Stuff (thoughts, links) that appeal to me enough for me to put down here and share with others.
Bruce Schneier is a well known expert on computer security. His monthly Crypto-Gram Newsletters are full of interesting news and commentary on security issues. He has now written a book, Practical Cryptography, with Niels Ferguson, that shows how to implement a secure system in practice. This should be just as interesting to read as his previous book, Secrets & Lies.
With the Academy Awards 2003 over, you might be interested in the following articles from National Geographic News that looks at three Oscar nominees for best movie to see how close they were to reality:
The Planetary Society has an interview with Arthur C. Clarke in RealAudio and Windows Media format.
Clarke makes some comments about Stanislaw Lem, "Solaris" and the inspiration for Hobbits as told to him by Tolkien at about 5 minutes
into the show.
