Discussion about BGP attacks has been all over the 'tubes, due in part to Wired's Enquirer-esque headline, "Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole" (Nice to see Mudge get a mention, though). Despite the title, the article is well-written and informative. There's also a follow-up here.

Poem: "CHE GUEVARA CAME TO ME IN A DREAM" The whole of the issue of almostisland is worth a read. (The page loads slowly (deliberately).)



It's been approximately 389 years since the first African slaves were brought to what is now the United States. Source

The entire Fugazi Live Series is back in stock at Dischord. According to their post, they'll also be releasing more shows as downloadable MP3s.


From "Witnesses to Dream Speech See a New Hope":

At least five veterans of [the march on Washington] traveled to Denver this week as Democratic delegates, among them Representative John Lewis of Georgia, who is the last man alive of the 10 who spoke that day at the Lincoln Memorial. This son of sharecroppers, who was almost beaten to death by police officers in Selma, Ala., when he marched with civil rights activists across a bridge, stood on a sun-splashed street in Denver and considered the distance traveled.

His bald head still bears near half-century-old scars.

"We've had disappointments since then, but if someone told me I would be here," Mr. Lewis said, shaking that head. "When people say nothing has changed, I feel like saying, 'Come walk in my shoes.' "