I have been travelling and haven’t been on lately, but this sounds like fun, apparently unintendedly plague has swept some of the World Of Warcraft servers. Next up, accidental famine.

September 24th: Today in 1664 New Amsterdam started on the journey of becoming New York after being captured from the Dutch in a suprise attack from the British.

I have pointed out a couple Google Betas recently so today I thought I would point out a Yahoo Beta. Yahoo Instant Search is a feature that tries to guess what you are searching for as you type. Kind of cute, but not as useful as some of the recent Google Betas.

September 23rd: Today in 1780 Major André was arrested by American troops after plotting with the traitor Benedict Arnold. Andre was caught with the plans of West Point, the fort that Arnold commanded and notes on how best to take the fort. He was apparently a decent fellow and well liked even by the Americans [...]

I was disgusted when the English returned the Throne of Scone to Scotland, you can’t unmake history hundreds of years later, so I was pleased to find out that the story of its origin is wrong and it is just a rock. Take that historical apologists!
Via Cronaca

Google is getting sued by some authors for offering up search of printed works at Google Print, another of their beta projects. I am amazed they are suing on this, this could be the best thing every for authors of books once they are no longer new. I did a search for some obscure people [...]

September 22nd: Today in 1776 Nathan Hale was hung by the British as a spy during the American Revolution. Hale had disguised himself as a Dutch merchant and gone into occupied New York city, on the way out he was apprehended and was then tried and convicted. Reported to have said “I only regret that [...]

You can find a ton of Disney Fan sites out there but few are as honest and well done as Disney Lies. Clearly the work of a fan, yet utterly subversive and funny.

September 21rst: Today in 1937 the Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien was published. The book was originally a stand alone tale, buts its sucess led to the publisher asking for more so Tolkien decided to link it to the mythology he had been developing seperately. I enjoyed the book tremendously when I discovered it.

September 20th: Today in 1737 the government of Pennslyvania took 70 miles of Indian land in what was called the walking purchase. The government produced a treaty saying the Indians would sell land equal to what a man could walk in a day and a half. There are many doubts about the treaty, but the [...]