Week's Links

This week I have a site my Mom turned me on to. If you like your technobabble thick and juicy, swimming in Bogosity sauce, this one is for you.

• Anderson Institute

Other than that, it's been a work-a-day week. A little street fair is going up on Grant street (one block away). I'll see if I can get some stories or pictures. This weeks reading has included...

• Jim Flora
• Perry vs Scharzenegger Prop 8
• Calvin and Hobbes: Interview with creator
• Chapman / Salinger
• Microsoft's Creative Destruction
• Celebrities Stay Home

And finally a short story:

• Villain with the Heart of Flamboyant Evil

Soon

Via Dianne

It's not quite this bad, yet.

Connector Clip

OXO Chord Catch

Or you could use zip strips, wire weave, rubber bands, duct tape, and bubble gum like I do.

Mando-Banjo

I don't usually pay that much attention to glossy pop. This one , however, is the first time I've seen a mando-banjo used in this context.

The Legal Industry

Boing Boing

"The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity," reads the opening line from this Washington Post report. The National Security Agency is reported to be finalizing an agreement with Google to analyze the recent and much-publicized hack attack Google says originated in China, targeting its networks."

I'm sure glad that both partners have promised not to leave any backdoors, trojans, or dangling participles behind the other's firewall. Remember, there's a guilty until proven innocent provision in the Patriot Act and the upcoming copyright treaty. The current SCOTUS is probably very comfortable with that. NSFW may become Not Safe At All before you can say "Industrial Law".

Kage Baker

Kage Baker 1953 - 2010

P.T. would love this

Rambler Link

Rambler are a pair of sneakers that use the Twitter platform to literally microblog every step you take. A sensor embedded under the sole detects when the wearer is walking. This information is sent via bluetooth to a mobile phone that makes the postings on Twitter.

On the other hand, maybe the probation department has some spare ankle-bracelet trackers they aren't using at the moment.

Via: The Presurfer