The Corrupt Corporate Norm
By Jim Hightower, JimHightower.com
I hate to distract you from the media's 24/7 saturation coverage of the latest Michael Jackson saga, but have you noticed that the corporate crime spree - bilking us of billions of dollars - continues to roar like an out-of-control wildfire, devouring industry after industry?
http://updates.jimhightower.com/ctt.asp?u=1658476&l=11254

Mapping the Internet
By Katherine Sandiford, Utne.com
Ever wonder what the Internet looks like? Network Engineer Barrett Lyon rose to a workplace bet to produce a graphic representation of the Net. The latest image looks more like an arty cosmic explosion than an actual web or net. His program takes only one day and one computer to produce - a feat that leaves other net mappers behind in the cosmic cyber dust.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994434

You've Never Seen A Font Size This Big
By Adam Overland, Utne.com
The UN World Summit on the Information Society is meeting in Geneva, and for the occasion, the Helloworld Project designed a clever way for the people of the world to get their messages across to delegates. Email or SMS your message to a special address and through 500-foot-high lasers, it may appear on the side of a mountain, or the U.N building in New York. If you're lucky, Kofi Annan might just respond.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61103,00.html