Earth: Mostly Harmless

links for 2006-03-31

RConversation: Yahoo! Abomination. (YHOO)
Some good ideas here. It also shows how the Internet can potentially subvert the sovereignty and ‘jurisdiction’ paradigms, and preserve freedom of expression for all.
(tags: civilliberties china yahoo blogging email law)

I Hate DRM
So do I.
(tags: DRM culture politics reference tech)

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links for 2006-03-30

Am I missing some big problem to the idea of taking my wife-to-be’s name? | Ask MetaFilter
A nice discussion on whether what a marrying couple should do with their surnames - the guy asking wonders whether he should take his partner’s surname. Other options presented include hyphenating; keeping same names; swapping surnames; giving any childre
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Bedtime reading

Bedtime reading

Originally uploaded by BigRedBall.

Ah, essay season…
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Alistair Cooke: Letter from America - The Assassination of Robert Kennedy

I posted this a few days ago, but it kind of got lost in the sea of other posts, so I’ve moved it up. Enjoy.
As promised in a drunken rambling to Tom last night, here’s Alistair Cooke’s amazing account of the Bobby Kennedy assassination. Cooke was present at the scene of the crime, and what [...] (…)

Spring has sprung?

Well, dare I say it for fear of tempting fate (and bad weather), but it appears that spring has arrived proper here in Glasgow. I’m sitting in the library and in the distance I can see the hills to the south of the city through a window, and the sun is splitting the sky. It [...] (…)