weekly links for Aug 14 to Aug 21

I think in trying to prove that ideal are valuable he actually proved that they are indeed worthless (i.e. they have no real monetary value)

Best post I have read all week.

Immi is regularly posting videos about her next album including clips and commentary on the thought process. I think she is one of the most talented musicians of our generation.

“If you’ve heard of Gears or BrowserPlus, chances are you’ve heard them positioned as competitors in one way or another. Another Google vs. Yahoo! showdown. Truth is, that’s not the case at all, or at least doesn’t have to be. After taking a look at what these technologies actually offer, we can see that they’re actually two distinct approaches to an exciting new direction for the web.”

“I resent our so-called leaders giving tax breaks to whoever they please. A foreign company gets out of paying their fair share of taxes while local companies and taxpayers subsidize them. What is wrong with this picture? It is sort of like the government can decide that they have the right to tax blondes and let brunettes off the hook. Don’t think that this is that far off, they now want to let old folks off the hook for some of their property taxes while increasing the taxes on the rest of us pay. It is patently discriminatory, unfair, pandering for votes, and a slap in the face to us suckers who try to do the right thing. “