Spooks - the final episode

Tonights episode of the English Spooks was utterly harrowing. Brilliant!
A pity it was the final episode.

come explore the underworld

The Cave Clan meet tomorrow (Sunday) to explore the complex system of drains (not the sewers) under Melbourne. The last one was called off when the weather turned rainy, which makes stormwater drains dangerous.

WHAT: New Explorers Expo
WHEN: noon, Sunday 14th of September
WHERE: meet at the southwest corner of Grace Park, Hawthorn (Melways 45 B-10). 5 minutes walk from Hawthorn Railway Station. Shortly thereafter you will be exploring a fine fine drain.
WHAT: ...to bring? Funny you should ask. Just a torch, and shoes that don't mind getting wet. Grip is good, stilettos aren't.

To get some idea of what you'll be seeing check out:
http://www.caveclan.org/
and for pics of some Sydney sites:
http://orchy.com/underworld/
http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~wmuchlad/scc2/
http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~wmuchlad/scc2/main_featured.html

speak up

I got this interesting email from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) who protect our online freedom. It is in connection with the music industry continuing with their insane law suits against people. We can't let them use attacks on the general public to maintain their horse-and-buggy business model in this motorized age.

( read the letter )

kill spam

They are starting to cop law suits. Yay!
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60357,00.html

Wanna read an excellent backgrounder on spam?
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s918361.htm
They used to have an audio file of the broadcast there too. If anybody prefers to listen to it rather than read it, contact me and I'll send it to them.