Books Poetry and Literature Archive

4/15

Posted April 15, 2011 By Landis V

http://www.politicsforum.org/images/flame_warriors/index.php

Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin

n2h2p on sourceforge – finally, a way to convert a proxy to allow URL filtering on Cisco routers.

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11/19 – 11/26

Posted November 26, 2010 By Landis V

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”
— Isaac Newton

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Cb6PdHF16c0/story01.htm http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html#comment-98834842
Alternative to the 200 line kernel patch

http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/2010/11/15/why-credit-money-fails/
Podcasts of seminars, might be interesting. Steve Keen

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Created.htm
Related to http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jDQ_bhAIjng/story01.htm and possibly http://www.itworld.com/internet/128312/senator-threatens-block-online-copyright-bill
(Oregon senator stops Internet censorship bill)

http://www.hacer.org/pdf/Hazlitt00.pdf
Economics in One Lesson

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20023341-245.html
Moxie Marlinspike detained by feds, laptop/phones searched, encryption passwords requested

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/11/tsa_backscatter.html?nc=96
Schneier recap on the backscatter scanners

http://manofthehouse.com/

Feynman’s book ‘Lectures on Computation’
http://vega.org.uk/video/subseries/8

http://www.ifcomp.org/comp10/if.html
Interactive fiction games

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/book.html
Information theory and coding theory book.

http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1883268&cid=34342566
Good comment regarding games, cognitive theory, and rewards.

http://repository.cmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=epp
Cooperative commons networks (detecting selfish behavior)

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11/12

Posted November 12, 2010 By Landis V

http://west.thomson.com/productdetail/127644/40160894/productdetail.aspx
Schechter and Thomas, Principles of Patent Law (book)

http://craphound.com/?p=573
Cory Doctorow, Printcrime

“Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.”
— Anthony Robbins

Cisco view-based administrative access control notes
http://blog.ine.com/2009/01/07/understanding-ios-local-aaa/ http://www.ciscologist.com/?p=443

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/LiLanEQegsw/story01.htm
Canada mandates ISP deep packet inspection

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6/7

Posted June 7, 2010 By Landis V

Nicholas Carr – The Shallows

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1676762&cid=32478072 Great comment discussing black holes.

“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” John Wooden

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4/7

Posted April 7, 2010 By Landis V

Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy – Lawrence Lessig

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4/5

Posted April 5, 2010 By Landis V

Engineering Math, by Stroud From /. A refresher on math designed for self-study, poster used it as a prep for classes requiring Calc 3 as a prereq.

“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” Thomas Jefferson. Interesting quote.

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2/16

Posted February 16, 2010 By Landis V

http://www.slate.com/id/2244198/pagenum/all/ Neat article looking at the “overwhelming” effect of media, across many years.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592405525?ie=UTF8&tag=geekdad0320&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1592405525 “Geek Dad” book.  Geeky projects and activities for dads and kids to share.

http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/ Comparing the value of the US Dollar, 1774 to present.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.  – George F. Will

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