Nathan's Notebook

Thursday, October 30, 2003

• Randomly Interesting

-Blackout prompted some New Yorkers to study insect sounds they heard, from the New Yorker

-Fireplace logs made of recycled coffee grounds burn brighter and hotter, from the New York Times.

-Colleges luring students with with hot tubs and other luxuries, from the NYT.

-Cliques and bullies in the blogosphere, from the Wash. Post.

-New York City mails letters to pedophiles telling them to mind their own business on Halloween, from the Wash. Post.

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