If you haven't read this yet, read it now.
"But even if TextMate 2 drops from the sky fully-formed and marveled at by all, Emacs will still be there, waiting. It will be there when the icecaps melt and the cities drown, when humanity destroys itself in fire and zombies, when the roaches finally achieve sentience, take over, and begin using computers themselves - at which point its various Ctrl-Meta key-chords will seem not merely satisfyingly ergonomic for the typical arthropod, but also direct evidence for the universe's Intelligent Design by some six-legged, multi-jointed God."
Via marcell. Gemma Schusterman did basically this same project 4-5 years ago. She made a very similar elephant vibration sensor: http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~gemma/superelephant.html
"anyone with access to the server such as staff or government officials can add new members to a private group without permission of its admin members"
I don't actually buy this argument. It's got a sort of "back in the good old days" that I suppose has more to do with the author's own experience than with any object difference in the way technology is designed. That said, there's a good point in here and the intentions are admirable.
"Ownership is not as important as it once was." Provocative, if not right. :)
Now you can find out that Google has been recording EVERY PLACE YOU'VE GONE for the up to the last 5-6 years!
Javascript that makes all of your images load... really... slowly.
Nice profile of danah, although a little weird it's in the fashion section and, y'know, focuses a ton on her fashion.
I've always been intrigued by the rules relating to phones and planes.
