A Spy Machine of Darpa's Dreams. A defense agency information-gathering project code-named LifeLog looks, to some national security experts and civil libertarians, like a successor to the controversial Total Information Awareness initiative. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]

The man behind the Slayer. “Buffy” creator Joss Whedon talks about why Buffy and Angel couldn't be together, how Willow might have stayed straight, and the end of the series that redefined cult TV. [Salon.com]

Bye-bye, Buffy!. Let's salute “Buffy the Vampire Slayer's” greatest accomplishment: A girl who not only kicked ass, but rejected the lonely-guy way of being a superhero. [Salon.com]

Buffy Series Finale Tonight

Two New Law Blogs. Corplawblawg offers Information for lawyers practicing corporate securities and M&A law. BizLawTech aims “to serve as the source of information and best practices in business and technology law for our students, and attorneys….”  [via Inter Alia] I don't know if either has RSS feeds; I wasn't able to open load either of those… Continue reading Two New Law Blogs

Unsuspecting Computer Users Relay Spam. More than 200,000 computers worldwide have been hijacked with a technique that lets spammers send billions of junk e-mails. By Saul Hansell. [New York Times: Technology]

Blogs for Business / Blogs for Lawyers. My “blogs for business” presentation to an organization of entrepeneurs and consultants Saturday in Washington was enthusiastically received. I began with the thesis that the overwhelming number of poor web logs had led most people to seriously underestimate the possibilities for use of blogs in businesses. I then went on to explore the potential of… Continue reading Blogs for Business / Blogs for Lawyers

Chandler for Higher Ed Gets a Go Ahead. We recently presented our vision of a version of Chandler, called Westwood, for higher education to a consortium of schools… [Mitch Kapor's Weblog]

Broadband Growth Seen Slowing. High-speed Internet adoption, although still steadily on the rise, is not growing at the torrid rates of the recent past, according to a new study. One reason: most experienced Net users already have signed up. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]

Top 10 Tenets Of Principled Computing. Top 10 Tenets Of Principled Computing I am not a Microsoft hater, Macintosh zealot, or Linux nerd. I do, however, believe in principled computing. My law office uses multiple operating systems and multiple applications, some open source, some not. I care more about how my data is formatted and… Continue reading Top 10 Tenets Of Principled Computing