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'Shakespeare'; 'A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare': Straight Out of Stratford. Two takes on Shakespeare’s life, from Peter Ackroyd, a British man of letters, and James Shapiro, an American scholar. By JOHN SIMON. [NYT > Books]

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

How to Eliminate Whiteboard Ghosts.  Got a problem with ghosted marks on your white boards? Mr. Clean Magic Erasers can work magic. They're all the rage at our local public schools for getting rid of stubborn marks. Reader Adam French adds: I struggled with this all the time until a friend handed me a Mr.… Continue reading How to Eliminate Whiteboard Ghosts

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!. 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. 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]

IEEE Spectrum – The VoIP Backlash. A seven-year-old Mountain View, Calif., company, Narus Inc., has devised a way for telephone companies to detect data packets belonging to VoIP applications and block the calls. For example, now when someone in Riyadh clicks on Skype's “call” button, Narus's software, installed on the carrier's network, swoops into action.… Continue reading IEEE Spectrum – The VoIP Backlash

Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked.. Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked. r84x writes “A research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser printers secretly hide in every document. The U.S. Secret Service admitted that the tracking information is part of a deal struck… Continue reading Hidden Codes in Printers Cracked.

Info Science Blends Design, Technology.. The Cornell Daily Sun: Info Science Blends Design, Technology. “Cornell now has a new undergraduate major and Ph.D. program: Information Science (I.S.). I.S. looks at the uses of computing and the way information systems affect society’s culture, economy, law, government and research. The major focuses on how people interact with… Continue reading Info Science Blends Design, Technology.

Writeboard: 1 code base = 2 features + 1 app. We've just launched Writeboard integration for Basecamp, which means that all projects now have the option of associating Writeboards with them. This is interesting because it shows how the “app-less app” design allows us to reap the benefits of development thrice. From a single code… Continue reading Writeboard: 1 code base = 2 features + 1 app