neat linkage

another night without real sleep. *grump*. to cheer myself up, i'm exploring the links off it's purely academic, the buffalo arts and sciences libraries' gift-giving guide to sites featuring nifty science-related items.

via sclerotic_rings.

that's how i feel

way too much reminds me of recent history. and it scares me. the AP/ipsos poll released shows about how european attitudes about bush's election are generally sad and disappointed, and how those feelings no longer are just aimed at the bush administration, but to a growing extent also at the american population. canadians, while more scared than before, still retain their strong liking of americans overall, despite preferring kerry over bush by about 2:1. i find myself somewhere in between.

i imagine few people will read "releasing the hounds". that's a pity.

I keep waiting for the magical moment when the people will stand up as one and express their astonishment, will say they put up with this and they put up with that but they have now reached their breaking point. (Clearly I've watched that Eminem video too many times.) Just yesterday I read that the U.S. reversed a 70-year ban on admitting evidence gained by torture and for a second had that same fleeting hope that this, this! is what it will take to turn the tide. But that hope passed as quickly as it appeared.

yeah. that's how i feel.

highly recommended: slit.

safer personal computing

updated list of recommendations by bruce schneier.