Book signing/reading at Barnes & Noble!
I’ll be at Barnes & Noble in Wheaton, IL this weekend, where I’ll read some selections, talk a bit about the …
Gee, where’s Dennis Kucinich?
Note to maverick presidential candidates, unannointed by the mainstream media: always stand in the middle at photo-ops. Who knows if …
Life imitates art: Hacker uncovers nuke plant vulnerability
Security researcher Scott Lunsford recently found that hacking into the SCADA-linked control system of a nuclear power plant was disturbingly …
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Visit retro videogame heaven
If you like old-school video games, I mean really old-school, you have to visit this incredibly cool site. Pong Story …
Terror law puts Britons at risk of surveillance by US agents
from Jamie Doward, for The Observer A new law swept through Congress by the US government before the summer recess …
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Stroll through the DigiBarn
This is a fascinating site for anyone interested in computer history. In fact, I take that back. Anyone who has a …
Chinese cyber-dissident jailed for four years
Oh, and his lawyer’s also been disbarred, supposedly for taking on one too many such cases… Despite China’s pledge to …
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Blows Against the Empire
A great article from Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker, on the amazing writer and reluctant futurist, Philip K. Dick. Of …
Learn a lost art today
I’m a big advocate of self-sufficiency, and I’m worried sometimes that upcoming generations aren’t going to have any idea how to …
Ron Paul and ABC: This week’s update
A signed, notarized admission of anti-candidate bias would be no more convincing than this little video: If you’d like to …
Our government’s response to outrage over illegal, warrantless wiretapping: Just legalize it
The three branches of our system of government are designed to protect us, the people, by pushing back vigorously against …
Bottled water and snake oil
Like a lot of successful, improbable marketing campaigns, the sale of tap water isn’t so much about outright lying as it …
