On Torture and American Values – New York Times: Clinging to the administration’s policies will only cause further harm to America’s global image and to our legal system. It also will add immeasurably to the risk facing any man or woman captured while wearing America’s uniform or serving in its intelligence forces. This is an […]

I Can Has TheoLOLgians? | The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow: I Can Has TheoLOLgians?

reflections on creativity: New online from the University of Dundee, a collection of papers on the nature and future of creativity, — Sean pointed me to a paper of his that looks particularly interesting, and there are other interesting ones on the nature of creativity.

YouTube – Dove Onslaught: — new dove commercial… great tagline.

Bono speaks out against torture – and gets censored – The Smirking Chimp: While Bono’s entire acceptance speech was quite good, I was particularly moved when he spoke out against the use of torture. He said, “You do not have to become a monster to defeat a monster.” —- Censoring a liberty medal recipient’s acceptance […]

Learning Inquiry Issue Two: Special Issue – Listening and Reflecting: Issue two of Learning Inquiry is up! It is a special issue on Listening and Reflecting including papers by Leonard Waks, Alexandra Michel and Stanton Wortham, Katherine Schultz and Lisa Smulyan, Suzanne Rice, Elizabeth Meadows, Megan Laverty, A… —- jason says issue 2 is out…

U Sank My Carrier! | Wake Up From Your Slumber: He was given nothing but small planes and ships-fishing boats, patrol boats, that kind of thing. He kept them circling around the edges of the Persian Gulf aimlessly, driving the Navy crazy trying to keep track of them. When the Admirals finally lost patience and […]

The Raw Story | Olbermann: Bush adminstration use of bogus terror threat is ‘most overt accusation yet’: Former US Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Fein joined Keith Olbermann to discuss recent charges that the Bush administration employed false intelligence to convince lawmakers they should temporarily expand domestic spying powers under the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act […]

1000STORIES: A German documentary filmmaker and new-media artist, with the support of the Goethe-Institut New York, will be traveling through the United States by motorcycle from October 1 until November 15, 2007, and he wants to understand the American way of life. He wants to know what makes Americans tick, so he s looking for […]

» Protect your network against fiber hacks | IT Security | TechRepublic.com: For less than $1,000, an attacker can purchase the hardware necessary to tap into a fiber run. The tap consists of bending the fiber to the point that it leaks light. — sweet!