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It’s a curious problem: how do you compare two completely unrelated voting systems and say that one is more or less secure than the other?  How can you meaningfully compare the security of paper ballots tabulated by optical scan systems with DRE sys…

A reaction to McCain’s recently announced technology policy. (Stupidly unclear in the video: the initial graph is U.S.’s global ranking in broadband penetration — so starting high (#5) in 2000, and declining to #22 by 2008. The rankings are based on OECD data.)

There’s also a version at YouTube (but please watch in “high quality”).

(I resisted the cheap shot “[sic]” at “and free to chose among broadband service providers.” Will someone please get them to fix this?)

So, finally I have collected enough new Moon optical illusions to justify posting them as a collection. Individually posting each one, wouldn’t make sense any more. Agree? Even though the idea isn’t something we haven’t already seen before (through rel…

That the iPhone’s App Store has delivered 60 million downloads and generated an average of $1 million a day in revenue since its launch a month ago isn’t all that surprising.
To begin with, the App Store couldn’t be any easier to use. All apps av…

Over at Techcrunch Mike and Jason are busy guys and they run a new event for hot startups.  They’ve seen their share of demos.  They share their observations on how to demo your product - what to do and what not to do.  This list came from TC’s …

“For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.”

The California State Supreme Court has ruled that non-compete clauses in employment contracts are not enforceable in California. I’m reminded of the study from the Duke Center for the Public Domain that concluded that the reason that the tech corridor …

The other day, I was talking with someone who is trying to encourage a Getting Things Done-like work approach amongst the people on his team. We started talking about which parts of David Allen’s GTD system appear to have the greatest long-term impact on the people who have adopted it and who ultimately [...]

The not-so-ancient game of Rochambeau has been deciding restaurants, chores and front seats for years. By mastering the decisive gesture game, Graham Walker has been getting his way for a long time. As the author of :The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide”, he knows what will get you rocking when they’re scissoring.

Slashdot points us to the news that a new study, by the MCPS-PRS Alliance, which represents music rights holders, and Big Champagne, a company that measures file sharing activity claims that the music industry should embrace piracy rather than continuing to fight it. Specifically, it points to the success of Radiohead’s “name your own [...]