PCWorld.com - HP Cleared to Buy Compaq

Well, I guess this was bound to go through eventually. I still think some very shady things went on behind the scenes.

Economist.com | Congressional redistricting

The best quote from this article: “If the average Californian doesn't like his congressman,” says a Republican adviser, Dan Schnur, “the only option is to call the moving vans.”

Geek Holiday Destinations

What more do I need to say. A great site that lists places for Geeks to go on vacation.

Slashdot | Ruby Developer's Guide

Ruby is a programming language that lot's of people are talking about these days. It looks pretty interesting, and doesn't seem too hard to get started in it. It's probably worth some time to look into the language and try it out.

Fw: Public Interest Groups Decry .us "Sell-Off"

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Farber" To: "ip" Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:03 PM Subject: IP: Public Interest Groups Decry .us "Sell-Off" > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Alan Davidson > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:27:26 -0400 > To: farber@cis.upenn.edu > > > Dave - I thought IP readers might be interested in the attached > letter sent today by CDT, along with Common Cause and the Media > Access Project, raising concerns about the sell-off of .us > second-level domain names last week. > > Regards, > > Alan > > Alan Davidson, Associate Director 202.637.9800 (v) > Center for Democracy and Technology 202.637.0968 (f) > 1634 Eye St. NW, Suite 1100 > Washington, DC 20006 http://www.cdt.org [SNIP] > April 29, 2002 > > Dear Chairman Hollings, Senator McCain, Chairman Tauzin and Rep. Dingell: > > We are writing to express our grave concern over recent developments > in the .us Internet domain. Last week, unbeknownst to most Americans, > a major "sell-off" was held for domain names in .us, such as > churches.us. Thousands of names - many of which are of significant > public interest - were sold off based on flawed policies developed > with almost no public input or public accountability. We urge you, as > part of your oversight responsibilities, to hold hearings > investigating this matter. > > The .us domain is America's one and only country code - a uniquely > American resource and public asset on the Internet. While .us has not > been widely used by consumers to date, the Commerce Department's > decision to delegate the domain to a new operator last year held out > the promise to reinvigorate .us and make it more useful to individual > and business users. It also held out the promise of a place on the > Internet directly related to US activities, where, for example, > American churches might register a name in churches.us or where > American consumers could find non-profit groups in charities.us. > > Policies for .us must be developed in a way that includes the > interests of American Internet users. Many of the companies that > competed for the .us contract committed to building structures of > outreach and representation for that purpose. NeuStar, the company > ultimately granted the .us domain, itself promised to "develop open > policies and procedures with a high degree of responsiveness and > accountability to the usTLD community." [SNIP Email me for the full text of the message.]

PalmInfocenter: Review: InkLink

This is a really cool device for the Palm. It allows you to write on paper, and record the writing on your palm. The advantage of this device over the others that you may have seen is that this one allows you to use any kind of paper.

Political cybersquatting scores a win - Tech News - CNET.com

Way to go for Free Speech on the Internet.

Google Toolbar

This toolbar makes finding things through the google interface really easy. I just installed it this morning, and I am very impressed with it.

Hutchison Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)

An interesting forum where people are discussing the genealogy of the Hutchison family.

Nixvue Vista review: Page 1. Introduction [Digital Photography Review]

This is a really cool device. It comes in 5,10,20, or 30 GB capacities. It has a color screen, and is meant to allow digital photographers the ability to offload photos from their memory cards.

Picnic Day

Pictures from the world famous UC Davis Picnic Day 2002. Jenna and I had a really great time.

Ducks

Here are some pictures of Ducks from Cupertino. I don't know if the Ducks actually live in Cupertino, but they were there they day I was taking these pictures.

Napa Weekend

I just added these pictures from the Napa weekend that Jenna and I took earlier in the month. There are some neat pictures here from Schramsberg, A Pioneer Cemetary, Chateau St. Jean, and San Francisco.

A Tax Plan to (and From) Space

This is an interesting idea, in some ways I'm for it, but I have some issues with it as well. Do we expand on this idea and use a tax on Toy Guns and War Movies to fund the military?