Thursday, June 19, 2003

A mind of their own. In his compelling book "Nature via Nurture," Matt Ridley explains how genes don't serve as blueprints for behavior, but instead interact with the environment to create who we are. [Salon.com] 8:56:36 PM    comment []

The RIAA has now sent letters to the Verizon subscribers whose identities were discolsed by court order: File-Sharing Network Users Are Told to Stop (AP). 5:22:12 PM    comment []

In the first-person, plural, I suppose, it's Woodscrew Tapeworm's Radio Weblog. 9:20:05 AM    comment []

Whoman: Comparison of countries - life in Iran. The jay walking analogy seems to me quite apt, and a great way to explain the situation to outsiders. 7:29:07 AM    comment []

Whose Data Is That, Anyway?. A Federal Trade Commission hearing explores why credit reports are inaccurate, why companies are aggressively collecting customer data and why consumer advocates aren't happy about either trend. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News] 7:26:42 AM    comment []

Judge Rules Against Wal-Mart on Refusal to Talk to Workers. A judge with the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Wal-Mart broke the law by refusing to bargain with meat department workers at its store in Jacksonville, Tex. By Steven Greenhouse. [New York Times: Business] 7:25:43 AM    comment []

Silent Running has a list of Iranian bloggers to follow (some of which appeared here earlier this week). I've purposely omitted the blogs that Jarvis listed which are written by Iranians currently located out of the country - although they are good pipelines for relayed information. These are strictly those on the scene, first hand bloggers (if you can't read Farsi - if you can, there are thousands more) Editor:Myself [hoder] Persian Note The Lonely Rave Lady Sun Kaveh I believe that (azam and roya) Non-blogger Ali (How I learned to stop worrying and write the blog) 7:23:19 AM    comment []

E-Mail Mob Takes Manhattan. When hundreds of New Yorkers converge on a Tuesday night in June at Macy's, the plan is simple: to buy a rug. Call it vigilante amusement -- the Mob Project strikes again. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] 7:17:11 AM    comment []

Experts fear hacking scenes in Matrix Reloaded are too accurate: Expert BCS members have warned movie fans not to try to emulate the realistic depiction of computer hacking seen in hit film The Matrix Reloaded. By John Kavanagh, ComputerWeekly. 4:19:17 AM    comment []

Welcome to the fold, How To Be an Uber-Geek. 12:18:42 AM    comment []