Countering the anti-spam Extremists
Richard M. Scoville, editor of a site called the Free Speech Store, is suing the operators of the Abusive Hosts Block List (AHBL) for $3.525 million. On December 17, Scoville got a Texas county court to issue a temporary restraining order, forcing…
First post with WordPress
I am now using WordPress to post this entry. Thanks again to Eric for the help in setting this up. Update: You may notice a few issues, missing images, etc. as the site migrates over and I cancel TypePad.
Even bigger changes...
I decided to become a Typepad customer after hearing about it from Joi Ito. At the time I was running Moveable Type on a server that I own and wanted a highly reliable, user friendly alternative and I was willing to pay for it. I moved…
Time for a change...
While I love Typepad, I've found that having my primary URL be a blogging site to be a bit of a hassle. Within the next two weeks, I will be moving www.devost.net to a primary server that I own and then use blog.devost.net as a link to this…
Thank you Mr. Baker
"It's very important to remember that it's your intellectual property -- it's not your computer. And in the pursuit of protection of intellectual property, it's important not to defeat or undermine the security measures that people need to…
Live from New Orleans
Someone give the folks a book deal. Some of the most interesting reporting coming out of New Orleans from a company that refused to evacuate.
What's in the mail today?
Spam, viruses, malicious code, widows who want to give me their fortunes and corrupt Nigerian…
A New Type of Terror Cell
From the Always On Network "The thought of people being able to use cell phones on airplanes during flight is almost too horrible to contemplate. But I understand why the airlines are considering it: They’ve run out of new ways to make flying…
e-QAEDA | From Afghanistan to the Internet
The Washington Post is running a three part series on terrorist use of the Internet. I was interviewed for this story as were several of my colleagues. Not quite sure what I think of it yet, so I will reserve comment until the final two…