Sorry about the past two days of nothingness, but I really didn’t have anything much to say. Today, it’s not so much that I’m in a better mood as I’m trying to use this as a way to break the funk a bit. Dunno if it’ll work, but at least there are some links for you to click on.
As for a longer explanation from me… well, maybe I’ll write something over the weekend and maybe I won’t. In a perfect world, I think I’d use this weekend as a sort of mini-vacation to break up my routine, but I’m not sure whether I’ll do that or just sit at home.
- Good question: When a Man Dies in a Sex Act with a Horse -- What’s a Reporter to Do? [jwz]
- A group from Connecticut has declared next week PC turnoff week. I’m definitely not going to participate, but what the heck, I’ll point to ’em. [press-patch]
- I mentioned SteveO’s Ochan to at least one person who wanted a pointer to it. You’ll have to click into the categories to see the pictures, but I especially like the wtf? section (which is PG-13 — probably safe for work, but perhaps not, depending on your workplace). [steveo]
- Joey has a long post responding to some thuggery by Quick Boys Movers in Toronto. Read it if you want to see an effective response. Me, I’m just happy upping the google juice for his page. [accordionguy]
- After getting shook down too often by traffic cops, Viktor Yushchenko decided to fix things. Ukraine scraps all traffic cops, and the roads are still working pretty well. [endwar]
- Here’s a list of the top-Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies, 1774-2004 from the Mises Institute. Seems to me that far too few politicians (and people in general) understand that these are fallacies. [holy schmoly]
- Bruce Schneier tells us how Cisco Harasses Security Researcher for spilling the beans about a pretty darned important hole in IOS that was pointed out to them back in April. As for Cisco, this is not good news.
We know that the public-relations department handles their security vulnerabilities, and not the engineering department.
[schneier] - Bruce also talks about Automatic Surveillance Via Cell Phone, which points to some people who’ve actually been looking into what’s possible. And I think it’s interesting that I know people who balk at RFID proposals, but still carry their cell-phone everywhere. I prefer to leave the cell at home except when I know I’m going to need it, and I often walk around with it powered down, figuring I’ll turn it on when I do need to make a call. [schneier]
- In local news, Schaefer-Richardson’s Condo tower plan upsets river neighbors because of the height of the towers. I was in the MHNA when this project was first proposed, and I’ve always thought that I prefer the towers because it allows the developer to do this project without subsidies, and the alternative is a wall, like the RiverWest project on the other side of the river. I’d rather see towers than a wall like that. [strib]