An article from Salon today, written by a former Pentagon staffer, gives an insider view of what happened in the Pentagon leading up to the Iraq war. It is one person's view and your take may vary, but it seems entirely plausible and is worth a read. Normally, Salon.com …

Timing is everything. When I read this article from the New York Times this morning, it was a slam-dunk for publishing a pointer to it here (thanks, Amanda, for the pointer). The article is about privacy, and talks about how medical privacy laws are being pushed to (or perhaps beyond …

For those of you familiar with the song Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, by the Beetles, this has got to be the worst rendition ever. Recorded in the 1960's at the height of Star Trek's popularity, William Shatner made a mockery of this already bizarre song. However, this video …

This is a pretty technical article for those who are interested in putting SSL facilities on a Panther Server. So, you have obtained a certificate for your XServe or other OS X server and you want to use that certificate for the built-in email services. Unfortunately, if this is documented …

With terrorism awareness on the rise, the UK's MI5 (home security service) is announcing it will be recruiting 1000 new employees to add to its 1900 existing staff members, according to an article from BBC News.

Humor... Klingon style and about software. This was found on this page at Mathew Norton's blog. Top 12 things likely to be overheard if you had Klingon programmers working for you. Starting with: Specifications are for the weak and timid!! Specifications are for the weak and timid!! This machine is …

The Washington Post has a review (registration required) of Apple's new iPod Mini. Their technology writer likes it. In summary, the iPod Mini is a suitable replacement for just about any flash or hard drive-based player and if you are willing to pay the money for the size (a "real …

With a country split mostly down the middle, recent elections (1992 and 2000) showcased third-party candidates not only as vote getters, but as a fine way to erode support. In 1992, it was George H.W. Bush who was ousted when Republicans couldn't hold their lead over Bill Clinton. In …

An article from MacWorld UK contains quotes from the PalmSource VP of Business Development indicating that Apple's much-discussed secrecy makes it too difficult to keep up on the Macintosh platform. The article goes on to say they still consider the Mac community important and will try to work with Apple …

Although Windows seems to be continuing its growth in education markets (a sad slide for the venerable Apple stalwart), the scientific community is beginning to become a new battleground for the Mac vs. PC argument. An article from E-Commerce Times quotes NASA scientists, among others, who are finding the power …

The International Herald Tribune is carrying an article (originally from the New York Times, but not requiring a log in) about the California governor and his attempts to maintain his "Arnold-ness" while in the most powerful office in the state. The article speaks of motorcycle rides with friends, mingling with …

According to an article from Commander Bond.net, Die Another Day will be the last Bond film for the Pierce Brosnan. No reason was given, but the site claims confirmation from inside of Eon Productions.

Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for Windows and MacOS X. The betas were posted just hours apart (the Mac world only lagged 6 hours behind the Windows world on this one).

Whitehouse.com, possibly the most often accidentally-reached porn site on the internet is going to be moving this year. Based on this article from Reuters (via Yahoo), the site's owner is concerned that his soon-to-be school-aged child will be the subject of ridicule at school if the family's business is …

The word on the street is that we should expect to see a boxed set of the special edition of the trilogy this fall. More news as it happens, but here's the article form the Chicago Sun Times.

I first met Burt Rutan in the 1970's at an EAA(Experimental Aircraft Association) convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. At the time, I was just a kid fascinated with planes, but my grandfather (building a BD-5 at the time) took me to see the planes and we got to have a …

According to an article from Wired, NASA has made a final decision to stop flights to the Hubble Space Telescope, despite complaints from amateur and professional astronomers alike. The big claim is that they can't rescue the crew of the shuttle if it goes up there to service the Hubble …

StupidSecurity is a web site that specializes in "Exposing fake security", or to be more succinct, finding security provisions that aren't and exposing them to the light of day. Today, they have an article from Reuters (via Yahoo) discussing an American who was fined $10,000 for crossing into Canada …

Microsoft announced a patch yesterday for a significant vulnerability that affects core security protocols on all recent Windows operating systems (Windows 2000- XP). If you have a Windows box, you should immediately run software update and get this fix.

For those who haven't heard of it (like me, until this morning), American Apparel is a textile company headquartered in Los Angeles. However, unlike many companies selling attire in this country, 100% of their wares (or is that wears) are made in the US--in fact, at their headquarters/factory in …