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Wednesday, February 23, 2005
History News Network: "HNN Features Articles and Op Eds by Historians from Both the Left and the Right" Hmmm. Cool. | Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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Friday, February 11, 2005
For all you parents-to-be out there: Popular baby names. Apparently Alexander was the 16th most popular baby name for males born in 2003? And Mark is at 106?? Something fishy about this list. Must be the same people who compiled the Top 100 Jazz Bassists one. Related link: Where Have All The Lisa's Gone? | Great article by security technologist extraordinaire Bruce Schneier on why national ID cards won't work as a security measure. But the main problem with any ID system is that it requires the existence of a database. In this case it would have to be an immense database of private and sensitive information on every American -- one widely and instantaneously accessible from airline check-in stations, police cars, schools, and so on. The security risks are enormous. Such a database would be a kludge of existing databases; databases that are incompatible, full of erroneous data, and unreliable. As computer scientists, we do not know how to keep a database of this magnitude secure, whether from outside hackers or the thousands of insiders authorized to access it. Worth a read.... | Tuesday, February 08, 2005
See You in the Pit An MP3 blog dedicated to bands who will be at this year's SXSW. Fill your boots [via largehearted boy]] | Sunday, February 06, 2005
I just undertook a badly needed trim of my blogroll over in the left nav. It now better reflects those sites I actually make a point of checking. Have a glance, and if there's something that looks intriguing to you, go ahead and click it...don't worry, it won't hurt and you can come straight back here if you don't like it. | Sisters, Separated by the Holocaust, Reunite After 61 Years 45 miles apart, and they had no idea the other was alive. Amazing story -- and the online Yad Vashem archive linked to earlier is what enabled the reunion. | Friday, February 04, 2005
Lifehacker. This is right up my productivity-focused, Getting-Things-Done-Kool-Aid-drinkin', 30+-year-old alley right now. And it even compiles relevant posts from my beloved Ask Metafilter. | |
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