An essay by Dan Greer, Chief Information Security Officer at In-Q-Tel, debases an otherwise thoughtful (if jargon-ridden) essay with this howler:

At the same time, the recent decision of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to wildly proliferate the number of top-level domains and the character sets in which domains can ( Read more... )

I'm having a lot of fun with Dwarf Fortress. It's a logistics game! (How can you arrange your tunnels to facilitate work and living? How do you assign jobs in order to make best use of your dwarves' time and resources? What imports do you need to get you through the next year ( Read more... )

Marissa's supplemental reading for the Westmark book discussion was Teckla and Night Watch, but I think she picked the wrong Pratchett. She ought to have read The Truth and Going Postal--- and not just for the obvious connection with Theo's trade.

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