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The Things He Carried – The Atlantic (November 2008) "Airport security in America is a sham—“security theater” designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner of prohibited items—as our correspondent did with ease." Old news to me, but important to […]

Alerting webmasters to webserver vulnerabilities Google keeps the internet running. (tags: internet security wordpress google) Study Finds No Logical Reason Why Planes Fly | The Onion – America's Finest News Source Unfortunately many people think this. (tags: airplane science education Humor)

The Flexibility of WordPress – In the Woods Different uses of WordPress as a CMS. (tags: cms wordpress webdesign webdevelopment Blogging) Hubble update: Looking good so far | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Looks like Hubble will be back up and running on Friday. (tags: hubble space science Astronomy) Real Deal on ‘Joe the Plumber’ […]

Bush Signs Draconian Anti-Piracy Law | TorrentFreak Grr this bill bothers me so much. (tags: copyright riaa mpaa usa politics isp p2p) Make-Believe Maverick : Rolling Stone Finally finished this, all I can say is dang. (tags: mccain election politics usa history) Steve Jobs Preparing His Farewell?: Is Steve Jobs Preparing His Farewell? I've got […]

Both Sides of the Aisle See More Regulation – NYTimes.com Let's get one thing straight both parties have added regulations in recent years, except in very limited cases. (tags: politics regulation business usa republicans democrats) Nationalization Has Happened Before in U.S. – NYTimes.com We've nationalized before when it was needed, not so anti-American. (tags: usa […]

1.5 million T-Mobile G1s already pre-ordered – Engadget Wow. (tags: tmoble android google mobile cellphone) Nearly 75% Of Workers Will Be Mobile By 2012 I want to be one of those so badly. (tags: mobile career job) Slashdot | RIAA Loses $222K Verdict Thank goodness. (tags: riaa copyright lawsuit law) Poll: Consumers concerned about internet […]

Obama Battles Block by Block to Get Voters to Polls – NYTimes.com The Obama Get Out the Vote campaign. (tags: voting obama mccain politics election usa) Those Knowing History May Find It’s Time to Invest – NYTimes.com "Since the Depression, governments have become far more aggressive about intervening when credit markets seize up or economies […]

I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Off With Their Heads! | PBS Fire/kill off the bottom 10% of banks, essentially force them to start making some good loans. (tags: economics economy banks management ge usa business) New Cost Overrun Bedevils Planned Mission to Mars – NYTimes.com Never enough money to go around for all the […]

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Author Le Clezio wins Nobel prize (tags: nobel france literature 2008) Organize All The World’s Information, Then Put Google Ads On It Google is putting ads on everything these days. (tags: google advertising business) Seth's Blog: The growing productivity divide Are a productive employee in the information age. (tags: technology […]

Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Introducing Yahoo! Web Analytics Doesn't look like anything different from Google Analytics. (tags: google yahoo ecommerce data internet) Gloucester High School agrees to distribute contraception – Feministing "Gloucester High School, site of the 17 High School girls who got pregnant this past summer, voted to make contraceptives available (with […]