Saturday, July 16, 2005

Iran Arrests 200 in Sweep For Terrorists. Iran said Saturday that it had arrested 200 people and deported another 800, all of whom it said were part of a terrorist cell. By NAZILA FATHI. [NYT > International] 11:51:39 PM    comment []

FAB: A missed opportunity to tell a great story, but what incredible assumptions and presumtions people have about this new kind of fabrication of personalized manufacturing. [Napsterization] 11:51:32 PM    comment []

Bill Giving Native Hawaiians Sovereignty Is Too Much for Some, Too Little for Others. If passed, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act would give native Hawaiians equivalent legal standing to American Indians and native Alaskans. By DEAN E. MURPHY. [NYT > Washington] 11:49:10 PM    comment []

The NYT magazine reviews a font. It's not everyday a typeface scores a Sunday NY Times review. Quote: "One tricky thing about script fonts is that in actual handwriting, the form of one letter might be affected by the letter next to it. Interestingly, Bello uses a digital format called OpenType, which, among other things, makes just such adjustments. As you type the word ''Bello,'' for example, the second ''l'' looks different from the first. Helmling suggests this may be exactly what people find attractive about Bello and other script fonts. It's not just the appeal of ''handwritten flavor,'' as he puts it, in a digital age. It's the way that technology allows users to harness those comforting imperfections perfectly." [rexblog: Rex Hammock's Weblog] 11:48:40 PM    comment []

Robin Hoods or Legal Hoods?. A law firm that spent decades winning lawsuits against huge corporations is now in the cross hairs of a government investigation. By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN and JONATHAN D. GLATER. [NYT > Business] 11:48:07 PM    comment []

London Bombing and the Usefulness of Terrorist Watch Lists. According to the London Times: Security sources confirmed that none of the bombers was on any MI5 file, although one had links to a person investigated by police. [Schneier on Security] 12:15:13 AM    comment []

HYMN Project (Alan Wexelblat). Schneier's CRYPTO-GRAM pointed me at the Hear Your Music aNywhere (HYMN) project, which exists for the purposes of breaking or subverting the DRM in iTunes. This is similar to the "street in real time" posting I made last month but is a much more frontal (and DMCA-violating) attack on a technology. HYMN is also an overtly political project, noting that DRM+DMCA means no room left for fair use, which in their minds includes listening to music you bought from iTunes where, when, and how you like. [Copyfight] 12:08:52 AM    comment []

Karl Rove exonerated? Not exactly. Did Rove tell investigators that he first heard about Plame's job at the CIA from another reporter -- or merely that he "believes" that he "may" have? [Salon.com] 12:08:49 AM    comment []

Mashup Friday: Something Like a Mahna Mahna What do you get when you combine LL Cool J's "Something Like A Phenomenon" and the "Mahna Mahna" song from the Muppets? Link [bOing bOing] 12:08:45 AM    comment []

Key to a successful summer associate program at your law firm?. You must offer falconry. [Leiter Reports] 12:08:41 AM    comment []

Daniel Shorr: "The underlying issue in the Karl Rove controversy is not a leak, but a war and how America was misled into that war." [Scripting News] 12:08:36 AM    comment []

A Deadly Sport. Politics. The deadly sport. A must-read on Karl Rove and the real leakers from www.antiwar.com. [Girl in the Locker Room!] 12:08:33 AM    comment []

Was it Ari Fleischer?. If Karl Rove was Bob Novak's second source on the Plame story, there had to have been a first. Here's how the dots connect on one candidate. [Salon.com] 12:01:58 AM    comment []

7 Big Retail Chains Sue Visa, Saying Its Fees Are a Form of Price Fixing. A series of court rulings over the last few years were intended to encourage banks and credit card companies to compete more vigorously. But some merchants are complaining that they have not reaped the benefits and that consumers are footing the bill. By ERIC DASH. [NYT > Business] 12:01:16 AM    comment []

Software writers find plenty of work stateside. On CNET News.com [NewsIsFree: Popular Items] 12:01:13 AM    comment []

Moses' Top Ten. The Ten Commandments and original sins. By SARAH VOWELL. [NYT > Opinion] 12:01:05 AM    comment []