Nathan Torkington : Know Thy [Perl] Module Kit
parts <a href = "http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2377471,00.html">one</a> and <a href = "http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2391748,00.html">two</a>.
Michael Pilmer, Brain Eating Ape
"Nerds are just socially kind of retarded. They found themselves in that situation. Geeks might choose to be outcasts, but nerds are just born." I'm sure that this keen distinction will soon be worth extra points on an anthropology exam near you.
Virginia Postrel : Dynamism, Stasis, and Popular Culture
"From trade to immigration, medicine to financial markets, education to urban development, biotechnology to transportation, the open-ended future has become the central issue of our time. How we feel about the "out of control" future, the future that evolves through creativity, competition, and choice, is as important as the Cold War once was in defining our political categories. And both popular culture and technology are smack in the middle of these debates."
Libération : L'utopie communiste devient possible
"Après l'économiste Eric Brousseau, qui affichait hier dans nos colonnes une critique du discours sur la nouvelle économie, nous publions aujourd'hui le point de vue plus enthousiaste du philosophe et spécialiste des sciences cognitives, Dan Sperber sur les effets sociaux des nouvelles technologies. Il y développe une analyse marxiste, ou plutôt marxienne, des nouveaux réseaux et de la révolution informationnelle."