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• US imposes 72 hour pre-reg for Visa waiver travellers - And this is going to help how?!
• ID Cards: Scandalous as Well as Idiotic - More on ID cards and the lengths that the government is going to in order to make sure that we all get them, like it or not. Very sneaky.
• Want to buy Jacqui Smith's ID? - "Four people have been arrested after the BBC bought a driving licence and utility bills in the name of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith." Yet the government insists that this is a good reason for having a national ID card? They still don't understand…

• 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

• eBayer invites buyers to rip him off - It does seem that eBay has become a victim of its own success. Having said that, some of the ways that they're trying to tackle fraudulent users are clearly bonkers.
• Japan MPs moot halt to executions - Hopefully this will move from "moot" to law, and then from temporary to permanent.
• Designing What’s Right for Consumers - Is it really so hard to design consumer electronics? The manufacturers say it is. Everyone else seems to disagree.
• WordPress 2.3.3 - I've upgraded to the current version of Wordpress. As ever, if you spot anything amiss please let me know!