Too busy to write much, but here are a few random shots around the web: Radley Balko has a way with headlines. The whole post is worth reading. When you go through the TSA checkpoints at some airports, body image scanners can now check you for weapons...and see you naked through your clothes. If we put up with this just to fly a plane, is there any limit to how much the … [Read more...] about Shooting, Scanning, Geeking, Modeling
Apple’s Knowledge Navigator – 1987
I first saw this technology concept video about 20 years ago at a presentation at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Part of NCSA's mission was to explore personal computing applications that required supercomputer-level processing at the time, but which would make sense in the future when everyone has a … [Read more...] about Apple’s Knowledge Navigator – 1987
Manufacturing Guilt in Louisiana
The amazing Radley Balko has just posted a story he uncovered about a couple of forensic experts working on a case for the state of Lousiana who apparently mutiliated a child's corpse in order to frame a man for murder. Really. There's video. The images are disturbing. … [Read more...] about Manufacturing Guilt in Louisiana
Unrelated Stories: Photographing Cops
Via Nobody's Business comes the news that our British cousins have made it illegal to take pictures of cops: From today, anyone taking a photograph of a police officer could be deemed to have committed a criminal offence. That is because of a new law - Section 76 of the Counter Terrorism Act - which has come into force. It permits the arrest of anyone found "eliciting, … [Read more...] about Unrelated Stories: Photographing Cops
The Amherst Stabbing Case
Well, I'm lazy, and don't want to replow the ground that others have already plowed; I'm more inclined to do a little freelance gleaning at the corners. And since somebody asked, and I was writing on it anyway . . . So let's start here, with the reporting on how Jason Vassell stabbed Bowes and Bosse. Sounds pretty simple, no? Well, no. Quick jump … [Read more...] about The Amherst Stabbing Case