Ron sent me this ages ago, and I finally got to see it today. Very cute :-)

soundrecorder.swf

100,000 civilians may have died in Iraq conflict.

This looks cool : Network Theory UK publish paper versions of free documentation for free software. Pretty hardcore : Gnu tools, Python, scientific libraries.

John Robb says Terrorism is over...

Time for the Two Minute Hate.

Bin Laden is Emmanuel Goldstein

It's happening!

More and more people, talking about AltMoney combined with electronic networks :-)

TheFeature :: Open Source Currency

The Future of Money

Excellent point by Adina Levin : But we don't test what happens when voters make mistakes. Usability testing is critical for all sorts of systems -- particularly systems where user choices have serious consequences like voting.

The lack of usability testing -- and the lack of rigorous security testing -- show that voting administration hasn't yet caught up to the responsibility of electronic voting.

BookBlog

RageBoy got married?

Hey! This looks important.

How Microsoft plans to use a new USB standard to cripple Linux

Hmmm. What's this? Runtime Search - Knowledge Management in a Search Box

Good discussion going on a Heather's place : Death and the Wiki

Aaaw! No fucking way!!

John Peel dies :-(

(In Cuzco too. Dangerous that lack of oxygen.)

Brazil launches first rocket into space

The (tragic) must-read story of Clippy :-)

Rory Blyth - Neopoleon.com

Secret CIA 9/11 Report Names Names | The Regular

Oh good! I can't be extradited to the US and then outsourced to be tortured in the third world.

Sort of ...

What do we do if Dubya wins?

Telegraph | News | EU judges end human rights law for press

Joel Spolsky asks for the
Best Software Essays of 2004 and gets a great list.

Darkside industrial bhangra :

This cd will feature music and combinations that will be the first of it's kind, original dub versions of bhangra and reggae songs destroyed in industrial and experimental styles. (not gabber /fucking rave jungle mash up)

Bhang-Ragga