October 2006
Chertoff's "Web Of Terror"
Omigod, that dirty, filthy internet!
[from Wired News: Chertoff’s ‘Web of Terror’]
“Disaffected people living in the United States may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent skills over the internet and that could present the next major U.S. security threat, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Monday.
“We now have a capability...
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How Does That Taste, George?
Looks like Bush is going to get a crow pie from James Baker:
[via Fun, fun, fun till Daddy took the Iraq war away | Salon.com]
“Baker’s report, according to reports in the New York Sun and the Sunday Times, will rule out the possibility of “victory” in Iraq. Instead, it will recommend that the U.S. either simply withdraw or try to cut some kind of deal with the...
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Pete Seeger: The Patron Saint Of Tablature
In today’s Sunday Times, I learned that Pete Seeger, the folks singer and activist, is the proximate source of the idea of tablature:
[from Learning Guitar - Report - New York Times]
“The roots of informal musical training go back centuries. The Renaissance produced tablatures for the lute and other plucked-string instruments. According to Gary Boye, an early-guitar specialist at...
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Anti-Marijuana Ads Don't Work
File under “you’ve got to be kidding me” — not only has the government wasted millions on an ad campaign intended to get teenagers to reject pot, it turns out to paradoxically increase the likelihood that kids will smoke dope:
[from A White House drug deal gone bad. By Ryan Grim - Slate Magazine]
“Since 1998, the federal government has spent more than $1.4 billion...
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Down And Out In London and Lisbon
I have been so busy since returning from my two week sojourn in Europe that I haven’t had a chance to even try to gather my thoughts and write up some observations.
The first week was London, where I was hosted by the wonderful Lars Plougmann and his wife, Leilani. I managed to not get any pictures of the Social Networks conference, where I gave a keynote called “Social Media and...
