Contents

Digital ID: Four lessons from the DigitalID World
conference, including: IDs are nice but not the center of the universe
The Need for Leeway: It’s the only way we manage
to live together, and computers are eating away at it
Educational Leeway: A Personal Addendum:
Grading kids sucks
Hope on the copyright front: Multiple news items
actually offer some hope. But don’t get your hopes up about hope.
Notes and Disclaimers Pertaining to the Above
Material: Covering my ass when it comes to using words
How to Become a Guru: Ten steps to financial
freedom.
Why Google Totally Sucks! Really!: Nah, not
really.
Misc.: Misc.
The Anals of Marketing: Jumping the Loan
Shark and Yahoo the Censor
Walking the Walk: Timex finds the Web changes
time
Cool Tool: Picasa organizes your pictures
What I’m Playing: Grand Theft Auto 3 – reprehensible
but so damn much fun
Internetcetera: Broadband vs. cell phone adoption
rates
Links: You send ’em, I run ’em
Political Links: Hey, you get ready to start a war, you get a few links
Email, Arbitrary Insults, and Suspicious Hacking Coughs:
Where are you bastards?
Bogus contest: My brain on the Net