Vote France Off the Island

Shirky: Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality

This SoMo Mobiles site is amazing. It gets right to the heart of the paradox that cell phones represent. Cell phones are designed for social purposes such as communicating. However, cell phones seem to be the most disruptive of devices. Its impossible to avoid the annoying ring-tones, beeping and buzzing of cell phones these days, let alone the annoying conversations that some weird guy is having right in your personal space. How many times have you out and some dood busts out his new phone and is like “check out all my new ring-tones”, proceeding to play out the first few seconds of every ring-tone known to man. I have always said that any noises coming from your cell show that you’re a cell phone rookie. These 5 non-commercial mobile phones were designed to evoke discussion regarding the disruptive and anti-social nature of cellular telephones.

Terror Gets Its Props
Anthony Lapp�, February 6, 2003

RuminateThis: “WE DECIDED NOT TO RUN IT…”

Rumsfeld Rebukes U.N. and NATO on Approach to Baghdad

“had to post a link to this ridiculous exchange between o’reilly and the son of a 9/11 victim who is anti-war. o’reilly is an uber-blowhard and a member of a subspecies distantly related to humanity (more oily than a coelacanth) but he pulls in viewers so …”

Guardian Unlimited Observer | Comment | Terry Jones: I’m losing patience with my neighbours, Mr Bush

Making a Killing – The Business of War

Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act