I wrote a while back about options for integration hi-fi and PC, in the end I settled for the long cable runs, putting the PC on the end of a tape loop from the amp, and I'm pretty happy with it, turned out to be cheap ($40 worth of cables from radio shack), can listen to SomaFM, Tags Trance, Basedrive and other internet streaming radio station's on the hi-fi, can listen to to vinyl via the Rega p25 whilst still sat in front of the PC, and Sound Forge Studio works pretty well for ripping from vinyl to mp3s (for the iPod).

BTW, the Rega is absolutely awesome, well recorded vinyl is easily on par with CD, and even manages an impressive job when faced with 20 year old abused Art of Noise singles. If you have any sort of vinyl collection, do yourself a favor and get one these puppies.

[Simon Fell]

A California law that requires e-commerce companies to warn consumers when their personal information may have been stolen could provide a boost for security firms.

The Security Breach Information Act (S.B. 1386), which goes into effect Tuesday, requires companies that do business in California or that have customers in the state to notify consumers whenever their personal information may have been compromised.

Companies that fail to properly lock down information or to notify consumers of intrusions could be sued in civil court.

[Privacy Digest]

Dynamic views of the WWW Architecture document

The WWW Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has been gradually codifying a bunch of principles and best practices in a document entitled The Architecture of the World Wide Web. One of the authors, Tim Bray, asks:

Mystery Why, I wonder, did nobody ever get around to writing this stuff down in one place before? [ongoing]

... [Jon's Radio]

hetic feeds on the fly (from Google, Amazon, etc.).  [John Robb's Technology Weblog]