Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Thursday, June 30, 2005

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EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers: "Freedom of speech is the foundation of a functioning democracy, and Internet bullies shouldn't use the law to stifle legitimate free expression. That's why EFF created this guide, compiling a number of FAQs designed to help you understand your rights and, if necessary, defend your freedom."


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Pots and Kettles: "From Bush's speech last night. The terrorists who attacked us - and the terrorists we face - murder in the name of a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent. ...just like a certain other ideology closer to home." [Canned Platypus]


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Google Earth: So that's what my house looks like from space.: "Google's plan's for world domination continue with Google Earth, the first planet search engine." [Ars Technica]

Google invents all the time - impressively. I haven't tried out Google Earth, but the satellite pictures in Google Maps cover Finland, but not in fine detail. My home was in the pictures, but my workplace is not (the building is half a year old).


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Book of Jobs: "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. [...] Steve Jobs' recent commencement speech is really worth reading in full. It gets about as close to the bone, and the truth, as we could expect from a technology CEO, or anyone else."