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Adam & Eve. Adam & Eve: I'm linking to some Adobe tech you may not know about, at opensource.adobe.com… “Eve” is a layout engine used within Adobe application development, and “Adam” is an interactivity engine to make things happen when you press buttons. … [JD on EP]

The voices of a failed government Meet the Press discusses the NSA program to spy on Americans. How overweening pretensions of the value of secrecy undermined protection of the Constitution. Listen to the entire thing, it's very depressing…. We are ruled by a bunch of idiots.  [John Robb's Weblog]

Notes and Tips: iMac Core Duo Tests. “I never expected the increase in speed to be so substantial.” [MacInTouch]

Big Snowstorm Sets Record in New York and Disrupts Travel. The storm dropped a record amount of snow in Central Park, closing the region's three major airports and paralyzing traffic. By CHRISTINE HAUSER. [NYT > Home Page]

Digital Domain: Trying to Get a Read on Amazon's Books. Talk to analysts who cover the Internet, and one company stands out as the least forthcoming, most furtive, least transparent and most difficult to work with — and it isn't Google. By RANDALL STROSS. [NYT > Technology]

The Buzz on DNSSECbis. In a recent posting, I considered the prospects for DNSSEC's adoption. Well, instead of just thinking about what might happen, I figured I should take a look at the current situation. I had the pleasure of spending several days with the new DNSSECbis command-line tools in BIND 9.3.2 a couple of… Continue reading The Buzz on DNSSECbis

Web Development 2.0. By marc I gave a rushed and somewhat incoherent talk at the Y Combinator Winter Founder's Program last night (and let me say again — holy cow, they have such great taste in people — the companies they're funding are filled with people I'd love to work with). In it, I reprised… Continue reading Web Development 2.0

Trust People and They'll Surprise You. Amazing things happen when you give people a bit of trust and authority to do things according to their own judgment. I was reminded of this a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon a Fast Company article called Engines of Democracy. It describes a revolutionary jet engine plant… Continue reading Trust People and They'll Surprise You

Webs of small offices.  I was chatting with someone today and they said this…. Here's another interesting factoid. My small business clients are turning into webs of small offices. I'm just coming off budget meetings with all of them and fully 80% are planning to expand remote workers and remote offices in the coming 2… Continue reading Webs of small offices

Washington Post: Why do we carry so much around?. Burdens of the Modern Beast Washington Post on the growing amount of crap people carry around (present company very much included). The increased quantity of carry-on items for our flight through life, he says, reflects “the tendency of our society to dispense with sources of shared… Continue reading Washington Post: Why do we carry so much around?