In a controversial Internet case, USA today reports on a journalist who was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. He was arrested for sending and receiving pornographic images over the Internet, and claims he didn’t know it was illegal. Apparently, the journalist was working on a story at the time, and committed the crimes during the course of his research.
John Schwartz covers the neverending crypto debate for the Washington Post.
The stupid Internet scam of the day award goes to: http://www.majon.com. These guys sent an email message to my parents telling them they had won “Majon’s Select Web Award,” and that they should put up the award logo on their site with a link back to Majon. What do they get from Majon in return? The right to link to Majon. Thank goodness my parents have me to look out for them.
I was looking for a resource on English grammar and punctuation, and it took me about 20 seconds to find a Guide to Grammar and Writing. It’s quite good.