Welcome to a very special edition of Dispatches From the Stacks. What’s so special, you ask? Well, I won’t be writing for a couple weeks. So what, you say, it’s not like you post every week like you’re supposed to. Fair enough, I say, but this time I have a valid excuse. You see, dear patrons, [...]
Continue reading...Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Tue, Mar 2, 2010
It’s clear that the coming years will present major tests for security on the internet. We’ll also likely see further debate about privacy and First Amendment issues online, with personal data, intellectual property and child pornography topping the laundry list of concerns. But in the wake of the attack on Google in China, let’s start [...]
Continue reading...Posted by Nicholas Farrell on Mon, Mar 1, 2010
Greetings from the Fatherland! I love the directness of Germans, even when asserting the need for a parenting guide. Translation: What’s next, dear parents? [Editor's note: my guess is dyeing her hair blue in a hostel group toilet with bad Euro techno blaring and a guy named Otto mainlining antifreeze the next stall over.]
Continue reading...Posted by Chris Parizo on Thu, Feb 18, 2010
Some wake-up action for you all… please excuse my morning breath as I roll on top of you. CNN is reporting that Great Britain has released the largest collection of UFO files to the public. I skimmed through some of them this morning via the BBC and found many fascinating stories. Although I am not a UFO [...]
Continue reading...Posted by Wes Covey on Tue, Feb 9, 2010
Careful readers may notice (though I doubt it) that every time our beloved leader mentions that no one else is posting, as he did in his excellent piece on that wretched woman, I put something up almost immediately, often of shifty quality. I think this behavior may be characteristic of a severe, deep-rooted psychological issue. [...]
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Posted by Wes Covey on Sun, Mar 7, 2010
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