This is a very cool initiative: BookCrossing.Com - the concept is when you've read your books, you label them with a bookcrossing-label and release them; either by leaving them at a café; giving them to a fellow traveler/friend/colleague/etc or have a book basket in your home for guests to take with them when they leave.

It makes for a better life for books that otherwise would be left to dust into oblivion in your bookshelf. I know a LOT of people that could have done a lot for others and themselves by releasing a lot of their books this way. I know I will.

[Via andersja's blog: BookCrossing.com]

BeastieBoys.com is supporting the anti-war movement by changing their web site to let everyone know what they think about the war.

"We felt it was important to comment on where the US appears to be heading now. A war in Iraq will not resolve our problems. It can only result in the deaths of many innocent civilians and US troops. If we are truly striving for safety, we need to build friendships, not try to bully the rest of the world." - Adam Yauch

"Being together, writing and recording, we felt it would be irresponsible not to address what’s going on in the world while the events are still current. It didn’t make sense to us to wait until the entire record was finished to release this song."
- Mike D

"This song is not an anti-American or pro-Saddam Hussein statement. This is a statement against an unjustified war."
- Adam Horovitz

They have also made a song that express their feelings, which is available for download at their site.