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• JavaFX: Late to the gate, but sweet
  JavaFX is Sun's new Rich Client strategy for Java. If you haven't seen it yet, check out the demos on the JavaFX home page. Unlike Adobe Flash and unlike M$ Silverlight, this technology actually works on "minority" OSes - my OpenBSD laptop wi...
• It's true what they say about the Bush Administration
  Elizabeth de la Vega lays out a clear statement of facts surrounding the outgoing administration in her article The White House Criminal Conspiracy. Read it. If you're a U.S. Citizen, you might want to act on it, before it's too late.Tags : bush politics
• Protecting Your Castle
  SANS.org has a nice white paper showing how to protect your home network using OpenBSD and other free software. According to the abstract: "It is possible to clean up the back yard with Free Open Source Software and a little design. Using off the...
• A tale of two, three, four five cities
  I recently spent a week working in Singapore, and the week went pretty well. I did get around a bit on the MRT and I did eat local food most of the week. I went to the Jurong Lookout Tower but it wasn't as spectacular as I hoped My one real regret is t...
• Less Is More: OpenBSD on the Acer Aspire One
  My writeup of the new Acer Aspire One is up on www.undeadly.org. "We are certainly entering an era of "small is beautiful", at least when it comes to sub-notebooks. Numerous manufacturers are producing these now, as witness this compar...

• Re: Rage Against the Bailout
  P.S. If you live in the US, you may wish to sign the "no'' petition at http://nowallstreetb...
• Re: "An Open Letter to my Friends on the Left"
  Hey Lak, thanks for following up. Note that the piece you're citing isn't a direct response to Horwitz, and doesn't really answer his arguments (which are pretty long :-)). Horwitz' article isn't so much about assigning blame (he blames both of the blo...
• Re: "An Open Letter to my Friends on the Left"
  In the interest of fairness, the rejoinder to Steve Horwitz' argument that Freddie, Fannie and CRA i.e. government regulations were to blame: http://yglesias.thin...