the umbrella man
Or… sometimes a pipe is just a pipe. I’ve long had an admiration for errol morris, a filmmaker who seems to just keep getting better (I hate him too!)...
go .gov!
In 2009 the US government (thanks to Obama) did a remarkable thing by releasing a ton (perhaps a Library of Congress worth of tons) of data: http://explore.data.gov/ Much of the...
Standing outside a broken volunteer with money in my hand
So I’m walking down the street and get stopped by an effervescent volunteer who claims to come from UNICEF. Now… come on, who doesn’t like unicef? All around good people...
Bruce, prisons, justice, GhD
Thanks go out to bruce schneier for pointing out this article in the New Yorker* about the american prison, process, and justice (sic) system. (Below, by adam gopnik.) It’s important,...
Your most important systems are your least secure
I’ve a larger writing project afoot… putting it down to see how it looked in a different format. zen@trouble.org/2012/Draft Your most important systems are your least secure Here’s an easy...