Sunday, October 12, 2003

Iraq "astroturf" letters, and Googling. A note on a searching procedure mistake in using Google to investigate astroturf letters which claim to be from soldiers in Iraq. [Infothought] Seth points out a mistake being made by some who claim they can't replicate the Google results note earlier. 10:14:04 PM    comment []

Hacking TiVo: The Expansion, Enhancement and Development Starter Kit with CD-ROM, by Jeff Keegan. Via NewsIsFree: Popular Items. 3:51:07 PM    comment []

U.S. Military's Iraq-Policy Astroturf Campaign. The Olympian: Many soldiers, same letter. Newspapers around U.S. get identical missives from Iraq. In the age of Google, these... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 12:10:39 PM    comment []

Doc: The Digital Identity Conversation. I'm getting ready to lead a talk on "Putting the Id (and the ego) in Digital Identity." Some links, as I prepare during the prior talk... DigitalID World 2003, Andre Durand's Phases of Identity Infrastructure Adoption and Three Tiers of Identity, Digital ID World (the site, not the event), Judi Clark's Something about me, my Making Identity, Grounds for Identity, Mydentity & Ourdentity vs. Theirdentity and I-Fi, and Mitch Ratcliffe on the subject. [The Doc Searls Weblog] 9:48:30 AM    comment []

The Building That Isn't There. A modern-day parable of a curious religion literally that, a religion that has determined the look of major public buildings throughout the U.S. for the past 60-odd years. By Tom Wolfe. [New York Times: Opinion] 9:07:02 AM    comment []

Hard-drives as Buddhist prayer-wheels Right now, your hard drive is serving as a Mani wheel, because there are several copies of the mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" on this page, and they are all stored on your hard drive in the cache for your browser. Now there's a concept. (thanks, Cory!) 8:43:27 AM    comment []