David Reed.  Attack of the middleboxes.  This is something that has me worried too.  I recently ran into this with Verizon (my ISP) when I found out that they had shut down all SMTP traffic that didn't route through their servers.  My e-mail now upwards of 1-3 minutes slower a roundtrip than it used to be! (?).  The reason?  Spammers.  Individuals with connections to their network were being recruited to send spam, so, rather than police the activity, they took the opportunity to block all unauthorized and unmanaged mail traffic. This challenges an assumption that many of us have about the Internet: that it is and will remain a simple system.  The rise of the Internet scared the telcos.  They lost control.  They are not going to let that happen again.  Get ready for the "last mile lock-down." [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

Scary thought: how long before ISPs start using this technique to filter websites:" 2600 not found."

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Try Living in the 'Wheel' World. You're done with being a couch potato for the evening and want to go to bed. Simple. You're living in a wheel designed by an architecture firm in Vienna, so just turn the room around. By Daithí Ó hAnluain. [Wired News]

Nice! Here is a picture:

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Sleep Less, Live Longer

Because sleeping is like dying a little.

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