The Null Device
2000/2/9
Excellent Salon article, enumerating the 7 vices of highly creative people:
Be a drinker Begin with a Smoke Put Gambling First Think Oysters Seek Fashion First, Then seek to be Understood Sex Abuse the Card
The latest Narcolombian drug craze: Burundanga, a "zombie powder" which induces total obedience and temporary amnesia. (via Rebecca's Pocket)
The UK's Royal College of Physicians calls for nicotine to be classified as a hard drug, alongside heroin and cocaine. (BBC News)
In the wake of the electricity crisis, the Victorian government considers commissioning a new generator. But will it be wind-powered or coal-powered? (The Age)