This amuses me greatly. Thanks to chromatic on the modern perl blog for the link.

One of my friends on dailymile posted a link to this, and I had to share with a wider audience. The picture above is just one of many, and if you're a runner, you'll get all of them. :-)

I happen to like the cable car one, since I did that one recently. On Powell Street, no less.

I just got around to watching this, and it's great, so I had to share.

It's quite possible I'm late to the party, but this is pretty awesome.

I've got to try this whenever my Pre2 actually arrives. I think someone at Palm is an APT fan. This amuses me greatly.

Check out the ArsTechinca story for details.

Dan North talks about the tendency developers-becoming-architects have to create bigger and more complex systems. Without trying to be simplistic, North argues for simplicity, offering strategies to extract the simple essence from complex situations.

Totally worth watching, he has many good points.

The recent deployment of backscatter scanning devices meant for airline passengers has caused controversies focused on both the privacy issues of the scans and the safety of the devices themselves (not to mention the unpleasant alternative of an aggressive frisking). The discussion of safety issues has been clouded by two competing narratives. On one side, there's radiation exposure that's comically low compared to what comes from simply boarding the aircraft and being lifted above a lot of the Earth's atmosphere. On the other, there are arguments that the sort of exposure generated by backscatter devices is somehow different.

To provide a better perspective on matters, we'll explain why both of these arguments are right.

Interesting Ars article on the new backscatter scanners. Does a good job of clearing up some of the FUD flying around.

This is pretty neat.