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Atom 1.0Whose stock picks should you pay attention to? — The Motley Fool is enabling its members to publicly risk their reputations.
Paddling is still common in schools in some states — It was very common where I went to school in Texas, I was paddled many times throughout the years.
What waterboarding looks like — If it worked for the Khmer Rouge, it will work for America!
How Dick Cheney has ruined America — Joan Didion in the New York Review of Books.
Kip Hawley is an idiot — If you're a few hours early to the airport, write that on something you plan on carrying onto the plane.
Steve Yegge on JavaScript and HTML — I've been feeling lately that I'm going to have to finally take the plunge and get seriously competent with JavaScript.
Scott Rosenberg's software development book club — He's calling it Code Reads.
Radar interview with John Hodgman — Perhaps the funniest man in America.
How the Bush administration is eviscerating Nuremberg — What a shameful era we live in.
Oprah Winfrey endorses Barack Obama for President — I have not previously heard of her endorsing any candidate or political party.
Will Rebtel cause mass havock in the telecommunications industry? — They are working hard to demolish the idea of where you are making a difference in how much you pay for calls.
Blogging essentially saved a man's life — Radley Balko deserves all the credit he gets for this, and I hope he gets an awful lot of credit.
Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky on how torture destroys a society from within — You don't have to take my word for anything, torture is a practice with a long and well-documented history.
Torture is a Moral Issue — Sad that our society seems to need this reminder. (I'm very glad to see that Rick Warren is one of the signatories.)
More gory details of HP's skullduggery — HP sent one reporter a trojan horse masquerading as marketing materials for an upcoming product.
A vignette of life in Baghdad — Too depressing for any kind of accompanying political comment.
Jack Shafer on the New York Times Reader — It's a custom application for presenting the newspaper, built using Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation.
How rich people wind up broke — "He says there are five basic ways people become rich: they inherit, marry, steal, win or earn their fortunes. Only those who earn fortunes, says Mr. Latko, tend to preserve their wealth."
Bruce Ackerman explains why the administration's wiretapping bill is bad for America — It would codify several practices that are corrosive to constitutional democracy.
Google gives grant to expand literacy in India — Sounds like "Sesame Street" except for adults. Cool idea.
Diebold voting machines secured by standard office furniture keys — They're commonly used for hotel minibars, filing cabinets, and so forth, and you can order them on the Internet.
Bruce Schneier on why you should renew your passport now — Coincidentally, I just renewed mine a few weeks ago.
Tim Bray on why Wikipedia is winning the search war — Wikipedia is winning based on natural selection.
BoingBoing review of "This Film is Not Yet Rated" — Into the Netflix queue it goes.
Billmon on the drive to legalize torture — I feel like the torturers and their supporters have ruined America.
The military spends $16,000 in marketing for each soldier it recruits — Just a number that stood out to me.
Research report on Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machines — Produced by Princeton University.
Avi Rubin on his experience as a poll worker — The electronic voting systems deployed in Maryland are a failure on many levels. (Via Q)
Scott Rosenberg on Hoepker, Rich, Breughel, and Auden — The epitome of smart blogging, associating the current with the timeless.
Google hires evil lobbyists — One thing I like about Google's "don't be evil" motto is that it makes it easy to figure out whether they're living up to their own standards.
Daring Fireball on the Apple Showtime announcement — Solid roundup of what was expected and whether those expectations were met.
Ann Richards, RIP — If George Bush hadn't beaten her in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election, things would have been much different for this country.
Jason Kottke asks why the Series 3 Tivo costs $800 — My guess is the hardware demands of recording and showing HD.
A nation that is wearing seat belts is probably not a mortal enemy of the United States — David Ignatius on Iran.
dhh says that for performance-intensive stuff, calling native libs is fine — I am inclined to agree, but I think that Tim Bray also makes a good contra point on the importance of native libraries as well.
Rich people are better at sleeping than poor people — I always tell people I sleep the sleep of the just. From now on I'm going to tell them I sleep the sleep of the rich.
Teresa Nielsen Hayden contemplates authorized interrogation techniques — It still saddens me that the media won't refer to torture as torture.
The future history of the Bush administration — "Subsequently historians have concluded this approach to problems was the chief reason for the Bush administration's multiple failures, of which the debacle in Iraq is the most stunning - and, because of its lasting impact on America's standing in the world - unfortunate example."
Advogato is going offline — A bit sad but unsurprising in an age when everyone has a blog of their own.
The advantages of moving to Buenos Aires — How to make a country's currency crisis work for you.
Developers agree: blind job postings suck — Joel's rule that companies posting on his job board must disclose their names is a great policy.
Valerie Plame's real job — She was the CIA's point person on Iraq's WMD programs.
The top ten things food companies don't want you to know — Processed food is evil, but you already knew that. (Yes, I eat it anyway.)
Adrian Holovaty on how newspaper Web sites should change — Fewer stories, more structured information.
SCO gets the smackdown in its Linux lawsuit — One pithy quote from the judge's order: "Certainly if an individual was stopped and accused of shoplifting after walking out of Neiman Marcus they would expect to be eventually told what they allegedly stole."
Frank Bruni on theft at restaurants — Amazing catalog of stuff customers steal from restaurants.
Dave Shea's Mighty Mouse review — I had a Mighty Mouse but gave up on it and went back to a Microsoft optical mouse I've had for about 5 years.
The Economist roundup of what has happened since 9/11 — It's worthwhile to step back and look at it all from a great distance.
Malcolm Gladwell: get rid of the NCAA — The NCAA regime is in serious need of change.
Scorecard from the war on terror — Prosecutions for terrorism are back down to pre-9/11 levels.
How the Taliban is regaining influence in Afghanistan — One of many depressing sentences: "Statistically it is now nearly as dangerous to serve as an American soldier in Afghanistan as it is in Iraq."
Option ARMS are nightmare mortgages — Imagine getting a mortgage but trying to pay it off like a credit card.
Steve Irwin killed by a stingray — A sad, freakish occurence.
Tivo Series 3 photos — I am unreasonably excited about this product (which will unfortunately sell for something like $800).