David Weigel: "So maybe there's not a web conspiracy to promote [Ron] Paul [R-TX]. Maybe (1) the other Republican candidates are gobsmackingly lame and (2) lots of libertarians use this fancy "internet" contraption" 

Phillip Greenspun reckons that Boston needs a Congestion Charge style system to subsidise public transport. The problem with the c-charge is that it becomes a poltical football - where the congestion zone is becomes a big debate. In London, there are plans to extend it west, but a lot of the residents don't want it to extend west because they won't be able to drive their Jaguars around town without paying £8 a day. I prefer public transport to driving because I can blog and code while on the train. 

I bet you didn't know it, but God is a Perl hacker. The problem with the Old Testament is that someone forgot to remove use strict;. 

The Tech Liberation Front have dug up a great old video of Frank Zappa on Crossfire circa 1986. Fuck yeah! 

Wow. Someone really needs to read Kierkegaard. The idea that one can pass a law to automatically turn Buddhists and Jains in to Hindus is absolutely ridiclous. 

Want to see some nutty religious people and some sane Canadians discuss Dawkins' documentary? Enjoy.