I was looking at Rob Calhoun’s web page, after he was so kind as to link to this blog, and read his entry about finding his old MIT web page and seeing how similar it was to his current one. So I looked for mine. And I found it. And, yup, it’s pretty much identical […]
Day: December 1, 2003
The Transparent Society, by David Brin
Amazon link Like The Humane Interface, I picked this up when a friend was giving it away. I read most of it last month, and then finally finished it over Thanksgiving weekend. Brin is asking an interesting question: is privacy a lost cause? And, if so, what is the proper way to respond? His suggestion […]
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Amazon link I adore the Vorkosigan series, by Bujold, but haven’t warmed quite as much to her fantasy series set in Chalion. I borrowed the first one, The Curse of Chalion, from the library, and it was a good read, but not particularly memorable; in fact, I recall almost no details of it at this […]