Today is the 25th anniversary of the appearance of a famous, foreboding article in the New York Times: Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals, by Lawrence K. Altman.

Here’s what I wrote on the 20th anniversary of the article.

Downloadable hack: a 3-D representation of the former World Trade Center towers for Google Earth. See what the towers looked like in actuality, from any perspective or distance, from any part of the city, on the ground or in the air. I know Matt has wondered what they realistically looked like up close. You must already have Google Earth installed.

Congrats to Homer, who has a letter in tomorrow morning’s New York Times – and the top letter on the page, at that!