NYT Site Exposes CIA Agents Political Speech6/26/2000; 7:48:04 AM "A freedom of information activist plans to publish online a classified CIA document that was pulled from The New York Times' site after newspaper officials learned it exposed the identities of Iranians involved in the 1953 U.S. and British-backed coup that overthrew Iran's elected officials. "The Times used the graphic to accompany an article detailing the coup. In a technical glitch, those who visited the Times website on June 16 were able to read the names of the agents when they downloaded the graphic.

Interview with the CEO of Election.com Political Speech 6/26/2000; 7:35:51 AM A Salon interview with the CEO of Election.com, mostly about how it is kept secure and why he thinks it's fair.

The Tangled Web of E-Voting Polical Speech6/26/2000; 7:33:50 AM This is one of the fullest news articles I've seen in a while about online voting, covering both sides of the issue with a more-or-less even hand, and full of helpful information. For instance, I didn't know that the Alaskan Republican Straw Poll was done by Internet Voting. (35 voters participated, that's probably why we've never heard of it ) Despite the companies assurances, there's a lot of reason to worry about online voting in the future.

British Telecom Patent: Lachey, Uninfringed, and Invalid? Patents6/24/2000; 4:35:08 PM This article said everything I was trying to say about the British Telecom (BT) patent. It's nice to see lawyers backing up my understanding on this issue.So after having to narrowly interpret these means-plus-function claims, is there anyone infringing in its entirety whatever is left to be claimed? And if there is anything left to be claimed after the claims analysis, is what is left novel and unobvious in light of prior art not disclosed to the PTO?

Execution discussion Personal Notes 6/23/2000; 1:53:20 PM David Carter-Tod follows up on my execution comments. Good reading, esp. relating to the world's opinion of our actions.. Weblogs mentioning Gary Graham (or at least the words Gary and Graham on the same page ). Campaign to End The Death Penalty.

Happiness is your past haunting you... Personal Notes6/23/2000; 1:06:57 PM I'm geeked today... I went home last week and finally found a particular floppy from 1994 that I backed up a lot of my early MOD music onto. I've got it all lined up at work here.I had a sick sense of harmony back then. Isn't it odd to look at your work from 6-8 years ago? I often hear people talk about it doesn't even seem like theirs.

Icon Explanation Technology & Sociology6/23/2000; 12:58:19 PM I wanted to explain the icon I've chosen for the Technology & Sociology section. One of my sub-hobbies is the study of the interplay of technology and social effects. It's something that I wish more policy makers were aware of.The cannon is one of the canonical examples of a piece of technology that completely overthrows previous social structures. I'm simplifying wildly here, but cannons cause the overthrow of kings.

What Larry Doesn't Get Technology & Sociology 6/23/2000; 12:28:23 PM This [lengthy] article provides a good overview of the history of privacy and technology, in a challenge to Lessig's statement that "Code is law." It's worth a read. I place it under Technology & Sociology because it's more interesting as a discussion on the interplay between code and privacy then strictly as an argument against Lessig's statement.

Court Says Anti-Smut Law Illegal Censorship6/23/2000; 8:23:12 AM 'A federal anti-smut law violates Internet free-speech rights, an appeals court ruled on Thursday.... "To avoid liability under COPA, affected Web publishers would either need to severely censor their publications or implement an age or credit card verification system whereby any material that might be deemed harmful by the most puritan of communities in any state is shielded behind such a verification system,"

Graham Scheduled to Die Personal Commentary6/22/2000; 7:02:49 PM This is out of the domain I've chosen for my 'blog... but I wanted to comment on the execution of a man, which if it went according to schedule was 8 minutes ago. (Update: Gary Graham has been executed.)Some Dave Winer said crystalized something about my feelings on the death penalty. Abstractly, I believe that it indeed has a place in the world.