FBI Abuses of the USA Patriot Act

FBI Abuses of the USA Patriot Act. Since the Patriot Act was passed, administration officials have repeatedly assured the public and Congress that there have not been improper uses of that law. As recently as April 27, 2005, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified that “there has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse.”… Continue reading FBI Abuses of the USA Patriot Act

Life after Radio

Life after Radio. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth I not only have my entire weblog archive in MySQL with all the entities playing nice (although much of the older HTML needs tidying up somewhat) but also have Rails rendering archive pages to disk which will honour the Radio permalinks. This is actually a… Continue reading Life after Radio

Self Inflicted Damage

Self Inflicted Damage Economist. In an attempt to ferret out the small money transfers that fund terrorism, an intrusive regulatory tsunami is underway. For KPMG's Mr Dillon, the resources already spent on the effort have handed a victory to the terrorists. “The cost to our global economy is so large, they've already had the effect… Continue reading Self Inflicted Damage

A GTD Success Story

A GTD Success Story. The Guardian's David McCandless talks about his experience with David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) and shares some nice lessons learned. He also talks a bit about why GTD is so popular on the Web. On the web, for example, Getting Things Done (GTD) has gone supernova. Web and IT professionals… Continue reading A GTD Success Story

Red light, Green light: Go!

Red light, Green light: Go!. Mike Gunderloy Is one of the few developers every developer can learn a lot from, and his latest article at Developer.com is must reading if you want to develop world-class software and have world-class Micro-ISV sales. Image every time you made a code change in your Mico-ISV's product and checked… Continue reading Red light, Green light: Go!

Individual healthcare is backed by DiMasi

Individual healthcare is backed by DiMasi. Tens of thousands of people without health insurance — many of them young, healthy, and able to afford coverage — would be required to get insurance, just as they must now carry auto insurance, under a healthcare bill being written by House lawmakers. [Boston Globe — Front Page]