggle now and then, ladies and gentlemen: The Hamster Dance!

One stop shopping for internet privacy information available at Privacy.net. This site attempts to answer all your questions about cookies, anonymous e-mail addressing and privacy related software.

What happens when Wierd Al Yankovic meets your favorite Jedi-to-be? The Saga Begins happens. Sing along with the video, print out the words, may the Force of American Pie be with you! Thanks to David for today's link!

If you're looking for just the right bloodletting device for the vampire in your life, cruise on over to the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices. While you're there, be sure to check out the MacGregor Rejuvinator and the Natural Eye Normalizer, along with lots of other fun products!

You can find companionship on the Archive of Misheard Lyrics, which houses more than 1,800 botched lyrics. Visitors send 'em in, and you can see the actual lyric, how the lyric was misheard, and the embarrassing moment of revelation, as well. Hilarious stuff. Thanks to Al for today's link!

Do you just love to sit around reminiscing about your first 'box' - the one with 56 whole k of ram? That cost you $x dollars (can you believe it?) Take a trip down memory lane at the Obsolete Computer Museum.

Austin, Texas, has long been the unsung hero for good music. While New York and LA got all the attention, Austin was busy churning out heroes like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lyle Lovett, and more recently, Spoon. Those names represent three styles of music, but they all share one thing in common: All three have performed at Austin City Limits.

Again from (originally at least) NASA - your government wants to be prepared for anything. Including the somewhat unlikely event of a Viking raid. Check out the Procedure to Follow in the Event That Building 245 is Attacked by Vikings. You'll have to take my word on this one - it was on the NASA server. OK, ye of little faith, here's the original link.

Can't get enough news? Point your browser to Kiosken: links to news media all over the world. Kiosken provides access to 14469 (at last count) links in 213 countries. The site is translated into English, Swedish, & Esperanto.

We don't recommend that you refer the police officer who pulls you over to Dumb Laws, but if you're frustrated by the bureaucracy of the law or just want a few laughs, you'd do well to visit this site. Nobody's got a lock on stupidity: all 50 states are represented here. The site is forthcoming that some of the mentions haven't been verified, but we're not taking any chances. When we're in Massachusetts, we'll NEVER drive a car with a gorilla in the back seat.

Do you find that 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers' just doesn't do it for you? Well, take a gander at International Tongue Twisters, and try your hand (or rather, your mouth) at 1430 entries in 61 languages.