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Paul wrote in to point us to the GNU Jobs Page. ^BR wrote in to say that the may issue of Daemon News is out for your BSDies out there, and CaVi wrote in to say that the Linux Gazette is out (sorry that these took so long to announce... moving was a bitch). Bitscape sent us a Salon story about Coding in Vampire Mode. Mikesch noted that www.palmcolors.com is selling colored Palm Pilots rsn. Looking for new backgrounds? President John F. Kennedy wrote in to tell us that the Volume 7 of Propoganda is up. And for those who are curious, he actually did send me beer! robert@budzynski.ddns.org sent us this art gallery with fodder and dayeight sent us a photomosaic picture for you Lara Craft Perverts out there. HighJack noted that the latest version of JWZs X Screensaver distribution contains a new one that looks like those funky falling charachters from The Matrix. And finally for some crazy fun stuff, dave sent us hilarious proof that Star Trek is Satanic, and chrisd sent us one of the best ebay auction items in recent memory. Psst-this is Hemos. It was Rob's birthday on May 10-he thinks he escaped. E-mail him and tell him how much you love him.

Wade Naveja writes "Study Links Internet And Depression according to this Seattle Times story." Allright, I think this warrants some discussion. Hit the link below to read things that depress me about The Internet, you can add your own if you're bored. No doubt about it, Internet usage leads to depression. Either that or anger. Examples:

1. Email Marketing Works!
2. Document Contains No Data.
3. No Route to Host
4. "Why did you delete my comment you sack of turd!"
5. "Why do you use Cookies you sack of turd!"
6. Email Marketing Works!
7. Smurf attacks forcing sites to turn off ICMP.
8. Web sites that don't let me use Netscape under Linux
9. Email Marketing Works!
10. 33.6 modems connecting at 19.2
11. I'm sorry, we don't support Cable Modem/ASDL/ISDN in your area.
12. Email Marketing Works!
13. Embedded Midi in web pages
14. You must download Plug-in foo to view this page
15. Starting Java... segmentation fault.
16. Trying to print out a page in a frame
17. Trying to bookmark a page in a frame
18. Trying to navigate a page in a frame
19. Frames
20. HTML embedded in email
21. ICQ
22. Server splitting on efnet.
23. BUSY
24. AOL Instant Messenger
25. Firewalls and Proxy Servers
26. "I got the first comment!"
27. Your web page is cool, can I have the source?
28. Will you help me set it up?
29. For free?
30. NO CARRIER
31. Dynamic IPs
32. The Slashdot Effect nuking every site I post 5 minutes after I post it.
33. and how could I forget, Email Marketing Works!

Bell Atlantic and GTE have made it official: they're merging. Assuming it goes through, the new company will have a market cap of over US$125B. It raises some interesting questions, too, like will Bell Atlantic finally be able to enter the long distance market? Will there be a shift in the balance of power over the internet backbone? What about the wireless market? Ok, now it's time for a little editorialism. I hope this gets shot down by the US FTC. Bell Atlantic is evil. $250/month for an ISDN line (no ISP service), and horrid service (in my experience). The sad part is, I'm so eager to get an ADSL line from them. Thanks to Robert Edmonds for updating me on the situation.

Wade Naveja sent us This SF Examiner Piece where they explain what portals really are:A waste of corporate money trying to morph the Internet into your TV. Several people have jokingly suggested a Slashdot Portal (yeah, right). But in general, I'm curious what everyone thinks about the ideas.