Re April 1st

The other day I was watching Adam's Rib with Mrs Elbeno. One of the many old movies we enjoy via the Blockbuster-Netflix-alike service. (You only have time to watch a finite number of movies in your life; why watch modern rubbish just because it's recent when you could be watching…

And not a very good one at that, but the first time I've tried stitching together a panorama. On the far left, the Pacific Ocean (almost visible!). On the far right, that tiny white thing on the hillside is the Hollywood sign. In between is mostly downtown Culver City, with…

Tonight there was an interesting broadcast of To The Point examining email privacy rights and the 4th amendment, with reference to the recent warrantless FBI investigation resulting in the resignation of David Petraeus as the director of the CIA. The program also featured Declan McCullagh, author of this piece on…