giving up freedom. Glen Martin is professor of philosophy and religious studies at Radford University, wrote a stunningly simple piece on loss of freedom of American citizens. [via caught in between] [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] well i post this first because it is very good, second because i should have read it in the […]

Linux Kernel Code Humor [Slashdot]

So You're Living in a Police State video [bOing bOing] this is great fun!, more work should be done like this

so i bought a copy of Koolhaas and Mau's S, M, L, XL today, i found it on the shelf at barnes and noble and have been wanting to read it for some time. I also stopped and read an issue of Dragon Magazine, as of late I've been considering how my teen experiences with […]

Test your Hidden Bias. Test your Hidden Bias. Tolerance.org has a set of Java-based tests designed to shed light on personal hidden biases w.r.t. race, gender, sexuality, and body image. Your results may surprise you. See also this New York Times article mentioning these tests and more rigorous studies. [MetaFilter] interesting, this should be something […]

Jurists Speak. It's official! In February How Appealing will begin a monthly feature called Twenty Questions For The Appellate Judge. (More here.) Since I will have the great pleasure of dining in Justice Rylaarsdam's chambers (PDF) early next month, I definitely will suggest that he and his colleagues — who include Justice Bedsworth, author of […]

Open Source License on Open Source Books. Open source advocate Bruce Perens has a new deal with the Prentice Hall publishing company. He's editing a series of… [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] mmm, this is interesting….

The NetBSD Organization [Slashdot] this could be handy

Linux conferences for 2003. Can't go to many conferences this year? Just go to a couple good ones. [Linux Journal] i'm proabably not going to any of these, though i wish i could…

Jobs autograph ignites bidding frenzy. A magazine autographed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs is up for auction on eBay–and it's drawing bids comparable to prices paid for John D. Rockefeller or George Washington signatures. [CNET News.com] can we say hero worship… this seems to be a function of our era…