- Amnesty unveils shock 'waterboarding' film – This video makes it pretty clear why waterboarding is torture and not just an "enhanced interrogation" technique as George Bush would have us believe. Very nasty. (Don't watch over dinner.)
- DRM: The Gift that Keeps on Taking – "Now, people, aren't you really glad you bought DRM'd music"
- Free your mind – How can a writer make money when distribution is free…
Tag Archives: politics
My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 2nd through April 5th
- The Cost of E-Voting – One of the many reasons that I am against e-voting machines: the cost. "The cost … increased 179 percent per voter on average." All that money for a less reliable system. Bargain!
- Change we can believe in – I didn't realise that we were in line for some new coins. They look surprisingly good, certainly much better than the new US notes. (Originally from daringfireball.net)
- Bali bombings: A sister's search for justice – I've always said that it's much easier to be against capital punishment when it's just an abstract idea. Here the sister of one of the Bali bombing's victims argues why she's still against it.
My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 2nd through March 10th
- Dear ISP, I am not a target market – "Some things should just not be for sale, no matter what assurances are on offer or who they come from. Regardless of how the data is acquired and processed, and despite the powerful ISP friends Phorm has made since the PeopleOnPage days, spyware is spywa
- Happy now, bitches? – A fair and balanced analysis of yesterdays announcement of the iPhone software developer kit and "enterprise" functionality.
- Polls say 88% want EU referendum – About a year ago the Daily Mail (I think) published a poll saying pretty much the same thing. But they also asked "Do you understand the Libson treaty?" and about the same percentage of people said "No." (Can anyone find a link?) Is democracy best served
My del.icio.us bookmarks for February 12th through February 22nd
- Behind the Scenes at the Bay Bridge Construction Site – I saw the construction going on a few times last year, but from a distance while driving past. Interesting to see what they're doing in more detail.
- Hand-wringing About American Culture – Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge? – "Not only are citizens ignorant about essential scientific, civic and cultural knowledge, she said, but they also don’t think it matters." The article concentrates on the US but I don't think it's limited to North America.
- America – more hassle than it's worth? – Next week they'll announce that all travelers need to wear orange overalls, the next that all flights go straight to Guantanamo… and then they'll announce that it's all an elaborate joke and that they just wanted to see how far we'd go before complainin
My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 17th through January 20th
- Are You Better Off than You Were 2,000 Years Ago? – The next president of the United States of America? If only…
- Apple unveil iNvisible iBook – Even more Apple announcements this week. Kind of.
- How to Spot Arial – I never realised that Arial and Helvetica were so different!
My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 4th through January 7th
- When is a pencil and paper better than a computer? – And here’s another piece about technology and voting in the States. This time (blatant self-promotion alert) it’s one that I wrote last year…
- Follow the Money – Daringfireball links to this “forgotten” Cringely article about the US voting system. He’s right: low technology can be the answer!
- Pointui, the definitive user interface for mobile devices. – Been playing around with this on my HTC P4350. First impressions: great. I love the fact that I am less reliant on the stylus — one of my main problems with Windows Mobile.
- Make the defence of Human Rights your New Year?s Resolution – “We must all try very much harder to support Human Rights from attack, whether that is from religious or cultural forces.”