WhoTheBoss. E-mail reveals real leaders. Analysis of email headers can reveal a companies true internal structure and point to informal leaders. [MetaFilter] can…. does…. no significant difference.

Ten Security Checks for PHP. 21 Mar 2003: On Lamp talks about ten security checks for PHP.”File uploads can suffer from a severe case of the untrusted globalvariables problem that is worth considering as an additional problem.When a file is uploaded, a PHP script is given a variable that providesthe name of the temporary file […]

New Books on the List. A new batch of books for the Reading List to the right. San Francisco has some very good bookstores, by… [Kieran Healy's Weblog] mmmm, books, the only thing that i collect at all…

A National Case Of International Importance. Plastic::Politics::Queer: The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear what some believe may be 'the most important gay rights case in a generation.' [Plastic: Most Recent] are there odds makers in the current audience, I have a bet, and i greatly disapprove of the way i think this will […]

jpb. John Perry Barlow: “I thought Cheney, Bush, and Rumsfeld were bluffing. I still think they were. But they painted themselves into a terrible corner by failing to recognize the irrationality and intransigence of Saddam Hussein as well as the powerlessness of his people.” [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] well, wrong is well, wrong. for […]

Adam Osborne, RIP?. Sad news if true: Adam Osborne, one of the personal computer industry's most important pioneers, seems to have died, according… [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] mmmm, people do die, it happens, though for many it is a shock…. as Idaho Blackie said, “heaven, I'm a rabbit in new jersey”……

For Work or Wanderlust, Carry Thousands of Maps. Even if you could afford to buy 62,000 topographic maps and nautical charts, storing them might pose problems. Now Maptech, a company that distributes digital copies of government maps on CD's, is making its collection available for downloading by subscription. By Ian Austen. [New York Times: Technology] […]

Constitutional Amendment to Rollback Copyright Duration. Marci Hamilton: it will take nothing short of a social movement to stop further increases [Tech Law Advisor] if ever there was a reason to amend the constitution, it is to limit the term of intellectual property, perhaps, if done appropriately, it will limit the wealth of idiots such […]

Gertrude of Iraq. Have I ever told you what the river is like on a hot summer night? At dusk the mist hangs in long white bands over the water; the twilight fades and the lights of the town shine out on either bank, with the river, dark and smooth and full of mysterious reflections, […]

The Geneva Conventions in full. Since what is and is not a violation of the Geneva Conventions is a subject of some discussion as a result of today's news, this collection of the complete texts of the Geneva Conventions (as well as other treaties) should be a useful reference. Of particular relevance is the Third […]