October 16, 2007
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Phoenix by the Sea
Many interesting news efforts rise from the ashes of the News-Press, even as that local institution continues burning down (approaching the cremain stage on an asymptotic curve). The latest is Noozhawk, an effort by Bill MacFadyen, who left the NP many years ago, and put other instructive newspaper experiences under his belt in the meantime.… Continue reading
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Scary thought du jour
Tom at UrbanAgora: Folks, if every bit of data on everything is available, it will include ways of subverting the systems to cause events that will make 9/11 look like a Sunday picnic. Very shortly, the continued existence of civilization is going to depend on the good-will of script-kiddies. Read the whole thing. Read the… Continue reading
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How cooperation works
Rocking talk on modeling cooperation being given right now by Oliver Goodenough here at the Berkman Center. Streaming live. Continue reading
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Trick as treat
If that pumpkin brings Steven King to mind, there’s a good reason. The artist (it says here) is Glenn Chadbourne, scary illustrator for the scary author. I know King lives in Maine (and is highly associated with the state), and now (since I just looked him up) see that Chadbourne is quite the Maine dude… Continue reading