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Earlier today a ruling was announced in the case of ACLU vs. Alberto R Gonzales in his official capacity: as Attorney General of the United States. This case has in the courts since shortly after the passage of the Child Online Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 231 (“COPAâ€?) in 1998. In this post I want […]

Came across an interesting article today. It seems that Deerfield High School in Chicago has a class called “Freshman Advisory,” in which ninth-graders are required to attend a panel discussion led by the Gay-Straight Alliance Network (side topic: how many people in the Gay-Straight Alliance Network are straight?). Now, this by itself is bad. […]

Over the last few days CherryTap (CT to the users) has gotten a mention in the Washington Post and on TechShout. The articles are nearly identical. Seems that CT now has a story about how it got started. Wonder if it’s true or something they made up for the press release? Also, if there’s no […]

This evening I found out that Wordpress servers had been cracked and everyone who updated their Wordpress install in the last few days got some bad code. I just wanted to put a repost out there in case anyone miss the offical post. I’d love to stay and chat, but I’ve got to update my […]

I was horrified earlier today when I stumbled upon an article about a man infected with TB being held on the jail ward of the Maricopa Medical Center without “TV, a radio, a cellphone, a shower or visitors.” Now, go read the article to get the full effect, then come back and read my rant. […]