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I finally got a chance to watch a couple of episodes of the new BBC series Doctor Who.  I loved the original and the new one seems great so far.

Today Boston's Archbishop Sean was made one of 15 new Cardinals of the Catholic Church.

Annenberg Center Principles: Net Neutrality. (Via boingboing) In February, the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of California convened a group of senior communication experts to discuss the hot topic of net neutrality. They agreed on a set of principles: The Annenberg Center Principles for Network Neutrality The goal of the Annenberg Center Principles… Continue reading Annenberg Center Principles: Net Neutrality

Morningstar.com: The best designed information-heavy site on the web. For years I’ve been impressed with the design of Morningstar’s site. Beautiful data tables, clean charts, crisp text, tasteful icons. They use font sizes and shades of grey wisely. The leading on their longer articles is spot on too. It’s really the gold standard in information-heavy… Continue reading Morningstar.com: The best designed information-heavy site on the web

Bush: I'll obey the law if I feel like it. I wonder what it’s like to be in President Bush’s world, a world unconstrained by checks and balances or, apparently, reality. That’s where it seems our president spends his days, anyway, based on this Boston Globe analysis of the President’s “signing statement” for the Patriot… Continue reading Bush: I'll obey the law if I feel like it

Airport Passenger Screening. It seems like every time someone tests airport security, airport security fails. In tests between November 2001 and February 2002, screeners missed 70 percent of knives, 30 percent of guns and 60 percent of (fake) bombs. And recently (see also this), testers were able to smuggle bomb-making parts through airport security in… Continue reading Airport Passenger Screening

The backbone. This information aesthetics post has an “extremely detailed map of the North American Internet backbone including 134,855 routers.The colors represent who each router is registered to:red is Verizon,blue AT&T,yellow Qwest,green is major backbone players like Level 3 & Sprint Nextel,black is the entire cable industry put together,& gray is everyone else,from small telecommunications… Continue reading The backbone

Essex Image Vault. Prints of rare, historical photos and maps of Essex County and particularly Salem, Mass. Visit site [SimpleBits]

Eating Away From Below. A few months ago, Peter Merholz wrote a post on his blog called “Eating away from below, which was a smart and interesting take on how nimbler, easier, more social software is going to start succeeding in large businesses. Peter is partially responsible (well, actually, it’s all his fault) for coining… Continue reading Eating Away From Below

Your Micro-ISV web site: get the basics right..  It has to be one of the most asked micro-ISV questions: How do I build my web site right? There’s no one right answer, but there are a number of things that if not done mean you don’t get the prize. Here are my top three to… Continue reading Your Micro-ISV web site: get the basics right.