March 2008
37 posts
Bell Canada caught throttling ISPs' net... →
Bell Canada, the national Canadian telcom, has been caught filtering P2P connections initiated by customers of its reseller ISPs — that means that if you start a funky little ISP in Toronto and buy a giant fat industrial pipe from Bell to serve it, Bell will secretly throw away your customers’ packets.
Follow the Oil Money →
is an interactive tool that tracks the flow of oil money in US politics.
The Connection Has Been Reset →
“China’s Great Firewall is crude, slapdash, and surprisingly easy to breach. Here’s why it’s so effective anyway.”
Stand with Tibet - Support the Dalai Lama →
Please consider signing this petition.
Change Congress →
“… is a movement to build support for basic reform in how our government functions. Using our tools, both candidates and citizens can pledge their support for basic changes to reduce the distorting influence of money in Washington.”
Sam Harris: What Barack Obama Could Not (and... →
How we judge the thoughts of others →
“Brain division could help explain stereotyping, religious conflict and racism.”
The new normal: China blocks YouTube over Tibet →
“It’s becoming every authoritarian government’s first response to internal strife: Block the Web so the world can’t see what’s going on.”
How photos support your own "reality" →
“Why do 9/11 deniers see an alternative story in pictures of the attacks? Because we all interpret images according to our biases.”
An End to War: Some Promises from Primate Studies →
Over 700,000 people are on terrorist watchlist,... →
20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time →
“From turning down the Beatles to stomping Napster— the most ill-advised, foolhardy and downright idiotic decisions ever made by The Man.”
WatchMerlin Mann - Worst Website Ever - SXSW 2008
Insider's story about Atari →
“Fun first-person account of designing the cartridge version of Donkey Kong for Atari, written by Landon Dyer, who was 21 years old when Atari hired him.”
AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water →
A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion, far below the levels of a...
Bon Iver →
Brilliant, new “neo-soul” project from Justin Vernon
Larry David: On the Red Phone →
