Bruce Schneier recently posted a commentary on Wired titled I’ve Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch. Looks like everyone wants to be able to control everything.
OnStar will soon include the ability for the police to shut off your engine remotely. Buses are getting the same capability, in case terrorists want to re-enact [...]
A group of people in New Mexico claim that they are “allergic” to WiFi signals. They are trying to get WiFi removed from all public buildings and guess where they are starting? Libraries.
So that’s why people aren’t going libraries! They don’t get headaches from trying to figure out our catalogs or navigate [...]
The Free Software Foundation has an ongoing campaign against Digital Rights Management. They promote their cause over at defectivebydesign.org and I think it’s generally a good site to learn about DRM and how it is restricting digital freedoms. Recently, the group held a protest at the Boston Public Library where they demanded that [...]
As I mentioned in a previous post, there’s a lot of interest among Ohio libraries in open source software. In the southwest corner, I’ve been getting questions on open source ILS’s, content management systems, public computers (e.g. Edubuntu), and wireless hotspots. Recently, several library organizations got together at the State Library to discuss [...]
For the past few weeks, I’ve been using Google Reader instead of Bloglines. I’ve been having some problems with Bloglines and it was enough for me to give Google a fair shot. I think I’ll stick with Google even though I don’t seem to get through my feeds any faster. Bloglines is [...]
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