Those wacky Americans are at it again! They've apparently been considering printing quotes from their constitution on their money, while at the same time embedding tracking devices to eradicate privacy.

Today I received the web address of "The Adventures of ACTION ITEM! ...Professional Superhero!" This is a classic strip about the utter uselessness of corporate buzzword language.

I got the new Lego summer catalog this afternoon.
Trains, bulk, Mindstorms 2.0, various cool little things...
...I expect to be broke by this time next week!

A project to challenge Adobe for using the ridiculous American DMCA legislation to have a Russian security analyist arrested for identifying just how insecure Adobe's PDF technology is.
The moral of Adobe's story: If you say the emperor has no clothes, you'll be thrown in jail.
[Update: the boycott is over - Adobe smartened up...]

(the website is long defunct now - it was at www.boycottadobe.com)

The Lego Desk. I was reminded of this today. It's a full-size, functional, desk made entirely out of Lego. The crazy thing is, the guy who wanted it had it custom built - instead of building it himself. Now that is weird.

Anyone feel like dropping us$10,000 on a Life-size (7') Darth Vader made out of Lego for me?

Gillian Steward has written an article debunking Stockwell Day's democratic rhetoric.

Stewart Alsop has written an article for Fortune about Microsoft's efforts to get access to, and control of, everyone's personal information.
(well, everyone who 'counts' - meaning those who are wealthy enough to be a part of computer society.)

On Friday, July 13, at 7:00PM, Calgary IndyMedia will be presenting the Canadian premiere screening of "Prague 2000: World Bank and IMF Under Siege".
Location: Murray Fraser Hall 162 (University of Calgary)
If you're in Calgary, you really ought to check this out!

John Neal's kids have come up with some 2 stud wide train cars.

[Time Waster] eugenemirman.com features creepy old child photo with moving lips doing really bad versions of songs. Um, whatever.

Mmmmmm, Lego castles. Many delightful creations by Lego castle fans.

"The Emerald Chapel... is the religious center for the city of Bricktopia."

An excellent and hillarious Lego model. "The people of Bricktopia worship the god of interest rates."

It gets weirder:
The chapel's "Chamber of Forgiveness" features a Lego dominatrix extracting tithes from the church's followers.

I just found out this morning about the LUGNET ranked list of Lego sets! This is an excellent way to discover great sets both old and new.