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Phil Patton: It showed the hand of whoever fed pages into the scanner — a hand with a latex sheath on its index finger, like a condom. The person’s nails were nothing to brag about. The condom and the nails, combined with the sudden, unexpected appearance, made the picture seem obscene and unhealthy. I thought [...]

An edifying history: The number of Geocities pages that archive.org actually archived in any given year tells a bare-bones story: 1996: 7 1997: 13 1998: 39 1999: 70 2000: 136 2001: 22366 2002: 0 A JPEG of the archive.org Geocities page puts it in perspective — the original image at 12 inches wide is over [...]

NYTeims on the (game of chicken | prisoner’s dilemma | etc) faced by the *ffluent with undeclared offshore money: The whole issue has become a minefield for some wealthy families. Many offshore accounts are held in the names of several family members, who do not always agree on what they should do. Bruce Zagaris, a [...]