My response on reading the question that headlines this article — Should Geeks, or Governments, Run the Net? — was “Why is this a question? Geeks!” After reading the article — well, my answer hasn’t changed, but I do wish there was more actual content to the article. An intersting storm brewing here, though.
Links
Stuff I find around the web that interests or amuses me.
Writing is good
More on blogging: could blogging and its reliance on the textual news and sources help reclaim the importance of the written word and lessen our reliance on television as the disseminator of all information?
Mutant space bugs!
Science-fiction becomes reality? Space-mutated metal-eating viruses that caused problems on Mir may now be at the bottom of the Pacific ocean. Reassuring, no?
Powered armor
It’s too bad this is such a fluff piece, but CNET is reporting that MIT will be researching Nanotech body armor for the Army.
Bomb your hometown
Not paranoid after Bush yammers about keeping nuclear weapons a possibility? Use this page to get an idea of what a nuclear bomb would to do your city.
Pig
Roald Dahl’s disturbing short story, “Pig”, with illustrations.
Towers of Light
Some nice photos of the Towers of Light WTC memorial in New York. I’ve gotta say, as far as memorials go, this is one of the better ones I’ve seen, even if it is temporary.
Manufactured serendipity
Manufactured Serendipity — an(nother) exploration of the blogging phenomena.
Age of consent
I’m liking MetaFilter more and more. Today they posted a link to a story about ‘Dear Abby’ turning in a man who confessed an attraction to child pornography. The related MeFi discusson has raised some extremely interesting points, touching on some of the many societal and cultural variables surrounding ‘age of consent’ (highlights being here, here, and here).