An open letter to the next Farmer in ChiefThis article in the New York Times Magazine (NYT registration required) is a great editorial from Michael Pollen, the author of "“In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto ( Read more... )

From The Times Online,
"The personal and bank details of 25 million people - almost every child in the country [United Kingdom] as well as their parents and carers - have been lost by HM Revenue & Customs, the Government admitted today..."
and the money quote:
"When it was discovered that those CDs had never reached their destination the ( Read more... )

I know this sounds crazy, but your new passport and your new credit cards can expose your identity by just existing. Now is the time to buy a new wallet that blocks the signals your passport and creditcards are sending out all the time (or being induced to send out. Same difference, really, in these cases).

The technology is RFID chips. Handy, ( Read more... )