Interesting piece about the origins of agriculture ...

Agriculture's origin may be hidden in 'invisible' clues [Science Blog]
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Hmmm.... Gotta wonder what my Objectivist friends would say to this....

'Selfish routing' slows the Internet [Science Blog]
4:42:36 PM     comment []

In another day and age this would have been called "blackmail" ...

Streaming patent claims go to court. Acacia Media Technologies, a company owning broad patents that could affect virtually all companies streaming audio or video online, is going to court for the first time to test its claims. By John Borland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com. [CNET News.com]
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Today is a very special day for me.

It was ten years ago today that I stood with three others [my future bride, Kris Uhler, Keith Sauers and his future bride, Lea Carpenter] in a clearing north of my cabin near German Ridge in the Hoosier National Forest and consecrated a harrow to Vali, founding the Kindred of Ravenswood. Tomorrow Ravenswood will toast Asgards' Archer again, at the same stone harrow, albeit at its third location.

So, I offer you the Toast of The Kindred of Ravenswood - the final toast offered at each of our gatherings for a decade:

To Vali, To Vengence, To Honor, To Kin!
2:44:45 AM     comment []

Part four (the final) of the series on rural America-

Un-plain ways to reinvent the Plains. In the search for a new vision for vanishing heartland, rural towns consider digital hubs, wind farms, and a 'buffalo commons.'[Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories]
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U.S. backs merging Net, phone numbers. The Bush administration is lending its support to an international proposal to map telephone numbers to Internet addresses. By Declan McCullagh, Staff Writer, CNET News.com. [CNET News.com]

An interesting idea - one that we talked about in various telephony companies I've worked at over the years ..
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