Interesting points by Craig Newmark

I'm still not much of an SMSer, but I do feel the effects of the mobile phone daily.
via http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/20/kids-and-mobile-phon.html

Norton manages to top this test, while Avast 5 comes in the middle of the pack of 10

Many of them have had worthy successors & can be thought to have been ahead of their times conceptually.

Lots of opinions. It ultimately boils down to the type of laptop & battery you have.

Nice little chart classifying various procedures as per their perceived vs actuality utility

The full text of the letter from representatives of various countries.

Brilliant photo