Link roundup

Here’s my picks of the most interesting articles in my RSS feeds from the past few days. (I’ve made several updates since I first posted this.)

From Las Vegas Prepress:

• XML Matters: The Web ain’t just for 2D any more

From boingboing:

A roundup of further info on the Bush-authorized NSA domestic spy ops, with Google-powered satellite photos and everything! Follow-up to this previous post.

• NSA’s domestic data-mining ops gathered vast troves of info

• Profile of NSA “listening post” for communications spying

• NSA Echelon Facility at Yakima, Washington

From slashdot:

• Security Focus Interviews Damien Miller

  One of the OpenSSH developers. 4.3 will add full tunneling, i.e. VPN over SSH!

• The Mythbusters Answer Your Questions

• Sony DRM Installed Even When EULA Declined

• Quantum Trickery - Einstein’s Strangest Theory

  Link to NY Times story based on the discovery from NIST I wrote on here. An interesting layman’s summary of the weirdness of quantum mechanics. NYT story unfortunately requires login.

• Fraud Alleged at Red Cross Call Centers (via this article)

  After the hurricanes, I dropped chunks of change in the direction of two charities, the Red Cross and Episcopal Relief & Development. One always hopes that one’s giving will be met with ethical behavior, but it ain’t necessarily so.

From treehugger:

• miniHome: The Green Prefab Modern Trailer

  There’s a little squishy spot in my heart for trailers, having lived in a trailer park for most of a year in college. This looks stylish to boot. Wonder how it holds up in a tornado. :P

• Wind Power Responding to Global Economic Forces

  In which China’s environmental development erodes our economic excuses for not using green energy.