NY Times : Nuclear Anxieties in a New World
I remember very clearly listening to
Ideas one night during the year that the Berlin Wall came down. The narrator was reflecting on the fact that suddenly he could imagine living beyond the short-term; that the possibility of a life fulfilled was real and possible. This struck me because, much like the speaker, I had spent most of the 80's listening to loud music, smoking bad hash and waiting for some butthead to push the button. see also :
Ideas : Berlin, Memories and Memorials (real audio)
LA Weekly : LAPD tries to muzzle street cops on the Web
"No one is saying so, but the dispute [ over the
lapd.org website ] is clearly linked to the city's recent efforts to cash in on the LAPD's notoriety. The Police Commission in mid-November voted to trademark the LAPD name as a prelude to lucrative licensing agreements with Hollywood producers, T-shirt manufacturers and the like. The city attorney's cease-and-desist letter went out days later."
Mother of Perl : Mac Daemons in Perl
"Speaks the currently running processes at 15 second intervals." The best part about example code is dreaming up ways to use it in more interesting pranks.