October 2007
6 posts
“Creating the Visible, Virtual Online Company. The Internet has enabled the...”
– Do Tank and the Democracy Design Workshop
Now might be a good time to tell you about my... →
“In the end, a role this huge is like the biggest present. So your initial fear...”
– Maid Marion - New York Times
“I ask myself why I’m even engaging in self-surveillance. It’s true....”
Today I Learned
In Doe v. Gonzales, 04 Civ. 2614 (Sep. 2007) the court held that the gag order provisions in PATRIOT II were unconstitutional. Rather, to restrict recipients of National Security Letters from mentioning that they’d received the letters, government requests must be: 1. Narrowly-tailored on a case-by-case basis; and 2. Subject to meaningful judicial review, wherein the government is...
Now, When My Phone Rings
It plays:
You can hear the ocean roar/ in the dangling conversation/ and the superficial sighs/ The borders of our lives
—Simon & Garfunkel, who I’m sure love playing live ringtone concerts
It’s just much too tempting to leave on during meetings. The pathos of the everyday. So forgive me for the next month or so until I tire of that.
But all ringtones should be depressing: cheerful...