Links
Things I run across that I find to be interesting, but might not have the time or inclination to craft a fuller post around it. Generally, short little “go here, look at this, isn’t it neat?” posts.
Drivers IDs are scary
I suppose it’s inevitable, but it’s still kind of scary when you read just how much can be gleaned about you from your drivers license.
New York, New York
Some fascinating links courtesy of this MeFi thread to sites and books looking at the New York of the past.
Copies are evil
Aw, crud. Republican Alaskan senator Ted Stevens has joined the (if you’ll excuse me) idiots backing a bill that would ban the sale of all electronic devices without embedded copy-protection chips, according to this WIRED story. This is a Bad Thing, for reasons which Cory makes clear over at Boing Boing.
Thujone
Thujone — the mystery ingredient that gives absinthe its mystique.
Nixon was no stoner
Apparently the biggest reason marijuana is illegal in the US today is because Nixon wanted it to be.
Google vs. Scientology 2
Google has replaced the links it removed yesterday after a fight with the Scientology organization. This still shouldn’t have happened in the first place.
Putrid weisenheimers
There are people I unquestionably despise. They lack morals, character, and honesty. They change this country’s moral infrastructure. In case you can’t tell, I’m talking about Mr. Michael Hanscom here. Let us note first of all that whenever anyone states the obvious — that Michael’s wisecracks are one of those things that will turn over our country to putrid wisenheimers — discussion naturally progresses towards the question, ‘Why can’t Michael live among us in peace?’
— thanks to Scott Pakin’s automatic complaint-letter generator
But where’s the Green Fairy?
Care to import some Absinthe for your next party? Order now, and save 10 if you order the Moulin Rouge DVD at the same time! Really. I’m not making this up.
Scientology vs. Google
This is nasty. The Church of Scientology is using the DMCA to have any and all anti-Scientology links removed from the Google search engine. I first saw this on Boing Boing, more information can be found at Operating Thetan’s Xenu/Scientology/Google page.