Bruce Schneier on the TSA: "We have a serious problem in this country. The TSA operates above, and outside, the law. There's no due process, no judicial review, no appeal." For the sake of fairness - the TSA is only as incompetent and insane as the British Department of Transport security have been for quite a while. Which reminds me, I've got to contend with those buggers in a few weeks when I take the Eurostar to Paris. The Eurostar security tend to be slightly less insane than the airport security, but it's still a situation I'd like to be as far away from as possible. 

The Technology Liberation Front have a great story about Senator John Edwards and the PlayStation 3. It isn't every day that retailers tell politicians to shove it, but I think this is a good case of it. You'd think that if Edwards is so anti-Wal-Mart, he could demonstrate that by buying his PlayStation 3 elsewhere. But, of course, that would involve having to act on your convictions rather than using the force of government. 

Ophelia Benson has a roundup of the responses to Terry Eagleton's barmy review of Dawkins. I find it amusing that Eagleton criticises Dawkins for taking the liberty of talking about religion even though he's a scientist. Meanwhile, Eagleton talks about religion even though he's a... um... literary theorist. Whoops. Still, with the stunning insights that both theology and literary theory have provided to the world (I mean, imagine if Dawkins is right and religion is wrong - a world without professional theologians is truly a horrific thought), who can blame them for some inter-disciplinary rumbling against that pesky reason thing which, compared to theology and literary theory, has proved so useless a research programme. 

James Randi has some real cranks this week - a guy selling "X2O" water - pH 9.9 (yummy) and filled with all sorts of elements you never hought you'd find in bottled water - like thallium and cadmium. Also up this week, a DVD rewinder (duuh), Uri Geller's reality TV show in Israel (so exciting it makes you want to perform eye surgery on yourself with a shovel) and a lot of silly dowsing nonsense. 

Glenn Reynolds has the latest digital camera carnival. Ann Althouse is discussing the battery situation - I'm using rechargable NiMHs. I love my Pentax setup - the fact that I can shoot on both film and digital with the same lenses is fantastic for creativity (although I really need to find the time to develop film). 

Seeking Alpha has a list of the worst Internet acquisitions ever. 

The Apple Blog has a great tip about setting up your Mac with multiple domains for development purposes. My Apache install is seriously farked on my Mac.