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I was following a series of articles about the Brazilian e-voting system, which apparently underwent a white-hat hack test and survived. It started with this Slashdot article, “[Hackers Fail to Crack Brazillian Voting Machines”](http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/14/1936200/Hackers-Fail-To-Crack-Br...
Read more →I just posted an update on our work on BlogBridge for the iPhone. In summary, we got many many responses to our survey and the prevailing feedback was that like most iPhone apps, people wanted it to be free (those very people also are using BlogBridge for free, very likely.) Read the whole post for the rest of the story. 
Yeah, I just received the renewal paperwork for health insurance, and it’s up. This is with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, with whom I have been having a fine experience. I am happy with the service, and the responsiveness. But from 2009 to 2010, my bill is up 15%. Wow. Technorati Tags: healthinsurance, costs, bluecross
Just came across Wordnik, what looks like a mega dictionary. Maybe it’s more of a meta dictionary. It’s part of the zeitgeist, don’t you know? You might like it.
Check out Targeted Copyright Enforcement: Deterring Many Users with a Few Lawsuits(from Freedom to Tinker: > “One reason the record industry’s stra...
Read more →I wrote the other day about the ‘amusing’ dust-up between the RealClimate blog and Levitt and Dubner, authors of [Super Freakonomic...
Read more →“GPS satellites tell us where we are, but what tells them where they are?”. Good question. This article answers it.
I can’t vouch for the accuracy, but it is fun to see a major league cat-fight errupting between academics. Here’s the conclusion: > “May I suggest that if you should happen to need some friendly help next time...
Read more →Check out Schwarzenegger Gives California Legislature A Hidden Finger(from TechCrunch: ** "
There is absol...
I have believed that Amazon is a much bigger deal than people realize. Not only are they the ultimate retailer that seem to have everything, at better prices, more conveniently offered, than anyone else, but, the technology (in software and process) that they have invented and built is extremely uni...
Read more →Check out It’s Not My Company(from Feld Thoughts🙂 ** "While I’ve got plenty of rights as an investor, I’m very aware that I’m “an investor.” If you are a CEO or an en...
Read more →Did you know of the Lexington Public Library’s role in the founding of DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) and so part of the creation of the computer revolution we’ve been living through the last 50 of so years? **“Other than our lunch hour visits to the Lexington Public Library to study their coll...
Read more →I am traveling on my usually favorite Airline; and of course everyone knows that they are suffering, right? And yes, the flight to L.A. is ridiculously inexpensive. But still, let’s say these raised my eyebrows: - When I checked in, I looked at the seat assignment chart and there were no free sea...
Read more →I want to do an electricity audit for my house. I am looking for a web site that lets me complete a survey of all my electricity consuming devices and estimates my KWh. I suspect there may be many of these, is there one you recommend? I know it’s really easy to do ‘by hand’, but I think there must be someone who did the research of how much power a Staples paper shredder uses when it’s on but not in use, and on, and on and on.
If you get it, you may want to get it: Create UML Diagrams from the command line
As David W. says, there’s a lot that’s been written in response to the provocative article by Larry Lessig. I haven’t yet read all of it, but what I’ve seen is very provocative (in a good sense.)All the pointers you might need can be found here: [Larry Lessig: Beyond Transparency, and Net Triumphali...
Read more →I attended BIF-5 (The Business Information Factory’s Annual Summit) last week, a great and stimulating experience. One of the speakers was Alan M. Weber taking some topics out of his new book, Rules of Thumb. ...
Read more →Check out Premature Evaluation?: Obama Wins Nobel Prize(from The BRAD BLOG: > “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary e...
Read more →Sergey Brin of Google has an op-ed in today’s New York Times, making the case for Google Books: **“But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most tenacious researchers at premi...
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