Jack Valenti gets an education
Wednesday, April 28th, 2004I love this. An MIT student interviews Jack Valenti of MPAA fame, and teaches him a few things.
Archive for April, 2004
Real Security
Monday, April 19th, 2004Bruce is one of our most important thinkers on real security in our times. Security is so politicized and hyped that hardly anybody takes a real objective view of it. Bruce is one of those. His latest newsletter (below) has a great article on why a national ID card is a terrible idea. And I’m about halfway through his book Beyond Fear, which is pretty darn good.
Open Source Audio
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004I enjoyed Cory Doctorow’s book Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, although I liked Eastern Standard Tribe even more. Here is a cool project to create an open-source audio version of it. I love the Creative Commons!
Phones more annoying than in-person conversations
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004These guys did a clever study that demonstrates that people really do find cell phone conversations more annoying than in-person conversations, even when the content and volume are identical.