Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley and helped usher in the rock íní roll revolution, died Wednesday. He was 80. [MSNBC]
RIP: Sam Phillips
Archives for July 2003
Harvard Posts Nuremberg Trial Documents to Web
Harvard Law School is planning to put more than a million documents from the Nuremberg trials on the Internet, allowing ready access to records of the historic proceedings that probed the war crimes of Hitler’s Third Reich.
The multimillion-dollar project, whose initial phase is already complete, is the most ambitious effort to date to post Nuremberg trial documents on the Internet, said Harry Martin, a Harvard Law professor and head librarian at the Cambridge-based school.
More than 6,700 pages of material from one of the trials, known as the ”Medical Case” or the ”Doctors’ Trial,” which involved 23 defendants accused of doing harmful or fatal medical experiments on humans, have already been posted, Martin said. [Boston.com]
Server Uptime
One of my computers crashed today after more than 340 days of uptime. I was really hoping to hit that magical 365 days of uptime. What a shame!
MSNBC: Saddam Bodyguard Captured
American troops captured one of Saddam Husseinís bodyguards and at least two other suspected associates in early morning raids on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. The reported coalition success comes amid what the United States says has been an increased flow of information on the whereabouts of Saddam and his inner circle in recent days. [MSNBC]
Adam Curry: Manly
Legal Document of the Year: “Fuck”
The Smoking Gun has named their 2003 Legal Document of the Year already. A hilarious reading of a public defender’s challenge to a criminal charge on behalf of a high school student who used the word “Fuck” numerous times in a confrontation with his principal.
One of the best legal documents I’ve ever read. Hands down!
Trooper Improves Slightly
The medical condition of a state trooper whose cruiser was rear-ended by an allegedly drunk teenage driver improved slightly yesterday after surgeons performed another operation, a State Police trooper said.
But the co-worker, familiar with her injuries, said the outlook is grim. ”If she does survive,” said State Police Trooper Scott Shubert, ”it’s going to be a question of quality of life.” [Boston.com]