Web Classifieds on Craig’s List Gain Popularity (NPR)

Craigslist: 18-Ring Circus of Supply and Demand – “We’re trying to figure out how to run the site as a commons, yet avoid the tragedy of the commons,” Mr. Newmark said.

List of company name etymologies – I knew what SCO stood for, but had no idea that SEGA was “Service Games of Japan” and was originally founded to import pinball games for use on American military bases in Japan. Or that Yahoo! came from “Yet Another Heirarchical Officious Oracle.”

Centralized intelligence won’t help us – Look at how companies recovered after the WTC fell for inspiration in the war on terror. And Duncan Watts needs to read up on social networks.

NRC will no longer release nuclear safety reports – Because security through obscurity works so well. I mean, geez, look at Microsoft. No one ever exploits holes in their…oh wait.

Another raise in terror alert level – politics as usual?

Ross Gelbspan’s Boiling Point says we need to come together to fight a bigger problem then terrorism – Yeah, global warming is still unproven. Right…

Styrafoam houses for Afghanistan

Give people enough free condoms, and they’ll find something interesting to do with them… – And its certainly not what you think.

MaryAnn liked The Manchurian Candidate about as much as I did – The original was so much better.

iTunes on Linux – My dreams come true!

Our buddy Chris Hitchens calls Kerry on his Baghdad firehoses line

Computer software scores the essay component of the GMAT and may soon do the same for the GRE – I can totally see test prep companies teaching students how to defeat this by writing simple, well-structured sentences and throwing in a few big words, with no regard for saying anything coherent.

TiVo’s broadcast flag woes – The NFL and the MPAA are stopping innovation. No surprises, just keep moving folks. [I]f a programmer or an engineer with a bright idea has to go to Washington, hat in hand and lawyers in tow, to request permission to sell a better product — and is then told “just wait awhile” — we are on our way to suffocating innovation in this country.

Flash memory can survive coffee, skateboards, soda – Chances of recover are a bit lower if card is hit by a sledgehammer. I really need to stop doing that!

Those angry, angry Democrats

Is there anything aspirin can’t do? – Now it cuts breast cancer risk as well.

`Manchurian’ remake victim of its timeliness

A brief history of “brainwashing”

Making roads appear more dangerous cuts speeding and accidents