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I guess it’s not surprising that people’s Facebook and twitter accounts are getting compromised. From the New York Times: **“Malicious programs are rampaging through Web sites like [Facebook](http://topics.nyt...
Read more →In my graphic design work I’ve gotten to know scratchboard (aka clayboard.) It’s a very cool material that I’ve had a lot of success with. Here’s an early example. 
Here’s a pretty good rundown of many of the tools, materials and techniques for working with clayboard. I found it very informative. 
Here’s a nice detailed review of the Kindle competitor, “Nook“. If you are thinking of giving or getting one for Christmas or Channukah you might find the review useful.
After sending an email to Terroir Coffee asking them to explain the roastiness terminology that they use for all their coffee. It’s obscure and not mentioned on the web site. No response. I happened to note that [George Howell, who is their CEO and visionary](http:/...
Read more →If you’re interested in design and illustration, you might like this video of how Microsoft went about designing the default desktop for Windows 7. Also some interesting commentary about the challenge of designing an Operating System for an astronomical number of different PC configurations.
This post talks about the difference between owning, possessing and accessing a book or anything tangible: **“If I buy (”own”) a book, I expect to be able to do things such as re-sell, loan, rent, gift it. If I rent or borrow (”poss...
Read more →This is an insider’s three-fer. In this article, Stewart describes his horrible personal experience with the Verizon Droid. It’s a fun read. Three...
Read more →I’ve occasionally shopped here. I got another bit of mail from them for so-called Cyber Monday. Looking at the stuff they had (much of which I wanted for myself), I thought to send out a tip to non-geek friends of geeks who might be struggling to find a Christmas or Channukah gift for a geek. Check out ThinkGeek.
Ethan Zuckerman’s blog is more like a magazine of insightful, well written papers. I liked From compassion to action, from action to knowledge. Here’s a key bit: **“If the inability to act makes us b...
Read more →Did you read the book “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly”? Or see the movie? It’s quite an amazing story of a man with so-called “Locked-In Syndrome”. It’s an absolutely rivet...
Read more →An article from Canadian Healthcare Technology notes that US Healthcare wastes up to $800 billion a year. I don’t disbelieve this article but it doesn’t make me not want to start with healthreform now that it seems possible that it might happen this year, wa...
Read more →I was following a series of articles about the Brazilian e-voting system, which apparently underwent a white-hat hack test and survived. It started with this Slashdot article, “[Hackers Fail to Crack Brazillian Voting Machines”](http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/14/1936200/Hackers-Fail-To-Crack-Br...
Read more →I just posted an update on our work on BlogBridge for the iPhone. In summary, we got many many responses to our survey and the prevailing feedback was that like most iPhone apps, people wanted it to be free (those very people also are using BlogBridge for free, very likely.) Read the whole post for the rest of the story.
Yeah, I just received the renewal paperwork for health insurance, and it’s up. This is with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, with whom I have been having a fine experience. I am happy with the service, and the responsiveness. But from 2009 to 2010, my bill is up 15%. Wow. Technorati Tags: healthinsurance, costs, bluecross
Just came across Wordnik, what looks like a mega dictionary. Maybe it’s more of a meta dictionary. It’s part of the zeitgeist, don’t you know? You might like it.
Check out Targeted Copyright Enforcement: Deterring Many Users with a Few Lawsuits(from Freedom to Tinker: > “One reason the record industry’s stra...
Read more →I wrote the other day about the ‘amusing’ dust-up between the RealClimate blog and Levitt and Dubner, authors of [Super Freakonomic...
Read more →“GPS satellites tell us where we are, but what tells them where they are?”. Good question. This article answers it.
I can’t vouch for the accuracy, but it is fun to see a major league cat-fight errupting between academics. Here’s the conclusion: > “May I suggest that if you should happen to need some friendly help next time...
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