I was lucky to make my ConiFur flight reservations on Tuesday, the day of the terrorist attack. I talked with my travel agent again today (Wednesday), and he is advising people to allow 2 1/2 hours to get through the new airport security in effect by mid-October. He also expects all airlines to announce considerable fare increases soon; it's the public who will pay for the increased security. If you plan to fly to ConiFur, MidWest Furfest, FURther Confusion, or anyplace else, it will probably be to your financial advantage to book your tickets as soon as possible. Check with your own travel agents for a second opinion. AMTRAK and Greyhound may see a surge in business.

Help the families of police, fire and EMS personnel who died trying to save lives.

The NY Daily News has set up a special fund established to aid the families of police, fire and EMS heroes who perished in the World Trade Center tragedy.

First there was Waiting For Bob, which now is 'waiting for comic'. Then there was Kevin and Kell, which doesn't have Sundays nor is fully browsable. Now, Stalag '99 has made the jump and made a mobile device/PDA edition. Same Stalag '99, but fully browzable on any Avantgo-browsable PalmOS or WinCE device. (Yeah, that's my comic, but doing a comic using all open-sourced tools such as the GIMP , Perl, and ImageMagick should be intresting.)

Owner of FurBuy states, "We are baffled and amazed, even schocked, that the continued support of the fandom goes to a piece-mail auction system hacked together by an underage individual using a bug-ridden, featureless auction script freely available from the internet. "

BBC News has this report on researchers at MIT who have created a virtual wolf pack where individuals can play at being puppies. Apparently this is what passes for serious scientific research nowadays :)