Essa é boa: Lars von Trier já produziu 3 filmes pornô, e está produzindo o quarto, agora um filme gay. Ele tem até um manifesto, uma espécie de 'dogma pornô'!

An Observer profile of Bono.

Many security analysts and retired Generals of the U.S. army agree: what's going on in Iraq is even less justified, and well-planned, than the campaign against Vietnam.

For linux geeks: how to install linux on a dead badger.

An interview with Wong Kar-Wai, in which he describes the troubled genesis of his new film, 2046.

On the increasing use of blogging by academics.

An interview with Stephen King, who has just finished the 7-book series for which he hopes to be remembered in the future.

The short-list for the Man Booker prize. The only author I've read is David Mitchell (number9dream and Ghostwritten), and I quite recommend him.

An article about why the whole world should vote in the U.S. presidential elections. It's a bit of a joke, but there are some good points in the argument, after all we're all afected by the outcome. It also has some statistics of Bush's approval rate in Europe: Kerry would outvote Bush 6 to 1 !

It has finally happened: the president of the main hotel and catering trade association in France has acknowledged the legendary surliness of French, and specially Parisian, waiters. Quote from the Guardian article:

["Customers are right to complain of a poor or non-existent welcome, an excessively long wait and a lack of basic courtesy and reactivity," said André Dugoin.]

An article in the Guardian about the continuing popularity of the Brazilian president Lula.

More about the underground cinema fanatics in Paris.

On a follow-up to the article by a Russian journalist, a second one has been drugged upon arrival in Beslan. Apparently someone very powerful is very bothered by the journalism coverage of the massacre.

Sebastião Salgado, the great Brazilian photographer, is starting a new epic project: over the next eight years he'll be photographing some of the most pristine areas of the world, as a token of hope that we won't completely destroy our planet. Link to an interview, link to an on-line gallery.

On how used bookshops in England are taking advantage of the web.

An article by a Russian journalist describing how the Russian press is servile to the government.

The diary of a white-collar criminal who was incarcerated in one hell of a prison (for American standards, of course).

Police have found a clandestine cinema and restaurant in the catacombs of Paris. Me faz lembrar o Cine-buraco no Rio...

The Science Museum is opening its archive of 170000 objects to public guided tours.