“Cycling in London is an extreme sport, little safer than base jumping. A journey begins with trepidation and ends with me slightly high that I’m still alive.” Janice Turner does not depend on timetables or traffic. On two wheels, she enjoys the pleasure of knowing exactly what time she’ll arrive.
www.timesonline.co.uk
articles
23/09/2007
That’s me: radical superhero of the streets
06/09/2007
Shares go up and down – economy going nowhere
“Western capitalism will be able to cope with instability in the markets. But at what price in terms of economic and social stagnation? The danger is that our wider aspirations and horizons are falling further while we remain fixated with the ups and downs of share and property prices”, writes Mike Hume.
www.spiked-online.com
31/05/2007
Das elektronische Briefgeheimnis
In German
“Wer eine E-Mail verschickt, muß damit rechnen, daß seine Nachricht von Dritten gelesen wird.” Brief article outlining steps you can take to keep your email communications private.
www.sueddeutsche.de
31/05/2007
We had the very best of intentions
“We did not go into Iraq to impose representative government on the Iraqis. We went there to manage a threat to our own safety.” Richard Perle explains why, in his view, the United States of America had to invade Iraq and topple Sadam Hussein.
commentisfree.guardian.co.uk
19/05/2007
A cost analyis of Windows Vista content protection
“Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called ‘premium content’.” Peter Gutmann looks at the many ways in which Vista will increase the cost of using computers.
www.cs.auckland.ac.nz
12/05/2007
News from Tester Tim—aka Tim ‘Fingers’
“Just a quick piece of advice for you fellow bikers. Be careful when your messing with disc brakes, even if you have done it 100’s of times like me. I now have 9.8 digits!”
www.on-one.co.uk
04/02/2007
Upgrade rage
“Future archaeologists will be able to identify a Vista upgrade layer when they go through our landfill sites.” Tim Dowling considers the implications of upgrading the software on his current computer.
www.guardian.co.uk
20/01/2007
Open secrets
“Enron proves that in an age of increasing financial complexity the idea that the more a company tells us about its business, the better off we are, has become an anachronism.” Malcolm Gladwell on why Woodward and Bernstein would never have broken the Enron story.
www.newyorker.com
15/01/2007
Why you shouldn’t use HTML email
“Spammers use HTML emails to confirm your address.” There are other drawbacks to using HTML-formatting when sending and receiving emails. Consider this list of potential pitfalls that Martin Favreau has compiled for you.
www.freeantispam.org
21/12/2006
Bicycle crash statistics
“Contrary to intuition, cyclists riding on bicycle paths have a higher crash rate than cyclists riding on roads, although not as high a crash rate as cyclists riding on sidewalks.” The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition looks at crash data for cyclists and reaches valuable and often surprising conclusions.
www.massbike.org
20/12/2006
Why use email encryption?
Email encryption should be used by everyone. Here’s why.
rffr.de
28/11/2006
Diary of a collapsing superpower
“Gorbachev has been a persona non grata in his own country ever since. In the West he remains a hero, a respected historical figure, a man who peacefully cut a superpower down to its true size.” Newly published minutes from meetings of the Politburo reveal what really happened behind closed doors.
www.spiegel.de
14/10/2006
Joined-up experiences
“Is it worth trading choice for simplicity? The problem is that vertical integration gives suppliers so much control that they can manipulate prices.” Jack Schofield looks at manufacturers’ attempts to dominate our digital lifestyles by selling us experiences instead of products.
www.guardian.co.uk
27/09/2006
Thoughts on moving from Debian to Ubuntu Server
“If Canonical keeps its update schedule and support commitments along with the legendary Debian robustness, we may have a keeper.” Staff at Advosys Consulting are considering Ubuntu for entirely practical reasons.
www.advosys.ca
22/09/2006
Privatsphäre ist wie Sauerstoff
In German
“Der politische Stand ist eine Symbiose mit der Medienindustrie eingegangen, die aus finanziellen Gründen den Terrorismus in einem Maße ausschlachtet, das objektiv nicht zu rechtfertigen ist.” Privacy is like oxygen, argues Pär Ström. You’ll miss it when it’s gone…
www.bundestag.de
16/09/2006
Per Anhalter durchs Pluriversum
In German
With services such as MySpace and YouTube dominating headlines everywhere, Joe Public has finally begun taking over the Internet. Thomas Gross reports on the seven rules that he thinks will govern the Web 2.0.
www.zeit.de
27/08/2006
Open Source Ubuntu
“Ubuntu has been the most popular distro of Linux since 2005, and since I made the switch last year those tearful evenings in front of the computer screen have become a distant memory.” Becky Hogges describes how Ubuntu has put a smile back on her face.
www.opendemocracy.net
26/08/2006
What the terrorists want
“Defense against terrorism is to refuse to be terrorized. Our job is to recognize that terrorism is just one of the risks we face. And our job is to fight politicians who use fear as an excuse to take away our liberties and promote security theater that wastes money and doesn’t make us any safer.” Bruce Schneier is not about to give in. Are you?
www.schneier.com
21/08/2006
The door zone project
“Many cyclists make the mistake of riding too close to parked cars. This is extremely dangerous. Many cyclists have been seriously injured or even killed because they were riding in the door zone.” On her bike, Riin Gill never gets closer than 1.5 m.
www.riinsrants.info