Pebbles, Vol. 7

1. A summary of the willpower's-like-a-muscle view

2. Most useful identikit ever? Gee, I think I've seen that bloke in the middle before, but I can't remember where.

3. Test whether your website can be viewed in China

4. "Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Intenet. Uh, sure." A 1995 article nicely illustrating the perils of making predictions. (Pointer: waxy.org)

5. The world's stupidest criminals, part XCIII