Talking with my brother about power, politics and influence in Indonesia, I'm again reminded of Lord Acton's famous quote:

"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men..."

Mel is the geekiest female I've ever met. I met her at Wikimania in August, when she was one of the two people representing One Laptop Per Child, and she now acts unofficially as one of Appropedia's software advisors. And I just discovered that she blogs:

"Why would I get highlights that don't show?" I asked. "That's like putting on makeup so you ( Read more... )