Author: Joanne McNeil

By Apr 04,2007

Sasami Wishbringer is a submissive and prostitute for “Edge Escorts.” She looks like an eight-year-old girl. But…she is an avatar in Second Life. Three years ago, Linden Labs stepped in...

By Mar 05,2007

Apophis Now

Odds of dying in a plane crash: 1 in 5,051. Odds of dying in a car accident: 1 in 237. Odds that asteroid Apophis will strike Earth in 2036: 1...

By Feb 04,2007

Open Access or Peer-Review?

Last spring, Senate busybody Joseph Lieberman and Sen. John Cornyn introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006. Most of us instinctively cringe over any suggestions Sen. Lieberman makes...

By Nov 06,2006

Fear California’s Internet Tax

The girl gingerly picked up the two lighters and examined them. “Don’t you feel it?” he kidded her. “The histrocity?” She said, “What is histrocity?” “When a thing has history...

By Oct 01,2006

Sotto Vox

The instantly likable Mena Trott, dressed in a Diane von Furstenberg-style retro-printed frock, looked more like she was about to unveil a collection of fashion accessories than what could be...

By Aug 20,2006

News Radio Toyota

Tomorrow’s Technology Today reports are “brought to you by Toyota” — but so is the news itself. A good half of the Boston radio station WBZ’s technology news segments are...