Archives for: August 2004
Aug
30
Tomorrow is the primary election in Florida... it's gonna be crrrrraaaaaaazy! Verified Voting will be testing it's Election Incident Reporting System that will be used in November.
This will give you a good feeling of why tomorrow is interesting in e… more »
Aug
30
It's probably not much of a stretch to say that death can put a damper on one's day... I suppose for a period of time, really.
This morning, during a morning run, I saw a deer killed in traffic in downtown Oakland.
I was getting to the end of my r… more »
Aug
29
This is a picture of me in the very late 1970s drinking water from a beer can (Miller). I found this while going through some old stuff of mine at my mom's house that I hadn't looked at in 10 to 15 years. It's amazing how many memories, feelings and s… more »
Aug
28
SB 1438 Passes California Legislature, Now onto Ahnold!
elections, certification/testing, accessibility, reform, vendors, standardsSB 1438, if signed by the terminator, will set into stone regulations that the California Secretary of State, Kevin Shelley, has promulgated in the last year.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article 4 (com… more »
Aug
28
(You or your institution will have to have a subscription to Science to click through the link above.)
When it comes to extrasolar planets, smaller is better--at least for astronomers, who long to find worlds like Earth. A European team now has taken… more »
Aug
27
Well, folks... I feel the need to use this blog more like a diary at the moment. What a treat. Be prepared.
I've been dismissed from the FSF Licensing queue. (What's that? If you send email to licensing@fsf.org, it used to go to me and Dave Turner.… more »
Aug
26
Keep your eyes on the EFF's E-voting Archive
elections, certification/testing, reform, vendors, standards, copyright, newsKeep your eyes on the EFF's E-voting Archive. Among some of the recent additions are Electronic Voting Machine Information Sheets (authored by yours truly). We'll be adding an information sheet for each DRE on the market and in use this November.
E… more »
Aug
24
You know the youth is on track when we've got peeps like Aaron in the mix.
UPDATE: Holy shit! Cal turned Aaron Swartz down? What the hell does it take? Maybe we only let stupid people in... I feel ashamed.
WHO: Aaron Swartz, an 18-year-old compute… more »
Aug
23
A must-read post from an opressed wifi user... the officer's rationale makes no sense whatsoever.
"It's a law, sir; if someone comes along and downloads child photography (that wasn't the exact word the officer used) and it goes through their [sc., t… more »
Aug
22
Cryptome has just posted a PDF entitled, "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Legal Information for Activists at the Republican National Convention" from the Center for Constitutional Rights.
http://cryptome.org/rnc-rights.zip
It's a great illustration of just how… more »
Aug
21
Electionline.org's "Electionline Today" news page is indispensible if you're as crazy as I am about keeping tabs on the preparations for this November's vote and the prevalence of electronic voting machines.
I had my man Carlo to scrape the page to R… more »
Aug
21
This is a must-read article: "How They Could Steal the Election This Time" by Ronnie Dugger in the 16 Aug. issue of The Nation.
It might seem a little depressing, but wait until you get to the end and see what exactly all the voter protection groups… more »
Aug
19
Police to Use Military Crowd-Control Equipment for GOP Convention
elections, accessibility, news, wtf?, chilling effectsNEW YORK - Forget the megaphones. Police will have a much more high-tech -- and louder -- option to make themselves heard over the din of Manhattan traffic and noisy protesters outside the Republican National Convention.
It's called the Long Range Ac… more »
Aug
18
SB 1376 has now passed both the CA senate and assembly
This allows:
the SoS, AG and any local election official to bring civil action against any legal entity for a variety of things: tampering, comprimising secrecy, planting code, installing… more »
Aug
17
The Associated Press report yesterday by Tom Hays quoted Cryptome on the "chilling" effect of the FBI visit in November 2003. What we should have made clear was not that Cryptome was chilled but that telling about the visit chilled others from having de… more »
Aug
15
This drink is much, much more than a mojito... it's an Alberto no. 1. Invented by Adalberto Alonso, the Cuban bartender at New York's La Caravelle, this is the type of drink of which you should only have one.
ALBERTO NO. 1
(adapted from Rick Mari… more »
Aug
14
21.07.04
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News of a whirlwind tour of the West Coast of America has just been confirmed. Harvey, who's close to completing a three month Festival tour of Europe, Australia & Japan will hit the West Coast for a quick run of intimate dates.
The s… more »
Aug
13
In addition to Cory noting the unprecedented brand whoring of the Olympics this year... Arthur pointed out that there is extensive media whoring as well. And no one's immune! Not even my local NPR station (KALW) which put this notice up:
PLEASE NOTE:… more »
Aug
13
BEIJING, Aug.12 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian scientists said they have discovered the wreck of an alien device at the site of an unexplained explosion in Siberia almost a hundred years ago, China Daily reported today, citing the Interfax news agency as the so… more »
Aug
10
"And so people should understand the GPL." --Bill Gates
Saw this in a presentation by the FSF's GPL Compliance guru, Dave Turner... hats off for the best chuckle I've had in a while. more »
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