September 11th

A short article on peculiar personal effects of September 11th and an interesting technical conference in Argentina.

Humorous Aside: Che Guevara and the capitalist comeback

Just when you thought Che Guevara's reach couldn't extend further into modern capitalist society:

Humorous Aside: Governments unite against free communications

Research in Motion's blackberry is being banned or having its communications restricted around the globe because its communications equipment is too secure for a repressive government to see what its citizens are saying to each other. It is happening in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia - you can check it out here. (August 12th addition: India just added itself to this list of nations trying to restrict communication freedoms)