Random thoughts:
Sometimes you only learn about people by reading their obits. For a long time, E.L.Gold's name came through on messages to the NICAR-L listserv, with useful tips or interesting questions on computer assisted reporting. Only now, after his death from a heart attack this weekend, at 49, have we learned his interesting life story.

Somehow the idea of Earthday.gov seems facetious, in light of this: Administration has declared war on the environment (an oped from Greenpeace). Better, try here: Earthday.org.

All your base (Iraq) are belong to us: a new twist.

Think you know your way around the Muslim world? Try this map game. I needed several tries for some of these countries.