Links December 2009Links December 2009
Dan Gilbert gave an insightful TED talk about our mistaken expectations of happiness [1]. Don Marti has an insightful post about net neutrality and public property [2]. When net access[...]
US Border SecurityUS Border Security
Making Light has a post about the Canadian sci-fi author Peter Watts who was beaten and jailed overnight without access to a lawyer by US border guards because he asked[...]
Testing Noise Canceling HeadphonesTesting Noise Canceling Headphones
This evening I tested some Noise Canceling Headphones (as described in my previous post [1]). I first tried the ones on sale at Brookstone [2], they were the on the[...]
Noise Canceling HeadphonesNoise Canceling Headphones
My patience with the noise of airlines has run out, on my trip from AU to US I didn’t get any sleep due to the cramped seat and the noise[...]
The Transition to Ext4The Transition to Ext4
I’ve been investigating the Ext4 filesystem [1]. The main factor that is driving me to Ext4 at the moment is fsck times. I have some systems running Ext3 on large[...]
Play Machine Offline for 2 WeeksPlay Machine Offline for 2 Weeks
I’m about to leave for San Francisco, so my SE Linux Play Machine is turned off and will remain off until after I return. Related posts: Lenny Play Machine Online[...]
New RFID PassportNew RFID Passport
Above is the picture of the RFID device in my new UK passport. The outer wire loop is 72mm * 42mm which is by far the largest RFID device I’ve[...]
Who Should Edit Wikipedia and Where Should they Do It?Who Should Edit Wikipedia and Where Should they Do It?
Cory Doctorow wrote an interesting little column for Make magazine about Wikipedia and the way that it “contains facts about facts” [1]. One of the issues with this is that[...]
Killing BankersKilling Bankers
John Robb wrote an interesting post about running web sites to target corporations such as Goldman Sachs [1] (such as tracking where it’s employees live). Naked Capitalism has an interesting[...]
Seatbelts and Transporting ComputersSeatbelts and Transporting Computers
I’ve just read an interesting post at Making Light about seat-belts [1]. In Australia seat-belt use is mandatory, you can be fined for failing to wear one – and the[...]