Nothing to see here – June 14
Stuff you should be reading instead of wasting your time reading this blog… #
- With all the news – dare I say “gloating?” – over Mac security holes lately, Apple still maintains one of the most secure OSes on the open market, and now the company is starting to speak up on the topic. Interesting bit of trivia: Senator Edward Kennedy runs the only all-Mac shop in Congress. Rock on, Teddy.
- I responded (twice, by accident!) to this blurb at Reason’s Hit & Run on the declining effectiveness of site registration for news content. Scroll down a bit for my quick take.
- Neato project at Groklaw is the new GrokDoc. The ultimate aim of the site is to make it easier for common folk to switch the Linux OS. An open-source usability study will pave the way for a Wiki-based set of instructions on managing tasks the study finds daunting to newbies.
- By way of Eschaton comes this Bush two-step at the Road to Surfdom. Bits from Bush speeches that condemn torture are listed cheek-by-jowl with excerpts from the so-called “Torture Memo” from the DOJ. Michael Froomkin’s legal analysis of the Torture Memo can be read here.
- The Mars Explorer Rover Spirit has reached the Columbia Hills and will be poking around for a while in what looks like a very promising place to do some science.
- Last, but most certainly not least, mad props to Wired News for keeping us abreast of the latest attempt to shred the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. HR 3179 and a few other bills pending in Congress seek to “give teeth” to certain provisions laid out in the first two Patriot Act laws. This assault on our rights reminds me of the shock of watching 9/11 unfold. I find it hard to believe that this can happen in my country.
Monday, June 14th, 2004 @ 9:45 pm 
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