The world of bits and politics is getting all het up again. First there’s this little matter of AT&T, Apple, GoogleVoice, and the FCC. The fences around the playgrounds are coming down and the property owners are not happy. http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/08/01/att-responds-to-fcc-letter-re-google-voice-mobile-iphone-app/ Rep. Ed Markey (D‑MA) is trying for net neutrality legislation again. A much more pro-neutrality administration might make a difference. PDF …
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Morning Linkage (Jul 31)
Everyone is entitled to an opinion: Gorgeous picture of a crap bike. http://www.bikeexif.com/confederate-p120-fighter Crap picture of a gorgeous bike. http://www.bikeexif.com/krugger-overmile ————– On August 26th the Mini Cooper will be 50 years old. Forbes put up a nice little slide show. http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/29/bmw-mini-cooper-lifestyle-vehicles-mini-car-50_slide_2.html ———– Repurposed furniture (components). Does someone have a better word than repurposed? It’s so made up. Cold frames from the As-Is …
Morning Linkage (Jul 30)
Two from Scheier on the recently discussed topic of cloud computing and storage. I find the comments on his blog to be of higher quality than most. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/risks_of_cloud.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/06/cloud_computing.html Summary of Kaminsky’s talk on the SSL cert spoofing. Clearer than most. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/ As if you couldn’t tell it’s DefCon time. I’ve been fascinated by the hackable badges of …
Morning Linkage (Jul 29)
Starting with some architecture. 10 classrooms designed specifically to meet the challenges of 10 sites and communities. The promise of location appropriate architecture fulfilled. (Mostly — no one’s perfect) http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/updates/2009–07–22-finalists-announced-for-the-open-architecture-challenge A materials database site that is wicked fun to explore. You’ll want to start projects just to use some of this stuff. http://transmaterial.net/ Some paintings that I …
Morning Linkage (Jul 28)
If you don’t go any further this morning, go here. Not only is this exhibit on the topic of government propaganda timeless but the production values for the website encourage exactly the kind of exploration the topic deserves. http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/ On with the show. What to do with a sane but ugly vehicle. Smart TwoTipping. Because there aren’t enough cows …