There is a fantastic interview with David Touretzky over at salon where he discusses Judge Kaplan’s decision to ban the posting of DeCSS source code and what it could mean to the future of freedom of speech.

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client-o-matic – Get to know the odd strange and dangerous animal that is… THE CLIENT (spotted on metafilter)

O Canada, eh? The Washington Post is running a story about the future of Canada – if there is a future for Canada. This article has generated some great discussion on metafilter. Personally, I’ve got a bit of a problem with an American newspaper reporting on what most Canadians think and feel. I also resent the implication that Canada will just stop mattering in the next 20 years. The idea here is that Canadian culture is already so much like American culture, eventually we will just blend right in. As mzanatta put it on Metafilter, “…the author is right in saying that Canadians and Americans are quite similar. From the perspective of language, the products we buy, the sports we watch, and our intertwined economies, he is correct.” I think a valid argument could be made that Canadians know the difference between these unimportant similarities and National Identity. “…However, when you examine the subtleties between the cultures, we are quite different.” How true, and isn’t this where it really matters? Canadians know what it is to be Canadian – It’s only our pundits who have this “obsession with defining the intricate nature of Canada.”

MP3.com gives DeCSS the boot – So the DeCSS song that I mentioned a few weeks ago has been removed from MP3.com for having “offensive lyrics.” (spotted on slashdot)

You must see this (thanks /usr/bin/girl)

Bodyperks – Nipples are in! I know where I’ll be doing my Christmas shopping… (spotted on dack)

FuckedCompany.com is far from ‘Fucked’ – Philip Kaplan, owner and operator of FuckedCompany.com, a sort-of online deadpool for dot-coms has put his “side-project” up for sale on e-bay and so far has gotten bids up to $9.3 million! Not bad for a hobby.

BarMeister – Online guide to drinking… excellent. (thanks /usr/bin/girl)

Uh… is that a lizard in your pocket? A Las Vegas man was convicted this week of smuggling a dozen lizards into the country in his underwear. A Las Vegas police Detective testified that he approached Don Astorga on June 9, 1999 at McCarran International Airport because the man looked unusual. I guess so… the guy had a dozen lizards in his pants, the longest of which measured 12 inches. By the time they retrieved the lizards nine had died. Astorga was also concealing an egg. (thanks /usr/bin/girl)