Sunday, October 26, 2003

Video of Howard Rheingold's Stanford Lecture. A (Windows Media) video is now available of a 90 minute lecture and Q&A by Howard Rheingold, delivered at Stanford University on October 24, 2003. [Smart Mobs] 8:50:25 PM    comment []

GZ. WTC Ground Zero 3 Sep 03 (2.8MB) October 15, 2003 [Cryptome] 4:56:15 PM    comment []

EFF people never published anything people would pay for (!?!). Professor Ed Felten reports this bit of ignorance-based ranting from security software maker SunnComm's president Peter "shift key" Jacobs: I'll bet none of [those Electronic Frontier Foundation folks] EVER had any digital content that anyone else (aside from family and friends) would pay for, and, if they did, they'd be screaming bloody murder if someone ripped them off. Jacobs must have never heard of Lotus Corporation, The Grateful Dead or the works of Cory Doctorow. [isen.blog] Here's background on the SunnComm matter. 8:23:36 AM    comment []

Fluoxetene (main ingredient in Prozac) found in Texas lake water (MSNBC). Bryan Brooks, an assistant professor of environmental studies at Baylor said the fluoxetine most likely made its way through a waste water treatment plant and into a river that feeds into Lake Lewisville, northwest of Dallas. . . . While he has been asked several times about whether fish on Prozac find pleasure in floating aimlessly and no pain when hooked by a fisherman, Brooks said the most important part of his findings are that some pharmaceuticals can make their way through water treatment plants and back into waterways. Brooks said the fluoxetine, and a metabolized compound similar to it, most likely made their way into the water systems from the urine of users or through people flushing Prozac down the toilet. The waste water facility was not equipped to remove the compounds, which then made their way into the blue gills, and perhaps other aquatic life. If we release something in the environment, we need to understand what will happen to it, Brooks said. 7:30:56 AM    comment []

Study: Toddlers eat too much junk food. On CNN via NewsIsFree: Popular Items. 7:24:26 AM    comment []