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Friday, July 09 1999

Philip Gourevitch & James Young

on "The Holocaust in American Life".

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M-J Milloy on the Cirque en CA$H

“Dans notre quartier/ On chauffe pas de gros chars/ Dans notre quartier/ On reste pas dans des forts/ Mais on est fier/ On est fort/ On a quelque chose à dire/ On est fier/ On est fort/ On reste à Centre-sud...”

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Web Review on PHP

PHP also has one of the best <a href = "http://php.net/manual">docs / manual sites</a> I've ever used!

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Ontario judge bans spam for breach of Netiquette

Michael Geist, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, said the legal ruling is troubling because it attempts to define Netiquette and use it as a legal principle. "If you export this decision into a different context, this provides an open opportunity for people to get out of contracts that they might not get out of otherwise," he said. "If I send out content that someone finds objectionable, is that breach of Netiquette?"

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Michael Kimmelman : How Photography Makes Celebrity So Irresistible

"The show's unspoken question is whether something that has become so commonplace is still meaningful, beyond its value as a commodity." Tangentially, consider also the conflicts that arise when trying to assign value or excellence to a thing or person in a world that genuinely strives to include everyone and give equal merit to their contributions.

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Falling Through the Net : Defining the Digital Divide

"This is our third report examining which American households have access to telephones, computers, and the Internet, and which do not. The "digital divide"-- the divide between those with access to new technologies and those without -- is now one of America's leading economic and civil rights issues."

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Perlmonth

Issue #3 is out, sporting a new column called X Marks (up) the Language.

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Supreme Court of Canada : Dobson (Litigation Guardian of) v. Dobson

See also : Newsworld : Fetus can't sue mom, top court says.

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Thursday, July 08 1999 ←  → Saturday, July 10 1999